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Evening journal., 1909-05-03
Monday, May 3, 1909
STRANGE REPORT ABOUT SENATE.

would seem to be unnecessary in face of
\ all that has been said and written regard
ing the new judiciary to dwell upon the serious
importance to this State of having our courts
presided over by men of the highest ability and
most liberal mind. They should be men who
see neither friend nor foe, Republican nor Dem
ocrat, and whose only duty will be TO dispense
the laws OF the State with equity and Justice to
all. With these facts freely admitted bv all our
best citizens from one end of Delaware to the
other. IT IS both unfortunate and lamentable If
the reports are true that some members of the
State Senate are threatening to refuse to confirm
the appointments of the Governor unless .he
Judges are TO their political liking.
There is no institution in the State which
should be so widely divorced from politics as our
courts and Judges The appointment of Judges
ought not to depend upon the whims or fancies
OF any set OF political leaders of one party or
the othe-. If the reports concerning these Sen
ators should be true-and we cannot believe that
they are.--then, these Senators, whoever they
may be, have hatched a scheme to coerce and IN
timidate the Governor in his appointing power
and. therefore, to coerce and intimidate the
courts of this State We do rot for a moment
imagine that Governor Pennewill would be
frightened or coerced by any such scheme or
plot threats.
If the Governor makes such appointments as
suggested in the alleged slate that has been
printed, he can safely bid defiance to any machin-
ations of the State Senate. The Senate may be
able to hold mp legislation not desired by public
service corporations, but we do not believe that
it would have the audacity the stupidity to at
tempt to throttle the Governor in this matter
Ever since his election Governor Pennewill
has been thoughtfully considering the naming OF
the judges wishing to act for the benefit of the
the State. There is reason to believe that the
slate OF Judges as published with the exception
of MIR. Hastings is correct and it so the Governor
need not worry for fear that such appointments
would not be approved by the people.
Let us hear no more of threatened dictation
by the State Senate
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
Personal and Pertinent

What you laughing at?" grumbled Carleton c. Crane
all In word he Strengthened up red in the face
with handful Of clearing house certificates recovered
in fragments from the waste basket which he had
cast them thinking they were cigar coupons
mot at you. chucxled John A. GILL; soothingly This
letter heresfrom an old friend Of mne Captain
inson, Englishman living Lindsay near Por
tervile He's the that planted orange seed
that raised the first orange blossoms for the
riage ceremony performed Lindsay. Listen 10
this
Gave my Chinese cook All Lui his regular check for
500 He took IL the bank. they gave him was IS
cash. rest In certificates He back threatened to
throw up his job; fine cook too; had him long time
dollar" N '''s nun
Five hundred dollars An Luiig I exclaimed L
can't afford any such prices as that
NO atiiod ! takee CHECK five hun dollar blank he
pay me fifty dollar all he pay me fifty dollar one
hnty dollar check"
80 he handed me back the IS and the certificates
and wrote him check $500 and elephoned an ex
paneton TO the bank. All got his s,e I'm cash ana
ne Is stu cooking for San Francisco Chronicle
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
WHAT THE ROBIN SANG

A robin in my garden sings,
Sings a robin in a tree
OF the green and sun-kissed things,
Sings a message dear of thee.
Sings of flowers Of the byways,
Zephyrs mild and lovers hooks,
Sings this bird in joyous cadence.
Sings Of meadows and Of brooks.
Now this bird is singing. winging.
Thro' the fields of new mown hay.
Yet I hear this robin singing:
Dearest, you will know some day.
Here's a sprig Of sweet rosemary.
Wear IL dearest on thy breast,
While the robin sings its carol,
While the earth's in floral dress.
And this sprig OF sweet rosemary,
If you'll wear It. II will make
You think OF me and springtime,
It's for sweet remembrance sake.
So with robin red breast singing
in my garden all the day,
I'm in hopeful silence-thinking
AS the shadows turn to gray.
A robin in my garden sings,
Sings a robin I'm a tree,
Sings a song that makes me joyful.
And its song is; Mate with me.
j. A. r.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
THE GARRICK

Here is the show which comes to the
Garrick to-day, ten acts in all: VIII
liam Barry and Company Of five people
i'm Nick Carter" a satire on latter dav
cheap melodrama; Johnny Stanley and
company of six people i'm "The Wash
ington Guide" big scenic number:
Marie Tyler. who is rated as the pret-
test comedienne who ever PLAYED
Broadway; Davy and Pony Moore in
a scenic feature with an atmosphere
of wild west about It that is very
refreshing; The Three Migrants, an
Imported character singing act; Mar
ron and Helms, the minstrel boys:
Marseilles, a study in black and white:
Amelia Rose, an equilibrist of note,
ana the pictures, all figure in the bill
for this week. Manager Dockstader
originally intended TO close after this
week for the season, and had booked
his house with local attractions for five
nights week after next. The increased
attendance recently. however, has
caused him 60 arrange to reopen the
week of the 18th for one and possibly
two weeks with vaudeville. This plan
insures high-class vaudeville for at
least two and possibly three mora
weeks Of the season.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03

internal taxes to be made higher
ms advance OF taxes is what has been cS-
pected all along. Great Britain has been under
heavy expense. She is attempting to maintain
navy as great as the navies Of any two other
powers on earth exclusive Of the United States.
Fear OF the aggression of Germany prompts her
to this course. The building and running of
Dreadnaughts is an expensive business even for
SO rich nation as England. Expenditures for
military and naval Improvements are constantly
increasing. Not only is this true but Great
has embarked upon series of experiments in
legislation grouped loosely under the term OF
Socialist What is called State Socialism would
probably be the more correct name for the So
called Socialism of the new English experiments
in Legislation is different from the strict old
time Socialism of the Marx school as represented
by Debs in this country
The old age pension law and other measures
affecting the working people of the country eat
up the government money. There is to be no
let up III such legislation experiments The
government has scheme for insurance against
the loss of employment, state aid for labor ex
changes to minimize unemployment and SINH
lar measures. All of which shows the vast
change IN sentiment in England during the last
lew years. Great Britain was supposed to be
the home of the lndividualists and the Anti-So-
cialists, but the lndividuasts are growing
weaker and weaker not only in England but
elsewhere
The English, however will be forced to stand
double burden. Most Socialistic writer's en-
plastic the argument chat government money
which goes for military preparedness should be
used Tor such things as the old age pensions and
other helps to working people.
But England intends to increase her interest
III the wage workers and to have also legisla-
ton such as these so-caed Socialistic measures
while at the same time she will run rampant in
mlitarism
The financial condition Of the government OF
England IS interesting to this country because
sooner or later the same problems of securing
revenues will come before us if they are not al
ready here We are on line of vast expendi-
tues for naval purposes and it cannot be long
before the workers of the country will begin an
agitation for such laws as have been adopted in
England and which have been in force in the
German empire for years
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
Editorial
Opinion
Caviar to the Public.


Caviar to the Public.
Washington Post.
The sturgeon. that once mighty hab-
liant of our rivers. is coming back to
us again. Not as he used to come. in
shoals Of huge, orange-colored bodies
running free from open sea to river
reefs, but as FRY" sent from the Rou-
manian Danube in 20-gallon cans. II
the United states fish commission shall
succeed in restocking the Potomac, the
Delaware, the Susquehanna, and the
Hudson rivers with this valuable and
truly magnificent fish. it will owe its
success largely to the efforts Of Mr..
Horace G. Knowles, the former Amer
ican minister TO the Balkan states, and
the gourmets will have him to thank
Tor taste of real caviar once more,
instead Of carp's eggs.
AS far back as Edward III the stur-
geon of England was royal fish.
which belonged to the king when he
was taken In nets or speared. Not so
IN America. Here he was a great. fat,
oily plebeian. his richly tinted flesh de-
spised because it was cheap. The larger
coast streams teemed with his tribe.
and the ruthless fisherman who took
q sturgeon tore out the roe and left
the 800 pounds or more of carcass to,
pollute the rivers. When brought to
market, occasionally. it was eaten only
by the very poor or sold to the ferti-
lizer plants.
But that day is past. Meats OF all
kinds are no longer so cheap in the
United states that we are ready to
turn up our noses at a wholesome,
nutritious food because it Is cheaper.
and the great fish whose flesh will feed
hundreds would be as welcome on
modest tables as the more delicately
favored eggs, in the form of caviar.
would be on the plate of the million
aire.
The vicious waste which has always
characterized the United States in It's
utilization of its natural resources is
nowhere better exemplifed than in the
extinction Of the sturgeon. So late as
1898 the catch Of this fish I'm New Jer-
sey alone amounted to 1886. $50 pounds.
and eight years later the value of the
catch for the season was still above
100000. Virginia, New York, and
Maryland also still found sturgeon
fishing profitable Now there is hard
" single specimen to be found in the
A striking contrast is presented in
the rivers of Russia. the Roumanian
Danube, and other streams that flow
into the Caspian Sea. For hundreds
Of years the sturgeon and its smaller
cousin. the sterlet. have formed the
daily food Of multitudes Of people. And
yet the catch Is as great in those rivers
now as it was generations ago. Caviar
worth from s. to SO per pound, is
taken from the fish in immense quanti-
ties, and their flesh sold in the market
at a small price. Fishing laws which
protect the fish and yet allow the mar
ket TO be plentifully supplied are care
fully enforced
That is all that is needed in tho
United States. We have so many and
such large waters that, with proper
laws. the United States could have the
largest and best fishing supply in the
world. Instead, the shad. the herring,
and the mackerel are following into
extinction the sturgeon and the POM
pano. 1t win be a blessing II, through
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
The Vanishina Sturgeon.

New York Times.
The bitter and sometimes bloody RI
valry in the early nineties incident to
the sturgeon industry Of Delaware Bay
was occasioned by the boundary dis
pute between Delaware and New Jcr-
sey, now decided in favor of the latter
State. But the subject Of the conten-
tion. the sturgeon, has completely dis
appeared.
The fish has been hunted TO the point
of extinction. The Delaware River and
Bay fishery in 1883 yielded catch OF
100000 pounds Then the increased
demand for caviar in Germany and
other parts Of Europe marked the
fish's extinction I'm the East and a
prodiglous decline in the supply from
the great lakes. Minnesota, Washing
ton, and Oregon. A keg OF caviar
Weighing 1876 pounds that cost $40 ia
1885 was worth $40 in 1894. and by 1900
fetched 800. while DR.. w. S. Tower
records that in 1899 80 sturgeon at Bay
side, n. j.. were sold for $S,923-over
$40 apiece.
DR.. l.. II. Bailey, Of Cornell, OK
presses the belief that civilization has
passed the hunting stage with staple
food fishes. as with cattle and sheep.
We must "come to a scientific develop
ment and utilization Of water fields
that is, stock them with fish as we
stock our pastures. We are doing this
with shad in the Potomac. the Susque-
hanna, and the Delaware rivers and in
every other Atlantic coastal stream;
with black bass, crappies. rock bass,
brook trout. land-locked salmon, lake
trout. and the more desirable cat
fishes in the Eastern half of the coun-
try; with salmon in the Hudson and
Delaware; with brook trout, striped
bass. rainbow trout. oysters. frogs,
Holsters. and crabs on the Pacific coast
and in the Western rivers and lakes,
and with European carp in every
farmers fish pond Of the land. But
the artificial propagation Of the
sturgeon is more difficult.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
Keen Bow in Barrel.

Editor THE EVENING JOURNAL.
In glancing over the columns Of the
American Press of May 1st my eyes hes
itatingly rested on paragraph Of some of
more than my duty to comment on his
talk and make what I have TO say logic.
"A boy should be kept in a barrel and
fed through the bung til he is twenty-one
years OF age" Thus speaketh Mark Twain.
Now then. Mr.. Editor. il the boy was
put in a barrel and kept there till he was
twenty-one what would become Of him
after he had been extricated7 While in
that barrel more evil would be passed
through that bunghole than otherwise.
and after the majority age has been
reached. the individual in that keg would
be no more than an extramundane being,
and would be dead to the world. My view
OF Mr.. Twain's question is: More can be
impressed upon the minds of the young
than the old. and the only thinge needed
Is wisdom" Take for instance the older
sect il may be mentioned that perhaps
some of the poorhouse inmates and rail
road beatres" were fed through a bunK-
hole. and what are they now; nothing but
bunghole pests, having been shut up in g.
barrel and sent out into the world for the
people to rely upon"
Are the young men and boys the only
support the world has? How about the
women and girls? Were they put in this
world just for their good looks. TO sit be-
fore a mirror and see il the powder is
thicker on one side OF her face than the
otherg Take. for instance. the SUFFRAGE
problem. The mems rights are trying to
be taken away from them. simply be-
cause they see tho men are not capable OF
filling the duties OF that which is required
OF them. Why2 Because they were fed
through a bunghole and let out into the
world with a head Ike crab-apple. I
think the women should be fed on some
kind Of baby food and put III mirror
enclosed room and kept there till the men
can get enough win power 10 rule the
country without the women butting in
/ know II were put in a barrel and fed
through the bung ! would feel more or
less woody. Let the boy have the plea
sures OF life while young. Don't scoot him
off to bed right after the supper hour;
don't threaten him by saying you wiz get
the slipper after HIM for doing something
a little out OF the way. for II you do, he
viii be sure 10 do something Just to see
II you will put the slipper to him. A boy
has a better chance 10 become a man
while young than man when old So
fathers don't shut your boy up in a barrel.
Tor he will be sure TO appear with bar
rclites."
] wonder n Mark Twain was shut up in
a barrel and fed through a bunghole: per-
haps that's where he got TO be 30 bright
II some one would put me in Tbarrel I'd
hy out the knot hole and paste him ore
so hard that he would order ''bung. hole
soup Tor his next meal.
Thanking you for your troubles and elss
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
THEATRICAL
GRAND oPERA HOUSE.

Just as a sort Of clincher to follow the
sensational work Of sevengala last week
at the Opera House. the current bill as an
nounced contains six acts instead Of five,
which up 10 now has been the number
composing the program Of that,playhouse.
Six acts OF strictly hrst-class vaudeville
and two reels OF the latest motion pictures
offered at the prices charged by the Opera
House management should pack the the
atre and there is little wonder that the
Opera House patronage Of last week ran
considerably over 1000 paid admissions.
The features Of the bill which opens to-
day are the Wilson Franklyn Company in
a funny English sketch entitled MY VIE
Won't Let Me-" the Great Richards in
his marvellous impersonations and serpen-
tine Dances Two Vivians, sharpshooters
extraordinary; Billio Seaton, mimic and
impersonator; Musical Parshley, the peer
Of all xylophone soloists; Alfred Harring-
ton the crazy janitor, in an eccentric
acrobauc novelty, and two Of the latest
reels of motion pictures. Every act on
the program is a feature in itself Every
one has been headliner on the stages Of
the Leading vaudeville theatres of this
country, with possibly one exception. and
when such an aggregation Of features
are assembled on one program and Of
fered at the rldiculously low prices charg-
ed at the opera House the marvel in the
matter Of attendance would seem 10 he
that the theatre can even begin to hold
those desiring admission. In this con-
nection. however it is a fact that even
the oldest resident who has kept touch
with local theatrical history will not dis
pute, that the Opera House attendance
last week exceeded by far any other week
in it's history on Saturday night alone
the attendance numbered nearly 1000.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03

Hugh Bourne's descendants are the
rightful owners to this property. At
the time of his death America was a
far country and little was known here
Of his life there. Not supposing him
to have been married and he having
no brothers or sisters. his property
passed TO the nearest Of kin. a cousin,
my great-grandmother, Elizabeth War
rick. Her son. my grandfather, took
the name Of Bourne in addition to his
own. That name has come down to
me with the property. You have only
TO bring proofs Of Hugh Bourne's mar
rlage and that you are his heir and 1
will turn over TO you the property"
II shall do nothing Of the kind"
Il think it probable" said the young
man. that I shall go to America and
satisfy myself whether or no am
holding some one else's property. II
so, shall surrender IT,"
And such was his decision. The
same ship that carried Jeanette back
10 her duties took herlrelative. There
he found in the records of one OF the
smaller cities of New Jersey entered
while General Howe was commanding
the British forces in that region a rec
ord OF the marriage Of Hugh Bourne
and Jeanette Hildreth. Why after
her husband fell at Monmouth the
wife failed to claim what was hers is
doubtless n lost story.
But compromise was effected as to
the property by a wedding between
the Englishman and the American.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03

The Sussex Republican speaks of the fine ap-
pearance of the farms of that county. the i'm
provement in the land and the advanced meth
DDS OF agriculture that are being adopted. 1t is
observed that the farmers are beginning to spray
their fruit trees and Colonel Houston thinks that
it will not be long before most of the fruit trees
i'll Sussex will be so treated. Spraying by some
authorities is declared to be Indispensable but
many fruit growers in Kent county where spray
ing has been largely practced have been much
disappointed in the results And the disap-
pointment has been as great even where some
of the professors with new tangled and high
sounding titles did the work
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
HIGH rAxEs 1N ENGLAND.

+ NGLAND finds herself pinched for money
H Taxes are to be increased. The chief
source of revenue will be from the rich men of
the Kingdom. As an instance it is proposed 20
tax sixty horse power automobiles $500 a year
the tax being estimated on the value Of such
machine as personal property. In New York
the tax on the same sort Of machine is $40
annually.
Other taxes upon the rich are to be increased
in Great Britain The income and the inher-
itance rates are to be considerably advanced.
The death and legacy duties on great fortunes
will amount TO twenty-five per cent The tax
q liquor licenses IS 10 be increased and all other
Evening journal., 1909-05-03

the kindness of tho Roumanian gov
ernment. millions of little sturgeon can
be brought from the Danube 20 Lake
Erie and the rivers where they used
TO swarm, provided that they can be
adequately protected until they have
had an opportunity to mature and null
tiply. But all the importations of young
fish in the world viii not restock our
streams unless they are given the am
pie protection which many Of our na
tive hsh are still denied.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
DEFICIT DECREASING.

IT HE first day of the eleventh month of the
4 Governments fiscal year, Saturday found
Uncle Sans Treasury officials smiling oyer the
excellent showing in finances. Although the to-
tai deficit is now almost nnety-two and half
million dollars it increased less than three mill
lon dollars during the month just ended. as
against an increase of fifteen and half million
dollars in the same month year ago.
Treasury officials believe that the tide has
turned. and they present, in support OF their OPP
timsm. this striking showing, as we'll as the
steady increases in customs, and miscellaneous
receipts Should there be no change in present
conditions during this month, and next, the to-
tai deficit for the fiscal year would be less than
S1ooooo.ooo. Treasury accountants estimated TO
CONGRESS- last fall that the deficit would reach
SII5.Ooo, 600.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03

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which is made from roots and herbs,
has been the standard remedy for
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Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03

Mr. Charles Dubell has announced that ne
will accept the Democratic nomination for May
or If II is rendered to him. We do not believe
that the offer will be made as the leaders have
agreed upon DIR. Spruance as the Democratic
candidate and the leaders will be able to control
things. The Democrats in deciding upon DR.
Spruance were looking ahead to the fight of next
year when the Democratic Senatorial candidates
will be clawing one another.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
The United publishers' Association

The Pgblishers Bulletin ydica organ Of the UNITED
THE WiIMiNGTON EVENING jOtIESEIs has a
fYarantes circulation or than 1920 daily which has
teen Nerincd by examination"
The examination made by Mr. Arthur Koppen, gen
erRl the VIII TO
~ his and undertake EVEN
ING JOURNAL has the largest any
per printed IN Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1909-05-03

If Governor Pcnnewil doesn't make those ap-
pointments soon interest in the iudgship will
die out The Governor should know that the
base ball season is getting under way and when
interested in the Judging of the umpire than in
anv other kind OF Judging
Evening journal., 1909-05-03
Peoples Column

Anonymous communications for
the peoples column win not be
printed. Names Of contributors TO
the column will not be printed. but
must be furnished THE EVENING
JOURNAL as an evidence OF good
faith on the part OF the contributor