The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-01-20

"a fof be hisAsf commission bu, NJ
srainiy did NO, earn "
ess
Instead ~ cnlafsihs the bafbof. the
government here IL eniagins sharyes
This may. and Of course will. enord
emporafy relief but there mus, even
ually be done something IN the lin.
q mco,lng for all time the ever grow.
ng tafic.
A late frost overlook the only r
Daniel frawley's san Francisco stork
company at Kansas City. r. Daniel
ny the way. has not kept a promise b.
made from the stage here one night
His pledge, In his own words. was that
he Intended to make these annual
visits to Hawaii every year"
The magnitude OF the Cuban relief
measures operated by people of the
United States and endorsed by the Gov.
eminent at Washington, suggests thar
the Cubans are playing for adoption
instead Of either independence or an
nexatlon.
Dan NJ. Burns, politician and owner
OF profitable Mexican mines. and Col.
U. 5. Grant are the leading candidates
for the U. s. Senatorship in California.
Burns has been indicted three times
for embezzlement Of public funds. And
still II Is proposed to import purity
politicians for Hawaii.
IL had been understood that the Far
ragut, the fastest boat in the United
States navy, was a California produc-
ton. An advertisement by an iron
company of South Bethlehem, Pa, re-
cites that the engine forgings and
shafting were all made in the east.
There's Col. Barber being breyetted
for bravery on the field at Honolulu.
and his band of heroes, who never
even had target practice, having their
manly breasts decorated with medals
for valor. The mutual admiration So
ciety seems common to every country
and every cline.
By special request there Is resurrect-
ed again the topic of placing street
names. Jobs Of this sort too often fall
to semi-fake outfits. 1t Is hoped 1t will
be done in legitimate manner here
and that soon. Certainly many of the
names will be unintelligible to visit
ors, but they will be all the more in
teresting for that.
There Is every promise now, thanks
to the new lease of life OF the Hawai-
ian Rifle Association, of the sport OF
target shooting having its old perma-
nent and prominent place here. Live
objects, such as pigeons and sparrows,
are not required to make the pastime
interesting and alluring and then IL
is conducive to sobriety and to the
habit Of seeing things as they are.
The friends OF Roberts, the Utah
Congressman-elect, who Is polygam-
list to the extent OF three wives, con-
tend that the man is legally united and
morally bound to them. Up to date
the people OF the United States have
not asked Roberts to rearrange his do
nestle affairs. The popular voice,
pitched to the key Of a demand for
I'M cts t,tc hot
such man as Roberts should be kept
out of the National Legislature.
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A good many OF the scholars and
students OF this educated community
have published books or contemplate
coming out in a literary way between
covers, It's a desperate venture. The
late Harold Frederic had the mind and
the training for making book. He was
called successful author. For his
combined sale OF less than $4,000
copies Frederic in his later years had
an affluent salary as commissioner at
London for one of the American
dailies. He left no estate.
A San Francisco weekly states under
Its first page headline that 1t Is DE.
voted to the leading interests Of Cali
fornia and the Pacific Coast" A few
inches below this confession Of faith Ia
the mild suggestion that the members
Of the Board Of Education there should
be lynched. II half that is said about
these members is true, they should be
in prison, where there are bars all
around, but no liquor. However, 1t
AAA1 IN ~ h. n,txs
that 1t would be "A good plan to at least
attempt to put the law on the Board OF
Education gentlemen.