Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-12-29

has gone 10 the Mainland 10 negotiate
the sale " the fiawaiian Tfamways
Company's plant 10 the metropolitan
Rapid Transit Company ~ New YUtE
for oquipplnE iis projected undct-
ground system
Robert wilcus has taken his seat ~
the FIRST representative Hawaii has
over had In the Congress Of the United
States. II Il now In order to dig ~
some striking incident Of "Bob's' boy
hood days. TO but In the school read.
ers. so that young lIawalIans for all
time may have n starting point In ne
road TO Success. Did he take licking
rather than refuse TO tell lie abou,
the boy who stole a cocoanut, or say
that he would prefer to be a gentleman
Of leisure TO the slave OF a sugar baron
when he grew UP. or do or say some
thing Of any old heroic kind which
could be told In simple language?
When Mr.. Dole was nominated for
president Of the Republic and there was
no doubt Of his election by the convan-
ton. II will be remembered the pretty
story Mr.. Damon told about his old
schoolmate who said. when they were
playing out at Kapena Falls or some
where tno truant officer in those days.
that his ambition in life was to be a
ruler of men. Probably Wilcox said
something. too, when he was bov,
which was prophetic of his career
LIKE: I'm give the mlshrinees some
things they not like when gets big. :"
When the Demon of Malice found his
methylated spirits trick exposed. ne
sent a cargo Of air guns to this side Of
the River Styx on return trip of Cha
ron's boat.
The intelligent Chinese in this coun-
try cannot wonder SO much at the west
ern readiness to take up other nations
customs, as at particular kinds Of
freaks that they do take up-for in
stance, the noisy and sinking fire.
cracker and bomb habit from China.
1T won't make any difference hun
dred years from now" Ii won't, won't
It? Well. II does seem to make a good
deal of difference to us now, don't It..
what George Washington and few
other fellows did and said Off and on
about hundred years back? It's aw-
fully easy to talk silly when we don't
think, amt It?
Can the closing century show more
grotesque monstrosity than a Journal
ism that will one day publish prints
Of living skeletons to excite the worlds
pity for brother worms of earth re-
fused leave to toll for bread. and an
other day publish lies invented to pre-
vent the very same human frames from
clothing themselves with flesh through
toll not degrading and better paid than
the unfortunate creatures dreamed Of?
Let us devoutly pray that the civiliza-
ton of the twentieth century will early
eliminate from the category Of things
tolerated by respectable society such
newspapers as the San Francisco Ex-
aminer. II there Is no handler weapon
at the start than the boycott. let 1t be
employed. 80 that anybody buying or
selling the despicable sheet In Homo
lulu may be cut off from all business
and social intercourse with his neigh
bors until he make amends, and nc
dealings with any firm on the Pa
ciflc coast which advertises in that Ha-
waiian-h hating Journal. Stay by the
Porto Ricans and give them the oppor-
tunity they have never had before OF
being worthy men according to their
ability. Stand by the interests of the
Territory OF Hawaii.