Evening journal., 1909-02-08

entered the room carrying the State
flag. which added to the applause.
Governor Peunewill made fine adj
dress. as was given on Saturday.
Former Senator Anthony Higgins,
who responded for the "Battleship
Delaware" and former Secretary of
state Joseph L. Cahall. who responded
for 1.-THE Sponsor" also were given
ovatiNns
Ship Wanted to Remain "Dry."
Colonel !. G. w. Waller, of the
/ United states Marine Corps, responded
for "trhe Navy" 1T have heard it
said that the ship Delaware did not
wish to part with the delightful COM
pany Of Delawareans." he said, ''There
is another reason. Two-thirds of the
state are represented by the lower
counties and the other By the upper
county. rhe dry counties hesitated
to take to the water. That is why the
Delaware hesitated."
Secretary Of state Hastings was call
/ ed upon for o speech. This is not
the whole OF the State Of Delaware" he
said. This is but a representative
party. and we have thousands of peo-
pie who would have been delighted and
glad TO have accepted your hospitality
and appreciated IL as much as those
here. We appreciate what you have
done, but we regret that every citizen
/ Of Delaware who takes an active in
tercst In The States affairs could not
have been here to see this beautiful
ship launched. There is in Whining
ton an organization OF ZOO men who
would have come here to see the
launching. They are represented by
under the circumstances. It is an or
ganization that has done much to get
the name Delaware bestowed upon the
battleship. refer TO the Wilmington
Board of Trade"
Toast to the Absent Ones.
II want to propose a toast to those
citizens Of Delaware who have been
left behind"
Mr.. Hastings remarks were taken
as a resentment OF the limitation
placed upon Delaware of having but
sixty-eight persons in its Official party
and his sentiment was echoed in the
applause that greeted it.
Congressman Hiram R. Burton and
Josiah Marvel also responded happily
to toasts. Congressman Burton, among
other things said that when II was
proposed in Congress to give a name
other than Delaware to the battleship
he threatened to make point of order
on the floor Of the House, and the
scheme to deprive the small state OF
the name for the big battleship was
abandoned.
Walter A Post. general manager of
the Newport News Shipbuilding Com
pany, also responded to a toast and
the breakfast was brought to a close
by Toastmaster circuit proposing a
toast to walter A. Post and his staff,
and every last man, both white and
colored. in the shipyard." This was
drunk standing, while the orchestra
played Dixie
Visitors Go Sight Seeing.
: Many OF the visitors remained at the
Chamberlin over Saturday night and
, yesterday. They attended q special
military dance given at the hotel in
honor OF the sponsors and the Delaware
/ party at the Chamberlin. Captain
!. John NJ. Dunn, of the army, who if
now stationed at Fortress Monroe
Joined the Delaware party at the
% Chamberlin. Colonel and Mrs. Ed.
> mund Mitchell. Miss Emily Mitchell
Colonel Harry B. Cavanaugh, Major A
/. Roy Hart, Major Edward G. Bradford
and Major William Marshall. Congress
man Hiram r. Burton and Miss Leal
= Burton were among the Delawarean:
who remained over Sunday. A. S. Reed
and John p. Almond we're among tbs
=, visiting Delawareans who remained a.
: the Chamberiin for an additional da.
= or two. and General and Mrs. duPon
= and Miss dupont had Miss Cahall a.
their guest over Sunday.
p Some Of the party returned by wa.
II Of the Delaware Railroad on Satur
. day night, but Governor Pennewil
!, Lieutenant Governor Mendinhall, Judg
" Pennewill. Secretary Of State Canal
! and large part went to Baltimore Of
the Wilmington built steamer Virginia
= and yesterday took in the sights OF An
! napolis. Governor Austin L. Crother'
of Maryland. received the visitors a
= Annapolis and he and his aides con
"a Quoted the party through the new Stat
!, House and the Executive Mansion
while some remained 10 visit the Nave
Academy. Among those who went {
Annapolis in addition TO Governor Pen
- lnewill, were the following: Lieutenant
- Governor and Mrs John NJ. MendinhaI
- Judge and Mrs. James Pennewill Mis-
Frances e. Hazel, Miss Eva l.. Haze
/, all Of Dover; Miss Pauline Townsend
- Of Milford; Miss Alice Sparks. OF VII
y mington; Miss Eliza L. Conner, of Eel
- ton, and Senators Darlington Finn {
NIarshallton; George w. Sparks, OF WI
- mington; "a. r. Conner, Of FELTON,; Alex
~ ander B. Corbit. Of Odessa; Represen
a. tative William NJ. Hazel, Of Dover
10 Colonel George A. Elliott Colonel Thee
dore Townsend. OF Milford, and C. ]
Hallam.
60 At Hampton Institute.
= on Saturday afternoon the Delawai
no party inspected the Hampton Institui
a. for colored youths near Old Point Con-
fort. Magistrate and Mrs Alton
to Pyle, OF wilmington, were at the inst
an tute 10 assist in receiving tho visitor
ay The stupendous work being done at n
institute in instructing young colors
men and women in the trades and
domestic science made most favo
bic Impression upon the visitors. Al
embling i'm tho church on the institu
rounds. the Delawareans were treats
TO a vocal concert by the insutu
J chorus They singing of the color
men VAS a revelation. their last nun
Der being one OF the colored folklo
u songs, in the quaint negro dialect al