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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-25
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-25
REMARKABLE CURE OF DYSEN
Terry

In 1887 Mr.. Thomas Mcintosh of AL
lentown, Tenn, had an attack of dys-
entary which became chronic. 81 was
treated by the best physicians in East
Tennessee without a cure" he says.
FINALLY | tried Chamberlain's Collie
and Diarrhoea Remedy. After using
about twelve bottles l was sound and
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Benson, Smith d. Co., general agents
for the Hawaiian Islands.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-25
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Mr.. West having had practical ex-
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-25
WE ARE ALL VAIN

Do not be chary of appreciation.
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-25

If you want anything, try an ad. in
The Star. If anybody has what you
wish, you will get an answer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-14
"wEARY OF MIR. BRYAN

The New York Journal of Wednesday has
a very significant article on its editorial
page. 1t would be significant if an anony-
nous communication. 1t derives almost
vast significance by being three columns
in length and signed by the able editorial
writer of that paper, Mr.. Arthur McEwen
OF course, this communication by the edi-
torial writer, taking three columns, does
not make it certain that the New York
Journal has decided to come out against
16 to l and it's apostle, Mr.. Bryan. 1t must
mean however, that the Journal is con-
sidering this subject, and If the responses
are favorable to the three-column declara-
ton 16 to ] will not be the leading issue
which the Democracy will thrust before the
country in 1900, and that Mr. Bryan would
not be the party candidate unless he ceased
going about the country declaring that l6
to / is the cornerstone of the party and
proclaiming that he that is not for me in
this is against me-
Mr.. McEwen's first sentence is: "As a
Bryan Democrat l have to confess that 1
grow weary OF Mr.. Bryan" The next ser
tence is more significant: "And this is iisl-
portant because find myself in constant.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-14
LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES NOT
TAXABLE.

The decision of the Supreme Court in the
life insurance tax case illustrates anew how
widely good lawyers may differ on a ques-
often before does not make it any the less
puzzling to laymen, who will still wonder
how it is that fundamental principles and
eternal verities can be settled by a mere
count of judicial noses, and how one ma
jority makes the difference between what
is law and what is not. In this case the
transfer of one vote from the majority opin-
ion to the other side would have imposed
a tax on every life insurance policy in In
diana and perhaps in many other States.
As it is, the decision establishes The princi-
pie that tax laws are to be strictly con-
strued and that ministerial officers, like
assessors or tax commissioners, have no
authority to stretch tax law so as to in
clude a class of property not expressly in
cluded by the Legislature. On general prin-
ciples this seems to be good law. The pow
er to levy taxes is one of high sovereignty
and presumably exercised by the govern
ment only for strictly necessary purposes.
1t is, in effect the appropriation of private
property for public purposes. While the
exercise of this power by the government
for legitimate purposes is entirely defensi-
ble the individual has a right to insist that
only such property shall be appropriated as
the government demands and as the Leg
islature has expressly declared shall be. In
other words, the individual has right to
insist that tax laws shall be strictly con-
strued, and that no part of his property
shall be taxed except such as the Legisla-
ture has distinctly designated for taxation.
1t is pushing a tax law too far for minis
terial officers to say that the Legislature
intended to include a class of property ex-
empted from mention in the law, and ill the
more conspicuously exempted when, as in
this State, the law includes several classes
of property not mentioned in the tax laws
of most of the States.
But, without discussing the principle of
the decision it is enough that it is final
so far as the present law is concerned. No
doubt it is competent for the Legislature TO
say that life insurance policies shall be
taxed, but until it does say so they VIII re-
main exempt. The decision is founded in
equity and is in the interest of public con-
venience and individual thrift
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-14
THE M'KIssoNs IN POLITICS.

The man McKisson, of Cleveland, who
was the fusion candidate for senator before
the Ohio Legislature, is a sample of breed
of politicians. or, rather, place-seekers.
which. it is feared, is too numerous in both
| parties. A conceited and bumptious person
OF limited capacity reaches the Office of
mayor of Cleveland through some means.
He may be a fair sort of mayor He could
be, and yet fall short of being in the linn
tied class of men in any State who should
be regarded as fit for United States senator.
But McKisson and the McKissons generally
have no doubt of their qualification for any
Office. Having set out on a career of office
holding, he rose from place to place in the
city government until he became mayor. He
would probably have accepted the Office Of
Governor could he have obtained it, but an
other man had been elected. Office he must
have continually, so he made break for
the senatorsnip. He had only one thing in
view-the senatorship. He imagined that
Ohio would soon salute him as senator
Qualifications? What need of qualifications
so long as he could get the office? If one
had suggested to him that Sherman, Thur
man and the great party leaders, men of
commanding intellect, had. generation after
generation, been selected for United States
senator's the insignificant but conceited Nc
Kisson would have remarked, II am of that
rank"
Disgusting as is the conceit of the breed
of McKissons it is not their darkest Of
Tense. In an hour they will change their
political views, as did the mayor of Cleve-
land by his own published confession. To
get the Office, he turns his back upon his
past professions and goes into the Demo
cratic conference and practically indorses
the Chicago platform. He is not abashed.
He is after the senatorship, and there could
be no sort OF political chicanery he would
not practice to obtain it. In office he would
use it to continue in his place.
The McKissons are the result of the
heresy that any man is entitled to any pub
lie office he can get by any manner of
means, even Misrepresentation. Qualifica-
ton is Of no consequence. Ask one of the
breed if he can perform the duties of the
office, and what is his answer? "Qualifica-
ton is of no account so long as 1 can get
lhe ONCE. ana IHere seems 10 be q sort
of public acceptance of the McKisson as
sumption Regarding business affairs the
popular sentiment is different. If man
who was an applicant for the position of
engineer, to have charge of the steam power
in a large factory, should declare that
knowledge of steam engines and machinery
is of no consequence so long as he got the
position, he would be regarded as insane.
Why should not qualification be the first
requisite on the part of those who seek even
elective offices? Why should not candi-
dates be required to show, in some manner,
that they have the intelligence and informa-
ton which will enable them to discharge
with efficiency the duties of the positions
they seek?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-14
Senatorial COurtesies.
New York Sun.


Colonel Dick Bright has been sergeant
alarms of the Senate for many years and
he has known many famous men. II think
the funniest thing that ever happened in
the Senate" said he the other day, was
when David Davis was president pro tenn.
Davis was of enormous build, and weighed
over three hundred pounds but he had re-
markably small head. Now, the late Sena-
tor voorhees,, of Indiana, had a very sd sse
head. He had to get his hats made to or
der. and wore 7al size One day voorhees,
entered the Senate In a hurry to write
letter. He went to his desk, which was
next to the corridor. He put new silk hat
on the floor by the desk, and some one
passed, and, installing the hat for al cuspi-
dor. used it as such. When the senator dis
covered 1t he was enraged
me story went over the chamber and
everybody but VOORHEES, laughed about it
for a long time. One morning Mr. Davis,
who was vesy irritable at times, entered the
Senate, and every one saw that he was ruff
fled up, the weather being very disagreea-
bic. was sitting at my place, and he called
amount Of noise in here. I wish you would
restore quiet / looked at the galleries and
saw that everything was orderly up there,
and told him that the noise was made by
Yes / guess that is So. Then, looking
down to where Voorhees, and Garland and
some others were talking, he said: 1t does
seem queer that men who are elected to
to be quiet Then he added: I wish you
would go down and tell Voorhees, that ] am
glad that that fellow spit in his hat I
went down and told Voorhees, so that all
heard it, Voorhees, flew into a rage. His
eyes looked like balls of fire Did he? Did
Davis say that?' he exclaimed. so loudly
that even the galleries could hear Well
you go up and tell Davis that | wish a wet
1t would take a mighty small pup to get
into it. -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-14

believed 1t vas the intention of President
Cleveland 10 have restored Queen Liiuoka-
iani TO her throne. and after that transact
nexation OF the islands under her regime.
This assertion brought Senator Chandler
to his feet with the question as to what
authority there was for this allegation.
Mr.. Morgan replied that there spe-
clal authority but that he was expressing
his opinion, and that such a course would
events.
Senator White asked II this treaty was
not trade with the provisional govern
ment, and what was to be done regarding
the natives and their rights.
Senator Morgan said that he had fully an
SWered that question In Il previous portion
of his remarks, but he would review the
subject for the benefit of the California sem
ator. In the early part of the present CEN
fury. he said, Vancouver went to the
islands, and on his third trip the then king
OF or the Islands. a native. said he would cede
sovereignty of England But Vancouver
never returned. As to the oft repeated as
sertlon that the United States was trying
the Kanakas Senator Morgan said that for
the last one hundred years the government
OF the Islands and the people of the islands
were anxious to secure the sovereignty OF
eminent
Senator Morgan described at considerable
length his visit to the Islands last summer,
and related his own personal observat tons,
ana i IN reply TO question explained why
OituSutSe COulQ not vote. he Ilen
turned his attention to the Kanakas. He
SAID that they were a picturesque people,
who would be much better off under a gov
eminent by the United States. He spoke
OF the ladies going barefooted along the
streets IN long. loose gowns which we called
Mother Hubbards," and the men with lit
ing fellows
Senator White asked Mr. Morgan why the
Stands Is sll . We're not annexed in 1S4S and how
II was that the proposal for annexation had
TO wait until the islands were in the pos
session of the land-grabbers who were try
ing to further their personal fortunes.
senator Morgan said that If attention had
been given to his remarks on the subject
of annexation in 1913 senators would have
understood what interviewed The history OF
that time was In the documentary evidence.
which had been printed and discussed often
before: He believed that the islands should
nave been annexed at that time. and be-
heved that they should be annexed now,
and the reasons which existed then for an
nexation have multiplied a hundred times
since What former authorities had re-
fused to do was no excuse why the United
states should refuse now, as it was evident
that annexation was best both for the peo-
pie of the islands and for this country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-14

" increasing company 1t was not neces-
sary for the eJ ,torial writer of the silver
organ in the East to make this proclama-
ton. since the close observer must have
been suspecting for months that the more
Intelligent Democrats are shouting Bryan
while they are more and more convinced
that he will not do for 1900
Mr.. McEwen would drop the whole ques-
ton of the ratio in coming the two metals.
If he could have his way 1s to would
never again be mentioned in a Democratic
platform. All he would have the Demo-
cratic platform declare would be that the
party favors bimetallism and the free coin
age of both metals, leaving the ratio to be
fixed by a Democratic Congress. Mr. Nc
Even declares that the country is full of
Democrats who do not believe N the ratio
of 16 to l. Speaking of such Democrats. he
says:
They concede that it &c to y is the his
torical ratio in this country and wish that
the commercial values of silver and gold
were such as to permit its maintenance
They admit that it is possible that Mr..
Bryan may be right in his belief that the re-
monetization of silver would create such
demand for the metal as to restore it's
price, Dut they DO not DeleVe IL.
1t will shock some Indiana Democrats
who do nothing but shout 16 to to learn
from the editor of the New York Journal,
owned by member Of the silver syndicate,
that "the 16-to-1 test of orthodoxy is not
the question of bimetallism but of ratio,
and that it has no more to do with the soul
of the new Democracy than the tenet of
infant baptism has with real Christianity"
Still, there are many Democrats who, while
they talk bryan, feel that his insistence
for the narrow issue Of 16 to / as the chief
issue of the Democratic party in 1900 is
fraught with mischief.
The response to the McEwen letter will
be watched with some interest, but with
less than it would if the watchers were GER
tain that the responses were the real senti-
ments Of the editors and others making
them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-14

entrance, should widen them by every pos
sible inch. There should never be any sur
render for principle but always readiness
to subordinate nonessentials. Agreement
on the main thing is all that should be re-
quired, and the main thing in the new De-
cago Is not Is to l. That is the fly on the
wheel - by magnifying it, as Mr. Bryan
does, he Is doing the new Democracy meal
cGlable mischief.
The nomination came to Mr.. Bryan in
1885 as free gift, or presented with cheers
country. The nomination in 1900 is being
sought by Mr.. Bryan-sought industriously
in the ways made familiar by the men of
al parties who are ambitious to be Presi-
politician. So long as Mr.. Bryan is permit
ted to speak with authority for the party
and to cry Depart from me, We accursed.'
to all who are inclined to think that II to
l. 20 to l or 90 70 l might possibly be safer
to start with than 16 to l. the cause of the
cratic party will lose from its ranks large
numbers of patriotic men who are capable
of entertaining more than one idea at one
time, and who are fully as sincere as Mr..
clalism of the rich which expresses itself in
the Dingley tariff, the trusts. the syndi-
Gates, the lawleSs orations-tranSporta
ton and Others-that appropriate the earn
ings of the people, keep them industrially
enslaved and politically subject"
The closing paragraph, as follows, dis
tlnctly shows the necessity Of a new leader
and new policies:
"Mr. Bryan may If he chooses, stick like
an oyster to the rock of 16 to l, but the
stream of the new Democracy will not be
stationary for his sake, nor for any mans.
Organism is a bigger thing than Bryan.
And Organism will continue to grow, what
ever Mr. Bryan may 90.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-14

At the close of every month every United
States pension agency is, required to make
a report of the changes in the roll for the
preceding month The report of the In
diana agency for December shows net
loss to the roll of seventy-nine names,
while the number Of veterans draw
ing pensions was PIG less at the
close Of the month than at the beginning
This. of course, indicates that if the names
of none but veterans were on the rolls they
would have shown PIC fewer names on Jan.
1. 1898. than a month earlier. That it's loss
is but seventy-nine for the month shows
that the roll has been increased by the
names of 1877 widows and other heirs of
veterans who have died. Furthermore, in
spite of the names of participants in the
war which were added to the rolls of all
agencies during the fiscal year which ended
June 80, 1897, the number of such pensioners
fell off 4S2 during the year, while the net
increase was 5332 names, including widows
and other heirs. But for such pensioners
the number of names on the rolls would
fall off rapidly from this time on. These
facts would indicate that the keeping up of
the number on the rolls from this time on
will be due to the young widows and chill
dren
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-14
FAVORED BY M.KINLEY.
The President Urging Ratification OF
the Annexation Treaty.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-The debate on
the Hawaiian annexation treaty rs devel-
oping considerable spirit as it progresses.
The hand of the administration is being
clearly shown and the undisguised interest
of the President in the matter has become
an important factor. The President is
bringing every agency he can control to
bear to bring Republicans into line for rati-
fcation. The treaty is still three or four
votes short of the necessary two-thirds,
and, while the outlook is not bright at the
present time, 1t must not be regarded as
hopeless. The President has told senators
that he regards it of the very first impor-
lance to this country that we secure the
Hawaiian islands, if for no other purpose
than that of preventing them from falling
into other hands. He thinks that 81 900 900
would be small price to pay for the ISL
andS, IL thSe was nothing more than a
rock on which, to build a cable station.
In the Seante to-day the claim that annex
alton would be severe blow at the beet
sugar industry was eombated vigorously
and 1t was shown that Hawaii, which had
reached Its maximum production of sugar,
was raising only 100000 tons of sugar or
less than 10 per cent. of the amount annual
ly imported into the United States 1t was
held that this small quantity of sugar could
not seriously interfere with the raising OF
beet sugar, and the argument had consid-
cradle force. The debate is likely to con-
tinue week or ten days longer
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-14
Reckless Labor Legislation.


If no fake or reckless labor statutes
were passed the courts would in the main
appear to be, as in fact they are, friendly
and fair towards labor interests The law
makers who will pander to folly and igno-
rance by voting for unconstitutional meas
ureS in order to keep solid with the labor
vote, knowing all the time that they are
raising false hopes among the workingmen
Which must inevitably be disappointed by
Judicial decisions, are probably not very
numerous. Doubtless there are more who
are reckless in the matter, giving their
votes to all measures asked by wOrkingmen
without much exercise of their own judg-
ment They may gain popularity by so do
Ing, but they grievously wrong both the
workingman and the courts They deceive
the former, while they force the latter into
apparent hostility to labor by the necessary
annulment of the worthless laws
A typical case of ill-adviSed legislation is
the Pennsylvania act of June Is, 1897. which
was held void in Fraser VS.. McConway &
T. Company. c. c. d. Pa.), 50 Fed. Rep,
per day for any foreign-born, unnaturalized
male person employed in that State. This
the court necessarily held unconstitutional
as denial of the equal protection of the
laws to such laborers. Protection of work.
ingmen against competition by the most g-
rorant foreigners whose wages will not
maintain a decent home is earnestly to be
sought. But labor legislation seems to be
too often regarded as a mere sop to the
be sweet in the mouth although it prove
bitter farther down. 1t is time for the leg
tslative brain and conscience to free such
questions from insincerity and humbug and
get hold of them with the largest intelli-
gence and honesty