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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20
MARRIED:E; BR0wN.ATKINsON.

Do you recall that touching in
cident in the "Autocrat"l The
lovers are walking ON the common,
and suddenly they stand at the
parting of two paths, one Of them
longer than the other, He, turning
to her quietly and pointing to the
paths, asks: "Will you take the
long path with meP And she, in
the immortal morn of young wo-
manhood, modestly shaking the
dew drops from her glancing hair"
replies: 81 will take the long path
with YOU"
We, who count many milestones
behind us on the great highway,
have passed many stormy lakes of
marriage, many muddy horse
ponds OF celibacy, and have looked
over the fences into many rare and
beautiful gardens of happy mar
riages. Did we not all, on Tues
day morning, watch with some ten
der interest the two, known and
loved by all, who at the touch of
the silver bell, stood side by side,
he manfully, she sweetly and
gracefully, and then moved away
into the 'long path"
"Oh true and tried, so well and long
Demand not thou marriage lay,
In that it Is thy marriage day,
Is music more than any song"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20

dams keeps the peace. 1t is force
above and Independent of the
miner.
We have here the same result
reached by the same race, divided
on geographical lines, but working
in two different ways. One is the
Monarchical method and the other
the Democratic method.
Both methods show the very
practical bent of the Anglo-Saxon
mind. Its habit is to solve a diff
Guilty in the simplest way, although
very unfortunately, it often takes
long time to get at it, and found
ers about in hitting the best way.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20
EVANGELICAL WORK.

The annual report of the Ha-
waiian Evangelical Association for
1867 is out. 1t contains valua-
BILE matter, for it shows the large
work done by Christian philan-
thropists here.
If the Sugar god were set up in
brass in this town, as the image of
Budda is set up near Yokohama,
he would be over 800 feet high,
and would be the only evidence of
"civilization" seen at a distance of
thirty miles, looking from the sea.
As the traveller worked close to the
shore he would see some other evil
dences. This god is not yet in
brass, but he is here, and his spir-
itual presence is awfully emphatic.
He loves heather because they
work cheaply and dump great
quantities of sugar on his altar.
Is there any one here trying to
upset him? Yes. Read this report
and see. 1t shows that the Sugar
god has not "coralled" all good
men and women. Some Chris
tan men and women devote them
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20

Islands, there is no further use for
reciprocity as now arranged, and
it should be modified or termi-
mated.
Beyond question our case is a
most complicated one, for reasons
which need not now be stated. 1t
Is not strange that Europeans and
even Americans with large prop
erty interests should be conserva-
tive, and hardly be touched by the
arguments of annexationists here,
who are naturally governed by
patriotic sentiments. For we
know that patriotism often sacri-
fees personal interests.
Before this considerable conser-
vative interest there is a simple
question of fact. Are, or are not,
the commercial advantages now
enjoyed by Hawaii dependent
on annexationl We have given
some reasons, which convince us
that they are so dependent. But it
is a question for conservatives to
most seriously study out in their
way. An error in Judgment may
involve them in great loss and even
ruin.
It's the worlds history, so far,
that conservatism generally cuts Its
own throat. Unless men in all the
relations of life adapt themselves
to the constantly new conditions
which Progress creates, they end
IN dry rot" There is no better
Illustration of this than the history
If sugar producing.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20
MR.. JOHN W. FOSTER.

A singular controversy has
arisen between Prof. Henry w.
Elliot of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton, in Washington City, and Mr..
Foster. All concede that Profes-
sor Elliot is the best-posted man in
the States on the subject of the
seal fisheries.
He recently sent a letter to As
sistant Secretary of State Day, in
which he calls Mr.. Sherman's
"plain, straightforward letter to
Lord Salisbury, on the seal bust
ness, accusing the British of acting
in bad faith, miserable rot, etc.
He says Mr.. Foster wrote the let
ter and did not know what he was
talking about; that Mr.. Foster pre-
pared the Behring Sea case for the
Government and prepared it so
badly that the United States lost
the case: that the Canadian states
men are very bright men, thor
oughly posted, and as they laid
Mr.. Blaine out "fat" in 1890, so
they laid out Mr.. Foster before the
Paris arbitrator.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20
Regularity OF Droughts.

The New Zealand paper says that H.
C. Russell, a scientific man of New
South Wales, announces as the result
of prolonged examination of history
from the earliest times, that seasons Of
drought recur with unfailing regularity
at intervals of nineteen years. OF 20S
droughts recorded since the year 900,
all but fifteen conform to his theory,
which is that there is every nineteen
years one long period of three years
during which the rainfall is somewhat
deficient, and shorter period between
each of the long periods when the de-
ficiency is excessive. He even finds
confirmation of the Bible chronology
in the fact that the dates Of the Egypt
ian drought in Joseph's time, the
drought during King David's reign,
that foretold by Elijah, and that predic-
ted by Elisha, all fall into the nineteen
year period.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20

Responsibility sobers men up.
A Kansas politician, a Populist,
was in the habit of denouncing the
Courts, and the way they defeated
the will of the people, and nulli-
fed laws. He was lately elected
Chief Justice of the State. The
Populist Legislature, by single
act, swept away a lot of old laws,
without careful examination. I'm
fortunately, it swept away the judi
cial districts, and left business in
confusion. The Popuist Chief
Justice, and his associates, now de-
clares the law unconstitutional. He
turns in his own tracts and swallows
his own wild words. This is the
result of responsibility.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20

strictly forbid the use or sale of
alcoholic drinks on the university
grounds. At the same time, much
of the property of the University Is
invested in a vineyard which pro-
duces every year, large quantity
of brandies and wine, which are
sold in the general markets. If it
is wrong for the students to use
these alcoholic beverages" is it
not also wrong to sell them to other
students and other people?
If President Hosmer raised ALI
gator pears on the college grounds
and forbade the students to eat
them, on the ground that they
made men into beasts" could he
send them into town and sell them
to innocent boys and girls9
1t is said that when ex-President
Harrison delivered lectures to the
Stanford students several years
ago, he brought wine with him, as
he was in the habit of using it.
But the students stole and broke
up the cases of wine while the ex-
President was absent. Was the
Faculty justified in replacing the
wine? The moralists have not de-
cided the serious question. The
old darkey, caught by his employer
at night in the watermelon patch,
was asked: 'Mose, why do you
steal watermelons" He replied:
"Dis am not de 'propriate occasion
to discuss obstreperous questions"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20
The CONSERVATIVES.

There / much foolish, unfair
and impatient criticism .of those
who have not seen, and do not see,
the close connection between reel
u-ccirv" and annexation From
the Hawaiian standpoint, there Is
10 Necessary connection between
them From this standpoint reel
urccirv might 90 on forever, as 1t
has II the past. If you ask one
who rakes tins view how he Will
provide for the stability Of govern
meut. be VIII tel you: I'VE have
had little trouble heretofore Why
should we have any in the fu-
mrer He forgets, Of course, that
az all things, instability Of human
affairs J. the most common; that
the history of the world Is also the
hiso-v Of men betrayed into revo-
linton and social disorder by their
FsiTure 10 see the drifts Of events.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20

For many wears the Hawaiian
affair has made no issue in the
Sfares. General Garfield and 9th
e-s said. in 1875, that reciprocity
with Hawaii was a very small af-
far. But the situation in the
Sa-es has changed. 1t Is this
change which many intelligent,
honest conservative men here do
not see. 1t was clearly evident to
such men as crept up close to the
center Of political management in
Washington. and got on the trails
Of thought. Even there men were
surprised Al the change. New con-
di6ous had arisen. For twenty
wears there had been no trade com
petition between Hawaii and the
States Suddenly 1t arises through
tho new hess industry, Behind this
Industry Is The farmer who con
S1olS s vast vote. The farmers Of
she States in their distress over the
compe66on with the pauper labor
of the world in raising grain, be
heve there IS before them a sugar
beet bonanza. and there is some
troth IN IL, The farmer at once is
poeju6icedagainstany rivalry, eth
e in the present or in the future.
Interested men carefully foster this
prejudice. In the meantime, Ha-
wan vastly increases her sugar
product, and the enemies of reel
p0ooiyy are now exposing" as
they cal It, the ''unfairness" of a
trade which makes the Hawaiian
farmer rich, while the American
fSrmer remains poor.
These new conditions force the
political leaders to take a new at
dtude. The Republican Senators
seem disposed to concede to the
enemies Of reciprocity that it is not
a fair trade arrangement and
should be modified.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20

Mr.. Foster has just returned
home, and, therefore, has made no
reply. The charge is noticeable
only because Professor Elliot is
considered great authority on
seals. In spite of his standing, no
friend of Mr.. Fosters will believe
the charge until it is substantially
proven.
The Paris award, in the Behring
Sea affair, was against the United
States. But it was an open secret
in Washington, before the trial,
that the United States would lose
the case. Some good lawyers even
said that they did not have a leg
to stand on" The trouble was that
the Government was really afraid
to face the people, and tell them
that their case was a bad one. The
people thought they had stiff
twist on the tail of the British lion,
and would not give it up. 1t was
good political business" to let the
arbitrator call off the twist, and
let the British, on the other hand,
pull out some of the eagles feath-
ers. The shifting of responsibility
is one of the most common and
useful tricks in managing State
affairs.
Mr.. Fosters reputation will not
suffer from any attacks made by
Professor Elliot.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20

While there are many good"
negroes in the South, we say that
any general scheme for supplying
our plantations with negro labor
ers will fail in the end. Nor, UNI
der annexation, can the negro be
put under contract. As for volun-
tarily keeping his contracts, no one
in the South has heard of it, UNI
less he was under some pressure.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20
NEGRO LABOR.

For personal reasons, we would
favor the scheme of negro immi-
grafton. For public and economic
reasons we must oppose it.
When the planters were looking
about for laborers in 1880, negro
immigration was considered. Gen.
Armstrong of Hampton, Va, who
had as much, if not more knowl-
edge Of the social condition of the
negro than any other man in the
Southern States, reviewed the mat
ter and pronounced strongly
against it. The many reasons
which he then gave for opposing
this immigration have increased in
force since that time. We feel as
sured that if Booker 7. Washing
ton of Tuskegee, Alabama, the
foremost negro of the Southern
States, were consulted, he would
give the same answer that was
given by his instructor in 1880,
On general grounds, we do not
wish the negro in our peculiar so
cial and political system. He must
indeed be grossly ignorant of the
political history of the South since
the war, who would make the ne
gro the basis of any political com
munitv. Through his ignorance
he strikes always at the pillars of
good government The negro is
I'm the States, He cannot be driven
out, The South is simply making
the best of it." which means polit-
zeal ostracism and the shotgun. 1t
is supreme necessity. Booker I.
Washington asks for a century of
education for them. There is a
small percentage of good" ne
groes. They viii not emigrate.
Why should theyl Land is dirt
cheap in the South. Any good"
negro can have an independent
home of his own, if he wishes, and
above all, is willing to work, The
vast tracts of land in the South,
near good markets, are sparsely
settled, and the negro, as com
pared with the Asiatics, at home,
where land is dear, from Japan to
India, is in a Paradise. Why
should he leave itl
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20

The dominant political leaders,
however, insist on the vast politi-
cal importance of the Islands to the
States They eOncede, also, that if
the States do not care to annex the
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20

Negro "domestics" are out of
the question. Ask any woman who
has lived in Washington City, the
Paradise of negroes, what she
thinks about them. The old IMAM
mics" are dead, The young wo-
men are too lazy to Work as rule.
The moment one of them has been
taught by some kind white woman
how to do domestic work she ''goes
North and gets high wages. She
prefers city life. They have been
having this experience for many
years. Only a month ago, in a car
of the Sunset" route, in Texas,
we met the wife of a high official,
living in Houston. She told us
that miserable servants were the
burden of the housekeepers' life
in the South"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20

Here is curious question in
morals. The Faculty of the Stan
ford University, in California,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20

The Portuguese may, in a few
years, control the political machin-
cry of these Islands, with or with
out annexation. The old Portu-
guese immigrant was ignorant and
poor. The young Portuguese, edu-
Gated in our schools, will, in due
time, assert their strength, politi-
cally and morally.
They have a right to do so, and
ought to. This force is now dor
mant, but will, in due time, de
clare its strength. The $4,000
Portuguese, steadily increasing,
will either fall in line with the
Teutonic race here, numbering
5000, or will oppose it. The
Evangelical Association and its
friends are doing much to create
harmony between the races.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20

But II is now safe to state most
empharically that, from the
poiur u view taken by those who
perhaps control affairs in the Unit
&C States. annexation and reciprO-
CITY are locked together. No one
here has done this. No one here
could do II. II every man on these
Islands opposed annexation, the
dominate power IN the States
would sun riveJ reciprocity to an
nexanou. The controlling power
In the States does ,hings in its
own way. and looks al things in 1t
is own way.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20

Montana mines yielded s50,7S2,0O0
last year. si.3s0,000 gold, $40, 200
silver and s25,S56 900 copper.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20

But there are thousands of
thriftless, idle, vagabond, brutal
negroes, who are ready to tramp
off everywhere. We have watched
them for thirty years. Such men
have been sent out by spectators
to employers in Northern and
Western States as "frst-class la
borers," and prove miserable fail
ures. They emigrate to other
places, because they would not
work at home, and they do not
intend to work anywhere. For
many years negro labor has been
employed in Virginia, and it is
now employed in a place where, in
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20

Others look 10 annexation as
the means OF securing perpetual
peace and stability, IN a community
% largely dominated physically
with the mixed races. These
would put stability before profit,
annexation before the value Of
RECIPROCITY. They place well
ordered state Of society before all
thiugs
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20

Why this association is permit
ted, in this prosperous community,
to make bricks without straw we
do not understand. Its means are
very limited, and the field of its
work is wide. Those who say that
its theories are imperfect must re
member that it is one of the or
carnations here which bring the
present dominant race in moral
contact with the native and alien
races.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20

The condition of the negro has
greatly changed within twenty
years. The old negroes, trained
to work under the slavery system,
are diving out. The present genera
ton is unsettled, gets away from
the country, if it can; and idles in
the towns. 1t turns its back on
the great stretches of fine land,
near markets. The contractors for
building railroads now largely
employ Italian laborers in the very
heart of the South. Any negro in
the South. if he is industrious and
fairly intelligent, can do better at
home than on our plantations.
Every few years there is a craze
for emigration to Liberia. Specu-
lators start it. The negroes go and
then die in misery in a foreign
land. There is really no surplus
of negro labor in the States.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20

the old DAYS, the very best of the
negroes were bred. But there is
much trouble in getting good men.
Within five years there was a scar
city of labor in North Carolina.
The negro preferred to live in his
cabin and be his own master, even
if he earned less.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20
acter lies.

The family makes the commu-
nifty and then the State. The Chi
nese here, being without families,
and the japanese with few, are I'M
certain factors in the building up
of the State. At the same time, as
these Islands are the geographical
center of the Pacific, it is very i'm
portant that these people, while
here, should be taught the relig-
ion of the great dominant races of
the world. Here is the spot for
the great evangelical seminaries.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20

Every aspect of the case of the
natives is sad. Those of us, born
here, regard them with some ro-
mantle attachment, and see, with
regret, the working of that cruel
law OF evolution which destroys
them. Men of our own race gave
them spiritual life. Men of our
own race give them spiritual death.
The native seems to be unable to
stand alone. Aside from the gra-
cious work of few individuals,
his best friends seems to be those
who are working with and under
this association and others like it.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20

selves to making Christians of
these many alien serfs.
Our school system is, of course,
of the greatest value. But the
building up of character is the
need among the races with feeble
moral strength. This evangelical
work touches the spiritual side,
and that is the side on which char
acter lies.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-08-20

Islands, there is no further use for
reciprocity as now arranged, and
it should be modified or termi-
mated.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-07-01

the judge sustainsd it. The sapsr-
visors made no new lst Of jurors
last 0sptenber. - II required BY
law, and the clerk has boen drawing
from the old list made in July. 1895.
As no new jury list can b made
until next September. court business
will be DISTRACTED in Knox county,
for cases must 90 over whore objec-
tion is made. Other important cases
affected, says the Monmouth Review.
are the Oneida bank robbery case
and that against Mrs. c. F. johnson.
charged with killing her husband.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-07-01
POLICE COURT AFFAIRS

Christian Danlels0n Fined for Using Inae-
cent Language.
Christian Danielson, 1918 Thirty.
second street, was fined IS and costs
by Police Magistrate Stafford today
for using indecent and profane lam
guage, complained Of by Henry I'm
melt.
Theodore Holdorf was fiued IS and
costs for assault and battery. The
complainant was Thomas Dougherty.
who swore out a state warrant
against Holdorf, who was arrested
by Constable Eckhart. Holdorf and
Doughersy both reside in Rock ISL
and. The formers stock invaded
Dougherty's premises. The men
had an argument over the matter
yesterday, and Holdorf gave his
neighbor . right hand swing in the
face. At the conclusion OF The trial
Dougherty got out another state
warrant for the prosecution of Hol-
doaf for letting his stock run at
large. The hearing was postponed
until July ~
There have been several COM
plants to the police about boys 90.
ing swimming in the river adj accent
to the residence sections. Chief
Fender says arrests will follow if the
practice is not discontinued.
A stranger. who says his name ia
John Smith. removed . coat from q
dummy in front Of the Economy yes
terday afternoon. He was followed
and cornered in nearby doorway.
Officer Archer took him to the sta.
tion. Magistrate Stafford held
Smith to the grand jury in 500
bonds on charge of larceny.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-07-01

1oe4 AenoooR 6ooooo Away - -
J0oe, Cnl

Jsss. o.
Dr.. s. G. Plummer received . dis
patch this morning from his nephew
at San Jose, Cal.. announcing The
death there Of Thomas Plummer,
OF Rock Island. and q brother Of DR..
Plummer. The deceased was born
% years ago at Salem Cross Roads,
Westmoreiand county. Pa. and
came to Rock Island In 1852. He re
sided here until Is years ago when be-
cause OF the condition of his health
he removed to California and pur.
chased fruit farm. which he has
conducted since. During his resi-.
dence In Rock Island Mr.. PIumm6t
owned some Of the finest business
sites here. and conducted livery sta.
bles In various parts of what are
now some OF the busiest thorough.
fares In the city. He was wealthy
and well-to-do. and at the time OF
his death owned the business block
now occupied By the stores of vii.
liam Stewart and George Schneider.
He WAS always held in the highest
esteem BY all who knew him. His
surviving family consists Of his sec.
ond wife and three sons. besides his
brother, DR.. s. c. Plummer, and his
sister, Mrs. j. B. Mills, Of this city,
and his brother, DR.. o. P. 8. Plum.
mer. Of Portland, Ore.
The funeral occurs at San Jose to.
morrow. g =
Rock Island Argus., 1897-07-01
atanda A. the Head.

August ]. Bogel, the leading
druggist Of Shreveport, La. says:
"Dr. Kings New Discovery is the
only thing that cures my cough. and
it Is the best seller l have" J. F.
Campbell, merchant of Stafford,
Ari.. writes: cdr. Kings New Dis
covery 10 all that is claimed for it;
It never fails, and is o sure cure for
consumption, coughs and colds.
cannot say enough for its merits. +"
DR.. Kings New Discovery for con-
sumption. coughs and colds Is not
an experiment. It has been tried
for quarter Of q century, and today
stands at the head. It never disap-
points. Free trial bottle at Hartx &
Ullemeyer's drug store.