Evening journal., 1921-03-26

being for an elective board, a State
Board directly responsible to the
people.
Senator Short said the Democratic
member OF the House from the town
where he lives was elected on the
issues Of taking the burden OF taxes
for school purposes off real estate
and for an elective board that would
be responsible to the people. Con-
tinuing, Senator Short said:
"He has not kept faith with Re-
publicans who split their ticket to
elect him. asked some Repdbli-
cans to vote for him because the
Republican would not make the
pledge until the last minute and
would not then ask any one to vote
for him" The Democrat in Balti-
more hundred, he declared. was
elected on the same issue and added
that he has now gone back on his
promise and every Republican who
helped to elect him
Senator Short said he would be
unfaithful to his people IL he voted
for the bill with an appointive
board as he had promised many
that he would try to have taxes re-
duced and put the schools in control
of the people. BY passing the bill
he said the schools would be turned
over to the Governor and autocracy
for five years.
Senator Short told OF attending a
meeting in Harrington during the
campaign, the district of Senator
Murphy, and said he thought the
sentiment for an elective board pre-
vailed there. In conclusion he said
that he stood right where he did
last October when the hold-over
Senators appointed the citizens
committee to draft a school bill and
that he said then the corporations
would be down here trying to cheat
the people from what they want.
Senator Palmer also talked for the
amendment and said he could not
in justice to himself and constituents
support a bill so undemocratic as
the one sent over from the House
1t was the autocracy OF the bill, he
said. that made it so Objectionable
He said the members could not
vote for it and fulhll pledges made
to their people. In conclusion, he
said that he had promised his people
that he would assist in removing a
school law that was so obnoxious tC
/ them, and that he was going to DG
consistent and would not in the
closing hours vote for such an un-
democratic measure. Senator Pal
mer also referred to attending thC
meeting at Harrington the sam'
night as Senator Short and that h'
also found the sentiment there as
/ expressed by Senator Short.
Senator Murphy said he desired
! to answer the two Senators by stat
/ ing that he had talked to a grea'
many people in Kent and SUSSEX
counties and could recall nothing evei
/ having been said to him relative e
an elective board What his people
wanted, he said, was a cut-down o.
/ the overhead expenses. cutting ou
of transportation and up to the ninti
Grade taught in the rural schools
and this, he said, they have in thi
bill.
Senator Handy inquired Of Senator
Murphy il he thought the people o.
Kent county would favor an ap
/ pointive board and he replied tina
he did.
Senator Price said his people IA
vored an appointive board.
Senator Bennett criticised the in
consistency of some House members
but said that he would vote agains
the amendment for fear of wha
might happen should the bill be re
turned TO the House.
Senator Alice remarked speaking
l of the House, III the people arr
hfooled and am fooled, they foolc'
US" He said that he feared tn
results IL the bill was returned e
the House. and, having that fear n
was willing to accept it as II is.
Senator Murphy asked IL it wa
not true that the citizens committe
named by the hold-ove Senators di'
not recommend an appointive board
Senator Alice said the eXecutiv
committee Of that committee did
hut in that the joint committee oi
education OF the two houses had in
sisted that il be changed TO an elect
i've board.
senator Handy spoke for II
amendment He said IL the amend
ment is wrong then democracy
wrong and autocracy should rule
He declared he did not realize IN
danger Of sending the bill back I
the House. He said that he did nc
think that those elected on this issu
would again slap the people in tn
face. He remarked that If the Hous
saws it will not give this he woul
then be willing to reconsider h
vote.
The vote by which the amend
ment was defeated follows;
Yeas-Palmer. Richards, Shoi
and President Pro Tenn. Handy
Nays-Allee. Highheld, Hopkin
Insley, Latta, Lutz. Murphy, McIr
? tire. Prettyman, Price, Robertso
land Walker-12.
o. Absent-Bennetk
Z Senator Palmer' said he would OF
fer an anne endnlskt 70 place N u