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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-08
REFERRED BACK.

A requested opinion from CITY Solic-
ltor Vosburg on the ordinance provid-
ing for the pavement of cutters on
Alder street, and assessing propertv
owners for said Improvement. was read
In 1t Mr.. Vosburg stated that the ordi-
nance was imperative unless passed
by a three-quarter vote of each conn
ell. The ordinance was accordingly re-
terred back to the streets and bridges
committee, with Instructions to fix IL
up in a manner that might make It
operative as now passed.
A concurrent resolution. granting
permission to George w. Brown to con-
meet his property with the Robinson
street sewer, was adopted. The fourth
partial estimate Of the city engineer
for the construction of the Providence
sewer, Donahue & O'Boyle contractors,
and amounting to $2.57796, was pre-
sented and passed.
A resolution introduced by Mr.. Finn
was adopted, providing for recount
ing of the poles Of the Postal Telegraph
and American Mutual Telephone and
Telegraph companies and directing the
street commissioner to see that the
ordinance requiring that said poles be
numbered be enforced.
Mr., O'Boyle introduced an ordinance
prohibiting the consideration in coun-
ellis Of all city ordinances for city i'm.
provements, unless such ordinances
were accompanied with plans, specifi-
cations and estimates for the improve
ments contemplated. The ordinance
was referred to its proper committee.
CoYNE's RESOLUTION.
A resolution was offered by Mr..
Coyne, providing for the payment OF
the sum OF $216.1 to ex-Patrolman
Martin ID. Flaherty, same being the
amount of his salary for the time he
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-03

decision mxhk.. seriouAly -embssrss'
the credit 81 the government. II Con.
eress should delay action upon the en-
actment Of laws for the government OF
the Territory.
This important phase Of the question
was no, considered by the Attorney
General. II should be brought to his
attention at once.
This case illustrates the reason why
the opinions Of the Attorney Generals
Of the United States. and the opinions
Of the Solicitors OF the Treasury depart
ment. have not had large weight before
the Supreme Court. In many cases,
they have not had all OF the facts be-
fore them. nor. when they have had
them. have there been exhaustive ar
guments presented to them by both
sides Of controversy.
Even II, with new presentation Of
the case before him. the Attorney
leneral reversed his opinion and the
President directed the sale of public
lands to proceed, the validity of these
titles would still be in some ioubt, be-
cause the words of the Resolution are
obscure.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-03
THAT GOD IN ISRAEL

The proclamation OF the President,
declaring the sales Of public land
since annexation to be void. Is re-
garded by the journal that represents
the Opposition. as a public rebuke Of
the Dole government by President
Mckinley. Its heartfelt glee over this
affair was expressed in the following
language, which Is now exactly re-
peated:
Never In their Official lives have
the officers of the Hawaiian Republic
faced such complete upset Of their
narrow, and independent methods OF
governmental business; new
er have they been brought to such
forcible recognition that there Is a
God In Israel, that Hawaii Is part and
parcel OF the United States, that the
presence Of the American nag In Ha-
wall possesses a meaning more power
full than a mere cloak to protect these
officials and their friends In warping
the Newlands Resolution into ways and
means TO suit their pleasure"
The Bulletin. having personifed the
Presidents order as a God In Israel"
working vengeance on his sinful and
rebelli0us servants. the Dole govern
ment. hardly took into account the
havoc which this God In Israel"
might work upon other and righteous
creatures of spotless virtue In these
Islands.
Here Is an excellent illustration Of
the way the Dole government has been
guilty Of "warpinE tho Newlands' Res
olution Into ways ana means Ia suit
their own convenience" In the pre-
else language ~ tina, journal
Messrs. Gear, i.anslag \ Co., have
constructed Artssian Water Works an
the northsrly side ~ ,he kspahulu
road Tho kaimuki tract ~ land,
which must DO irrigated Lies an the
sou,herly side ~ this rad, In order
Ia earn the water from the wells 10
this tract, plpas must be laid across
chs government road 10 DO this,
Asssrs 0ssf, ssnsiGs 4 ~, asked tho
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-03
HACKrELD q CO.

Few indeed Of the men who congrat-
ulated Hackfeld & Co. yesterday, on
the arrival Of the fftieth anniversary
Of the foundation Of the nouse, could
personally recall its small beginnings
in 1S49. Those who were present yes
terday at the reception rendered by
the Arm to It's friends, were mainly
men Of much later date. Many Of
them had no conception Of the physi-
cal condition OF the town Of Honolulu,
when Capt. Hackfeld settled here. Thu
business Of the whaleships was enor-
nous for a mere village as Honolulu
then was. Grass huts were common
and made up the majority Of houses.
The old fort was close to the spot where
the present store of Hackfeld & Co.
now stands, and the waters of the
harbor were hardly. two hundred feet
distant.
Some OF the boys Of that period. who
are now living. remember Capt. Hack
iCius anu hlo hihuly oStb toWdIuo VIII
dren.
This large commercial house from
the beginning until the present hour
has been an excellent example Of the
German type Of commercial men who
have carried German commerce to all
parts OF the world. Always thrifty.
industrious and above all things new
er falling In business integrity, this
house has commanded the respect of
all classes. Directly and indirectly 1t
has stood by good government, and so
has done much to maintain good poll
teal institutions here. In this respect
II has shown much sagacity.
During the serious, and perhaps,
trying period which is yet before Ha-
wall in the evolution out of mixed
races, this strong Arm will have Its
part to act. What it has done in the
past is the promise of what 1t will do
in the future.
The firm has commemorated this an
niversary by munificent contributions
to the various charities.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-03
nvfRcrs or THE WAR

Mr.. Robert N. Collins. the correspon-
Aont Of the Associated Press In Manila.
- written a letter to Mr.. Stone. the
Os.erAi manager OF the Press in Chi
0ogo. making serious charges against
0ooeral Otis. II may be assumed that
President Mckinley is better informed
than any one. regarding General Otis
Management Of the campaign. He will
ee0ove him II he believes that 1t Is
Tor the interests OF the service to do so.
But Mr.. Collins. who is a correspon-
Aentwith an excellent reputation. says:
''There has been, according to Otis
Aimself, and the personal knowledge Of
every one here, a perfect orgie Of loot
inE and wanton destruction Of prop
erty, and most outrageous blackmail-
ing OF the natives and Cinnamon In
Manila, and various incidents like the
shooting down Of several Filipinos for
Atte00ting to run from arrest at a
cock-Aght, not to mention court-mar-
tials Of oficers for cowardice and the
dismissal Of General for
sstting hopelessly drunk on the eve Of
two important battles-all OF which
to correspondents have left untouch-
ID by common consent"
The situation presents wildly the
case Of democracy waging war against
. foreign enemy. The United States
must enforce Its obligations to subdue
the Tagalos, and restore order In the
Island Of Luzon. 1t Is a mission which
demands the most considerable treat
0ent Of the natives. who are not en-
gagged In war, But IL war is hell its
environments are also hellish. Pres
ident Jordan in Imperial Democracy"
quotes from personal letter. which
describes the city OF Manila.
Manila is becoming a den Of vice.
The Escolta, the leading street, face
tiously referred to as the Yankee beer
resembles somewhat a mid
way. and is all but literally lined with
saloons. counted four hundred in
little over mile. They are mostly
Kept by Americans. Our own boys are
their customers and many of them, l
venture to say. never touched, before
arriving in Manila. glass Of beer"
Il was said, when we engaged In the
Spanish war. that war developed
character and manliness. Necessary as
The war was, the cost Of It was not in
millions Of money expended. but in the
waste Of character and manliness.
There is little personal gain In an edu-
cation conducted in "hell," as General
Sherman called war.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-03
Attorney l;eAr.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-George II.
Gear, an attorney Of Honolulu, called
at the State Department today to pre-
sent a statement relative to the i'll
treatment Of coolie labor in the Hawai-
ian islands. He asserts that the SUI
preme Court of Hawaii. by its rulings,
Is sustaining a system Of slavery Of the
worst kind In the islands In violation
OF the Constitution of the United
States, and he asks that the Attorney
General be requested to declare whe-
Their or not the Constitution does COW
er the islands.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-03

daring the Spanish war. were the
bravest OF all the Cuban soldiers. .
"Absolutely unprotected. these Sisters
calmly faced whstever came TO them.
Now body Of trained soldiers could do
no more than that"
The Outlook also quotes from the
address OF Mrs. Meyer OF Chicago.
delivered before the Epworth League,
In which she declared that "the Ro-
man church has won its victories in
America far more by Its white-capped
Sisters than by Its black-cassocked
priests. These women at work noise
lessly, but tirelessly, with children. the
sick. the aged, In education and re-
formation. may well command our
study" Mrs. Meyer instanced a single
order Of Sisters which Is planting a
hospital in every city OF Indiana hav-
ing over ten thousand Inhabitants. She
then rallied the "Methodists for priding
themselves over one little hospital In
q city Of two millions. whereas Roman
ism has Ave hospitals In that city and
Is planning another"
But the Methodists are now moving.
and there are now In that body, over
eight hundred deaconnesses and pro-
bationers.
This voluntary testimony from Pro-
testants to the efliciency Of the Roman
church would nave been denounced,
twenty-five years ago. as infidel SEN
timents. But clearer. scientific.
knowledge Of the nature Of Christian
work is growing. and the increasing
funerals Of those who can see no good
In sects to which they do not belong,
permits the rising generation Of philan-
thropic workers to secure know
ledge and experience from every
source. even II Is not orthodox.
1t is late in the day for the Epworth
League to be told that its members
have much to learn from the women
Of the Roman church but the informa-
ton was given by one OF their own
leaders, and therefore carries great
weight.
The admirable work Of the Roman
Catholic Sisters at the Leper Settle
ment is the proof before us Of the sa-
gacity, at least, OF the Roman church,
1.-THE best business corporation in the
world"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-03
FEW REBELS UNDER ARMS.

MANILA. Sept. 20.-Cabls reports
from Iloilo concerning the results al
General Bates second trip among the
Southern islands indicate that only
about 100 rebels at Zamboangs refuse
to recognise American authority.
Pending the outcome In the Island at
Lus0n. the city of zsmbosnga II prsc-
tically deserted. The rebels are In
camp four miles In tbs country. The
horos and Fiiipinos are unfrisndiy
and disturbances between them are
liable 10 occur, JoiO 10 quiet and thu
natives continue friendly.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-03

II the organ OF the Opposition has a
few Flags to spare, 1t should plant
them at once over the lands which
American citizens have purchased. and,
under the Presidents order. must give
up with loss OF profits and improve
ments Like all purchasers. they took
their chances about the titles. Perhaps
the organ will now rent them some
Flags for protection. The organ gioats
over the Presidents order. as a "God
In Israel" doing vengeance upon the
Dole government. IL Il also u God In
Israel" doing vengeance also ON limo
cent Americans
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-03

The San Diego sun says that HAWAI-
cannot produce good apples. Hawai-
does not produce them In quantity
There ID abundance of excellent land
on the higher altiludes upon which
they viii sfov, with the beet results
itni fss persons viii snsag. IN deyel
oplns this Industry, uDpl transpora
hon ID less eApanslye, The freight ol
boa NJ apples 10 l.ss from San Fran
'ls'9 IA thls place, lhnp II 10 from N,
attitudes ~ Hawaii and Msul We az,
lisf 40 average TuD " Amsrloaas, aDs
80 moi build for chs fviurs sugar ~
'bf bsba 70 sorih more ,bss applss "a
'ht bash
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-03


local government 10 warp the Nee.
lands Rsselutioa.' aad Grant To them
the risht. tD-use The road. by iayins
pipe across Il. This request the Gov
eminent. just before this visitation of
the indignant God In Israel" granted.
But Attorney General Grisgs advises
the President that all Of the public
lands which include the roads. and
public squares belong to the United
States. and the Dole government has
no more power to grant a right Of
way In or across them than 1t has the
right to authorize pipes to be laid
across q private lot. For the granting
OF a right to lay water pipe across
the Kapahulu road il assuming to.
manage. interfere with. and put q
burden upon property owned by the
United States, since the Newlands'
Resolution passed.
It Is clear therefore that Gear.
Lansing & Co. have urged the Dole
government to warp the Newlands'
Resolution" as this advocate of their
interests declares.
Under the order Of the President, the
local government must forthwith nOti-
fy Gear, Lansing & Co. that the grant
Of the right to lay water pipe acroE
the Kapahulu road, which 10 the ex-
elusive property Of the United States,
10 void, under the Presidents order.
1t should hardly be necessary for the
local government to even send such .
notice. Gear, Lansing Z Co. are ioyai.
citizens, and earnestly believe in nag
waving. They surely will voluntari-
ly send back to the government the
instrument granting them a perpetual
right to occupy the road with a water
pipe, and distinctly inform the gov
eminent that they will humbly and.
gladly obey the visiting God in Is
rael," even II the artesian water runs
to waste. and the Kaimuki remains q
bowling desert.
It Is little surprising that this
IA Ia VI iutCIl8Cul uucu nave
been willing to conspire with the Dole
Government" in "warping the New
lands Resolution" by uniting in un-
lawfully occupying with water pipe
a road belonging to the United States.
but the prompt arrival Of the procla-
nation, described joyfully by the Bull
letin as a God in Israel" no doubt
gives this firm unalloyed pleasure be-
cause 1t is supposed to punch the
head" Of the local government, even
II 1t causes the artesian water to run
to waste. As the Dole Government has
done a decidedly "un-American" act.
in granting the right to this firm to-
appropriate part Of the Kapahulu
road, Col. Mills should be requested
by the Special Diplomatic Agent to.
place battery Of artillery on the road
for Its protection; while the entire Op-
position will stand near by and wave.
Flags over the activity Of the new God
in Israel" and the stoppage Of this
disgraceful "warping of the Newlands'
ReaOlutiOn {" .lfVs
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-03
REASONS FOR INCREASED PRICE

The Star Dairy has increased its
price for milk to ~ cents per quart
This change has been made necessary
by various causes. among which are
the unusually dry season and the an
nOyance caused the cows by new
pest-the hornhy-both OF which have
reduced the yield OF milk. Since the
Philippine war has been in progress
there has also been an increase I'm
freight rates on bulky articles, which
makes feed more expensive. The pro-
prietor OF the Star Dairy hopes when
the wet season begins, to be able to
sell milk again nj the former rate. i0'
cents per quart.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-03
On THE LABOR SUPPLY.

An extremely interesting and impor-
tant letter from Col. Whyte appears in
another column. His statement is that
Hawaii can get all the laborers she
needs, twice over, within the borders
Of the land he (Mr. Damon) now calls
his own" That laborers can be OBJ
tanned Is certainly true. That good,
reliable American laborers with their
families will settle here under the con-
ditions which exist. is still an open
question. He is indeed poor stick
who cannot, II he desires to, make a
living in the united States, with its
enormous resources, and Its capacity
to feed and maintain four hundred mil
lions Of people. Every southern and
western State is, today, advertising for
immigrants and offering inducements
that Hawaii cannot offer.
But even with these inducements to
remain at home, all the laborers re-
Quired on our plantations can be OBJ
tanned from the mainland, and of ex-
cellent quality, provided only we are
willing to pay for the trouble and ex-
pense Of settling them here. What
our plantations, with a few exceptions.
desire are Cheap goods, the man with
the hoe" who will live on the meanest
food. and strip cane. This is the bust
ness view Of the situation, but "busi-
ness" Views are constantly being up
set by economic and moral laws. The
planters will get just what they choose
to work and pay for, unless forbidden
by law to choose.
As to the views of the Advertiser
which Col. Whyte disapproves Of. 1t
must be said that about every citizen
here is interested In sugar, and there
fore, demands labor for its production.
We have extended the sugar industry
without keeping 1t in step with the
labor supply, and are driven to import
Asiatic labor until some other kind Of
labor can be obtained. The labor Is
needed at once, and we have utterly
failed to open new lines for a supply.
There is yet to be tried here the ex-
pertinent, which forethought, sagacity.
prudence and patriotism should have
tried some years ago. the building up
OF one considerable colony OF Anglo
Saxon laborers on sugar plantation.
But II will require money. and the
persistent exertions Of a genuine mis-
sionary to do II. one who cares more
for the establishment Of good civilixa-
ton here. than he does for profits.
Such men are rare.
And In a Territory where on the isl
ands NJ Kauai, Oahu and Maui. there
Ia little land In the market, and the
sugar estates require the best lands.
and the most available water, the
conditions are not highly favorable
for Anglo Saxon immigration of the
right kind, as these immigrants now
urge In anger ana dlssust,
Col, Whyie should understand that
the dominant element wants the very
BIOS, white labor, Jus, as every man
wants 10 DO AN angel, bui IN the ease
~ waiting 20 be IN angel, each man
10 rsluelsnt 10 undergo the drudsery,
aDd toll of preparation Tor ansslship,
aud Ia tho ease ~ sesurlns tbs basl
white labor lhs planters, silh some
exceptions, srs NJ, VILLAS 20 updsrso
the dludxrfy and sAysuat AT Apttlns
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-03
1hE slsfsks N PHILANTHROPY

Tho Outlook quotes from . letter
Hfllieb W ihe pife ~ Den. Leonard
Wood, military suysrAof ~ santiago.
Va sblNh shf praises tho sofk " ,bs
hsib'Alsl Dsaroasasss, slr % nurses
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-03
plAx GRANTED A LEAVE.

CITY 0p MEXICO, sept, so.-yhs
senate and Chamber VI Deputies Ia
ioini session this morning Al ~ ~
o'clock, by . unaalmou yo,s. yrsa,sss
90 rrssiasDi Diss isssiy .ors asys
lsa's N alssges ~ ,i.A cAlesss
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-03

1t, and would prefer to leave the AFFAIR
to Providence.
After Mr.. Damon has reached con-
clusion In his Italian venture, he may
consider Col. Wnyte's proposition.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-03
A THOUGHTFUL DEED.

The importation OF over a hundred
she goats from Texas. by Mrs. Hans
Isenberg, for the use Of laborers on Tie
Lihne and other plantations. shows a
kindly and active disposition to make
the conditions OF the laborers more
c0mfortable than they have been. More
than the money involved In II, Is the
manifestation Of desire to treat ones
:eighbors with justice. In spite Of the
enormous, almost fabulous profits of
the sugar industry here. there seems to
be singular stolidity on the part OF
the plantations towards making the life
Of "the man with the hoe" decent and
enjoyable. American civilization has
largely confined itself in these Islands
this city, and left the bone and
sinew Of the country. such as 1t is, to
shift for itself. But economic laws are
$50 moral laws. and II the moral laws
are disobeyed the economic laws are,
incidentally. violated.
II Is known that on the Lihue plan
tation, for instance, and Mr.. Geo. Will
cox's plantation on Kauai, the laborers
are willing and even anxious to obtain
work at wages below the usual rates.
1t is known That while the majority
Of the plantations are eager to obtain
labOrers, more laborers than are
needed, constantly apply to these Kauai
plantations. The application Of moral
laws brings direct profit.
The "fiuke" disease has destroyed
.IIy OF the mich cows on Kauai. The
children Of the laborers cannot be fed
with milk. Instead Of leaving them to
suffer, land there Is no contract to
supply them with milk kindly heart
takes the trouble to import goats which
yield a generous quantity OF milk, and
furnish these laborers and their child
rem with wholesome food. which makes
them better citizens. This considerable
act Is only one OF many generous acts.
which has made the Lihue plantation
the ideal plantation Of Hawaii so far
as the treatment of labor goes.
That there Is money in the enforce
ment OF the Golden Rule is seen in
some Of the large department stores of
America. One Of the largest and most
profitable is the Fair in Chicago. The
proprietor, Mr.. Young. has established
schools for the cash girls, because 1t
pays. In the large store Of Daniels &
Fisher OF Denver, the store maintains
a savings bank. has a mutual benefit
and sick fund. q school for cash boys
and cash girls. There Is a Y. NJ. G. A.
class among the boys. instruction 10
given in arithmetic and in gymnastics.
There Is money in enforcing the moral
laws. whether In Lihue or Denver and
Chicago. The average employer OF
labor does not think SO. But the rising
kings In trade and railway manage
ment know 1t. The sugar god, like all
OF the Polynesian gods is a cruel one,
but he Is only a mortal god. and the
sooner he is put away into the Bishop
Museum, with the other gods the
sooner the moral and economic laws
will have free play and work In
harmony.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-03

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