The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-30

pers have not xivea - sse true ~
saEdness Of this moss 1zpogEx.; NEST
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o. course, the Advertiser woalGn :
have boIs-d and supported J. o. Carter
and 5 " Damon as its inspired friends
said i would. The Advertiser Is =
republican paper. you kno~-when
things 90 It's way.
Did 1t ever strike yo1 what = beaE-
iiill poilIlc4l meeting place Progress
hail Eeaiiy l., 1t Is large, Light AMI
airy and amply provided with eommi.-
tee rooms II Is an ideal convention
hall
The morning conferences OF the san
itary inspectors have become very
popular and are really proving of con
siderable benefit AS soon as Dr.. Pratt
can make up his stan OF lecturers the
weekly lectures TO the force viii be in
augurated- Some one mas maliciously
suggested that the course of Lectures
be extended and daily clinics be intro
duced, so that the board of health
might run its own school OF medicine
when the new di.pensary building is
nnished- Good idea.
The authorities should kesp theiS
eyes Oh sailing vessels. some " which
are smuggling Belgian hares into Oahu
/ am reiIabiy informed thac as IaAA:
as twenty-five pairs axe 1os N this
city ana others are being Brought In
from time 10 time. They are not de-
sirable impOrtations and are mighty
liable 10 become pest
Registrar of Voters Wray Taylor has
troubles of his own, but his chief pill
kia nov is OF other mems making. Ii
deyolyes upon the registrar 10 send
cut ballot boxes and when the elections
are over the boxes are returned 10 ana
Each box is provided with q Yale lock
and only one key. 1t is this key that
key Is sent 10 the election board under
separate cover. That's all right, but II
Is the manner in which the keys are re-
turned 10 him that is making him gray
and bald-headed. The election officers
are usually so careful about them that,
after the ballots are all in and the
boxes locked and ready for shipment,
they throw the keys through the slot
into the box. AS there are no dupli-
cate keys, the only way the registrar
can open such boxes is with an AK.
This is annoying to the registrar and
costly 10 the territory. VIII the elec-
tion officers kindly take this matter 10
heart and return those keys under
separate cover TO Mr.. Taylor?
The coping on the rounded corner OF
the capitol grounds wall at Richards
street has been put on and l am sorry
TO see that preparations are under way
to replace that beastiy IRON fenee. |
had hoped that the fence and iron gates
at the entrances would all be removed,
now that the monarchy has passed
away and the grounds no longer belong
to rulers, but to the people Ii is al
absurdity to close these grounds in the
evening just when the people would
most enjoy them. The building is
locked, of course, but the grounds
should never be closed any more than
are any OF the other parks. The ter
ritorial government is no longer
family arrangement and the men N
Office not rulers, but servants, of the
people Then why hedge the capitol
about with iron fences and lock out
Of their grounds the people with big
iron gates? Visitors from the main
land must think that the territory is
preserving something precious in the
old palace Tear down the fences AMI
the gates and sell them for junk.
Some better arrangement ought to he
made to care for the flower girls that
now make some sections of the streets
of Honolulu so distinctive. In sunshine
and in rain their lot is not what 1t
ought to be and the vendors of Ha
walls beautiful flowers are compelled
to move from side to side of streets to
find comfort. Who wouldn't miss the
flower girls if they should stop selling
flowers? 1t would be in the nature Of
public calamity. What would We do
on steamer days; whence would come
the leisg Truly, the flower girls Of Ho-
nolulu are more than unique feature
of our cosmopolitan life They are an
absolute necessity. What rich man
will immortalize himself by establish
ing a flower MARKET
THE LOUNGER.