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Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1897-02-04
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Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1897-02-04
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bienen?"
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1897-02-04
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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-03-26

use any longer those obsolete
charts of the sh0rt-sighted dad
dies. ON which we find the ancient
anchoring ground marked "un-
alienable rights of man to go
where he likes" "no restriction
on emigration;" lone man is as
good as another" The uncertain
ty of the real nature of the new
holding ground drives the judi
cial surveyors to getting up ON
their ears" and to cutting each
other. Well may the fervent
anti-Asiatics exclaim, why has
God created these Asiatics to
worry the souls of the great
American and the little Hawai-
ian Republic.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-03-26

the fiddler" Proper provision fol-
those dependent upon the mans
labor is not made, and when the
day of reverses comes the man who
has found easy credit in the begin
ming sees that he and his family are
close to becoming the subjects of
charity.
Another imposition upon the
good nature of our people is found
in instances where people have APP
parently been shipped" to the
country by kind friends who want
to get rid of them. They are fur
nished with a hundred or two dol
lars, which doesn't 90 far here, but
is sufficient to get them past the
customs authorities. When the
money is gone an appeal is made
to newlv-made, soft-hearted friends
here or to the Consul. Some de
luded individuals seem to think
they have only to draw on their
Consul, he will furnish the neces-
sary funds and then will be reim-
bursed by his Government. Then
the Consul is roundly condemned
when he of necessity refuses fnan-
cial backing for some one of his
countrymen.
While we do not desire to en-
courage hard-heartedness, we be-
lieve it a good idea to impress upon
the people who consider the only
necessity of life in this country a
banana tree to live under, that the
walking from Honolulu to any of
The Coast ports is very poor.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-03-26

optimists to complete the work be
gun.
Jay Gould said that great com
mercial undertakings were usually
begun by optimists, but were fin
ished and made successful by pes
simists. The optimists gave out
when the unforeseen difficulties APP
peared. The pessimists took hold
when they understood and meas
ured the difficulties.
Every community, as a whole,
is optimistic. 1t never believes in
any coming trouble. Sanitary re-
forms are the offspring of pesti-
lence. Monetary reforms are the
offspring of financial distress. In
dustrial reforms are the offspring
of bitter competition. Intelligent
pessimists look at things as they
are. The world hates such men.
They irritate and make the com
munity feel badly.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-03-26
IMPROyIDENT VISITORS.

While the easy7going life Of Ha-
waii is one of It's attractions and
fascinates many of the tourists who
come here, it is a question wheth-
er, in the long run, this particular
characteristic Is not one to be seri-
ously deplored. 1t is often re-
marked that the young men reared
in Hawaii have little appreciation
of the value of money; it comes
easy and. goes easy, consequently
young people are inclined to culti-
vate improvident characteristics
which hardly fit them for battle
with the cold, relentless business
world. The worst feature, how
ever, is that newcomers accept
with altogether too much ayidity
the easy-gong customs, and 1T Is
not uncommon that the good ma
ture of the public is seriously i'm
posed upon. New arrivals note
that it is easy to obtain credit in
fact, credit seems to be at a pre-
mium and they form the idea
that this is indeed a paradise, and
the proper thing to do is to make
the most of ii. Purchases are
made right and left with no APP
parent idea of a possible ''rainy
day." or that some one must "pay
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-03-26
THE DoLLAR-GETTISG TENDENCY.

The Outlook of February 18th
publishes an article by Rev. S. D..
Mcconnell, of Brooklyn, reciting
a condition of affairs in the Unit
ed States, Worse than war"
The author tells of an experience
at "a social event attended by sew
eral milliOnaires. bank and rail
road presidents. The topic for
discussion was President Cleve-
lands Venezuelan message. Mr..
Cleveland was condemned in
most violent language. On being
asked the reason for this sharp
criticism, one millionaire replied
do you know that fifty million
dollars of value in American Sc
curities has been swept out of eX-
istence. since Yesterday morning?
And what for? Simply on ac-
count of a piece of condemned
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-03-26

Everybody is ready to kick
even a nation when it is down
Spain is discovering this fact in
its attempts to quell rebellious.
subjects, both in Cuba and the.
Philippines. The Spanish Minis
ter at Picking has requested the
Chinese Government to issue
strict injunction against the pri-
vate expectation of arms and
ammunition to the Philippines
An Imperial decree has been is
sued prohibiting secret importa-
tons of munitions of war to any
southern port, more especially to
Manila. Press dispatches state,
however, that one ship load of
arms has been sent out from
Shanghai and others are seeking
a favorable opportunity to get be
yond the reach of officials. AS
these ships are sent out by firms
having no particular interest in
the rebellion, it is apparent that
the Philippine rebels have money
behind them.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-03-26

seHimentalism over few square
miles of swamp and a few thou
sand niggers?"
DIR. Mcconnell draws a lesson
from the remarks of these money
getters that shows a dangerous
drift, a degeneracy of the public
mind. These men measured ma
tional honor and the cost of war
simply and purely from a finan-
cial standpoint. Any disturbance
of stock and bond values was
more to be feared than national
dishonor. The ideal is prosper
itv:" the bette noir is dad times"
The result is a nervous dread of
any action that may cause the
loss of a few dollars; thoughts of
the condition of fellowmen and
unfolding the principles of aid
vanced and progressive civiliZa
ton are all put down as of sec
ondary Importance.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-03-26

When we are confronted with
the sad, reproving eyes of men,
who tell us that we should not ex-
pose the political shortsightedness
of this community, we are com
forted by reading what the "wisest
of men," Lord Bacon, said in his
essay on plantations" Let the
Government be rather ''in the
hands of noblemen and gentlemen
than merchants, for they look ever
to the present gain" No doubt
Lord Bacon meant by "noblemen
and gentlemen" a class of men
who made political matters study,
and should be, therefore, better
prepared to govern. There is yet
no place for such a class in modern
politics. Now, as in Lord Bacon's
time, the average merchant looks
for present gain. Even ''the noble
man and gentleman" when they,
too, become merchants, cease look
ing far away and look down close
ly to present gain.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-03-26

ever, been a pleasure for this pa
per, from time to time, to be an
active agent in bringing new ray
of sunshine into the lives of men
and women who, from one cause
or another, are cut off from many
of the passtimes which go to make
life worth living. The inmates eff
the Lunalilo Home by no means
lead an unhappy life, yet of neces-
sity, from age and infrmity, they
have few outings and ara more or
less shut out of the round of pleas
ure which the well-to-do citizens
enjoy. This paper has undertaken
to bring one particularly happy
holiday into the lives of these peo-
pie by making arrangements for
them to have seats at the Bristol
horse show on Friday afternoon.
Those who know the love of the
native for horses can appreciate
that the few hours spent in witness
ing the wonderful acts done by
Mr.. Bristol's trained horses will
long be remembered by the aged
people at the Home.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-03-26

The people of Honolulu are
such free givers and the financial
condition of the common people
is SO far above that in many other
cities of the world, that the news
papers are seldom called upon to
start charity subscriptions. Meth
er have the people here any call
for fresh air funds. 1t has, how
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-03-26
JUDGES IN CONFLICT.

4 While the community is think
ing a little and talking Il grea1
deal more about our relations
: with, Japan, it will interest it t
know that the Supreme Court OF
the United States, 1.-The greatest
judicial tribunal on earth,n is
badly mixed up in its views about
treaty obligations and interna-
Itional law. The members of this
court in the case of FOng Yue
Ting, 149 n. s. vigorously
sass" each other in discussing
the right of the Chinese.
The anti-Chinese Act of 1891
required, among other things, that
a Chinese resident in the States,
should within one year, obtain a
certificate of registration, and if
he did not he was liable to depor-
tation or Imprisonment. The
Supreme Court had already held
that treaty could be smashed up
by the Legislative body without
any regard to moral obligations,
and aliens could be excluded.
But in this, the Fong Yue Ting
case the question was, what are
the rights of a Chinaman who has
long resided in the country. The
majority of the Court held that
he could be expelled by the Fed
eral Government, even if he had
acquired property and his child
rem were born in the States.
The minority of the Court, con
sisting of Chief Justice Fuller,
Justice Field and Justice Brewer,
dissented. Justice Brewer said
the opinion of the majority
judges was cruel, that it depriv-
ed the Chinese of "due process of
law" after they had lawfully en-
tered the country. He said: 'in
view of this enactment of the
Highest legislative body of the
foremost Christian nation, may
not the thoughtful Chinese dis
ciple of Confucius fairly ask, why
do they send missionaries here?"
Chief Justice Fuller said: "it
inficts punishment without judi
cial trial, it is a legislative sen
tence of Punishment, the germ of
unlimited and arbitrary power, in
compatible with the immutable
principles of justice" Justice
Field said the act was arbitrary,
unconstitutional and unusual"
These words made by one part
of the Court on the decision of the
other part are very nasty" 1t
turned the bench into free fight
of Donnybrook Fair. The lay
men cannot be blamed for becom-
ing confused, when the members
of 1.-The greatest tribunal ON
earth plug each other in the
most vigorous styles, instead of
coming TO an agreement, so much
needed in critical times One
part of the Court accuses the 9th
er part of making a decision
which subyerts all human rights. |
We remark, parenthet.cally, |
that our own Supreme Court |
has fortunately so far never turn
ed the bench into a similar bear
garden. Perhaps the climate has
something to do with it.
The moral of this business is
that the United States, owing to
the serious and perhaps danger
Gus question of Asiatic competit-
ion has cut loose from its old moor
ings, and is now drifting about in
search of new anchorage. The
Court as a geodetic sur
veyor, is trying to find out some
good holding ground. 1t cannot
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-03-26
THE PESSIMISTS.

One of the great American mer-
chants employed over five hundred
men in his store as clerks, and
every one of these had been a
merchant and busted" The great
merchant said that optimism
had ruined them. They had be-
lieved in good luck, laughed at the
pessimists, who told them that nine
merchants out of ten failed, had
never kept their weather eyes
open for financial squalls, and
when wrecked at last, were glad
to get into the refuge of clerkships
in the great dry goods houses.
All of the men who frequent
gambling houses are never pessi-
mists. They believe they will win.
Nine-tenths of the men who spec
ulate in grain, and wheat, and
stocks are optimists, and lose, as
rule. About one-tenth of the brok-
ers on the stock exchanges, it is
said, are pessimists, and operate for
a decline. Nine-tenths are omit
mists and are ruined in a few
years. There are few prizes in min
ing speculation, but the vast crowd
of spectators are optimists or
bulls" Among the many thou
sands OF mining prospectors, who
travel over the mountains in search
of the precious metals, for many
years and never finds it there are
no pessimists. The fearful land
booms, which have ruined so many
thousands of families in the States,
are the offspring of optimism. A
multitude of intelligent, industri-
Gus people were carried away by
the citrus boom" in California,
and they were angry with the pes
simists who told them to get at the
facts. Now they are supported by
,'the hen and the cow" and their
burdens are heavy to bear.
Some years ago the faithful
of Foreign Missions, in
Boston, believing that the natives
on these Islands could stand alone,
turned over, with much enthusi-
asm and ceremony, the churches to
native care. A few pessimists OBJ
jected. They took gloomy"
views of the native character. We
know the results. Which party
was in the right, the scanty few
pessimists, or the many enthusi-
astic optimists!
If we draw Washington's
character from his vast correspon-
dence, during the Revolutionary
War, we find that he was decid-
ed pessimist. He saw and spoke
about things as they were. He
had no time to 'whoop it up for
liberty. His eye was on the Brit
ish lions in the path, and he did
not tell his countrymen that they
were only innocent little kids. HIS
best hours were spent in urging the
faint-hearted and the depressed
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-03-26
SECRETARY WILSON.

We present in another column
an article from the Louisiana
Planter on the sugar beet indus
try. The remarks of Professor
Wilson of Iowa. now Secretary Of
Agriculture in Mr.. McKinley's
Cabinet, are worth reading.
When he claims that the State Of
Iowa can produce all of the sugar
required by the people of that
State. and, besides that, can sup
ply all required by the United
States, we can see the extent of
the sugar beet "craZe" and its
rising influence in politics. See
rotary Wilson, committed TO the
building up of the home industry,
is not. as a member of the Cabi-
net. going 10 favor the nOurish-
ment of foreign competition, even
in Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-03-26

There is altogether too much
truth in what DR.. Mcconnell says
One very strong tendency of the
times is to crown the almighty
dollar king and make every prin-
ciple of national honor bow the
knee. And Hawaii is neither so
small or so insignificant that it
NAV not draw a lesson from these
facts. For nearly 20 years this
country has made the character
of its future civilization second
airy to the getting of money. Men
found they could get money from
sugar; more money could be OBJ
tanned by getting cheap cOOlie Ia
Dor. What is the result? Asiatic
labor has been imported to such
an extent that the ruling Anglo
Saxon finds himself in danger of
being unable to cope with the
forces ranged against him. We
say: in danger" and we say it
advisedly, as every student of the
present situation must realize.
We do not maintain that the con
dition has passed beyond control,
nevertheless the country is suffi-
GENTLY close to the line to stir
people TO their senses.
Then the question comes:
What are you going to do about |
it?" What. indeed. Certainly |
can be accomplished by |
condemning the Asiatic. Who
brought the Asiatic? Certainly |
not by raising a howl that covers
the surface for the time being.
and meanwhile allowing the same
undercurrent of Asiatic importa-
ton to continue. Certainly not by
looking the situation full in the
face and doing nothing. The rem
edy is a vigorous one, and re-
luires revolution in the indus
trial life of the country. The only
remedy is to replace the Asiatic
with the white laborer. This can
not be done in a day, but it can
be done, and must be done, if
Hawaii is TO realize what has
been regarded for the last fifty
years as its manifest destiny"
The people must place the prin
ciples of Anglo Saxon civilization
above the value of a dollar. The
enunciation of principle with
out consistent action amounts to
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-03-26
LEGISLATIVE COMMENT.


remarks upon the length of tn
speech made by Count Matsu
kata, in support of the measure
1t then deplores some of TIL,
methods of the Ministers of Stat,
in approaching the Legislativ,
body. The method of compiling
the Budget is not happy. ITO ar
rive at any intelligent precep
ltion of its contents one must take
pencil and paper, and perform
long laborOus calculations
There is reason to doubt whet
her even the members themselves
thoroughly understand what
they are doing when they vote
the estimates. The committee
system has tendency to educate
a prefunctory mood. A bill is en-
trusted to special committee,
the House relies almost impli-
city on the latter's investiga-
tons, and generally accepts it's
report as conclusive"
Had the Japan Mail taken for
its topic the last Hawaiian Leg
islature, the same comment could
not be more pertinent to the sit
uation. 1t took our last Legisla-
ture from six to eight weeks to
find out where it was best to be
gin. The appropriation bills rep
resented the only estimate"
which the Government had made
for the period, and during the
whole session there was nothing
presented that rose to the dignity
of "the budget" as the expression
is generally used. Among the
Ministers, Mr.. Damon was about
the only one who made an ex-
tended defensesOr explanation of
prominent measures brought
from the Executive. That was on
the refunding bill, but some wise
Legislators thought they knew
more than the Minister Of
Finance, and proceeded to legis-
late the refunding bill into hole.
In both Houses of the Legisla-
ture nearly all the work was done
in committee, and the say-so of
the committee was, as d rule, ac-
cepted as final. The statement
from committeeman that this
item is all right" was generally
the signal for general acqui-
essence. The majority of the
were apparently too
busy to give legislative matters
their undivided attention, and
yet the result, as shown by the
acts of 1896 do not demonstrate
that an immense amount of work
was done. There were brilliant
exceptions to the rule, but we are
speaking of the general legisla-
tive atmosphere.
1t is no use to cry over spilled
milk, but we do believe the peO-
pie may profit by the mistakes of
the past if they will look the sit
uation square in the face. 1t does
the public good to once in a while
hear an elaborate exposition of
Government policy, to know the
why's and wherefores as detailed
by legislative leaders. The next
is yet many months
in the future, but the present is
none too soon for the people and
the Government to begin to put
on their thinking caps.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-03-26
Come

and in short time 60 out of sight en-
tirely, to be heard from no more"
"Why is it?" 80, simply because
Hoods Sarsaparilla has more real curative
merit than any medicine ever Sold"
This is of daily occurrence in almost
every drug store. Hoods SarsaparilIa is
the standard remedy which has cured
more sickness, relieved more distress and
made more happiness by bringing people