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Evening journal., 1907-02-14
Thursday, February a. 1907.
EvEN IN PENNsYLvANIA.

THE initiative and referendum is attracting
l. attention even in Pennsylvania. A bill TO
put the system into operation has been prepared
bv former Senator Finn, Of Pttsburg, who GER
tainly cannot be regarded as dreamer or one
who believes that the "unthinling mob should
rule. Ii has been introduced in the Legislature
there. but probably will not be adopted.
The measure, as proposed in Pennsylvania, is
probably more radical than the ones that will be
presented to the Delaware Legislature. II pro-
vides, among other things that bills enacted by
the Legislature may be appealed to the people
within thirty days and also that the Legislature
may consider any proposed measure that is pre-
sented to them by petition Of ten per cent of
the voters.
A large Philadelphia paper points out OF what
advantage such referendum provision would
have been to that city when the franchises were
given away under the Ashbridge administration
Had the acts of that administration been re-
erred TO the voters direct there is no doubt that
philadclphians would have been saved millions
OF dollars II is also recalled that for year and
half a bill has been pending before City Coun-
oil in Philadelphia TO break the electric lighting
monopoly OF that city This bill has been quietly
stored out of sight and there is little hope OF
bringing it into light The initiative and refer
endum would enable the people to have a say in
this matter as we'll as in all pertinent legislation
that would concern them.
The initiative and referendum will be dis
cussed in Pennsylvania 1t is doubtful whether
i, win be adopted but the fact that such prac-
teal politician as Mr. Finn has interested him
self in it to the extent of preparing the bill is an
indication Of the progress that the movement is
making.
Some objections TO the measure have been
urged by those who pretend TO fear that under
the initiative a crowd of so-called cranks would
be continuously stirring up matters and calling
for elections on this or that subject The Legis-
lature could make safeguards against too fire.
ouent elections and the "cranks' would soon
weary Of getting up petitions for the initiative.
Do fact we do not believe that the initiative and
referendum would be called into action as fire.
quently as might be desirable. The people OF
Delaware are sensible and they would not turn
the State over to the wild fancies Of cranks or
plunge into unnecessary elections. The reform
would act simply as a safeguard in the interests
OF the people and good government
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
wlImIngton. February 4.
Papers Do Riqht.
Respectfully

Editor The Evening Journal
Why Will women always jump at
conclusions without sitting down and
thinking over a thing? Bless their
dear hearts. they are sweet and lov>
able, yet there is no piece Of gymnas-
tic exercise so dear TO their hearts,
seemingly, as opening their rosebud
mouths and then putting their tiny
feet into them. They've been doing Il
again IN Tennessee and the ministers
are said to be helping theml It's all
about the Thaw case Of course. They
don't want the papers TO publish the
details OF such a case. Don't the dear
creatures know that just because I'VE
have press that does publish such
things IS the sole reason that we have
so few parallel cases?
There is nothing I'm this world 50
useful in keeping down the soamps and
rascals and all the rest Of them as
the wholesome fear Of the daily papers.
More power TO the newspapers that
make public such doingsl Let the good
ladies Of Tennessee seek not to muzzle
the press but seek to cease from the
earth such woe and degradation as
have filled our papers for the past
weeks. Yours respectfully,
Publicity.
Wilmington. February IA.
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on account OF legislation. why should
he or she not have the free right to act
by agent without fling appearances or
making a sworn statement Of all OUT
lays and disbursements under penalty
Of 500 a day for delay? or why for
any violation Of this most comprehen-
sive law be subjected to Imprisonment
for one year and $1,000 fine?
This is a rcgulative statute with
vengeance. 1t is like the weake
breeched rusty musket, it is liable to
kill more behind than in front.
It is against the individual and in
favor Of leagues and combinations. We
are told 1t was drafted by a league,
presented by a combination and shows
decided favoritism 20 aggregated bod
les Counties. cities. towns, villag geS,
public boards and public institutions
are exempt from its provisions. Here
Is shown the cloven-foot Of unfairness.
Public corporations are always honest,
while the individuals which compose
them are stepped In corruptionl IMAM
sweralble logic thisl
Money is the root OF all evil. Bus
whore this rule was promulgated they
did not know the superior power Of
modern leagues and combinations, and
their inordinate desire TO promote leg
islation, good, fair or unwholesome.
Respectfully.
Petitioner.
Wilmington, February Il.
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poNr scATTER THE powpER.

VAT f BELIEVE the advocates of the good
w roads in New Castle county have made
a serious mistake in favorng that the 100000
proposed to be raised on a loan, shall be divided
pro rata among the different hundreds of the
county. The proposition of so expending the
money is one Of scattering powder The trouble
with the good roads movement is that there has
not yet been devised a comprehensive system of
road Improvement 1t is our opinion that the
Legislature should, before any more money is
raised for and spent on good roads, favor the
adoption OF a general plan for the improvement
of the roads of the State that will most benefit
the greatest number OF road users. The atten-
ton should first be directed to the main roads,
, and we can conceive of no better plan of spend
ing the county and State money than by i'm
proving and modernizing the State road from
one end Of the State to the other 1t must be
borne in mind that so per cent. of the 100000
will be paid by the property owners Of the city
Of Wilmington, and for this reason, if for no
other the Legislature should favor a plan that
will first improve the main roads leading into
the city of Wilmington. The suggestion of
spending money on certain roads in the out
lying hundreds is most unfortunate one and
viii have tendency more to discourage than
encourage the progress Of the good roads move
Evening journal., 1907-02-14

Editor The Evening Journal.
The Delaware Legislature is not a
court The court determines upon evil
dence given within its walls while the
Legislature determines upon informa =
ton absorbed before or after the elec-
ton. around the freside. on the public
highways or at the state Capitol in
General Assembly met or otherwise.
This is the function Of proper law
making body and its constitutional
prerogative. Even the President does
not hesitate to discuss and urge legls-
lation with state or national legislators
al the White House.
1t is very grave question whether
the law-making body can take away
the right Of petition and address. or IN
common phraseology the right 10
lobby" II is also a grave question
whether one Legislature can make a
law binding on a subsequent Legisla-
ture as to how Il will conduct its bust
ness or from whom it will receive as
slstance in making up its Legislative
opinions and conclusions. Every such
body has the power to make its owl
UlNN NAANNN ~ AAANl may ~ ENN
erned by the higher law Of the state
And the higher law gives the citizen
the free right TO lobby
There are persons who seek to insti-
gate legislation under the pressure OF
numerical strength or the seductive
force Of combination. and then attempt
10 tie the hands of those against whose
interests this legislation is directed
They wonld prosecute and at the same
time shut off an right OF defense. Thi.
doctrine smacks not OF republicanism
but more of barbarism.
But answers win be made that de-
fense is not prevented, St is only regu.
lated. The Federal supreme CourI
/ prevented the carrying OF lottery tick
cts from State to State under the wor.
regulate" In the commerce clause o.
the Constitution. The regulation
under this anti-lobby bin will havl
/ the same effect--it viii prevent Thi
regulation is so hedged about VIII
/ "jan and fine" penalties as 10 abso.
lutely prevent defense. The right which
/ Is freely given by the Constitution
cannot by fright or penal restrictions
be taken awty!
II a woman, a child. an invalid or
traveller in a foreign land Is in jeopardy
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
Data of slorms.

Editor The Evening Journal.
! cut the following from your paper:
There has been considerable guess
ling among our citizens about the big
billiards Of previous years. There
have been several heavier snow storms
in this section than the one Of Monday
and Tuesday last Most of us can read
lily recall that there was a blizzard in
1893, but the real blizzard occurred on
March 12 1883, when the railroads were
blocked for three days and the city
was cut off from the outside world
Many OF our citizens slept in railway
cars. and others made no effort to get
home until the railways were opened
Il was the most severe story even our
then Oldest inhabitant could remember %
Ny recollection Of the two blizzards
is very different from that. / will copy
little from my scrapbook for the ben
eft Of your readers, but will say first
that in the March, IS. blizzard trains
were held up for only one day, and
were running Monday night The
storm was on Sunday March -.
Coping from my account Of February,
'95; "The fierce northwestern storm.
with the temperature around zero. and
a heavy snow storm, swooped down
upon this peninsula last Thursday
which eliminated in the worst storm
for half a century, and cast the mem
orable blizzard Of March 70. 1855. far
in the shade When the people awoke
on Friday morning they found them
selves isolated from the outside world
The snow had drifted so badly that al
the country roads had been blocked by
banks from five 10 twenty feet deep.
'"The Delaware railroad suffered
worse by this storm than Il has ever
before I'm its existence. Two trains
were showed IN for two or three days
near Middletown. and another between
Viola and FELTON,"
Comparing the three great storms as
affecting railroad travel-in March. 'Ss
trains were delayed but for one day; in
February. 'e5, no trains were run from
Thursday night until the next Tues
day; I'm February 80. the storm came
on Sunday. and the first trains sent out
on the Delaware road was on the next
Thursday. This storm also caused a
complete te-up Of all trolley lines for
a few days, both IN the city and the
surrounding country.
AS / have kept an account OF all
these storms, 1 am able to give both
facts and figures.
Respectfully.
X. Rittenhouse.
State Road February IA
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ment. great many residents of certain hun
dreds never have occasion to use some roads in
their own hundred, whereas all of them would
be benefited by the improvement Of the main
roads leading from this city to Smyrna, Elkton
and Claymont We trust the Legislature will
consider this matter very carefully and pass the
bill in its present form. We are heartily in favor
OF good roads, and for that reason we are doubly
anxious that no mistake be made that will retard
the movement. Scattered powder is powder
wasted
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Personal and Pertinent

distinguished ranks Of the Catholic clergy Of
this diocese perhaps are more sincerely beloved
by their congregation than is the Rev Father E. L.
Brady, pastor Of 81. Mary's Church Ever active in
the temporal. wen the spiritual welfare Of his
nock he is known and revered by all a true shep-
herd and militant ambassador Of the Great King.
his ministratons the congregation has largely
increased. amny coming from long distances to hear
the words Of comfort by which he has endeared him.
self TO only his noci but 10 other congrega
tions WELL
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10000 PEOPLE NEED PROTECTION.

TUBING from our evening neghbor the
people Of Wilmington should never object
or complain about their gas bills Wilmington
ians are indeed lucky. The evening paper cites
a town where gas is $3.50 per thousand feet, and
wants to know what Wilmingtonians would
think if they had to pay that amount, but it .
silent as to the many cities where the price of
good gas is only 80 and 70 cents per thousand
and honest gas bills presented. Lucky dogs are
we that we are made to believe we pay only
$roo for our gas. The quality we get anu guam
tity we actually use considered, Wilmington's
gas costs the consumer nearer three than one
dollar per thousand. We hope the Legislature
will do something to protect the people of Will
mington from imposition and outrage practiced
upon them for the past FIVE or six years
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
Peoples Column

Anonymous communications for the
peoples column will not be printed
Names Of contributors to the column
viii not be printed, but must be fur
nished The Evening Journal as an evil
dence Of good faith on the part Of the
contributor.
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
Tests and Tin9Ies

The Governess-Did you visit the Louvre while you
were in Paris. ma'am2
Mrs Newcoyne-I forget; did we John?
Mr. Newcoyne-why. I don't how you pos
sibiy forget that place janet That's where you had
your pocket pcked.-Puck
PA smith threw down his newspaper in disgust
''Its shameful" he exclaimed, "the way these ere
colleges waste money furniture' Here's an account
Of somebodq giving Harvard 100000 for ehair"
.--JudgeL
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
A Question Of WAGES.

tdltor Ihe EVcnlng JournaL
VIII you kindly have your readers
solve this problem: A payroll amounts
TO SIPS. Fifteen carpenters and seven-
teen brichayers comprise the number
OF employees TO be paid from the
amount The carpenters get 7-l1ths
more pay than the bricklayers. What
does each man get
Respectfully,
L. p
Evening journal., 1907-02-14

-r,,. rn.rer ,s ON sale at Broad street and L%wehy %
fourth and chestnut street railroad stations, S-v
phs. and al The Broadway Theatre news Sa"''
York
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the appropriation by the Levy Court
of Sussex county to the town Of
Greenwood for road and street pur-
poses: an act to increase the appropria-
ton by the Levy Court OF Sussex
county to the town Of Bridgeville for
road and street purposes; an act to
bond the town of Bridgeville for $4,000,
for the purpose Of establishing q sewer
age system; act authorizing the secre-
tary OF State 20 have printed the school
laws; an act authorizing the secretary
Of State to have printed the election
laws; an act authorizing the secretary
Of State to have printed the general
corporation laws; an act authorizing
tho secretary OF State to have printed
the Constitution Of the state Of Della
ware.
BY Mr. Hirons. an act for protection
OF squirrels for Kent county
Passed--House bill providing punish
ment for persons trespassing on lands
in New Castle county and committing
ldepredadons thereon.
Recess.
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NorIcn ro rHE rUBIc.

Anv erroneo.. Reaction upon the character stanHs
or reputation Of any person or corporauon
may appear IN these columns win be gleoS 00''es'9
REQUEST
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No attention paid to unsigned communications
Advertising rates on application
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D. A. soo-rELnrHoNEs-Ds.marvia s''s 80
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The convenience ana safety Of max
ing payments by check are appreciated
by business men and others who re-
ceive and dlsburse money. This Com
pany invites checking accounts on
which it pays interest at the rate OF
per cent per annum.
Evening journal., 1907-02-14

ALL THE NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE
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rERMs on SUBSTITUTION.

BY mail. postage prepaid $500 year. or % cents ss
month payable in advance BY carrier six Genus "s7'
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FINANCIAL CARDS.

TO CARRY OUT YOUR WISHES
in the administration Of your Estate
We act as Executor, Administrator
Trustee and Guardian and take entire
charge OF Estates Of every kind. BY
reason Of its Corporate existence. thii
Company never dies and the regular
and orderly conduct OF your business
viii proceed in accordance with youi
directions, without interruption. out
charges are very moderate.
Evening journal., 1907-02-14
Teh Anti-oLbby Bill.

state Road. February IA.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-02
CAN'T KILL 'EM

The following letter from SO high an
authority as Prof Bolley deserves the
most thoughtful attention Of every farm
er in this county
North Dakota Agricultural College,
Fargo, N. d., July 10th, 1907.
DR.. g. B. Harris,
Pembina, N. d.
Dear Sir:-In our weed spraying ex-
periments we have been successful in
destroying every type Of weed except
the SOW thistle. For SOW thistle We can
recommend no other method than close
and presistant cultivation, by which I
mean that it must not be allowed to
show green Leaf during the entire
year. This win result in smothering
ont the Underground root stalks. Il
there were small patches they could Be
buried ~ covered g closely that they
could not gst Is the light, they would
syentnally disappear. You most certain.
iysopght not H. them % Is To Red,
becauss thsy spfead lilte ~ dandslion.
d Yonrsa truly, 5s.ss s51'E, s}s''E,
s12; llRY y. BCfk fk8X,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-02
podesd The Mustard Pot.


During the rehearsals Of panto-
mime In a Scottish town Glasgow, I
think; Glasgow has always been an
eventful> place to meD a child was
wanted for the Spirit of the Mustard
Pot. What more natural than that my
father should offer my services? had
a shock of pale yellow hair, was
small enough to be put into the prop
erty mustard put, and the Glasgow
stage manager would easily assume
that I had inherited talent My father
had acted with Macready in the stock
seasons both at Edinburgh and Glas-
gov and bore a very high reputation
with Scottish audiences. But the stage
manager and father alike reckoned
without their actress! When they tried
to put me into the mustard pot yelled
Justify and showed more lung power
than aptitude for the stage.
"Put your child into the mustard pot
Mr.. Terry" said the stage manager.
Hang you and your mustard pot.
SIR" said my mortified father. II won't
frighten my child for you or any one
else.''
But, all the same, he was bitterly dis
appointed at my first dramatic failure,
and when we reached home he put me
in the corner to chasten me. you'll
never make an actress!" he said. shak-
ing reproachful finger at me.-Ellen
Terry In McClure's Magazine.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-02

A few years ago an old time politician
met then newly elected congressman
from this state and gave km the follow
ing adyioe:-s North Dakota has been
sending Tot of statesmen to congress,
I think it would be D. good idea
if we had a North Dakota man there for
a while.."
Mr.. JOHNSON was one ,of the Estates
men" referred to. incidentally, we
might say, the listener has been follow.
ing the advice given. No, it was not
Hansbrough, though Hansbrough has
always been "a "North Dakota man.
whatever else he.haE been or maybe crit
icised for.
The coming fightwill be of interest
in that it will have some novel features.
The manipulations of the bosses will
NATURALLY be somewhat modified 10y the
popular vote, while the newspapers
will become considerably more of fac
tor. But after'an, it is anybody's fight
fora long time yet and it is free fol
|:all.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-02
Preferred the saby's Voice.

A New York scientist, the father of
large and growing family, has his
troubles. One evening his youngest
was holding forth in her best style.
The mother could do nothing with the
child, SO the man Of science went to
the rescue
II think can quiet little Flora" he
said. There's no use hummtng to her
In that silly way. What she wants Is
real music The fact that I used to
sing In the glee club at Yale and sing
well, too. may make difference"
Accordingly, the professor took the
child and, striding up and down the
room, sang in his hest manner. He
had not finished the second verse of his
song when a ring was heard. The
door was opened. and there stood girl
g" fourteen. who said:
I'm one Of the family that's just
moved into the fat next to yours.
There's sick person with us, and he
says. II it's all the same to you, would
you mind letting the baby cry instead
of singing to it?"-Success.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-02
Why They're Trans Abroad.


"Abroad," said a tourist agent, lyon
must call street cars trans and street
railways you must call tramways. II
you speak Of trolleys over there, you
won't be understood. The word tram
must puzzle the average etymologist.
It derives from a mans Nance Outram
Thomas Outram. Outram lived in
Derbyshire. and in the beginning Of
the last century he invented peculiar
sort Of track that diminished the fric-
ton between wheels and roadbeds.
These tracks Of Outram's, though moth
ing like trolley track. were called
first outramways. then tramways, and
when street lines and street cars came
into existence they were dubbed re-
spectively tramways and trans"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-02

The Valley City Times-Record and
the Alliance have consolidated, and the
institution will be known hereafter as
the Time-Record Printing company.
The directors are NJ. w. Barnes, Frank
e. Ployhar and F. E. Packard. Ployhar
has been the editor of the Alliance and
Packard has been connected with the
Times-Record. s. A. Nye, the former
owner of the Times-R Record, has dispos-
ed of his interest and will go to Califor-
mia for his health. Aside from the
directors, the incorporators are A. p.
Peake, George NJ. Young and Beecher
Cox. The capital stock of the corpora
tion is $4,000. The incorporation papers
were fled with the secretary Of state
Saturday by NJ. w. Barnes, one Of the
directors.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-02
A con.iderate Musician.

Many stories are told of the jealousy
and Ill feeling among musicians, so it
is refreshing to note that at least one
genius did not fail in good natured ap.
probation Of a fellow artist. 1t is re-
lated how Rossini, walking one day on
the boulevard with the musician Bra
ga. was greeted by Meyerbeer, who
anxiously inquired after the health Of
his dear Rossini
Bad" answered the latter. Fright
full headaches. legs all wrong"
After a few minutes conversation
Meyerbeer passed on, and Braga asked
the great composer how it happened
that he had suddenly become SO un-
we'll.
Smilingly Rossini reassured his
friend. "Oh, couldn't be better.
merely wanted to please Meyerbeer.
He would so like to see me go to
smashv'-st. Louis Republic.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-02
Liquor License or tax Notice

Liquor License or tux Notice
Notice is hereby given that govern
ment tax receipt for special tax on the
business Of retail Malt liquor dealing
was issued to J. D. Potter Of Bathgate,
North Dakota, on the first day Of July
"A. D. 1907. Which said tax receipt i
posted in the retail store room located
on lot 2 Of block II Of the original town.
sit Of Bathgate Village, county Of Penn
bina and state Of North Dakota, which
said building is owned BY ]. d. Potter
where said tax stamp is posted.
Dated this eth day Of July A. D.
1907.
]. D. POTTER,
Holder Of said government tax receipt
No. 400 series Of 1907.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-02
A Crocodile In q Tree.

An African hunter once found a
large crocodile hanging in the fork Of
a tree about ten feet from the ground.
As the place was fully half mile
from any water. It was difficult to ac-
count for the crocodile's strange posi-
hon. When questioned upon the sub
ject the natives explained that 1t was
put there by an elephant. It seems
that when the elephants wade into the
lake sNsami to bathe the crocodiles are
"A thsl habit, OF worrying them and BIT
Ing their legs. Sometimes when IN
eiepidnf . annoyed beyond endurance
1t picks up its tormentor IN IT. trunk,
puts + among the branchee of.a tree
and devss + thsge Iondon Graphic.