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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-04-04

statement to the board. This rs also
certified to BY the secretary Of the
board Of regents:
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-04-04

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served there to enlightened customers
at reputable restaurants r not Hummy
and appalling monsters, sprawling all
over the dish and looking for all the
world like Harlequins sawed of neatly
at the waist. The frogs served there are
young and small and tender, practically
uniform in size and likewise equal in
delicacy and flavor. They lend them
selves to inspired condiments, such as
sauce tdrtdre. They are Of a sweetness d
rdrir. They melt in the mouth and leave
no mucilage behind, and the big, long
thigh with its muscular maturity and its
d~istasteful suggestion Of human nature
Is conspicuous by its absence. The diner
dallies with a dream of gentleness and
SAVIOR. He imbibes the true olympian
ambrosia. Moreover, he gets the worth
OF his money, which counts in these
frugal and far seeing times.
Frogs legs make q banquet for the
gods. Why shouldn't they, be regu-
lated1 Caught young, they are divine.
Furnished from points Of least resist
ance, they are like other things and to
a large extent dyspeptic.
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The strussis Of . Freeman.

To rHK EDITOR OF TIE SuN-Sir: In every
community and In every human mind exist two
tendencies, an snarchicsl and q despotic. |
walk In o downtown street and meet . swarm oil
poor fruit vendors driven before . hectortns
policeman. and ! become an anarchist. o for q
state Of srain where each man. guided by con.
science and by public opiuion. may enjoy life,
liberty and the pursuit
Here I stumble over 4 plank laid across the
sidewalk, the realm Of foot passengers. laid and
maintained by me for my use. \ wagon Is backed
against II and this damned plank serves 10 convey
heavy cases TO the warehouse. What We want,
I think. Is q man Of energy and action who will
Gee To- II that such abuses are done away with.
With . smartlne shin the laws delay seems to mt
superhuous and l would gladly give into the
strongest hand the heaviest sceptre II 20 be Il
belaboS well with Il the trueknsn, tho ware.
house man and all connected with my abused and
piusble state.
In somewhat IKE manner the body polite
sways now toward Independence Until one free.
man cracks his shlns on another's freedom. then
toward nbsolutism until the protecting cloak
becomes . pail. There Is no right and no wrone
or there are two rights. each With the sesdt OF
wrong; but In their wrtggling back and forth the
worm humanity crSwiS We hope ward
A. the present moment democracy In America
means q squirn to right G. W. l..
INV YORK, May 3.
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Frogs Legs.

Now that the a for frogs legs
is opening for us its seductive entice-
ments we wonder whether a word OF
sober and judicious guidance would dc
a particle Of good. We pote in the Caro-
lima papers-North and South-a wealth
of humorous speculation touching the
revenue that will be wrrng from North
ern markets through this delectabie
traffic. One can e the troops of small
boys besetting the ponds and other Turk
ing places Of the quarry and spearine
the veteran bull al he sounds his deep
bassoon. One a also see the always
neglected consumer gazing at a leg as
big as a baby's and EMBEDDING it In a
cannibalistic smirk.
They manage these things better
In Detroit, for example. The frogs
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when Furnishing Thieves.

II is gratifying to know that the
thievee in the American Sugar Refining
Company are to be pursued by the Fed
eral Government and put on trial. The
corporation has already refunded at
least an a%ppreciable portion of the sums
it gained by fraud. Now it is promised
that some of the individuals concerned
in this particularly bold and offensive
series Of crimes shall 60 to the State
prison for satisfactory terms of years.
But there has been no word Of pro-
ceedings against certain other lawbreak-
ers involved in this matter. Are the
Federal officers who ignored reports
from their subordinates of short weights
not to be punished? Are the persons
who shifted from the scene Of the swim
dies the weighers 500 inquisitive about
doctcred scales, and the inspectors too
honest TO share the loot. to escape the
attentions of the District Attorney and
the Grand Jury? The evidence taken
on the trials already had showed beyond
doubt that there were men Of authority
in the customs service who profited from
the frauds or else were monuments Of
official imbecility.
There seems to be a fair prospect that
the American Sugar Refining Company
and it's dishonest employees and officers
will get their deserts. This alone will not
satisfy the public. The people would like
to have 4ome of the thieves wearing
the Government uniform put where they
belong.
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Old Home week IN Bsriiust,..

To THI EurroR ov TIK suN-sG: The az.
preston -somnolsut" used with reference "a
Buriington In . recent issue OF TEL Sun amused
residents OF this charming city on Lake Cham.
plain. We did not know that ws were ssleep.
bu; II we have seemed 90 70 you busting New
Workers No shall be Wide Awake next July At
the time oil our Rtcat tercentenary celebration
OF ChsmpiAin's discovery.
AZ Burlington Il will be Old Homo Week. ,or
all who come, whether v%ermonteu or Kniorer.
bockers. JosxPa DANA BAhrkY,
BURLINGTON. W.. Mar l..
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applied the axe. Now we, hear from
the Court.
In this long awaited decision the Su-
preme Court shows it's lack Of sympathy
with the Rooseveltian excuses by giving
to the drastic statute a moderate and
reasonable construction. It'declines to
impute to Congress a spirit of destruc-
tive radicalism. In this charitable as
sumption it disregards the letter Of tho
statute and the history of the times. 1t
interprets the purpose Of Congress not
in the light Of the popular frenzy which
dominated the deliberations Of the
House and the Senate when the com.
modify law was passed but in the light
OF American history, whose dominant
note has generally been that of conser-
vatism. 1t thus holds that if the car
rier which has mined coal has Invested
itself Of ownership therein before ship
ment its subsequent carriage of the coal
for the shipper is not within the inhibi-
ton OF the statute. Thus every carrier
that mines coal need only sell in good
faith at the mines, and the purpose and
therefore the application of this drastic
law ceases.
The counsel for the Delaware and Hud-
son Company urged this contention upon
the Circuit Court, and this contention
which the Supreme Court now %sustains-
was dismissed by the Circuit Court with
little comment.
The great railroad interests OF the
nation have happily found in this mod
crate construction a city of refuge from
this drastic and revolutionary statute;
a great peril has been averted. To the
extent that the law was economically
sound it has been sustained. To the
extent that it sought to invade the
province OF the States by indirectly
compelling the carriers to sell their coal
mines-which some had owned before
there were any Railroads.&c. has failed
with others of my policies In this
respect it has gone to the scrap heap Of
futile or invalid legislation.
All this the Supreme Court has accom-
plished by the simple expediept Of a
reasonable Interpretation Of q law which
was passed by a submissive Congress
almost without debate or deliberation
to carry out the supposed will Of a fren-
zied autocrat.
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Jerome and His Hostile Audience

jerome and His Hostile Audience,
The people Of this city have known
WILLIAM TRAvERs JEROME a long time
and well. Occasionally and for q briei
time they have forgotten what manner
of man he was. At such times evil
reports have been industriously circu-
lated b. individuals whose motives and
malice are well understood. Such for
getfulness, such misunderstanding, has
promptly terminated at the precise
moment Mr.. JEROME has chosen to re-
turn to the people, whose confidence
placed hira in office, and to tell them,
face to face and man fashion, the truth
they desired.
Mr.. JEROME has again returned to the
people. The result Of the return was
inevitable. The only thing to be re-
GREETED is that the audience at Cooper
Union, which heard Mr.. JEROME TO
cheer him, could not also have cen at
equally close range the authors of the
ISLANDERS and the manufacturers OF the
prejudice which vanished as Mr.. JEROME
spoke. Had these critics been present
the whole story would then have been
perfectly. Ineligible. Unfortunately,
however, Mr.. JEROME will never be able
to obtain that ultimate vindication their
presence upon a public platform would
supply.
There is one thing about Mr.. JERoME's
unique personal triumph that is per-
haps worthy Of note. He attacked no
one. He made no appeal either to pas
sion or to prejudice. He placed himself
voluntarily on trial before those who
had elected him and rigidly narrowed
the issues to mis- own personal RESPONSE
bility to them. Hear me and then
Judge me-" This was his simple appeal.
II the jury, having heard him with re-
luctance, cheered him with enthusiasm,
that was their business.
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Eacour.s.m.nt Through the Ether.

TO rHR EDITOR OF TuR SuH-sfr: We Msrtlans
are very glad 70 heaf shai m attempt Is soon 70
he made 70 signal 20 us frm the planet Earth.
Many cycles ago we sought 70 siEnAl 70 Earth
and ssnk billions VI dollars In the project The
surface Of Mars WAS covered With marks repre-.
senting our simplest code.
We have watched Earth these many years for
some answering message, but II seems your wise
men have called our signals canals" and have
made no EFFORT 70 declpher them. Now, bring
along your flashlights. We do things on a large
scale up here on Mars, 40 when We answer your
signals Just keep your eye on our canal zone"
NARs. Maj, T. PAIRS.
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To THE EDITOR Or THE SuN-Str The edito.
nal In 70 days sun. "A Precursor OF Poe, refer
to -hls phono motor centres" Is this q mis-.
print. Should Il not be -hls phony motor cen.
tres"t And white We are discussing your almost
daily poetical treats. what has happened 70 tina,
peerless poet Eimoref This 10 the latest spnng
We have had In q long while and perhaps -Sassa.
fras- has not sprcuted. r. N. s.
The BRONX, May
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When 1t 10 necessary for policemen to use
their revolvers in closing grocery shops
which violate the Sunday laws 1t 10 appar-
emit that they must be armed with machine
guns II they are to be expected to CLOSE
the saloons for the hours in which the sale
OF liquor 10 illegal.
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From De Hubbard NVrs.
A citizen OF Hubbard. Peter Loer, has demon
strtted the fsct that the nnest quality OF Japan
tea can be successfully grown In Hubbard ard
10 all parts OF Oregon. He has o large patch Of
land planted to tea. which Ia growing nicely and
b very thrifty. He raised q small qusnttty Of
~ isst year. which he readily disposed OF "
Portland merchants AZ " a pound. The mn
chAats oaer 70 pay that price for good v'
raised In Oregon.
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Old Tim Leg .na.rsss Of u. u~ni.sr.,ty

~ IN bAty Ot0Ds
To THE EDfroR OF TIE SUS-sir: Those
were great days-and the nightA were long and
jo~yful-whcn the University Club was young and
jim Morgan told his stories there. Mr.. Purnne-
toms reproductions Of the tale Of Bos'n Miner
and the whale makes me zee plainly the faces
of the listening group. and ! seem 70 hear old
Pesbo chuckle In the depths Of his great black
beard. Those mon are not there any moro.
Nj. Purrtngton's modesty leads him 10 under.
rate his ability. His telling Of the story b a. rood
a. could be. He should please Tie readers Of TIN
sun by recalling for us Two other Of Morran's
Bosn Miller stories. He must remember tAem.
One was an experience With an English Admiral
who said Put Il thar" the other Of . race across
the Atlantic between d dolphin and . United
States wArship, ending In the harbor OF New
London. when the dolphin won with q rob OF
sweat as big around as . silver dollar under each
eye"
These stories ought not to Be lost and Nj. Pur.
rtnst ton should ind IL . pleasure, a. II 10 hs duty.
10 preserve them for VI. Anyway, for what he
has done I and doubtless many another Of tba,
old crowd thank him heartily.
HoRAc1 carrraNpns.
BURLINGTON, W., May :,
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ence "Yonksra"

From the wsaeheasr County Magazine
The word "Yonkers- Il from the Holland Jouk.
heer-Ensiish, young noblemsn." The o1ncial
legislative enactment hxing the name Yonker,
took place March =, iI&, when the territory be.
came one OF the twenty described towns comprts.
tnr the county OF westehester.
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moro than three times cheaper than II
the dry and that therefore . cube thret
times larger than that Of the narrow ses
level canal, such as that necessary for
the Straits Of Panama. a be accom-
plIshed at much less cost than that OF the
sea level canal u dug in the wet instead
Of being dug as proposed. in the dry:
These are simple. Official, material
facts. Who will ever explain why Colonel
Goethals has said in Chicago. speaking
Of the estimates Of the Straits Of Paaama':
with mountains instead Of hills to be
removed estimates are OF course impossi.
BILE, 80 the most optimistio, figures are
offered as a bat"
Such language from . scientific man
will surprise even q layman.
There is still more eason for being
surprised in reading another extract Of
Colonel Goethab's lectufe In Chicago.
Speaking Of the machines for disinte-
grating rock under water by conclusion
Colonel Goethals says: Experiments are
now being made on the Isthmus with one
OF these rock crushing devices, but thus
far the results are not promising
On my return from the States ! wrote
to the constructor asking why the machine
was not working In Panama a It did In
suez. Manchester. Blyth. Okasaki. Brest
anda number OF other places. The answer.
dated April 8 last. was: Our man has re-
turned from Panama as the rock Gutter
Is laid UP for six months because the rock
has not been unooy eTea by TIC 1-S1se.,
80 that there Is no work ready for the
rock breaker yet
The firm added the machine had been
received after the len days trials, which
were reported to them ss having been
most satisfactory.
promising results' the work Of q machine
tbs trials Of which have given complete
satizfacton and which was put out Of
service Immediately after. these trials.
when q couple Of days Of dredging would
have removed the dirt above Tho rock
and allowed the utility COST. power Of the
system to be measured s1psrimentally1
These arc questions which I leave to
the pe~rsplcaoity Of tbs hynan to solve.
From . scientific point Of view I cannot
find the solution.
There are several other points In Colonel
0oethals's lecture which would call for an
answer. such a. the control Of the ChAgres
with the 'Straits Of Panama I have no
peatedty explained how Il car be easily
disposed OF. but when hills are called
mountains trivial questions rise In pro-
portion. PIr1rPrl BuNAu-vAnnLA.
PA1Is. April 70.
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To n Enron OF TRl SuN-Str; On yhs,
theory DOES -insulstor' advise insulation for
better sleep snd fewer dreansi
NEW YoRA. Nay J.. i'm. RKMeoS.
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From tho CAaaonoooc Nses.

The Gatun dam il the mAinstAy OF the
lock type canal. II 1t collapses the entire
enterprise fails. Reaching this conclusion.
VarillA subrnits that the Government should
not depend Upon % treaohsrous . founda-
tion for the great canal. Hts warning II
considered In most quarters - the cAfpins
Of . critic. but no one ban reed HE speech
carefully without being Impressed favorably
by his argument.
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n ON, friends tpho fdror Us ptth manuscripts Tor
pvolteanon utsh 10 hdes rejected articles returned
DER must IN all eases send stamps for that purpose.
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The intrusive GAM" Again.

FROM Tue fropso6Wee S0tfnot.
The Straits Of PanSma--AA ambitious
a~mplincation Of the see level scheme--en-
gage N. Bunau-variila's attention. We
should al Of US like 70 see . magnificent
waterway Of this sort dug through the
Isthmus, but It would take . long. indefinite
period and perhaps Q billion dollars. The
French engineer would rely for the oon-
struction Of these straits, f1rst. on certain
improved machinery for the submarine
disintegration Of rock. and. second. on
floating dredses in place Of the steam saov-
els now In use; but 10 he certain that the
Aforesaid improved machinery mas not bssn
tested at Panama. He seems to think that
the engineers In charge have neglected Inn
portant new devices Of which he u oosni-
rant: but here again We can afford to trust
our own experts. Tho work Of building the
Panama. Canal 10 proceeding rapidly.
smoothly and efficiently. Mr.. Stevens
created . splendid organisation on the
Isthmus and Colonel Goethsls has entered
sympsthstioally into the task Of maintain.
ing and expanding It. Unless the unfore-
seen OCCURS the waterway will Be ready
for the passage Of ships In 1914 or 1915; and
neither u. BunAu-varillA nor any other OBJ
stacle viii be permitted to check the prog
rees Of III work.
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Cruel NSuory,

p knicker-f remember . spriAg Just like this.
Booker~Sso Do 1; u was NE sprisg you Dor.
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From the Rochester Post Express.
The Legislature Of the Ststeo OF New York
adjourned at noon after having transacted
q large amount OF work and disposed Of
many important questions. Upon the whole
It did Its work well.
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from tf Wilmington &VSvV EVeN1NC.
The project Ia Of too treat Importance
and involves too many interests besides that
Of cost to be disposed Of In . summary
manner. The Tea level canal inaistently
demands due consideration.
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From the Buffalo Commercial.

FROM the baVdP CoWucrcsof.
To-day marks the close of the legisla-
tive session at Albany. II 10 . great relief
and a good radiance. The record both In
what has been done and left undone 10 q
rank offence to the people Of the State.
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From tie Albany Ersning Journal.

what has been done and left undone 10 q
rank offence to the people Of the State.
From tie Albany Evening Journal
BY those who expect those things In
rapid succession and are not content IN
less they are successful In aocelerating
them It 1.-The session. will be declared q
failure perhaps: but to those who fear .
surfeit more than q dearth OF legislRtion
and are Of the opinion that now govern
mental ideas require time for their proper
digestion 1t will be satisfactory.
From the Binohamton Prcss.
Having been In session for four months.
during which time Its members nave done
little Of which to be proud and much to be
ashamed of, the New York State Legisla-
ture adjourns to-day.
The Legislature has not only ~repudiated
the Governor but hss misrepresented the
people, and when the next election comes
around there are certain men who should
be permanently retired TO private life.
From the Brooklyn Eoole.
The Legislature has been q disappoint-
ment. It has done nothing obviously bad
and little that Is efectively good. II has
from shining at the front. with the result
Of making him shine re%fulsently.
From tie Buffalo Nsrs.
The Legislature adjourns with much to
its credit % q whole. The Legis-
iatuTe did two things for which Il inertia
special credit. It killed the direct primary
s~bomination that wa proposed and 1t would
not touch the Massachusetts, ballot scheme
Of Acknowledgement. The State conven-
ton last fall condemned both these alleged
reforms,
From the Asburn Citifen.
The Legislature Of New York State did
yesterday the best thing In its career by
a~djourning. In fact 1t had better ad-
journed before IT began. 90 far as any real
service to the State Is concerned.
From the Rochester Union and Advertiser.
The Legislature adjourned yesterday
after a not very arduous session. although
1t accomplished some important work. In
the minds OF many. in view OF the fact that
the Governors direct nominations scheme
was set aside, this last session OF the Legis-
lature Is more notable for what was not
accomplished han for its accomplishment.
However, It would be an Injustice to our
representatives at Albany to ignore the fact
that they have this year done some really
good work.
From the Utica Press.
There are . great many who will draw q
long breath Of satisfaction TO learn that the
Legislature Of the State o. New York has
adjourned sine die.
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Paris once. SO Rue Louis lie Grand. The daily
end Sunday editions are on sale at Kiosque IL, near
the Grand Hotel. Kiosque II. Boulevard des Cap
ueines. corner Place de ropera- and Kiosoue 10.
Boulevard des Itallens, corner Rue Louis lie Grand.
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THE VERDICT.
The Last Legislature and the Voice OF
History.
From, the Albany Argus.

From the Albany Argus.
II has been man. q long a since there
was so useless and barren a session or one
In which there wa so much bad blood. dis
order. disharmony and inef1cienoy.
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London once, Enlngham House, I Arunde
street, Strand. The daily and Sunday SON are
on sale In London at the American and Colo
NAL Exchange, Carlton street. Regent street
and aw's Steamship Agency. II Green street
Leicester Square,
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q cubic yard. This shows that actually
with a plant on water largely consisting
Of the old Dc Leeseps dredges the exoava-
ton and transportation on water Of loose
material is actually on the Isthmus about
ak times cheaper than on rails.
The old De Lesseps ladder dredgeA have
buckets OF about half a cubic yard
capacity. At last q modern ladder dredee
has been ordered with buckets Of two
cubic yards capacity. II the dredging
plant had been renewed from the be-
ginning the cost Of excavation on water
would be not II GENTS but s cents a cubic
yard and the wet system would be shown
expeimentally not six but twelve times
cheaper than the dry method for loose
material.
The d~isintegration Of the rock below
water has made, also, huge advances.
Large excavations based on under vatsr
dlsintsgration by the conclusion system
have been made at the Suez Canal at
% cents q cubic yard and at the Msnohes-
ter Canal at 12h cents.
On the other hand. the mass Of the Guile
bra cut Is 50 soft that the average price
has been set by the consulting board at
% cents a cubic yard when tho price Of
soft rock excavation was put at one dol
lar. 1t Is the most pcrfeot ground for
di~sintegration at very low cost by the oon-
cussion system.
These prices show that tbs excavation
IN the wet at Panama would be much
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sub.er,ptIons by Mail. Postpaid.

pnhItshed by the Sun Printing and Publishing
Association at ITO Nassau street, In the Borough
OF Manhattan. New York. President and Treas.
urer OF the Association, William N. Lafan, 40
Nassau street. Tho once OF Secretary OF the
Association Is temporarily vacant.
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From tie Asburn Ciiren.

From the Utica Press.
There are . great many who will draw .
long breath Of satisfaction TO learn that the
Legislature Of the State 0. New York has
adjourned sine die.