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The sun., 1898-01-27
No New States by Present Congress.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2G.-Statehood lcgis-
aton at this session was killed to-day
bv the House Committee on Territories
rejecting the Ariz ma, New Mexico and
Oklahoma bills by a votr Of $ to 3. The
first two measures were bunclrd and
detected. Thcn the OK Eahomn bill was
taken MP and beaten by the same vote.
There was no di~russion rs it was under
stood at the last meeting that the vote
was to be taken to-day without further
prrIi ninarirs. Delegates Smi,hand Fer
grson. OF Arizona and New Mexico,
stated that they wished to ,ut them
selves on record that if ttcy were allowed
to vote they would vote for the bills.
The sun., 1898-01-27
sheriff Sales.

Sheriff Flynn sold at public sale ycstcr-
lay ,hp machinery belonging to Arthur
". Brlcy to the 10 lowing syndicate,
Tnm ,ns, lI,tf rkrr land Bringhurst for
Sll7j. The machinery is located at No.
1O3 west Front street.
The sun., 1898-01-27
A Child Terribly Burned.
Special to THE SUN.

HAGERsrowN, Md, Jan. ga three
ycar-old daughter of Robert Wilmer, set
fire to her clothes while playing will,
matches this afternoon and was horribly
burned about the head, face and body.
The sun., 1898-01-27
Justice McNcnna Sworn In.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. Hon. Joseph
McKcnna was sworn in us Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court today, and
at once took his seat OIL the bench.
The sun., 1898-01-27
no,c DELAYED by u Wreck.

GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Jan. 2G.-President
Dnie uassed through this city at mid
n;ght en- route to Washington, four
hours late on account Of q wreck.
The sun., 1898-01-27
Entertainment at the bay Nursery

This afternoon 1T 3 O'Clock there will
br an entertainment OF music, dialogues,
&C., by the children OF st. Michacrs
Day Nursery, 2O1 Washington street, to
which the public are cordially invited.
The house will then be open for ins pee
ton, and we hope that many will avail
themselves Of the opportunity of seeing
this good work. Light refreshments will
be offered the guests
The sun., 1898-01-27

Rev. Harvey W. Ewing has beenmolu
vited to return as pastor OF Mt. S-u!
Church next conference year.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-05-31
IMPATIENCE.
no good

The Washington Star says that the
people are already impatient for ac-
ton. The Board of Strategy is called
the Board of Lethargy." There is, .
it says, "a universal opinion that the
Spaniards have been much more adroit
in strategy than has been the strategic
board of the department in Wash
ington.'
The prominent feature in a popular
war is that the average man expects
to conduct it. in the first instance.
There are now about fourteen millions
of generals and admirals in the
United States, who have made up their
minds as to the proper strategy. They
do not agree with each other in their
tactics, but agree that the commits
stoned generals and admirals are in
competent, until one of them scores
"a success.
All this is only repetition of the
early days of the Civil war. After
a while some reverses make it plain
that trained men make the best
fighters. Then the vast army of
and admirals quietly resign,
and let the trained men do the work.
The graves of many thousands of
men, whose lives were simply thrown
away by the "On to Richmond" cries of
the people in 1861, are decorated to-
day.
However impatient the people are
to see the floor promptly wiped with
the Spaniards, the strong conservative
sense of the majority will sustain the
President.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-05-31
Hawaiian Sailors.

Year after year Hawaiians are tax
ing more to the sea. Vessels that have
left recently have taken quite a num-
Der of natives. Yesterday morning.
Kahumoku, Keo and Kale all signed
as members of the crew of the Amer
lean ship A. ]. Fuller which is TO
leave for New York on or about
Thursday. The weather in the vicinity
of Cape Horn does not seem to brighten
them in the least. The masters Of
vessels who have had to do with Ha-
waiian sailors say there are no better
to be had. They never complain and
are always cheerful about their duties.
Then again they are most efficient in
the work about ship and seem to
have fear of nothing whatever.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-05-31
Nine Days in a Cyclone.

The schooner Lizzie Vance which
anchored off port on Sunday, procured
her provisions and continued on her
way to San Francisco yesterday. She
did not come into the harbor as was
expected. She was 6S days out from
Newcastle. On the trip up the Lizzie
Vance had nine days experience in
a cyclone off the west coast of New
Caledonia. She lost her mainsail but
experienced no other damage. After
that fine weather was experienced.
She sighted the Islands four days be-
fore arrival off port.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-05-31
WILL THE AMERICAN VESSELS
CALL2

On the 10th of this month, the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the
American House of Representatives
met, and at its request, General Scho-
field and Admiral Walker gave to the
committee their views on the necessity
of acquiring the Hawaiian Islands, as
a military and naval strategic base.
Mr.. Berry asked Admiral Walker
this question:
will an ordinary war vessel run
now from the Philippine Islands to
San Francisco and back again without
coaling?" Admiral Walker replied:
mo; they should take on coal some
where. These ships which it is said
are to leave San Francisco with troops
and supplies for the Philippine Isl
ands, will have to stop at Honolulu
that is, they all will stop there"
While Admiral Walker is not the
official who directs the movements of
the vessels, he is so close to the Secre-
tary of the Navy, that his statement
is almost authoritative, and we may
expect that the vessels will call at this
port
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-05-31
1.-TWO DOLLAR WHEAT

Only few months ago, the value of
wheat was so low, the American farm
ers were in distress. Today, it is
relatively the highest priced article in
the worlds markets. 1t was believed
by the writer's on crops, few years
ago, that wheat had seen its best
days" The opening of vast territories
in South America, Canada, and Aus
tralia seemed to be a condition that
excluded any large rise in it's price, in
the future. All predictions have gone
wrong. The world is treated to a new
object lesson. What was believed to
be impossible has happened. Men have
not yet learned to conquer the sea-
sons, excepting on the Eva and other
plantations here, and on narrow areas
of soil elsewhere The scientific sap
pers and miners and pioneers are slow
ly moving in the campaign to secure
triumph over nature" which means
iCe'IIS' d SOAquCllhS VI Jul OWu
ignorance. When Prince Kraptokin
tells us, that it is possible, under the
most scientific cultivation. to obtain
products from the earth to the value
of $4,000 per acre, it makes the future
bright for the human race.
Even the suffering and ignorant
farmers of Kansas are learning some
thing. It's State Board of Agriculture
says: Kansas farmers are learning
year by year that their business, if
profitable, must be so conducted that
it is not the mere playing of a game
of chance with the weather or with
a single crop; that a somewhat diver
sified, and yet not too scattering,
agriculture and studying of and
adaptation to climatic conditions, the
demands and the markets are essen
tial (not more, perhaps, but as much) |
in Kansas as elsewhere. Those who |
most fully recognize these conditions
and most intelligently respond to their
requirements are realizing
a fair or large prosperity Others who |
persistently defy or deny them are
ready to declare that farming is no
longer source of profit, that farmers
are slaves of those in other pursuits,
and that the times are politically,
and morally out of joint.
no vocation is all pleasure
or all profit, the men who conduct the
business of farming with the same
energy and skill as the successful
or professional man will
reap the same and, as rule, a greater
and more certain measure of reward;
the time has passed, however, if it
ever existed, when fortunes were made
by unskilled owners of farms, large or
small, anywhere. Convincing proof of
either proposition can be found in
almost any one of the 1O5 counties of
Kansas. Muscle, to win, must be lubri-
Gated with brains"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-05-31
Stirring MEMORIAL Sermon

The veterans of the war attended
the First Methodist church last even
ing. Rev. G. l. Pearson gave them a
stirring address. Memory Of the Just
is Blessed" was his text.
Rev. Mr.. Pearson stated that Memoir
ial Day was particularly interesting
at this time, as it recalled to the Grand
Army men the scenes in their youth
when they went to the front as the
youth of America is doing today.
The pastor spoke of the motives ae-
tuating the wars of ancient times
They were brought about for revenge
or self advancement. In the war OF
revolution, the Americans liberated
three millions of people. The war OF
1912 was for the preservation Of the
young Republic. The Mexican war was
for the liberty of those who were seek
ing liberty. The civil strife was for
union and liberty
1t resulted in the liberation of 1000
600 blacks. The present combat with
Spain meant the extension OF sweet
liberty to seven millions more For
these reasons, continued Mr.. Pearson.
I'VE hold in sacred memories the IA
theirs of the Revolution, the sons OF
40 and '46 and the Grand Army men.
and will also the boys in blue who are
now going to the front"
In referring to the patriotism of Am
erica, Mr.. Pearson repeated these lines:
Beautiful and grand, my own, my na-
tive land.
Of thee 1 boast, great empire of the
West
The dearest and the best. made up OF
all the rest.
love thee best"
sit is not for the Maine that Amer
lea has taken up arms against Spain
No; not revenge. She seeks not the in
jury of Spain, but the good of Cuba:
not to punish tyranny. but to iber-
ate the oppressed; not to seek terri
tory, but to stop tyrannism-
In conclusion, Mr.. Pearson spoke Of
the Arizona river, which, in a certain
place sinks out of sight in the sand
and then comes to the surface again
and rushes ON out to sea. So it was
with the Grand Army. They will soon
all disappear. but then they will rise
again and will continue on out into the
great ocean of Gods love.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-05-31

can throw for the amounts needed in
the public service, as accurately as
you who have been in it for years can
estimate them. We have an instinct for
grasping the needs of the Government,
that is better than all of your ex-
perience."
There must be some adequate cause
for this singular attitude of these
members of the House. No one, we
believe, has any doubt about their
honesty.
Perhaps, they believe that the duty
of statesman" is to make it hot for
the Government. Perhaps they desire
to make thefGovernment and Senate
feel that they have high and solemn
duty to perform in refusing to agree
with them
Perhaps, after all, it is only a case
of "fits," common to young children,
in Legislative Kindergartens, as well
as in other schools. AS the most of
the members are inexperienced in the
making of laws, and the administra-
ton of them, the too rapid eating of
the green fruit of Legislative honors,
has brought on these severe Gifts" of
distressing economy In such cases
Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkhams pills of pure
modesty are often beneficial. The COM
munlty, like good old aunt makes
due allowance for these diseases of
Legislative childhood, and the an
noying capers of the teething period.
School will close in a few days. Until
then, it is the fervent hope of all,
that these fits" will disappear, and
these guileless Legislative youths will
not do more damage, or make any more
faces at the Government and the
Senate than their inexperienced ma
lures will permit.
1t is quite remarkable too, that
some of the other inexperienced mem
bers of the House seem to instinctively
respect the experience and knowledge |
Of the Government in the way of con-
Quoting it's business. They do not |
suffer from these violent attacks of |
disease.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-05-31

Governed more by sentiment than men
are, although only slightly more, they
refuse to listen to reason. Sacrifice
becomes a melancholy pleasure
and poverty and suffering are well
coined with enthusiasm.
If this is a correct representation
of the intelligent, well bred, educated
Anglo-Saxon woman, than only the
blindest devotion can be expected of
the Spanish women, in the holy
cause" of repelling the hog breeding
Americans from the choicest of Span
ish possessions Behind the Spanish
Armada are the Spanish women, and
women never asked for pay, in any
holy cause"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-05-31
OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS.

The Charleston has arrived. Trans
ports with troops for Manila will soon
be here. Hawaii has become distinctly
a part of the American war territory.
The need of these Islands as a strate-
gle base is no longer a matter of
speculation, but is declared by mill
tary and naval judgment during actual
hostilities. Hawaii willingly accepts
this conclusion.
The strange spectacle is presented
in the positive declaration by the com
mander of the land and naval forces
of the United States, of the need of
these Islands, as a strategic point,
followed by their occupation or use,
while on the other hand, the Legisla-
tive branch of the Government still
hesitates TO promptly accept this
judgment even while war is in ex-
istence. The Executive acts upon
facts. The Legislature dwells upon
theory.
However, as the Legislative body
realizes the driving force of facts, and
is confronted with the situation, it be-
comes rapidly educated Speech may
be silver" Not silence. but events,
are golden" The calling at this port
of the Charleston, and the transports,
is worth million of documents on
annexation. and many volumes of Con-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-05-31

President Mckinley, says, the N. Y.
Tribune, has given the yellow journals
some advice on the subject of war
successes. He remarked "that self
laudation and exaggeration detract
from rather than add to the briliiancy
of these achievements. He seems to
deprecate the practice of following the
Indian method of celebrating him
self, the constant repetition of Heap
Big Injun me-" The people of the
United States are divided into two
classes, one, that regards the war as
a necessary, but terrible evil, and an
other, and regards it as a prolonged
picnic, full of exciting incidents.
President Mckinley, himself a
soldier, and sober from his own ex-
periences, recalls the dark days which
followed the big Injun" days of the
first skirmishes of the Civil War and
the second thought of the Northern
people, that although they had the
resources of the world behind them,
they made little Roadway against
people, who were without money, and
had to get their ammunition largely
through blockade runners.
1t is fortunate that President Nc
Kinley knows the meaning of war, and
discourages the whoop of the big
Injun."
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-05-31

qressional Records, full of dreary de-
bates.
Immediately after the American
revolution. the new and Independent
States of America hesitated to adopt
a constitution. Spain, holding Loulsl-
ana. threatened to bar out the COM
merce of the West from an outlet by
the Mississippi This threat confront
ed the States with a fact, and not a
theory. 1t put before them the imme-
date and not a remote danger of
commerce. They felt the hot breath
of an enemy, and they acted.
Spain, once more perhaps in Ameri
can history, extends the boundary of
the American Republic. She puts be-
fore it the Immediate need of practi-
cal action. She involuntarily shows
the value of this strategic point. She
Involuntary stimulates American eX-
pansion. Her illiberal policy in 1880
strongly influenced the consolidation
of the Union, and did bring the pur-
chase of Louisiana. Her same ILL
beral policy, one hundred years later,
brings the occupation of the Philip
pines and probably the annexation of
Hawaii. Who says that Spain does
no. good?"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-05-31

SOW a character and you reap a des-
tiny" This is true in whatever kind
of seed you SOW.
On the midnight side Of habis Rev.
Mr.. Cruzan spoke Of Sampson. the
man of great animal strength, His
strength did not lie in his long hair
but in his purity of life. of which this
was the sign When he was shorn
Of his purity through falling into
and drunkenness. his
destruction speedily came.
But when this habit is formed the
speaker asked, rs there any cure for
it? Yes. in the salvation of Jesus
Christ"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-05-31
FIGHTING THE APPROPRIATIONS.

A large number, perhaps a majority
of the members of the House violently
attack many of the items of the appro-
priation bill. after it has been care
fully prepared by the Executive and
carefully revised by the Senate
The community will thank men who
after careful investigation, enforce
economy in the public service. But
it does not thank them. when they
fail to investigate carefully, and rash
ly strike out items of expenditures
that have been fixed by those who
are responsible for the administration
of the laws. The House should aid,
and not block the administration
If the Government was suspected
of wasting the public income, or it
was an accepted fact that it was ex-
travagant, the members would be justi-
fled in putting on the brakes. There
is no belief of this kind among the
tax payers. On the other hand, it is
conceded that the Government SER
vice is carried on with singular
honesty.
The Senate has been disposed to
be critical in its review of the appro-
priation bill. But it has generally ap-
proved of its items.
What then is the matter with these
members of the House? The officers
of the Government, with some years
of experience in the public service,
devoting their time to its details,
DESTROYS of improving and charging
it, refusing in many cases to ask for
appropriations which might well be
made for the benefit of the people, are
suddenly met by these members with
the foolish comments: What do you
know about administration? What do
you know about the needs of the
service? Give us dice. box, and we
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-05-31
Do NOT LICENSE
Col. VIM. F. Allen Against
Any Opium Permits.
Handles the Arguments That Are
Made = Past Experience Says
Hawaiians Would Be Injured.
APPEAL TO LEGISLATORS.

You are about to vote for or against
the bill to license the sale of opium.
Be sure you give this bill the careful
thought it is worthy of, for, as you
decide, it will be a power for good or
| evil in these islands.
That the advocates of the license
are good, conscientious men must be
admitted, and they no doubt think
licensing the drug the best way to
control it's use. Others only look at
the financial gain to the treasury,
and others hope it may be means of
checking the smuggling now going on.
All these arguments have more or less
weight with those who use and those
who hear them. The same arguments
were used when the previous opium
license was passed, but the facts did
not bear out the arguments. 1t did
not control the use of opium; on the
contrary, more opium was used and
especially by the Hawaiian. 1t was
the evidence of all the managers of
plantations that when the drug was
licensed the users of it were more
and more untitled for work on Mon
days and Tuesdays from it's effect and
on those days most of the trouble with
them occurred.
When not licensed the men get it
but they use it in a very guarded
manner and are careful that it does
not incapacitate them for work.
The argument that the treasury will |
be benefited has two sides. 1t was |
proven that when the license was run |
ming the cost of court trials, police |
expenses, the insane asylum and hos
pital expenses were largely increased, |
so that the amount received for the
license, although a large sum, was
by no means all on the credit side
There are also two sides to the
argument that with license snug
Cling is checked to some extent 1t
was not so proven before. If the de-
mand increases with a license, then
will increase also. The
holders of license will be very apt
to buy where they can get the best
rates and not question how or where
it was obtained. Another argument
against it, proven when the license
was in force, is the fact that the
native Hawaiians in much larger num-
bers used it than they ever did be-
fore, or have since the license was
abolished. Should not this be a sufi-
cient reason for voting against the
license? The Hawaiians should be
protected against this great tempta-
ton. 1t was also proven that the
strict laws with which the former
license was guarded could not be en-
forced well enough to protect the
licensees any more than the laws
against smuggling can prevent it.
l..
Do you law makers realize how the
passage of such a license will be con-
;trued in the United States, what an
argument it will be against annex
alton, for which you all are pledged?
This Both day of May marks the
18th anniversary of my arrival at
Honolulu and in all these years the
good men and women of all nation
llities have done what they could to
lid the Hawaiians to rise above their
Let me express the hope
hat our present lawmakers will do
lothing adverse to the good that has
llready been done.
w. F. ALLEN.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-05-31
REV. ]. A. CRUZAN.
Telling Address to Young Men.
Powerful Sermon.

Telling Address to Young Men.
Powerful Sermon.
Rev. ]. A. Cruzan delivered a power
full sermon before a large congrega-
ton in Central Union last night. He
took for his theme SIS There Any
thing New" The speaker told how
Christ made all things new when he
came into the world. He pointed to
the uplifting of woman from the time
she was harnessed to the wheel-barrow
until the present day. He denied that
woman is subordinate to man.
In the afternoon, Mr.. Cruzan adj
dressed the Young Mems meeting in
the Association building, speaking on
Habit" He showed how even in
animate things, such as a locomotive.
steamship or violin, had an individ-
uality and is subject to being humored.
Each must be treated in a different
way.
On the sunward side he spoke Of
Daniel who had formed the habit of
kneeling in prayer three times every
day and the great honor and success
eventually come to him. He quoted
Canon Farrar as follows: Sow a
fieeting fancy and you reap a thought;
SOW a thought and you reap an act,
SOW an act and you reap a habit, SOW
habit and you reap a character.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-05-31
DECORATION DAY.

Upon this Both day of May, 125,0OO
American volunteers, are in camps,
armed and moving towards the An
titles. On this day, also, an American
fleet, with its decks cleared for action
either confronts the Spanish Armada,
or has locked arms with it in the
strange mystical dance of death.
On this Both day of May, the sur
Vivors of the generation that fought
for the Union of States, stand over the
graves of the dead, and smother their
windowless palaces of rest, with
flowers. But here in the central Paci-
fic, the Southern Cross hangs low in
the sky, above some of them. Ma
ture, always kind to these exiles, keeps
the sward over their graves in ever
lasting green, and orders that only the
softest wind gather the sweetness of
the Valleys perfume, and distill it
over these resting places.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-05-31
DEWEY.

o, Dewey was the morning
Upon the first of May;
And Dewey was the Admiral
Down in Manila bay;
And Dewey were the Regents eyes,
Them orbs of royal blue;
And Dewey feel discouraged?
l Dew not think we Dew.
Kansas City Journal.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-05-31
Seventy.Seven Paintings.

The first view of the Spring ex-
hibition of the Kilohana Art League
is scheduled for this evening, and from
all appearances the show is to be a
good one There are in all about II
paintings, the majority of these being
in water color. Besides these, there
are to be carvings, burnt wood work
and specimens of china painting. A
recently arrived China painter is to
have an alcoye on the platform where
she will exhibit her work. D. Howard
Hitchcock has been hard at work in
the arrangement of the works of art.
He himself is contributor of quite
a number of pieces which he has done
on Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-05-31

"Algernon Sartoris, grandson of
General Grant. has received an ap-
pointment in the army. and on his
own application. will serve on the staff
of General Lee"