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The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-04

lists are asked to endorse Bryan and
get nothing in return for it. The aver
age politician is not inclined to see the
thing in that way.
The sum and substance of the whole
situation seems to be that there will
be boilers in every party and outside
the extreme East and West and some
of the Southern States it will be impos-
sible to forecast with any degree OF
certainty the outcome Of the elections
by the returns of previous years. Even
if the Populist convention endorses
Bryan, there will be enough boilers to
get up new convention and nominate
straight ticket Thus with the Pro-
hibitionists there will be four Presi-
Dental tickets and Kentucky, Tennes-
see and Texas can be put in the doubt
full column.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-04

Their Stop pail is Away aear at hand,
ready to deluge every advance move
ment with the dregs of calumny and
personal abuse. Do what they will,
however, they cannot clog the steady
and solid progress of the country.
From political, financial and COM
mercial standpoints, Hawaii is today
stronger than at any time in its history.
It's laws are administered by men in
whom the people have absolute conf
dence; the country is beginning to
reap the returns of the increasing COM
merce of the Pacific, and by extending
public improvements is preparing TO
meet the demands which will be made
upon it. New lands are being thrown
open to settlers, and every encourage
ment given to advancing and profitable
agricultural Industries. Ours is a con-
servative but none the less positive
progress, and investors in Hawaiian
securities will find, as they have found
in the past, that the country financially
is sound and always true to its obliga-
tions.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-04
AMERICAN POLITICAL rANGLE.

The political tangle in the United
States has daily become more interesting
and, it may also be said, more compli-
Gated. AS for the old Democratic party,
it has disappeared and good proper
ton of the men who have been its
leading lights have either retired to
sulky oblivion or prepared themselves
to support the Republicans. In at
tempting to handle the Populists and
secure the endorsement of Bryan and
Sewall the Democrats find that they
have a wild team to handle-an aggre-
cation of men who are not satisfied to
have their party play second fiddle to
anyone The Populists are ready and
willing to make a sectional fight while
the Democrats hope to avoid party
suicide by opposing this feature of the
Populistic idea.
A San Francisco correspondent sizes
up the situation among the Populists
as follows: These Southern Populists
really hate the Democrats. Then, too,
they see their hopes for office and
power being taken away from them
just as they felt themselves getting
into position to smash the Southern
Democracy through combination with
the Republicans. They fear the Demo
Gratis are about to swallow them again
and that the chivalry will take all the
Offices On the other hand, the Western
Populists are in quite another position
They hate the Republicans and expect
to smash the G. o. P machine by COM
binations with the Democrats. They
know they cannot hold their vote away
from Bryan, and that a straight-out
Populist ticket would make such q
sorry showing against him that the
party could not survive the blow"
Thus the Populists as a party are
between the devil and the deep sea. II
the South they have gained theiI
strength by withdrawing from the De-
mocratic party while in the West they
have drawn more heavily from the Re
publicans. Candidate Bryan's ultima
tum to the Populists is that he was no
minated without compromise or prom
| Use, consequently he will make no com.
promise and give no promise to these
people whose votes he needs. One
paper speaks of this as the declaration
of brave and Independent man, "bu
it is DANCED poor politics" The Popu-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-04
HE BETTER COME HOME.

Again the Hilo Tribune gives pub
licity to more of Commissioner Mars
denis opinions on the contract labor
system. The Commissioners most
pointed remark is as follows: cat the
same time there should be no antago-
nism in interest between the sugar and
coffee planters, as both must depend on
contract labor for their support" And
this from a Government officiall God
forbid that in this day and generation
the people of this country should be
educated to the idea that upon contract
labor the principal industries must de-
pend for their support. The necessity
of contract labor is fallacy of ancient
days, a system that the intelligent, act
i've men of Hawaii have been slowly
but surely growing away from, sys-
tenn which it is constantly being proved
can be done away with if the sugar
planters and coffee planters will bend
their energies in that direction
The Hilo Tribune gives the Commits
sioner hearty support, which can be
accounted for in two ways In the first
place, the Tribune since it's inception
has been coyertly opposing annexation,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-04
HAWAIIAN SITUATION.

Turning from the political situation
in the United States to that of Hawaii,
we presume that the oracles of the op-
position have prepared a collection of
unsophisticated Misrepresentation to
go forward to the States by the Peru.
To let them tell it, this country is on
the verge of political dissension in
finitely more dangerous to the estab-
lished Government than all the long
haired anarchists of the United States
have dared to predict for their country
But notwithstanding the yapping and
snarling of the small number of dis
contents, the governmental machinery
of the Republic of Hawaii is running
smoothly, quietly and peacefully. The
honesty and strength of the admins
tration is in fact what makes the hatred
of the malcontents more poignant Fail
ing to find break in the Government
armor, they seek to besmirch its char
acter with the mud of demagogues.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-04
VOICE OF THE PRESS.

The Pacific Commercial Advertiser
had somt good words in an article on
general charity in a recent issue. We
have not yet come to an unmanageable
state of affairs in the matter of reliey-
ing the INDECENT amongst us, but the
time has come when some more sys-
tematic methods should be adopted.
officers OF benevolent societies become
tired of their unthankful positions and
long for freedom. The impositions that
are practiced upon good natured per-
sons dull their palms and make them
suspicious of all who plead for help.
A combination of the several benevo-
lent societies with salaried officials
might be first step, with poor-law
to guide the relief. Church
Chronicle.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-04
CIRCUIT COURT.

The August term of the Supreme
Court opened yesterday and several
cases were disposed of. The following
we're called:
Republic of Hawaii vs.. D. Koa. Lii
quor selling without license. Nolle
prosequi entered.
Republic of Hawaii VS.. Moses and
two others convicted of larceny in sec
ond degree. Petition for mitigation of
sentence. Set for August 5th.
Republic of Hawaii vs. Pohue. On
motion of Attorney-General the case
was remanded to District Court for
sentence as the judge there has juris-
diction over the case.
Republic of Hawaii VS.. W, Spooner.
Nolle pros.
Republic of Hawaii VS.. ]. S. Sweetzer.
Continued for the term.
Republic of Hawaii VS.. All Man for
mitigation of sentence. Continued I'M
til August 9Th.
Republic of Hawaii VS.. NJ. S. Perry.
Opium in possession. Request for miti
CATION of sentence. Continued until
August 5th.
Republic of Hawaii VS.. Chang Chun
Sing. Common nuisance. Continued
until August 5th.
G. H. Paris VS.. c. W. Macfarlane.
Discontinued on petition of plaintiff.
Wing Wo Tai VS.. N. Monwai. Con-
tinued for the term.
J. P Crusato VS.. Virginia t. Crusato.
Continued for the term.
All Pal. opium and w. P. Morrow for
assault with deadly weapon. Moved
On calendar.
The Hawaiian jury civil cases will be
in order today.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-04

and secondly, because its policy has
constantly been laid on narrow INES
which mark the boundaries OF the wei
fare of select few in Hilo.
So far as the coffee planters are con-
cerned, Mr.. Marsden by his own re-
marks shows that he is wrong IN the
premises. He starts in with the state
ment that several thousand contract
laborers will be required, and then ad-
mits that the planters, for the greater
portion of the year, will be at their
wits end to find something for these
contract laborers to do. He maintains
that two thousand men, women and
children cannot be gathered together
by the coffee planters during the pick
ing season. Has he forgotten that Ho-
nolulu alone could supply that number,
that special rates could be obtained
from the steamship companies for their
transportation, that there are more
than two thousand men, women and
children, particularly among the Por-
tuguese, to whom the coffee picking
season will be God send? Has the
hop season in the United States no les
son for these satellites of contract la
Dor? Is it impossible for them to see
that the coffee picking season can be
made preventive against such labor
demonstration as was made by the
Portuguese some months ago, simply
because it will supply an attractive
class of work for the families-not the
men alone-of the poorer but industri-
Gus classes?
The Commissioner is a good fellow
but he is creating an agitation of the
labor question that is entirely unneces-
sary, and, worst of all, is derogatory to
enlightened progress. Rather than al
low this agitation to continue along its
present lines, the best thing the Gov
eminent can do is to recall it's Agricul-
tural Commissioner and allow him to
devote his attention to the development
of the Government nursery and expert
mental grounds.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-04
YOUNG J1MNlY,s ARGUMENT.
Scion of Blaine Family Asserts IIis
Political Belief


Scion of Blaine Family Asserts lii,
Political Belief.
NEW YORK, July 11.-Ardent deyo-
ton to politics has descended as an ORR
famine of war upon James G. Blaine,
who, when his distinguished father was
alive, was known as junior. When he
learned on Friday that Bryan was the
Democratic nominee he chuckled. Mr..
Blaine laughed low to himself over the
boy orator." and once so far forgot
himself as to turn to his neighbor in a
Broadway cable car and observe, "Well,
Bill Mckinley has got walk over this
time, sure"
His neighbor happened to be an en-
thusiastic and dyed-in-the-wool Demo
crat. He was Edward Clancy, not alone
was he Democrat, but Mr. Clancy was
a Bryan silver Democrat. Clancy as the
argument went on, grew wroth. So did
Blaine. Finally Clancy could stand the
pace no longer, and when the car had
reached Fortieth street, he alighted and
remarked, Say, you leather-headed
SWELL if you'll get off the car I'll punch
the stuffing out of you and Bill McKin-
ley, too.''
Now there is tradition that no mem
Der of the Blaine family ever dreaded a
fight in support of his opinions. Young
Mr.. Blaine obliged the warlike silver
Democrat He knocked out two of his
teeth and Frustrated him. Then a pa
trolman took Mr.. Blaine to the lookup
Clancy did not appear against him, and
if Mr.. Blaine had not stuck to the truth
and admitted the facts of the fight he
might have escaped being fined $40.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-04

The efforts of the Board of Health to
promote vaccination among the adult
population ought not to meet with any
opposition. At the present time school
children are required to be yaceinated,
but the parents who in case of an cpl
demic of smallpox would be exposed
to infection, can go on forever without
taking the precautionary measure of
vaccination. This situation is probably
due TO the fact that adults are suppos-
ed to know enough to look after them
selves. But it is too often the case that
forethought comes afterward and it is
not until disease has gained Roadway
that people wake up. In Japanese
ports, the people are so well protected
by vaccination that it is hardly deemed
necessary to quarantine passengers
from vessels infected with smallpox.
We cannot recommend such lax meth
DDS for this country, yet our people
ought to be impressed with the fact,
that according as a general use is made
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-04
The Atlantic Monthly for August

NE Atlantic MOntnly Tor august.
Fifteen years ago the Atlantic Month
ly gave Mrs. Stowe breakfast on her
SEVENTEEN birthday at which a notable
company was gathered. At her death
it pays tribute to her in some ways
quite as significant. The leading arti-
Gle in the number for August is Remin-
iscences of Mrs. Stowe by Mrs. James
T. Fields, who was her intimate friend
during the whole period of her fame.
There are several noteworthy literary
papers. Professor Paul Shorey of the
Chicago University, who is one of the
ablest of our philosophical writer's, ex-
plains in most suggestive fashion the
Present Conditions of Literary Pro-
duction," making summary of the
forces at work for and against literary
activity; and Mr.. Henry D. Sedgwick,
Jr., in an outdoor essay, "a Holiday
with Montoigne," combines an account
of an excursion in canoe with a rare
Interpretation of the old French essay
ist,-a most delightful paper of literary
charm.
A new story is begun in this number
by Mrs. Catherwood, the scene of which
is new prairie town. 1t is story
full of action and real life, with strong
flavor of the soil. Other fiction is a
continuation of Henry James novel,
THE Old Things" and a short story
with moral, "a Literary Model"
Lafcadio Hearn writes for this num-
Der of the Atlantic an explanation of
Japanese art which gives the Western
reader the Japanese point of view
a thing that has never before been so
plainly done; and European drawing
is criticised from the Japanese point of
view.
Other papers in the August Atlantic
are the final installment of the letters
of Dante Gabriel Rossetti; sympa-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-04
Naval Changes.

Naval officers have been detached
from the Charleston and ordered as
follows: Capt G. w. Coffin, two months
leave; Commander Reeder, Lieuts. A.
Sharp, w. P. White, G. H Stafford, G..
S. Williams, Ensign H. E. Smith, Pass
ed Assistant Engineers S. H. Leonard
and C. H. Matthews, three months
leave; Lieuts. C. A. Calhoun, W. S.
Sims and Ensign E. T. Witerspoon and
Surgeon G. U. Gravatt, three months
leave; Assistant Surgeon R. G. Broder-
lex to the Franklin; Paymaster c. w.
Littlefeld, to settle accounts and be
ready for sea; Chief Engineer Macon
nell, to the Lancaster.-Ex.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-04

The Minister of the Interior promises
that as soon as the work on Nuuanu
stream is completed the dredger will be
employed in cleaning the harbor for the
new wharves near the Pacific Mail
dock. This is encouraging and means
that the harbor improvements will go
forward with sufficient rapidity to give
the increasing, number of ocean steam
ers ample accommodation. The Ian
guage of Japan's special agent to Mex
leo indicates that the new steamship
line between those countries will soon
be an accomplished fact, 1t is also only a
question of the time it takes to get new
steamers, when the Seattle line will be
raised above the level of freight boat
line. Upon the ability to quickly dock
and clear these steamers will to a
great extent depend the popularity of
Honolulu as a port of call.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-04

As the controversy on A. P Aism
has apparently exhausted itself the
San Francisco Examiner has opened its
columns to Father Yorke who is at
tempting to belittle the work of the
missionary fathers and mothers in this
country. J. NJ. Alexander has risen to
show the fallacy of the statements. The
attack upon the religious work of any
denomination will probably continue
so long as there are men to write and
printers ink available to place their
opinions on paper This war of words
may continue forevfr, but no pen how
ever thick with virulent abuse it may
be tipped, can ever tear down the mo-
nument to Christian civilization which
the missionary fathers and mothers
have reared in Hawaii nei. Best of all
those who have followed after them
are continuing the good work.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-04

The suggestion of musical and
literary concert to start a fund to erect
a monument over Kate Fields grave
has met with hearty approval. The
public will respond and about the only
thing remaining is for the preparations
to assume definite form. This work
will soon be taken up by some of the
leading lady musicians in the city, and
it is anticipated that their requestsmade
to those whom they hope will take part
in the program will meet with ready
response.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-04

Our Hilo friends seem somewhat eX-
cited over the regulation requiring the
Hilo saloon to be closed at 9 o'clock in
the evening. If they will examine the
statutes they will discover that they
are simply coming under the regula-
ton that governs all retail liquor deal
ers in the outside districts In 1895 by
an error of clerk the Hilo dispenser
of liquors was given a license similar
TO that given in Honolulu. The mis-
take was not discovered by the Minister
until the license had been delivered
and he allowed the matter to pass with
out notice. When this years license
was made out, however, there was no
mistake, consequently the Hilo saloon
comes under the regulation laid down
in 1882 Since Hilo has had a taste of
II o'clock closing, possible its represen-
tatives will seek to change the law at
the next Legislature, but until then the
pathway for the Minister of the Inte-
rior to follow is clearly mapped out.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-04

In one of the first dispatches from
Honolulu published by some of the
United Press papers subsequent to the
nomination of Mckinley, the statement
was made that the American citizens
of these Islands were not satisfied with
the Hawaiian plank in the Republican
platform. We would like to know from
what American residents the author OF
the dispatch got his ideas. As matter
of fact the Republican declaration was
stronger than many Americans in this
country anticipated and is highly graft
flying to the great majority of the
Americans who hope for annexation.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-04

John D. Rockefeller, on the occasion
of his first visit to the University of
Chicago, said: TT is the best invest
ment l ever made. l am profoundly
thankful that l had something to do
with this great work. The Lord gave
me money, and how could l withhold
it from the University of Chicago?"
This sounds good deal like the Lay of
the Last Pirate. There can be no doubt
that the great millionaire has used his
money for good purpose; but when
one looks back over the history of the
Oil Trust, the ruined refiners, the i'm
poVerished producers and the corrupted
legislatures, it is hard to see the hand
of the Lord in the methods by which
Rockefeller's riches were obtained. If
the Chicago University professors in
dealing with the trusts of the United
States follow out proper theories, it is
not impossible that the University will
accomplish a good purpose. The dan
ger of such institutions is the extent to
which the moneyed power which gave
them birth will influence the instruct
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-04

One Of Goodwin Smiths latest utter
ances is as follows: "As the tide is
running 1 begin to think that if / live
a few years longer 1 shall see the last
poet. the last horse and the last woman.
The poet will be supplanted by the
man of science, the horse by the bicycle
or automatic carriage, and the woman
by the new woman" Supposing this
prediction proves true, life will still be
worth the living.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-04

The Honolulu correspondent of the
San Francisco Chronicle seems filled
with the desire to place the Govern
ment officials in an improper light.
The report of the Fourth Of July ball
is dished up in some shape as to
make it appear that the absence Of the
Executive was due to differences with
the American representative. AS is
well known, this is a complete misrep-
resentation that might have been
avoided had any member of the Exec
utvie been interviewed on the matter.
There seems to be disposition on the
part of some of our correspondents not
10 allow the American representative
and the Government live in peace.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-08-04

One of the leading Democratic papers
of Maine words its endorsement" of
candidate Arthur Sewall as follows:
Were Mr.. Sewall the candidate for
President, we might hesitate some
what-though we do not say we would
not give him the same support in that
case. But the Vice Presidency is not
such an Office as to make it necessary to
try candidates political metal by so
searching tests, SO that he is personally
all that could be desired, as Mr.. Sewall
unquestioRabiy is. The Vice President
has nothing to do but preside over the
Senate with dignity and impartiality.
Nobody can doubt Mr.. Sewalls ability
and fitness to do that. He has abso-
lutely no political influence or patron
age. In this respect Mr. Sewall had far
more influence as National Committee
man than he will have as Vice Presi-
dent, where he will not have influence
to procure the appointment of a fourth
class postmaster. Even if he should de-
sire to carry out the wishes of his Re
publican friends, which we do not be-
lieve he would do, he could not dc SO.
And we shall, with Mr. Bryan as Presi-
dent, be spared the humiliation of see
ing appointments under a Democratic
administration dictated by Republican
politicians, as has been done in MANY
cases during the past four years.