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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-12-06

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
The INDEPENDENT, 80 cents per
mouth.
Mr.. ". o. Crowell has assumed
his duties as Deputy Sheriff at Ko
loa, Kauai.
The very latest ia Dress Goods
and Millinery at L. B. Kerr s. co.,
Queen street.
The December number OF the
Humane Educator 10 out, and it is
an excellent edition a. to the con-
tents as we'll az to the moe b anical
work.
The races on Saturday next will
be very jolly il the track is good
and the weather decent. Put your
money on Frank =. 1t il a sure
thing.
Nigel jackson has been given a
commission as speoial officer on the
police force. jackson 10 full Il en-
ergy and has had considerable ex.
perienco on the force.
II we remember rightly the Ro.
sta Challenge Cup was won by
Hon. j, A. Cummins. We notice
tho Jockey Club warts thu cup,
which now belongs to Prince David.
At the Fl ial rounds at the Pacific
Tennis Club courts on Saturday
afternoon tea will be served by Mrs.
q. P. Wilder, assisted by Mrs. A. NJ.
Brown and Mrs. j. S. Walker. The
fashionables OF H ,noluu society
will be in attendance.
r. w. Condor was fued S15 in
the Police Court yesterday alter
noon for assaultins Sidney jackson.
He also got a severe lecture from
tho Judge and lister on hid his
commi-sion as special police officer
cancelled by the High Sheriff. Iu
the future he will be harmless.
W. r'eret to announce the death
Mrs. II. b. Gsbr which occurred at
Hilo Last Monday. Tho b1rssved
husband, who is thu manager OF the
Hilo-Kohala railroad, has the sym
pathy OF all who have met the
genial and entsrprisiug gentleman.
The big steamer sierra is expect
ed here on the l7ih from San Fran.
cisco. Captain Houdlstte is com.
mander and many officers on board
are weil.known here. The Sierrs
made the trip from Philadelphia to
San Francisco in 43 days aud
hours, and at that late ought te
cover the distance between Sar
francisco aud Honolulu in va days
Goodall, a good looking young
mulatto was rsprimAnded yeSterda!
by Judge Wilcox for having uSet
bad language 10 the presence o
a sensitive police officer and lad.
whom the offender wanted to tax
for a drive. Goodall told the Judg
that he had spent Sl3 for buggie
10 which the dame bad been ridinI
with aud was mad because sh
wouldn't "plsy in buggy ouy mora,
The learned magistrate advised tn
young of 'ud"r to 20 TO E . Hal
IS "a and purchase large quaint
ty OF rock salt, aud use 1T freely uu
til his "freshness" had caased TO az
pear. The Judge, who evidentl
knows what ha was talking abou
also advised the y >ung man never
sneption to a Hawaiian girl what b
had spent on her, because the az
swer woAid nearly always be Hell
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-12-06

r. w. Condor was fned S15 in
the Police Court yesterday alter
noon for assaultins Sidney jackson.
He also got a severe lecture from
the Judge and lister on hid his
commission as special police officer
cancelled by the High Sheriff. Iu
the future he will be harmless.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-12-06

W. r'Rret to announce the death
Mrs n. b. Gebr which occurred at
Hilo Last Monday. Tho b1resved
husband, who is ,hs manager OF the
Hilo-Kobaia railroad, has the sym
pathy OF all who have met the
genial and entsrprisiug gent leman.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-26

born, he is still known and saluted as
"Will." by his old a.sOciates and neigh
bore. Every farmer up among the val
leys or out on the bills accoat him as
Will" and every cid IrIshman goes to
CIVIL" with troubles, whose removal
calis for good advice or legal counsel,
and oll clas es find him ever approach
able, ever attentive 10 their petitions,
ever solicitOus to hear and serve. He
has his little joke and pleasantly with
these clients among the rank and file,
and his mind is a repository of the
quaint snd humorous things dropped
into it in the course of this always I'M
constrained contact with the clientage
from the commonality. Mr.. Dilling-
ham is not only, ana most emphatically,
and in the best sense of the phrase, "a
man OF the people," but he is far and
away more "a man of the people" than
any other OF the senatorial candidates.
He is by nature ga man Of the people"
He is "built that way" Not a man,
young or ld,enywhere in the Winooski
valley but goes to him with unreserve,
or meets him or The street with a re.
cognitiOn that is The assurance of very
enviable popularity. If behind all this
native suavity and adaptability to cir
cumstances OF age and condition there
are dignity and character that restrain,
that rescue popularity from the fanili-
arity that breeds contempt-as there is
this is entirely to Mr.. Dillingham;
credit, and does not essen his standing
as ga man of The people,"
At W shnglon, for every old soldier,
or soldiers widow, or an orphaned sol
dier's child, or any other person of any
class needing q friend at court, Mr..
Dillingham; would be the most accessi-
bic Of men, the most Jealous and judi
cious of advocates, and before his per-
suasive ways the doors of the inner
courts of any department at Washing.
ton would swing wide open.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-26
The Vermont SenatOrship.

Under this title the Springfield Re
publican prints two column communi-
cation from Montpelier, illustrated by
cuts OF the four senatorial candidates,
Dillingham;, Grout, Ross and Prouty.
While there is general line of truth
and fact running through the comment
on the individual candidates., some of
the leading statements are absurdly I'M
true. at will be a clean fight" says
this writer; "there will be no hint or
suspicion Of corruption about it," That
statement ought to be true, if it isn't.
Many people, however, read it with a
smile and an expression of credulity.
Speaking of Mr.. Dillingham;, after
recounting some of his virtues, the
writer adds: "But he is not man of
the people," That sta tement may be
believed in Springfield, but the people
of Central Vermont ridicule it. Down
at Waterbury, where Dillingham; was
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-26
Pulpit Journalism.

In these later days clergymen fire.
quently feel called upon to reprimand
the press for what they apparently con-
slider its unnecessary Instrumentation
of contagion" in the form of news &C
counts of crimes committed and Grim
inal proceedings. OF course no repu-
table newspaper has any intention OF
producing evil results, of intoxicating or
suggesting an inclination toward evil
action or thought. The newspapers of
the country, speaking of them as a
whole, are earnest co workers with the
clergy in everything which may i'm
prove men and conditions. That is
their intention and desire. But it is
indeed ga condition that confronts US,
not theory"
The news of the day, those events
which make news, are the unusual
things of daily life. 1t is not news
matter to say that man, good, bad or
Indifferent, went to his daily duties in
the morning and came back at night
dined, read his evening paper and
went to bed. If the same man went to
his work and on his way home was
ground to pieces by street car, or be-
came intoxicated and smashed q plate
glass window, that would be news. 1t is
the accidental event, the unusual and un.
expected. Would the clergy have the
paper confine its statement to the
fact that Mr.. Brown or Jones "was
killed by a street car this afternoon;
the funeral is not yet announced" or.
Mr.. Brown or Jones "broke a store
window this afternoon?" Do thew
claim that the items should be worded
in this wise because the facts and de-
tails OF the street car accident are ''too
revolving" to sensitive minds, or be-
cause in the other case the publication
OF the fact that the man was drunk in
dictates that there is liquor to be had in
the place and it may suggest 70 some
minds TO hunt for it? Is this what the
clergy would have the newspapers doP
The inference from some pulpit admo.
nitions is that news items of such char
acter as the above should be pruned
down to a bare statement of fact, and
really regardless of the facts in the
case. Observe how they read, when
treated in conformity to what is under
stood to be the desire of the pulpit
The grand jury may report today that
certain persons have been indicted for
certain crimes. Will it be considered
sufficient for the JOURNAL to give sim
ply the number of bills found, without
any reference at any time to what the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-26

close study of the needs of the COM
mon schools and constant communi-
alton with school officers.
During his seventeen years. expert
ence with Vermont schools, Mr.. Ran
ger has been always active as writer
and speaker on educational or other
subjects. In teachers institutes or
other meetings, and at their summer
schools, he has worked continuously
and with zeal. He has made public adj
dresses on educational and other sub
jects, before social, religious or other
organizations, in the States,of New En-
glandland in Canada. His experience
in Vermont covers all grades of public
school work. Excepting possibly Mr..
Stone, or Mr.. Conant of the Randolph
Normal School, probably no man in the
State is better acquainted with the con-
dition and needs of the common
schools.
Before coming to Vermont Mr.. Ran
ger had taught in the common schools of
Maine, was principal of a high school at
eighteen, and in that State and Massa-
chusetts had been at the head of import
ant educational institutions and organ
izations. He has been bred and reared
in school work. In it he has been al
ways active, pursuing his end with in
telligence and well-directed zeal and he
has been uniformly, and in a notable
degree, successful. A substantial and
practical success has crowned his labors.
Mr.. Ranger has rubbed up against the
other affairs of this world. He has
taken an active and interested account
of other things than those exclusively
and technically educational, 80 that he
is broad-minded man, with wide ex-
perience and range of vision in general
affairs, and thus all the better armed
and equipped for effective work in his
especial calling.
Prominently Mr. Ranger seems to
be the man for the Office of superin-
tendent of education, and there is the
welcome prospect that he will be chos-
en- without contest of that exceeding
bitterness which sometimes has been
waged over the choice of this officer. Ed
ward L. Temple of Rutland, treasurer
of the Marble Savings Bank, whose can
didacy is opposed to that of MIR. Rang
er,is a gentleman of many sterling quail
ties. By nature and requirement h e
is a scholar. He has maintained q
lively interest in the subject of public
education in bis locality. He has been
the efficient superintendent of schools
in Rutland and examiner for Rutland
county. If any of Mr.. Temples friends
and admirers-and some of the best
and warmest-feel constrained by the
facts of his preinial qualifications to
support Mr. Rangers candidature for an
educational office, for the office of bank
examiner, inspector of finance, State
treasurer or any other in the line of his
special and lifelong experience, they
would be Mr.. Temples most willing
and Jealous advocates.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-26

persons were indicted for2 Would any
moral end be served by such remark
able course? Would he people--even
the clergy themselvee--be content with
such a statemen. in the case of an item
of important news2
The facts, and all of them in Gel, cy
and reason regarding unusual events,
''news matter" are what the people
and the whole people want. They have
no use for newspaper which is not a
ne wspaper. There is no "dissemina-
ton of contagion" in an honorable
newspaper for any other purpose or TO
any greater extent than is necessary to
give the public the facts to which II is
entitled.
No trained journalist of professional
ability and enterprise can conceive of a
newspaper conducted on lines 30 fire.
quently laid down by the pulpit. 1t is
utterly out of the question. Prudery
in newspaper Office is as absolute
ly impracticable as regeneration with
out an object to regenerate, or velocity
without propulsion.
In concluding, newspaper may hum
bly, suggest, that inotead of keeping the
facts from the people, all co.opera te
in fitting the people to receive the
facts without injury to themselves.
This would certainly seem the most
practicable method, and the way of
common sense.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-26
ARTHUR ROPES. General Editor
Stand Firm I

The Grout papers keep up persist
ent tumult of ''claims" as to their pa
irons strength in the Legislature, and
industriously proclaim the certainty
that he will be chosen Senator of the
United States. These claims are based
on statements of the number of Grout
Representatives from Windham, Addi-
son, Chittenden, Orange and Washing
ton COMMITTEES, which have no foundation
whatever in the real facts of the situa-
ton. These claims are pure bluff.
They are shown to be nothing but
bluff in the case of Washington county,
and trustworthy reports from the other
counties are equally conclusive as to
the real standing of Mr.. Dillingham;
there. All the facts determined by the
issue of The recent election point de-
cisively to Mr.. Dillingham's election.
These cannot be clouded or overborne
by the noise of the Grout claim gongs.
Let the Representative who are for
Mr.. Dillingham; stand firmly by their
candidate, and give no heed or Gre
dence tosthe preposterous figures of
General CIRCUITS vote in this county or
that.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-26

An absolutely complete list OF the men,
bers OF the House Is not yet obtainable, but
the biographies are nearly all in and the
statistics following will be found to be cor
rect.
The average age of the members of the
House Is somewhat over fifty, which makes
OF it the Oldest House in many years, even
II it does not break the record for age.
Only the following members were born
since 1870 inclusive, and are consequently
less than thirty years OF age;
Robert j. Sanford Of Stamford, born No
vember 7, 1870
Fred G. Brown OF Whiting, born January
%, 1870.
Rufus RAYMOND Walker of Benson, born
June %, 1872.
Charles s. Meader of Monkton, born oc-
tober 8, 1872
Henry e. Glynn of Jamaica, born Octo-
Der g. 1873.
The "baby" of the House is Representa-.
tive Glenn Everett Stevens of Maidstone,
who was born June 10, 1876.
The Oldest member is Egbert Sheldon of
Stock bridge, who was born September IA,
1920. John Meigs Weeks OF Lyndon was
born November 8, 1924, and Mr.. Stevenson
of Lowell in 1927. III old men are valuable
as counsellors, then certainly these three
latter should contain large stores Of wisdom.
Thirty-nine members OF the House were
born outside the State, as follows: O'Dowd
Brighton in Quebec; Williams of Bloom
field in New Brunswick; Vancor OF Can
aan at Oolebrook, n. H.; Whitcomb OF
Guildhall at Compton, p. O.; Cameron of
Norton at Leeds, Canada; Warren OF
Weathersfeld at Haverhill, N. II. Bush of
Brooklne at Bernardston, Mass. Smith OF
Halifax at London, Eng; Houghton OF
Putney at Brookline, Mass; Howard of
Rockingham at Fitchburg, Mass Tudor
OF Somerset at Bristol, Eng Lsckey OF
Stratton at Hebron, N. Y; Graves of Col
chester at Troy, N. Y; Wylnan of Brown
ington at St. Armand, P. O.; Graham of
Craftsbury in New York; Oslagen of
BrooBfield in Ireland land Republican
and OongregationalisD; sanborn of Straf.
ford at Greenfield, Mass. Warren OF Thet-
ford at Lyme, N. H.; Bean of West Fair.
lee in New Hampshire; Delehanty OF Cas-
Teton in Ireland; McIntire of Dandy in
Massachusetts; Mott Of Hubbardton at
Norwich N, Y; Andrews OF Wallingford
at Brasher, N. Y; Garter Of Wells at Gran.
vile, N. p. Hinerth OF Highgate, Rainey
OF Victory, and Barber Of Montgomery in
Canada; Mcleod of Sheldon in Ireland
McWhorter OF Barre city at Hebron. N. Y;
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-26

No man living is better equipped to de
post large and glowing chunks of human
sympathy where they are most needed than
myself. [ always have the material with
me to do it with. Whenever l have occs-
sion to puncture a sham or paralyze a fraud
or hypocrite it is solely done for the in
formation and welfare of the public. There
is no personal malice. But 1 believe that
the Almighty hates a coward. 1 don't hit a
cripple or stone broken legged dog. L
have said some pointed things regarding
Theodore s. Peck in his official capacity,
whenever the occasion has seemed to de.
mand. Certainly there was no malice
toward the man. 1 understand that Gen.
Peck will cease to hold the Office of sdju-
tant and inspector general at the end of his
present term, December /, if not before,
and under the circumstances there is nei-
Their right, justice nor public necessity to
justify running fire of abuse OF him.
There are wrongs TO be righted and evils to
be corrected other than those pertaining to
Gen. Peck
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-26

rot, rapine, sedition, violence and
murder. II is proposed, in place of
these "biessines" to give them o gov
erume taaCd Oh the above principles.
Ought Democracy, or che consent Of
the governed" to stand in the way of
tuis Nigh y reform?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-26

Speaking of George Scribner and his I'M
paralalled eccentricities, am reminded of
his great rubber hose act. This was given
at odd and unexpected intervals, and never
failed to create a sensation. George had q
hose connected with the water in the cellar
and extended it out under the sidewalk
where it lay coiled innocently in the gutter,
The nozzle peeped out of the coil, and was
gunned toward the walk. just at this
point passers-by we're won't to congregate,
and when one or more had stopped at just
the right point to be in range Of the masked
battery George would let on the power be-
low and victim would be given a bath.
and indignant goes without saying. This
pleasantly continued for some time, until
the public got onto" the scheme and
George was threatened with vengeance,
when he desisted and the water battery
was dismounted.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-26
THE DAYS REVIEW.
Being Rambling Discussion of Mat.
tiers Reminiscent, COntempO-
raneOus and Coming
This Way.

My friend of the Middlebury Register is
certainly wide. awake and alert to the mo-
mentous political events which are now
agitating the State. The leading editorial
of the last issue says:
THAT there is healthy, growing de-
mand for Morgan horses in every section of
the country, especially in the West, has for
some time been apparent to u.s."
Well, Well! THIS places the situation in
an entirely different light. Thanks.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-26
THE COMING GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.
Some Facts and Statistics of Consider
able Interest TO the People of Yer-
mont.

The personal sketches and biographies Of
OF the members'elect of the House and Sem
ate Tor the two years commencing next
week contain much of interest to the gen.
eral public. | have, therefore, taken time
TO collate some OF the more important facts
for publication, and herewith submit them
in the space usually occupied by the Days
Review"
The Vermont Senate OF 19O0-l901 will con-
tain thirty members the average age Of the
Senators being fraction less than fifty
years. Only five Senators are under forty
years of age. These are Senators DeBoer
of Washington, Royce of franklin, Pollard
of Windsor, Miller of Windham and Lea
venworth of Rutland. The latter is the
youngest member, being only thirty-three
years of age. The oldest Senator is Hon.
Asa Burton Nelson of Orleans, who was
born in 1927.
The religious preferences of the Senators
are Independent or no choice, eight. By
the way one filed out the space left for
religious preference" with the expressive
word nix. Congregationalists eight, Uni
virsalists, four. Unitarians, three. Metho-
dists, three Raptists, three and Episcopal
liam and Liberal" one each.
The Senators are divided among the pro-
fessons and occupations as follows: Farm
ers, six; lawyers, six; physicians, two;
manufacturers, two; drover and insurance
agent, retired farmer, merchant and farmer,
chant, farmer and hotel keeper, merchant
and bank president, principal Of normal
school, railroad dealer in real estate,
farmer and insurance agent railroad bus
mess, AMI insurance agent, auctioneer and
deputy sheriff, one each. The Senator who
combines the last three occupations is Hon.
Charles #. Smith Of Orange. 1t will be
seen that there is tie between the farmers
and the lawyers, six each, and also be-
tween the manufacturers and physicians,
two each.
Twenty-Five of the Senators have pre-
viously served in the House, which gives
this body some valuable experience. With
tn at large advantage and that of mature
age, 1t should be an exceptionally strong
Senate.
Only two of the Senators were born out
side Vermont, Senator DeBoer in Holland
and Senator Cudworth in Massachusetts.
The latter also has the very unusual dis
tinction OF succeeding himself in the Senate,
having represented his county in the upper
house two years ago.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-26
The Vermont correspondent of the spripg

The Vermont correspondent of the Spring
field Republican says:
"The name of Eli II. Porter, ex-postmas-
ter OF Wilmington, who will serve his Sec
ond term in the Legislature, is favorably
mentioned as candidate for whom the
Democrats can with propriety cast their
votes for United States Senator, and thus
hold their strength together ana dictate the
nomination, whoever may be the final
choice Of the Legislature"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-26

The entries are rapidly filling. Rev. W.
A. Warner of Bethel, who was chaplain of
the Senate four years ago, contracted such
would like to indulge in it again. His
great qualification is proudly stated to be
that he is very brief, which leads me to OBJ
serve that candidates for the job should not
be too subservient in promises. A chap
lain should give the Senate or the House
what they need, instead Of what they may
think they want.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-09-26

Constable Bancroft, who has just return
from New York speaks of pleasant vi lit
it'll Ira S. Town, who is passing his deciu-
ing years in that city with his son, an emin-
ent lawyer of the Metropolis. Ira is now in
his 93rd year, yet vigorous and hearty and
to all appearances likely to round out hun
dred years. The old gentleman first started
in the jewelry business here in 1926 with
his father, the firm name being j. Town &
Son.