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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-07-25

supreme Court will promptly declare
any discriminating legislation to be
unconstitutional and void. We have
our rights fixed by the contract of
union. and Congress cannot disturb
them. II Mr.. iiatch's views are cor
rect and We believe that there are
strong arguments In support OF those
views. he will see that the Supreme
Court of the United States, will easily
check any discriminating legislation
II Is now beyond the power of Con-
gress to change. even IL IL desired %
do so, the political agreement 1t made
with Hawaii which Is that 1t shall be-
came an integral part OF the American
sell without any qualifications what
soever. There is no sucn agreement
existing between Porto Rico. the
Philippines and the United States.
Aside from this view of the matter,
1t seems to us that our territorial,
Supreme Court, by its adjudication,
avoided placing the government al
Washington in a most embarrassing
position.
II our territorial court had declared
that the Newlands act, which provides
that 1.-The existing customs regulations
of the Hawaiian Islands and other
countries shall remain unchanged y
was void because 1t was unconstitu-
tional. and had also declared our
municipal customs laws to be void, be-
cause unconstitutional. this Republic
or imperium in imperio as Senator
Morgan calls 1t. would be left without
any laws regulating duties, and large
source of our revenue would have been
cut OFF. Our Supreme Court could not
eQualize the duties, because a judy
ment to that effect would be simply
amending an unconstitutional law.
The error Of our territorial court,
II any. is in passing upon Federal
question entirely beyond its jurisdic-
tion. 1t has attempted to construe the
constitutional relations of the Federal
government to these Islands. and there
is no power granting 1t jurisdiction tc
do so.
If 1t had said. I'VE will declare our
municipal customs laws valid under
the Newlands act, until a competent
Federal court declares otherwise" II
would have kept well within its juris-
dction and left the wrestling" with
this difficult and novel question to a
court legally competent to decide it.
1t has decided the case, in all probabi-
lity as the U. S. Supreme Court has
decided 1t, but has it not passed upor
a question beyond its jurisdiction
The Editor.l
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-07-25
HE BEST TREATMENT FOR
CHOLERA INFANTUM.

Our baby has been continually
troubled with collie and cholera infan-
tum since his birth, and all that we
could do for him did not seem 10 give
more than temporary relief, until wa
tried chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and
DIarrhoea Remedy, Since giving that
remedy ho has not been troubled We
want 10 give you this testimonial ~
an evidence Of our gratitude. not tina,
you need II 10 advertise your merit
orious remedy, "A, N, Law, Keokuk
Iowa, For sale by Henson, Smith a
Co, Id, Wholesale agents for w. l.,
aud all drusrists and dealers,
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system. The reported trouble some
time since was with an outside marty
and the plantation had nothing TO do
with II, We consider II better to con-
tract direct with the laborer than
through third party. I forgot to mem
ton before that we also build houses
for those who make agreements with
MS. II they wish II. on the same terms
that other advances are made. We
consider our system effects n great saw
ing I'm that the money reouired IN nav
oyerseers and lunas on other planta-
lions IL saved entirely. The company
and the laborer both bene6t Inv that
In case OF default on the mart of the
laborer the company reserves tho right
as Won will see by referring to the
agreements. of carving ont his con-
tract at the expense of his share of the
profits. Such cases. however. will be
very rare. We shall have no trouble In
getting all the land mt I'm that we can
furnish seed cane for. Most of the
Portuguese with whom we have agree
ments own their own land. or course
all the parties planting on our lands
contract TO sell all the cane they raise
TO orr mill"
"Another question. Mr.. McChespey
How about the rainfall?"
Il am glad Won have mentioned that.
Kona is situated on the lee side OF Ha-
wall and our land is in what is termed
the rain belt. Coffee grows there lux
uriantIy, and where coffee does well
there is no scarcity of water. Our mill
Is on the lowest of our lands. about
three miles from the beach at Kailua
and Just inside the rain belt. On the
higher lands there is much more rain
but the very best cane yet produced
there has come from the lower lands
The additional sun exposure seems To
make the cane grow thicker and sweet
err. There Is no place on these Islands
where the rain IL more evenly distrib-
uted than in Kona. On the upper gov
eminent road In that district coffee, ba-
nanas and cane grow to perfection The
people depend solely on the rainfall
from month to month for their water
supply, catching and storing the rain
in barrels and tanks. There can be nc
question about the sufliciency of the
rainfall: In fact, 1t Is somewhat of q
drawback above the road and even less
would be better. No one who has ever
lived in that part of KOna would ever
complain of the rainfall. Besides on
that side of the Island there are nc
drying winds"
What varieties of cane do you
plant?'
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SEWER SYSTEM.
Actual Work Has Now COmmvnc
CO at kakaakO.

Active work has been begun on Ho,
nolulu's sewerage system. For the
last two days a gang of men has been
engaged in making excavations for the
discharge reservoir which Is to be built
in Kakaako. The scene of operations
is alongside of the beach road, short
distance Waikiki of the new Iron
Works building. From this reservoir
by means of pumps the sewage will
be carried a mile out into the sea
through huge pipes. The water, at the
place Of final discharge in the ocean
has depth of one hundred feet. This
guards against all possibility OF the
refuse being washed up again along
the beach.
The men who are engaged in this
preliminary work came down with Mr..
Vincent, the constructive engineer, on
the Mariposa. They are all exper-
fenced men and after the ground is
broken for the laying of the pipe, they
will be placed in charge of the differ
ent gangs of laborers. These latter
will all be obtained In this city. En-
gineers Vincent and Edwards are on
the ground constantly paying attention
to every detail. They have both
studied the local conditions thoroughly
and confidently assert that before this
time next year Honolulu will possess
a sewerage system which will be the
equal OF anything on the Mainland.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-07-25
TRIED MURDER AND SUICIDE
hut Succeeded Only in Landing
Himself in the Hospital.

A young Galician attempted both
murder and suicide yesterday morn
ing in his home on a lane leading from
Emma street. He first attempted To
kill his wife by firing one shot at her
but succeeded in only slightly injuring
her. He then turned the pistol on him
self and fired twice. One Of the bull
lets entered his chest, the other his
left side just above the heart. Jealousy
was the cause of the act. he having
suspected his wife OF infidelity. The
man will recover, although he almos;
succeeded in his suicidal intent.
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resentatives, executors or administra-
tors.
This agreement shall continue in
force for term OF five years or longer
II so agreed by both parties.
Now these contracts are, of course,
for different sized patches of land ac-
cording to the number of men they are
made with. They run from five TO ten
years. You will observe we secure the
planting of the same quantity of land
every year for three wears. and In some
cases five. BY that time we secure n
rotation OF crops from rattoons and re-
planting. Some of these contracts are
over two years old and we have some
grinding TO do this season for the ear
Hest of them. Next season there will
be the first crop TO take off from 200 TO
$50 acres. We could grind much more
cane this wear. but we are reseryinp ali,
the cane we can obtain for seed niant
ing and we are also purchasing more
on the outside. with what cane we
have on hand and have barpaiped for
we shall have fully | 200 acres under
cultivation by the first of the year"
How much and what kind of labor
do your present agreements repre-
sent?" was next asked.
Last wear about eighty men were nj
work under agreements made with ms,
This wear there must he nj least $50 nj
work, or the number NAV he even
more, Our agreements are mostly with
Portuguese. Japanese and Chinese
could furnish YOU exact data as to ma
tionality later on II desired. Then
again, we have similar agreements
with white men living i'm the vicinity
who furnish their own land. receiving
fve-eighths of the profits. while the
mill gets the other three eighths
Sometimes IL Is arranged to pay a
ground rent in these cases"
How about natives, Mr.. McChes-
ney?" was the next question.
"Oh, we have some natives working
on this plan. Here Is an agreement
with one native hui, which undertakes
to cultivate five acres year for fiv.
years. making twenty-five at the end OF
the period. There are others ! might
pick out"
Would 1t be asking too much If you
gave general idea of the scope and
plans of your corporation"
Certainly not There Is nothing t.
conceal. We have been experimenting
with cane in Kona for the past five
years, until we became satisfied that II
could be successfully cultivated to q
profit. We incorporated last year with
a capital of $500 900, of which $1SO, 00C
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-07-25
About Some Editorial Opinions IN
This Paper.
the CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION
Presents Powerful Arguments TO Show
Thar The United States Constitution
Is In Force Here.
Editor of ADVERTISER.


Dear Sir: Permit me to express my
dissent from the constitutional views
so repeatedly presented in the Advert
ser. l believe that they are both I'M
charged with possible injury of the
gravest kind to this community.
My view is that the constitution OF
the United States belongs to us; that
II became extended to these Islands
by the act of annexation, and that no
power exists which can deprive us of
it. We can not secede; neither can we
he east off. We are part and parcel
of the United States deny that the
Constitution is subject to the control
of Congress. 1t can not be made a
matter OF legislation. Your argument
that 1t does not apply to these Islands
until Congress so enacts would imply
that Congress could extend it or not:
or could extend 1t and then take 1t
away; or could take 1t away from any
other portion of the country. To my
mind the better theory Is that the Con-
stitution applied by its own inherent
force the moment the act of political
union was completed. 1t applied as
a necessary incident to the status CIV
en- us as a part Of the United States.
Annexation having been brought about
in a constitutional method, by the ex-
ercise Of both the treaty-making and
legislative powers of the two countries,
constitutes a contract of the very high
est conceivable chasacter. We in Ha-
wall should he the last TO concede that
one marty IN tho contract nv ito cole
act can destroy II. as for instance
nv making us colony can Congress
decree that we shall he taken tn be a
part Of Guama NOT unless II renudi-
ates the contract by which we we're
made a mart of the iTnited states The
statutes of the limited states must he
extended by act of Congress-. the dis
tinctjon between statutes and the Con-
stitution in this Connection is obvious
There seems to exist m certain ouar-
ters much nervousness as 70 the con-
sequences which would follow n n were
attained that the Constitution os the
yToited states is now the law Of the
Rand; notably amongst other instances
with the apologists for contract labor.
We ought to all rejoice that that insti-
luton Is moribund. We could take
more pride in ourselves II this blot
could have been removed by act of our
own before the enactment of n plan of
government for us by Congress.
Won mote Senator Morgan. but the
quotation does not support your con-
Clusjon. We all know he considers us
a par, of the United States. We all
know that his Americanism is not of
.
his respect for the Constitution is
punctilious. He will never be found
holding that the Constitution does not
extend to every nook and GRANNY OF
the United States. He considers the
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r. NJ. HATCH.
Honolulu, July 81, 1899.

What the views of our Supreme
Court are regarding the extension OF
The Constitution to this territory, or
what the views of the Advertiser are
on the subject will not have the slight
est influence In Congress. AS Mr..
Hatch correctly states, this little Re-
pnDlic made a contract of annexation
with the United States, which secured
40 Hawaii whatever rights any terri
tory has under the Constitution and
laws, The contract Is executed and Is
in fun force. II is the intention Of
the administration 10 carry out this
spsclal contract by further legislation
which will In no way whatever dis
crimiuats against Hawaii, The enc
mics Of Hawaii will. no doubt, make
some effort tO secure laws discriminat
ing against her, but Il Is well under
Stood that the President, Senator Nor
san ana other friends of Hawaii DO not
anticipate any serious trouble IN Sc
curing the necessary legislation,
hut the contract of annexation II
IN force, and II Is not for Congress.
bn Tor the supreme Court % say
~hrlhor ~ not tho Constitution ap'
p'i"i by ns Inherent force AZ the mo.
lhaa' ihs contrast ~ union MAS made
~ mo Constitution applies, ths
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-07

nounced Mormonism and scored the
apathy of Christians who are permitting
the Latter Day Saints to go. about the
country making proselytes. ''We stand
appalled,, said the speaker, "at the ag-
gressiveness of Mormenism. In 1880 the
Mormon church had six members. In
1898 statistics show that number increas-
ed to 100000 1t has LOO missionaries
going around the country from house to
house. L want every woman present,
said Mrs. Burdette emphatically, to do
hef pest to see that congress turns
Brigham Roberts out Il
The speaker touched upon the mission
work In Chinatown, San Francisco; in
Mexico, and among the negroes in the
South. A solo, "Springtide," by Becker,
was sung by Mrs. ]. C. Buckbee at the
conclusion of the address
An exceedingly able paper was read
by Mrs. j. HI. Chapman, Of Chicago, her
subject being THE All Around Woman.
She said that between the two extremes,
the woman's rights woman and the do
mestic woman, there was happy me-
dunn in the woman who, while taking
the best OF care Of home and children,
was yet able to look beyond the domestic
horizon and stretch out a helping hand
to struggling human nature. THE
woman Of Yesterday said the speaker,
points sternly to the cradle, the cooking
stove and the mending basket. The
woman Of today swoops down and
brushes aside cooking stove and mending
basket, but when 1t comes to the Grade
she hesitates. Man and woman may
walk side by SIDE In mental and spiritual
development but their vocations are
essentially different and the sooner wom-
en- recognize this the better for them "
The afternoons programme concluded
with a vocal duet by Miss Eva M. AL
colt and Miss Nellie A. Hope, I'm the
Cross Of Christ Glory by Geibel.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-07
LATE D. A. MoNFoRTs WILL.
Homestead Becomes the Property
of Mrs. MonfOrt.

of Mrs. MOnfOrt.
The will Of late Delos A. Monfort was
filed for probate yesterday afternoon. The
estate Is valued ip-the petition at $685.
900 in personal and $1,000 in real property.
The will Wasedrawh in 1891, and is wit
messed by C. D. O'Brlen, Edwin Mott and
G. 8. George. The heirs are Mary j.
Monfort, the widow; Florence Monfort
2Gheen, daughter. Frederick D. Mon
fort, a son, and Florence Gheer1, a grand
daughter Of the testator The widow and
son are named as Executors.
J The homestead, at Se1by and Harrington
avenues Is left to Mrs. Monfort, together
with the furniture land life interest in
the library of the itsstator Upon Mrs
Monfort's death the library is to revert
to the son and daughter with the proviso
that. in case the latter prefers F. D.
Monfort is to pay her. Sc, 900 for her half
interest. Mrs5tlGheen Dis given the dia-
mond cross PRESENTED to the testator by
Damascus cofamai1dery: K. r., and all
other jewelry is to go to the son. Florence
Gheen, the granddaughter rs given ST.
900 in cash, -
The residue of the estate ts%to be divid-
ed equally between the widow and two
children, except that the portions Of life
insurance received by each are to be fig
ured in as part Of The estate in making
the distribution. 49, s,a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-07
LOCK AND DAM PLANS.
Board of Survey WIFI Examine the
Specificationss Shortly.

Maj Abbott, United States engineer for
this district, has been appointed, with
MAJ. Marshall, of Chicago, and Capt.
Warren, of Milwaukee, as a member of
board to examine in. detail the plans and
Specifications for the new lock and dam
in the Mississippi below Minneapolis.
The procedure is the same as generally
followed in government work, and the
board of survey will examine into the
construction work already completed,
consider the plans and make such recon-
mendations for improvements as suggest
themselves. The work cannot be COM
pleted until the board has sanctioned the
plans and decided upon additional i'm
provements.
Maj. Abbott stated yesterday that the
date of the meeting Of the board has not
yet been set. The plans will be -consid-
cred in detail as soon as a meeting can,
be secured and acted upon. Maj. Abb
bctt would make no estimate of the time
necessary to complete the contracts, stat
ing that the work would be hurried as
fast as money is available, but depends
entirely upon the action of congress.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-07
WOMEN's MEETING.
Feature of the Anniversary OF the
First Baptist Church.

First Baptist Church.
A Woman's session was held yesterday
afternoon at the First Baptist church.
Over one hundred women were in at,
tendance and interesting papers were
read on every phase of woman's influence
in church work. Mrs. II. F. Stilwell pre-,
sided. A song and praise service with
prayer led by Mrs. ]. H. Randall opened
the session.
Miss Mae Huffsnith sang Gounod s
beautiful Light from Heaven" with vio-
lin obligato played by Miss Bessie Web
ster.
Letters of greeting were read from
many women, former members of the
church. who were unable to be present
at the jubilee. Mrs. NJ. B. Parsons, wife
of the first pastor Of the church, sent an
affectionate message. Rev. James Pope
of Lynn, Mass, sent a greeting from his
wife, who is seriously i'll. He enclosed
with the message a sketch of his wife's
life. Letters were also read from Mrs.
E. Hubert and Mrs. l.. c. Barnes.
Mrs. H. G. Mabie, of Boston, and Mrs
J. w. Conley, of Chicago, both wives of
former pastors of the church, gave their
greetings in person. Both addresses were
chiefly "reminiscences Of the days when
the ladies belonged to the First Baptist
parish and were both affecting and in
teresting.
Mrs. j. C. Buckbee sang very beautiful
Iy Gary's There Were Ninety and
Nine" 1t was followed by an interesting
address on Foreign Missions" delivered
by Mrs. w. Ashmore of Suatow, China
Mrs. Ashmore mentioned as an interes-
ting coincidence the fact that exactly
fifty years ago, when the First Baptist
church was having its beginning in ST.
Paul, her husband, William Ashmore, I'M
dertook his missionary work in China
beginning first in Hong-Kong, and later
going to Swatow, where he has since la
bored The speaker gave an interesting
account of the founding of the first hos
pital at Swallow. At first women alone
were cared for, but later 1t was neces-
sary to have building for the men also
and Swallow has now a finely equipped
hospital for both men and women. Mrs
Mary G. Burdette, Of Chicago, delivered
very vigorous address on Home Mis-
sions."
Miss Burdette is secretary Of the
Woman's Baptist Home Mission society
and thoroughly familiar with every
phase of her ehurchs missionary work
in this country. She vigorously de-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-07
A SPECIALISTS OPINION.

A great specialist says that every case
Of Dyspepsia is either the result of Con-
stipation or is aggravated by it. Beech
ANS Pills are a specific for constipation
or bowel obstruction. Therefore, Beech
relieve 1t so thoroughly that the pain
and discomfort vanish. And this is a
very conservative statement. AS a mat
Tgf Dr d crd Beecaas pils have abso
cases of Dyspepsia.
Try Beecham's Pills, tiny, tasteless and
easily dissolved, Take one every morning
feel the blood coursing through your
veins with all it's old-tinne energy. Beech
ans Pills are Is cents box. They cure
all disorders of digestion
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-07

ident Mckinley Matter Rests
with Local Committee - Amend
ments to Law Regulating Appeal
Cases Discussed.
The Evangelical conference continued
its session yesterday at Emmanuel
church The morning session was oc-
cupied with matters of routine. half
dozen reports from officers were submit
ted which were referred to a committee
for recommendation to the conference re-
garding their disposal before it adjourns
The conference voted to invite president
Mckinley to address the meeting upon
the occasion of his visit. Bishop Bow
man stated in this connection that he had
corresponded with the president, who had
stated that his time while in the city
would be at the disposal of the local
committee. 1t was deemed advisable to
ask the ST. Paul entertainment commit
tee for a little of the presidents time.
Bishop Fischer reported progress upon
the volume on theology, which is being
prepared by him for the conference, and
his report in detail was sent to the
publishing house committee.
The appointment of the following COM
mittees was announced:
Public Worship-Thomas Bourman. J.
M. Baltinger, j. Manthey, G. w. Mel
scher. z. r. Plantikow, H. Bunse.
Letters and Documents-B. F. Bonner,
H Hintze. J. d. Seip Joseph Steitzer q.
w. Roederer. w. A. koehler and A. n.
Annual Conference Records-W. H.
Rucks J. G. Brendel, William Schums,
c. F. Hansing, S. b. Brown. u. kieh, J.
H. T9bi as e. sp aebr F. s hlg1a2, '"
Diyision-G. Fritsche, j. Schempp, {.
r. Zimmerman, J. c. Hornberger. w. y.
Leopold, F. r. PlantikoW. D. 5: Oakes,
W. III MeSserscnm1fdlfi, ohdtleS Stae l{ier
E. Molten. G. Bersteeher. A. G.. stull
Conference Boundaries-The bishops, G.
Wiegand, H. Bnnse, William SuckoW, J.
Ways and Means-O. L. Saylor. f. NJ.
Yoegelein. A. H. Beck. ]. H. Yaggy, j.
statistics-L. f. Emmert g. W. .Hlel-
scher. A. Hamburger, N Schupp., S. II.
Baumgartner. Philip LauX, Z. Il. Ert-
meier
Braenchie. H. Cordes, a; Luescher., 6
Kickhoefer. G. Barchet. ". A. Koehler.
VIM: sqckow; s: M. Baqmgartner.
Hettier s. F. Maursr. Il. <. schneider,
II. Seager, s. r. Knecptel, I. L. Wentz,
j. H. Yaggy and ]: II. Evans. m
Heinmiller, S. P. Spreng, c. F. thinner
man, ]. @. Hornberger and A. H Beck.
Charitable Society,". G. Simon, J. D.
Seip, B. sFe Bonner, j. Michel, j. A. Frye,
Phi Laux and j. p Mckee
Orphans Home-A@ Drummer, G. VIE
gand, j. J. Lang, E. o. Beck, St Lues-
cher, s. Stelker and A. Krecker.
Public Morals. A. Frye, A. Krecker,
]. Gill, ]. B. Kanaga. M Zwinglt. M l..
Wing, H. A. Kramer.
Episcopacy-C. Ooertli, C. Kickhoefer,
S. f. Maurer, H Cordes, c. Barcket, o.
l.. Saylor, A. s. Fischer, A. Halmhuber
High Schools and Education-M L.