The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-01-29


sion at time when the Republican
leaders had rather hoped to get 1t
shelved more or less effectively. Not
a few Of them are mindful Of. the fact
that it cannot successfully be evaded
H.. the coming campaign and that it
may be necessary to name candi-
date for Governor who cannot be put
in the ultra-dry class. as has been the
case in two successive and disastrous
defeats.
In the thoughtful consideration Of
the outlook the party leaders will be
forced to the conclusion that the
voters of the State will not stand for
a candidate backed by the Anti
Saloon League, but in a daze as to
what to do without the support Of
the dry vote others will probably ex-
ert such influence to prevent the NOM
| nation Of a more liberal candidate.
| United States Senator Edge had no
hesitation in standing unequivocally
and bluntly for modification in his
campaign for reelection, and his ma
jority was more than 100000 in
contest with Mayor Donnelly, Demo-
crat, who was just as openly, and
probably bit stronger, for the moist
side of the controversy.
With that result standing out so
] clearly and conspicuously the Repub-
4icans will have some difficulty in
composing their differences upon the
important question and the legisla-
tive session will undoubtedly give it
emphasis. The Simpson bill. there
fore, may not see daylight, but the
Senator will be in position to keep it
before the people to the very end.
AS had been expected, Governor
Silzer opened the way for further dis
cussion of the tax reduction problem
in his annual message to the Legisla-
ture, but nothing is likely to come of
it. The Governor offered no new form
of solution, but referred back to his
plan of having the State Board of
Taxation and Assessment clothed
with power to review county and
municipal bond issues and annual
budgets. That power, it was then ar
gued, might result in healthy reduc-
lions of debts and, per sequence,
taxes. It was a bit too much, how
ever, for the lawmakers, who heard
from the municipal bodies, and moth
ing ever came of 1t.
It was evident from the tenor Of
his message that the Governor enter
tanned no false fancies with respect
to his plan, but referred to it merely
as a suggestion to which the people
might turn if they felt there was any
possibility of lighter tax burdens.
Renew Bobolink Protection Fight
With the converting of the Legisla-
ture comes the announcement from
the headquarters of the New Jersey
Audubon Society in Newark that the
fight for right and justice I'M behalf
of the bobolink, or reed bird, and its
benefciaries is to be renewed with
vigor. It was in the session of 1915
that the society first launched its
campaign to correct what it de-
scribes as a cruel and economic anom-
ally in the New Jersey laws. whereby
the bobolink is designated as game
bird, although pre-eminently song
and insectivorous bird with no gamey
qualification Since that time, with
the exception of the brief period
When the regulations of the Federal
Migratory Bird Law protected the
bobolink in New Jersey, and the
equally brief protection of the 1921
Audubon Law, repealed the following
year, the society has fought the bat
tie for the bobolink continuously to
the limit of it's resources.
The society declares that propa-
ganda against bobolink protection
rests entirely on misrepresentation
Quoting from United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture experts, it shows
that in the five months the bird is to
be found in New Jersew insects. form
an average of 57.1 per cent, vegetable
matter Chiefly weed seedD 42.9 per
cent of it's food. In May and July in
sects form so per cent and in June 80
per cent. falling of rapidly through
August and reaching a minimum in
September. In August, however, the
food is from SIS to 20 per cent weed
seed and from the first of September
this increases rapidly to nearly 100
per cent.
S18,7o5,52 in Governors Budget
Expenditures of $1S.7O5.522 were
recommended by Governor Silzer in
his budget message. This is an in
crease of $1,17O924 over the corre-
spending appropriation of last year,
though $s,S64,O52 less than the re-
quests received by the Governor from
various State departments and insti-
tutions.
OF the total recommended $14,313,-
600 will be appropriated from general
State funds, the balance being repre-
sented by appropriations from school
funds, fees of the motor vehicle de-
paFtment, fish and game receipts and
other sources OF income reappropri-
ated on the basis of amounts col
lected
Governor Silzer again protested