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The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17
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The Delegate In Congress from lia-
wall should bc "A man whose personal
influence viii enable him To make w
for the political prestige which vote
less Congressman is denied. Were ha-
waii a state, with vote on all ques-
lions OF national legislation and a voice
In the Electoral College, almost any
moral and well-meaning man, In his
capacity of Representative, could wield
nm influence in the House. But the
Delegate from n Territory has no vote
and having no vote he rarely " ever
rets n chance to be heard on the hoor.
The consideration OF the chair goes to
fully-endowed members, not to those
who can do nothing of practical value
for the passage Of bills or the winning
of party triumphs. The only chance
for the Delegate to make himself felt,
therefore-or rather, to make the wish
es of his constituency felt-is to acquire
personal influence that will lead Rep
resentatives of standing to make his
cause their own and to win him wei
come and an attentive ear in the De-
partments.
1t takes a strong man TO put hlIhseA
into such n position. He must be
man OF magnetism, OiIt "iAO 10 "S'N ~
hold his own in controversy; versatile
man of the type of the late II. A. +.
Carter; a man of sufficient means TO
give good dinners and other entertain
ments; withal man of tireless energy
and persistence. Perhaps such a man
cannot be found in Hawaii who would
enlist for two years at Washington;
hut II he is not obtained our Delegate
will be a mere nonentity-an idle graft
on the salary roll.
The real business of the Hawaiian
Delegate will be in the Departments
and before the appropriation commit
tees of the two Houses. His duty VIII
be to get as much for Hawaii in the
way of public improvements as he can.
Hilo wants a breakwater and Fed
eral building; Honolulu wants extern
siye harbor improvements and n new
Postoffice. Both cities want forts ana
the big military reservation here needs
barracks. The way to get them Is to
have a Delegate who can reach the
right men with his demands and Inn
press them with the need and virtue of
acquiesCence Such a man might be
the means of bringing millions of Fed
eral money into this Territory; without
him Federal expenditure here Will, at
best, be fitful and slow.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17
I1rrLE,s LATEST BREAK.

The refusal of Judge Little of Hilo to
accept the services OF Chester Doyle as
interpreter was couched in offensive
language towards Chief Justice Frear'
Judge Little, who is even smaller than
his name Implies, wished II to be
known that Judge Frear was not run
ming his court" AS the Chief Justice
had not tried to run" the so-called
court of the Hilo politician but had
merely conformed to Island usage in
giving 1t the benefit of the services OF
the Official interpreter of the Japanese
language, the remark was in almost as
bad taste as the vulgar phrases lately
applied by Little TO Hon. w. n. Arm
strong.
Nor is this all. The ermined shyster
of Iilo is said to have refused the SER
vices OF Mr.. Doyle because the latter
had once caught him plagiarizing from
a speech OF Robert G. Ingersolfs. II
this was indeed the cause of Little's
behavior II reveals him as a man OF the
most pronounced untitness for the post
he occupies-a man of spleen and small
revenges chokefull OF prejudice and
gall.
However a political Judge must be
taken as he comes and he usually
comes highland low. The pity of II
is that Hawaii with SO many able and
self-respecting lawyers, should have TO
put up with such creature as Little,
whose ideas Of judicial proprlety are on
a par with those OF a goat.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17
MR.. SEWALL'S Pi AN.

The statement is made by the Star,
and backed by an array of circum-
stantial evidence, that Hon. IL. Nj.
Sewall has left Hawaii for good. His
rented house has been vacated; some
or all of his furniture has been put on
board ship; the auction flag has fiut-
tered over his conservatory and soon
viii be displayed over his stables; he
and his family are to meet in the East
According to the Star, Mr.. Sewalls
domestic is for sale. All this, in our
contemporary opinion, can only mean
one thing.
on the other hand Judge Humphreys
Mr. Sewalls nearest political friend,
thinks the eN-Mlnister may return
Rented houses are easily given up; the
furniture on board ship may be wholly
official; horses and ferns cannot well
be left to servants even for summer;
It is nothing unusual for people OF
means TO absent themselves for recrea-
ton and travel. Judge Humphreys eN-
presses an opinion only and as such II
is entitled, like the Star hypothesis, TO
respect.
The Advertiser may as we'll take a
hand I'm the guessing contest also. We
surmise that Mr., Sewall has gone East
to offer his services on the stump TO
the Republican National Committee of
which he is member. II his offer is
accepted, as 1t surely will be. Mr..
Sewall viii take Off his coat" and do
his best to elect the Republican ticket.
Then II that ticket wins he will expect
the backing of the Republican National
Committee In his request for diplo-
matte appointment. In case OF DEM
ocratic victory or the failure of Re
publican President 10 reward his cam
paign services. Mr.. Sewall will return
to Honolulu. Otherwise not.
In the meantime Hawaii must put up
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17

and show the best that was In them.
A Europeanized China would soon
acquire diversified Industries, especial
ly those connected with mning; Its
rivers would be kept within bounds; its
crops nourished by irrigation; its peo-
pie would be taught the arts and out
Iawry would be put down with strong
hand. Some form of Christianity might
follow. without reference to the
economic effect upon other countries, a
theme of wide speculation in itself, the
change would be of enormous value
and benefit to the Chinese race. As for
the acknowledgements government in
other than present hands-the reasons
we have pointed out are enough to con-
denim 1t. Such n government could not
restore order and the chances are that
it would prove to be as intolerable as
the one it had supplanted. China's
stimulus must come from without for
despite the latent hopes and yearnings
of the people it cannot come from
within
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17

The Democratic campaign promises
TO be the weakest in an argumentatiVe
sense, of any that has occurred since
1876. To propose free silver during NC
Kinley times is the same as trying to
sell n patent medicine for bilious fever
TO a man who has just been cured OF
that malady. The antitrust argument
was neutraIized by the course OF the
Democrats in Congress against the an
ti-trust amendment. As to the plea oil
the Bryan men against expansion II
not only affronts the patriotic senu-
ments of the people but 1t impeaches
the most useful and honorable record
the Democracy ever made and cheap
ems the fame OF Thomas Jefferson. The
only argument the Bryanites have LETT
is that of spoils,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17

contrary statement in line with that
adopted by the Convention which nom
mated Abraham Lincoln. 1t was the
original Republican doctrine that an
nexed territory does not come under
the Constitution until Congress con-
sents-a doctrine which the slave
holders opposed. AS the Republicans
hold to it yet and are sustained by the
decisions of the Federal Courts 1t was
proper to insert a corresponding plank
in the platform. This was done but
somebody ruled it out. The affair Is
well-nigh unprecedented in the history
of great political conventions.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17

That the Chinese made pretty fair
defence of the Taku forts Is shown by
the foreign casualty list received in
Yesterdays mail. Eighteen of the al
lied sailors were killed and eighty-three
wounded, while II. NJ. S. Whiting was
nut ont of action, II. NJ. S. Algerine
and U. S. S. Monocacy badly damaged
and the Russian torpedo boats Giljak
and Korevetz placed hors de combat
Considering that Sampson at Santiago
and Dewey at Manila did not lose half
a dozen men in all, the Allied mortality
list reveals the Taku Chinese as brave
and expert Eunners.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17

II Hawaii is to have cheap cigars of
good quality il will have to raise the
leaf and manufacture the retail pro-
duct. Manila cigars are now a luxury,
while American cigars have to add
freight bills to their first cost, 1t is
quite possible that a fine grade of to-
bacco could be grown on our uncul-
tivated hillsides and if so cigar-makers
could be easily had TO work 1t up. TO
save the bulk of the money that now
goes abroad to pay for cigars would be
considerable item.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17

The attacks on Chairman Hanna of
the Republican National Committee are
those usually made upon men occupy
ing that position. In the long list of
efficient national chairmen are few VINO
have escaped calumny. 1t is the Demo-
cratic strategy when they fear Re
publican chairman to try and get his
party friends to drop him. Nothing
would have suited the Bryan men bet
ter than to drive Hanna out of politics
but that stanch old partisan held his
ground and will lead his followers to
another victory.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17

The Boer ENJOYS who came to Amer
lea to communicate with the President
are sorry now that they fell into the
hands of the Democrats, believing that
it hurt their cause at the White House.
They, are farmers, unframed in d.
plomacy and all at sea about American
politics. Mr. Fischer, chairman of the
delegation explains their mistakes as
follows:
1--WE are entirely unconscious of any
improperly in accepting the hospitality
that has been offered us since we
reached this country. We are not
trained diplomatists, and know moth
ing of the technical rules of procedure,
but we are honest in our desire to ap-
proach your government without en-
barrassment, and regret If anybody
should think that we were taking sides
with the enemy of your president. We
have a mission to perform, and COM
munications to make to your govern
ment, and we do not propose to make
them to anybody else, although it GER
tainly would have been churlish If we
had refused to respond to the welcome
lHdl HAS DGcIl itllueIGu anu
the hospitality of your citizens who
met us in New York with cordial greet
ings and attentions. / regret to learn
that the members of the committee
who received us are not friendly to the
government, but l hope no one will
think that we share their unfriendli-
ne bet aus, we have accep ed the r
hospitality. / am sure those gentlemen
would willingly acquit US of any share
in their partlsanship, for | think that
they are sincere in their expressions of
frendliness toward our country" The
circumstance shows very clearly that
the nation that submits diplomatic
missions to men who are not diplomats,
makes a fatal blunder. The lesson
might well be needed by the United
States.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17

The faith of the Bow Wongs in the
imprisoned Emperor is pathetic. Free
him from the Empress Dowager, they
say, and he will reform the Govern
ment. 1t must strike the average man
that an Emperor who permits himself
to be tied to a woman's apron strings
and who, cowed by her threats, signs
self-stultifying DEGREES, has hardly the
stuff in him to reform anything, let
alone the colossal fabric of Chinese
misgovernment.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17

why should MIR. sewall return? What
Is there for him, In his chosen field Of
iob-chasing? lie is not the sort of a
man, when jobs are plentiful on the
Mainland, to sit down here with his tin
pail and wait for the reluctant Hawaii
an cow to back up and be MIXED
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17

There are tens of thousands of young
white men in the East who would like
nothing better than chance in Ha-
waiian cane fields at the current rates
of pay. AT home they work for SIX
months on the farms, much of the
time under greater stress of heat than
obtains in Hawaii, and in winter half
of them lay off on scant commons
waiting for warm weather to revive
agriculture. Their pay in the active
season in the New England and Middle
States averages s12.50 per month and
found. Free passage to Hawaii with
promise of good pay every month in
the year with housing and palata-
BILE food thrown in would be supremely
attractive to these young men and we
do not doubt that an earnest effort
among them would solve our labor
problem for good and all.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17

The war correspondents at Manila
are being ordered to China. Oscar
King Davis of the Sun, who is we'll
known in Honolulu, is already there
and Robert Collins and Frederick Pal
mer were, at last accounts en- route.
The Philippine news will soon drop to
official reports as public interest is now
conferred upon greater tragedy.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17

The need of uniform time system in
the Islands. of which the Maui News
spoke last week. can be remedied when
wireless telegraphy comes. 1t would
be easy to announce the hour of twelve
from central station so that a red
ball could be dropped simultaneously
at every important settlement in the
group.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17

The section which. as Gen, Grosvenor
charges, was edited out of the Repub-
lican National platform by a single
member OF the Committee who put the
final touches on that work dealt with
the Democratic Idea that the Constitu-
ton necessarily controls newly-acqulr-
ed American territory. The President
and his political advisers had framed
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17

The best news in yesterdays mail
was that the Oregon had been fioated.
Besides the cost of the ship, which was
about $6,500,000, and her value as a
lighting the Oregon would
have been sadly missed on account OF
her historical celebrity. She bears the
same relation to the new navy that the
Hartford does to the old one.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17

on the official count the oregon Re
publican majority exceeds 1900. Not
so very long ago Oregon went Populist
and its standing now shows how far
the agricultural classes have gone
ahead of their former position. The
returns as they stand are as discourag-
ing to Bryan as We're the october cleo
t!ons of 1896.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17

Maui postmasters who find that their
American salaries look like thirty
cents, are thrusting official honors
away from them. Three have lately
resigned. Vacancies in the Island pos
tai service are now so numerous that
rural free delivery will have to come.
1t is an ideal system for Hawaii and
the sooner we get 1t the better.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17

The uttnrk on Treasurer Lansing
soon subsidized. The charges Of personal
gain from official privileges seemed
likely to- come home To roost.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17
H.F.WlCHMl
BOX $40.
Wilde1'S Steamship Co. Lid
:. $. EINAU,

Ss % falN y ~,
Freeman, Master. will sail from Homo
lulu on Tuesdays at II noon, FOR kauna-
kakai, Lahaina, Maalaea Bay, Kihei,
Makena, Kawaihae, Mahuk0na, Iau-
phoehoe and Hilo.
Returning, will sail from Hilo on
Fridays at 10 a. m. for above named
ports, arriving at Honolulu ON SaLur-
days.
-. =. CLAUDINE,
Mcdonald, Master, will leave Honolulu
every Tuesday at p. M, touching at
moa and Kipahulu, Maui. Returning.
touches at above named ports, arriving
at Honolulu Sunday mornings.
VIII cali at Nuu. kaupv, once each
month.
5. S. LEHUA,
Sails every Monday for Kaunakakai,
Kamalo, Maunalei, Kalaupapa, Lahai-
ma, Honolua, Olowalu. Returning, ar
rives at Honolulu Saturday mornings.
This company reserves the right t.
make changes in the time of depart,
ure and arrival of its steamers WITH
OUT NOTICE, and it will not be re-
therefrom
ConsigRees must be at the Landings
to receive their Freight; this Company
will not hold itself responsible tor
freight after it has been landed.
Live Stock received only at ownsr's
risk.
This Company will not be responsible
for Money or Valuables of passengers
unless placed in the care Of Pursers.
Passengers are requested to purchase
tickets before embarking. Those fail
ing to do so will be subject to in ad-
ditional charge Of twenty-five per cant
The Company will not be lieb-s for
loss of, nor injury to, nor delay IN, thu
delivery of baggage or personal effects
Of the passengers or freight Of shippers
b, yond the amount of 500. unless ths
valre of the lame be declared when re
ceived by the Company and an extra
charge be made therefor, at or before
the issue of the ticket, and freight Is
paid thereon.
All employees of the Company are
forbidden TO receive freight without de-
liverng a shipping receipt therefor in
the form prescribed by the Company
and which may be seen by shippers mp
on application to the pursers Of the
Companys steamers
Shippers are notified that II freight 10
shipped without such receipt II Will
be solely at the risk Of the shipper
c. l.. WIGHT, President.
CAPT. T. K. CLARKE. Port Supt.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17

The fact seems to be lost upon some
of our uneasy newcomers that this II
American territory" because the de-
spisod old-timers chose to make It so.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17

9th nonresident Committeeman
aiiofe lntrfrsl 10 the Islands must
have been sadly diminished ~ thp
events which iod ~ The choice ~ NJ
u-Ll ilr unanrnnf
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17

Mr steyn. me- the walking delegate
who got ~ tie orange Free state SYM
pnthy strike. is not walking any more.
rrr pnIt be- too slow.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17

Somebody has turned up On The Coast
Nlth a. tale of goid- bearing black sands
BOZ Hawaii that assay fabulous sum
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17

Upon the character of the officers of
the Republican Territorial Committee
much of the future harmony of the
~ Wv win denerd
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17
The EIgin

Should be ~ he pocket Of ersy
nearer II a Watch.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-17
-, =, CLAUDINE,
5. S. LEHUA,

Sails every Monday for Kaunakakai,
Kamalo, Maunalei, kaiaupapa, Lahai-
ma, Honolua, Olowalu. Returning, ar
rives at Honolulu Saturday mornings.
, 1900-03-15

The great and constant gains in the
sales of American manufactured goods
in the rest of the world is a magnificent
tribute to the foresight and courage OF
the Republican party. By its Judiclous
tariff policy the Republican party saved
a large part of the American market TO
the American producer, and this course
caused a home competition which en-
couraged the invention which has de-
vised labor-saving appliances, while II
has at the same time advanced the a
and shortened the working hours OF the
workers, giving them both the time
and the stimulus to the mental i'm
provement which has made the Amerl-
, 1900-03-15

Word comes from New York that
Col. w. j. Bryan will in all probability
be the Democratic presidential nomi-
nee. His recent visit there seems to
have settled the matter. -Four years
or so ago, when he visited the metrop-
olis-in lS96-his presence sem a shiv-
er through the financial circles. Prices
We're affected in the exchanges as II
n great disaster or a colossal failure
had taken place. 1t was the only case
on record where an individual visiting
New York caused general demoraliza-
tion in the markets. But II is different
now His visit there a few days ago
did not have the slightest effect in the
exchanges. On the whole, they were
glad to see him, and will probably be
much more so after he is nominated.
They are, perhaps. fully aware Of what
is in store for him after he gets on
the track and more. They have an
idea that the gold Democratic press
will desert him as it did before, so they
really have nothing to fear, II they
don't desert him what an awful dish
, 1900-03-15
PAPER. PULP AND TARIFF.
Doubtful E~xpediency of Removing All
Protective Duties

In moving for the removal OF all
tariff duties from paper and paper pulp
imported into the United States, as a
means of destroying the so-called mo-
nopoly in the domestic production OF
paper, certain claims are advanced by
the publishers which, II based on a cor
rect knowledge OF all the facts and
conditions, would seem to be IMAM
swerable arguments in favor of the
proposed change of tariff schedules.
But 1t does not appear on careful ex-
animation hat these claims are sup
ported by the facts and the conditions
1t does not, for example, appear that
the placing of paper and pulp on the
free list would have the desired effect,
that of cheapening the price OF the
product, for the very obvious reason
that the price of newspaper is
cheaper in the United States than in
any other country. In fact, the ad-
vance has been greater in paper prices
in Europe than in this country.
The paper on which newspapers are
printed is dutiable in the Dingley tariff
at three-tenths of a cent per pound, or
about Is per cent of the present price
Of paper. This is a much lower rate OF
duty than that which is imposed on
almost all other lines of manufactures.
On wood pulp the current rate of duty
amounts to about II per cent of the
normal value of the pulp. Not an ex-
orbitant rate on either paper or pulp, 1t
must be conceded. The tariff on news
paper is now practically the same as 1t
has been for the past twenty or TWEEN
ty-five years. 1t is practically the same
as it was under the Wilson law OF
1894.
In view OF all these facts and condi-
lions, it is not easy to see just how the
manufacturers of paper are u%nreason-
ably protected under the Dingley law,
nor is it any easier to see the wisdom
of depriving of the advantages OF pro-
lection a giant industry which has
grown up as the result of protection,
and which has demonstrated in a nota-
BILE degree the advantage of the protec-
tive policy in constantly lowering the
cost of the product to the consumer.
Such, as a matter OF indisputable fact,
is the history of paper making in the
United States as regards the steady
cheapening of prices.
, 1900-03-15

A most Impressive illustration of the
true character OF the prosperity of this
country is furnished in the annual
statement of one of the leading life
insurance companies. In the report of
this company, which makes a specially
of Industrial" insurance-that is, the
insurance of workingmen and their
wives and families on the plan of small
monthly payments-it appears that
during 1899 the company wrote a to-
tai of about 1922. 700. 900 of new bust
ness, which was by many millions of
dollars the largest increase in its his
tory. and was a larger increase thai
thai shown by any other life insurance
company in the world.
Consider for a moment the signif-
canoe of this showing. The increase in
new insurance of close upon 1929. 900
900 in 1899 came almost entirely from
wage earners. 1t means that during
1893 money was more plentiful than it
had been for many years among those
who work for wages: that 1899 will
long be remembered as a year of sue
cess and prosperity, after conditions
causing for a time great uncertainty in
the financial world; that during this
banner year of Dingley tariff and Nc
Kinley prosperity factories and mills
opened their doors to give employment
to millions of idle hands. and gladness
found It's way into the hearts and
money into the pockets of the people.
That is what it means.