Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-09-06

Poh'''h IN tue nlOst nOTTlDle tnlnR In
the world, 1t Is argued even by some
OF his friendly critics that he must not
have had sufficiently good advantage
to be commercially In politics himself.
IL makes a difference whose OK is
gored. In proof OF which two stories,
and pretty good one, are always recall.
cd here when we hear 80 many OF these
predictions, largely known to be false,
on the part Of leading Democrats that
what they really love more than any q.
thing Is the dear peepul."
One story relates to the Hon. Buck"
Hinrickson. A year ago last July
the Democratic National Committee
met In Chicago. Ex-Governor stone,
Mr.. Bryan and others, after the chief
business Of the meeting was over were
Invited to attend the opening OF the
new Chicago canal. Buck HInricksOn
was there, his pockets fairly bullying
with street car and railroad passes. and
the telephone and telegraph franks
that usually are sent to the Gentlemen
with the Real Pull. II Is related with
every mark OF truth that Ex-Governor
Stone saw these evidences OF corpor.
alton favor and asked the Honorable
Buck" to procure for him pass back
to 81. Louis, whittier he did not want
to walk. Some one asked II the ex.
Governor OF Missouri would fall 80
low as to accept a pass from a corpora
tlon, when Mr.. Stone said:
What, ~ Try mel"
The other story Ii the old. old one,
about Mayor Jones Of Toledo. He was
Euch good man and doubtless Ii still
such good man that he does not be-.
licye In government by Injunction.
But when somebody with an Invention
riyaling his own famous sucker-rol
patent proposed to do business In spite
OF Jones, the socialist goden-rule may
or OF Toledo promptly applied for an
Injunction according to the usual H..
gnl form.
It does seem to maNe difference at
ter all whose OK Is gored.
The newspapers here seemed to de-
light, when Chairman Jones was last
upon the spot, TO ask him all about the
American Cotton Company. They
wanted to know II that was a Trust,
and II he was really In II, and II II was
popular among the plantation owners
OF the South and elsewhere MIR. .JOnos
made more or less evasIyc replies.
The most pointed questions were not
answered, perhaps because nobody
thought to ask them. The American
Cotton Company II capitalized at 81
100000. No one II foolish enough to
pretend that that amount OF money has
been paid In or that the company has
property Of any kind that by the wild.
est stretch Of the imagination could be
set down as worth any such figure.
Seven hundred thousand dollars, per-
haps seventy thousand dollars. would
fully represent the actual property Of
the company II Il not likely that the
personality Of Mr.. Jones himself on
the Democratic side Of the Senate and
also In the Finance Committee Of the
Senate, has any seyen-dOllar Interest,
or seyenty-dollar interest, In the
American Cotton Company. His nile
has been made out OF these possessions.
Since he has always been a poor man
and has never been known as promo.
ter OF financial or manufacturing enter.
Drlses, the conclusion Ii Irresistible
that the American Cotton Company
was a good thing for Mr.. Jones. either
because Of his political prominence VI
because OF his prominence In the III,
nance Committee Of the Senate: for h
and John u. Searles, the head OF thu
American Cotton Company and the for
mer treasurer and the real head Of
the Sugar Trust, are dear old friends
They have met many time on IN,
CORY field Of trust legislation at the Ma
tlonal Capital. What 80 natural a.
that Mr.. Searles should put his good
friend Jones In the way Of making his
everlasting fortune out Of the Ameri
can Cotton Company?
Jones II considered TO be a rich man
Where did he get H.? This Is the sign!
iicant question that the New York pa
pers forgot to ask Mr.. Jones. He hal
not patented a million dollar. lnven
ton. He Is not great money raise
for commercial purposes. He unques
tlonably holds large quantities Of III,
stock, mostly watered. OF course, OF tn
American Cotton Company.
Here Is another evidence that /
makes difference whose OK Is gored
Misunderstanding