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The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-07-04
THE STARS AND STRIPES.

Frederic Harrison. the noted Eng
fish writer. who recently visited the
States. says he can understand the
devotion OF Americans to their flag.
but not their admiration for its beauty
He regards the stars and stripes as
a departure from all the laws of her
aidry. and, therefore. entirely lacking
in the qualities that give character
to national standards in Europe.
Mr.. Harrison finds no significance in
the thirteen stripes. He finds no beau
ty in the forty five stars. He makes
no comparison between the American
flag and others, but he tells us plainly
that ours is not beautiful flag
Mr. Harrison was greatly impressed
while in the States with the peculiar
features OF our national life and prog
ress. He found at every point lines Of
departure from European precedent
and old-world custom and law He
forgets. when he comes TO the consid-
Grafton of the flag. that here. too. the
pioneer Americans made ii point
TO diverge from European models. to
disregard the laws of heraldry. and to
fling out a banner that should express
the aspirations of a new people on
new continent. welded to new in
stitutions and pledged to resistance
OF old world forms and ideals.
AS We look at the flag on this great
national holiday it will be seen that
it Is as distinctly and significantly a
national emblem as any flag in Eu-
rope It's meaning is plain to the hum
blest citizen-as plain 10 the child as
to the President. There is no affeotation
Of obscurity or mystery about 1t. It
gives at a glance the story of indie
pendence-of the founding of the re-
public and the progress of the nation.
Put by the side of other national
emblems. il appears. in color. in sym
metry. In arrangement. the most spIen-
did Of them alt The question OF d.
mansions. of suitability to different
uses. has been more carefully consid-
cred. apparently. than in any other
national flag that floats. At the mast
head. on the flagstaff. at the head OF
a regiment. it holds the eye Of every
one who looks upon it. and inspires
the soni as does the breeze at dawn.
The fag harmonizes with our skies
and our atmosphere. 1t shines out
against the storm cloud. 1t blazes like
Fash Of glory above the smoke Of
battle. Il mar seem unique in It's
brightness. 70 European eyes. used TO
the more somber colorings that suit
more sonaber history. but its very
uniaueness Is demanded by the artis-
tic congruities in this unique land and
unique people OF the Christian era.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-07-04

IN rs Issue Of Jnae -. 1893. The
Republican IN discussing an opinion
By Attorney General Dole On the sub
5eet Of citizenship. an opinion b. the
way which was repadiated and ignored
as soon as The Republican called at
tension to It's zsIninfty. said. The
opinion shows most marked absence
o. knowledge Of the law. and any CLERK
IN reputable law ofsce who would
be guilty Of writing such paper for
publication would be deemed At TO be
Informed that he had better drop out
and go to hoeing sugar cane. That
vas more than one rear ago and in all
the intervening time The Republican
has had no occasion 10 change its esti-
mate Of the learned ~ gentleman
occupying the Attorney Generals Of
fee. by the grace of his uncle. the Gov
ernor.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-07-04
SUBSCRIPTION RATes.

HONOLULU, H.r. July 4. 1901
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-07-04

It will be public misfortune. II
Judge Gear shall feel obliged for any
reason TO dismiss the injunction
against Iwilel The defendants in that
case are urging dismissal. on the
ground that the plaintiffs have a rem
edy at law by criminal action. and
that therefore the civil suit instituted
by Kaumakapili church ought to fall
In view of the action of Nolle Pros
Dole in the Smith case. the Iwilei peo-
pie could reopen with safety if the
injunction fails. for Nolle Pros Dole
could, after writing an indictment ac-
cusing the Iwilei owners and lessees OF
keeping bawdy house. dismiss the
case and allow the Japanese ladies 10
resume their vocation.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-07-04
DISSENTING OPINIONS.
Remarks on Custom Too Prevalent
in the Courts.

REMARKS on a custom 90 prevalent
in the Courts.
From the Indianapolis News.
The latest and greatest court de-
cision with it's dissenting opinions
raises the question, why2 Why should
there be dissenting opinions? Since
the majority of the bench makes the
decision of the court. that is. declares
the law. why should those who dis
sent either from the conclusion or
fl ON the, manner in which it is reach
ed state their reasons? Does their
publication tend to any good? An i'll
lustration is offered in a recent case
decided by the Kansas supreme court
-four of the judges agreeing), seating
a certain candidate in the mayorship
of Topeka. Three judges rendered
dissenting opinions in favor of an
other candidate. The issue in the To
peka election was largely as TO en-
result is that since the decision of
the court has been rendered, the as
sertion mas been freely made that the
court stood -four for temperance and
three for whisky" Manifestly. if there
had been no such thing as dissenting
opinions. the majority opinion would
have stood to the people for the whole
court. and afforded no room for the
kind of criticism that unquestionably
weakens respect for law and tends
to confuse court decisions with the
individual opinions or predictions
of men.
Dissenting opinions were not Gus
tomary from the outset Mr.. Jeffer-
son. in his antagonism of Chief Jus
tide Marshall. was responsible for
them. Marshall believed that the con-
stitution created a nation. in the full
sense of that word, while Jefferson.
with his ideas of restraint of govern
ment. was strict constructionist.s
Jefferson also was the greatest politi-
clan in our history. as ex-Secretary
Foster declares. Jefferson charged
that Marshall was unduly influencing
the other members of the court in his
decisions which were embodying
federalistic doctrine and he called on
such OF them as had republican
leanings 10 write out their dissent
ing opinions in the constitutional
cases. $50 that the people might under
stand fully the extent to which their
liberties were being encroached
on And thus the dissenting opinion
came to be promulgated It Is very
nrettv argument as il stands whether
the dissenting opinion is wise and use
full In any event, renewed interest
attaches 20 il bv reason of the last
and greatest decision with its various
dissenting opinions
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-07-04
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The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-07-04

The action of Attorney General Dole
in entering a nolle prosequi in the
Smith perjury case only the more
firmly establishes the fact that the
Advertiser is the official mouthpiece of
the Territorial administration and llat
that administration is ready to pros
titute itself and the Offices it holds in
every way TO shield and protect any
criminal who may commit crime in
behalf Of the rotten and corrupt rule
of the present notorious administra-
ton of affairs in this Territory.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-07-04
FRANCIS MURPHY At
WORK IN AUSTRALIA
An Account Of the Opening Meeting
Of His Ten Days Crusade in the
City Of Sydney.

Nail received from the colonies yes
tersay shows that Francis Murphy Is
continuing his good work In favor of
temperance IN Australia The sydney
Morning Herald Of June 10th contains
the following notice Of the beginning
OF his ten days crusade In that city.
Last evening al the Centenary hail.
foFk-street. MAS witnessed what was
practically the commencement Of 3
ten DAYS Gospel Temperance Crusade
b. Mr. Francis Murphy. who Is de-
scribed as the American Gospel
Temperance Veteran A preliminary
meeting az workers was held IN the
han on SATURDAY. evening when \
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II is too much the habit Of small
minded creatures in control Of pubic
journals 10 violate the injunction Of
Plato. and 10 ~ from the opinions
to the actions Of those Who do not
agree With them concerning public
measures and seek TO stab them in
their own houses in revenge for
wounds received in the school A
man Is not trying 70 debanch and de-
grade the public mind because he
favors annexation 10 Californis. Meth
q Is he AZ ignorant imheclle because
he opposes the rehabilitation o. IwileL
To characterize him who opposes you
IN politics as dlssolate drunken ban
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The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-27
The WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS

The feminine element will take the floor
in Minneapolis this week. The National
Woman's Suffrage Association has earned
distinction as a body of intelligent and
purposeful women who know the power of
persistent effort. The organization has
had an effect upon the destinies Of women
more far-reaching than the extension of
the ballot to them in a qualified way in
some states and fully in several states.
The movement has carried with it the
successful agitation for the opening to
women of the same opportunities for labor
Of all kinds which were formerly consid-
cred the special field Of employment for
men. 1t has carried with it a great i'm
pulsion for the betterment of the social
and legal position of woman.
There is one woman in the association
who can look back to the initial conven-
which was held at Seneca Falls, N. Y, in
the autumn of 1S4S, and has seen the move
ment carried on in the storm and stress
of unreasoning public opposition to the at
tainment, one by one, of most of the de-
mands made in the Seneca Falls platform
Miss Susan B. Anthony is the patriarch
of the strenuous and persistent movement
and she does not mind dates at all. She
to-day leads her sex to larger achievement
with the vigor Of adolescence and with the
persuasive tongue Of woman of deep con-
viction and gifted with the power of facile
expression.
The time has long gone when sneers at
'sWomen's right" and quotations from the
'Lysistrata" and the "Ecclesiazusae" of
Aristophanes to throw ridicule upon
women reformers, have any weight or
meaning. In 1s4S the Seneca Falls plat
form was received by the public with
shouts Of derision. To-day, nearly every
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-27

demand of that platform has been favor
ably met. The seventeen assertions Of
male tyranny read strangely to-day.
Woman exercises the right in the elective
franchise in its fulness in four states
and has voice in the formation OF the
laws In them and in more than half the
states she may vote at school elections,
and municipal suffrage is accorded her In
some OF them. She no longer labors un-
der the disabilities imposed upon mar
ried women as to property rights. Man
no longer mono3olizes the means of
profitable employment and the avenues to
wealth and distinction are no longer
closed to woman.
The Seneca Falls platform declared that
all colleges and facilities for a thorough
education are closed against woman and
she is not known as a teacher of the
ology, medicine or law and the pulpit is
not attainable, and that men were en-
deavoring in every way to destroy her
confidence in her own powers. lessen her
self respect and make her willing to lead
a dependent and abject life
This portrayal OF woman's position in
1S4S presents strange contrast with her
actual position to-day. She has not sue
ceeded in having sixteenth amendment
placed in the constitution, but she is ad-
yancing toward it. In the words of Mar
garet Fuller, that accomplished champion
of woman: I'VE have waited here long
in the dust; we are tired and hungry; but
the triumphal procession must appear at
last" She has won her way through
storms of misconception, misrepresenta-
ton and rfdicule to splendid educational
facilities, to the learned professions, to
every form OF business activity, and yet
it does not yet appear that women have
altogether repudiated motherhood with all
this diversion OF their lives in these multi
form directions. They continue to marry
and be given in marriage in sufficient
numbers to insure a continuance of popu-
lation.
The nineteenth century wrought revo-
luton for the betterment of woman's con-
dition and opportunities. The revolu-
tion is continued in this twentieth century
with a brilliant promise of yet greater
results.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-27
ENTIRELY Too INTRICATE


The Midway News, after nearly a col
umn of reasoning, which is quite too in
tricate for us to follow, arrives at this
conclusion:
But for the passage of the gross earnings
bill and the creation OF a tax commission,
the railroad and warehouse commission
would have been compelled to reduce rates on
the iron roads, at least, but any move they
now attempt TO make in this direction is but
to precipitate themselves into interminable
litigation.
We do not find anything in the half
column or more Of matter preceding this
conclusion to establish any connection
between the passage of the gross earnings
bill and the failure Of the railroad COM
mission to reduce rates on the iron roads.
The gross earnings bill is simply an effort
to induce the railroads to pay larger
share of the taxes than they now pay,
and approximately an equal share with
the owners of other property. The as
sumption that because it is proposed to
increase the taxes of the railroads they
may not be required to charge fair rates
is to assume that the railroads are not
amenable to state regulation, but can do
as they please as to taxes or as to rates,
or as to both. There has been a general
impression prevalent, which this conclu-
sion of the News seems to dispute, that
public service corporations like railroads,
the creatures of the state. were in some
sense amenable to state authority, that
the state had the power to compel these
creatures to use the privileges granted
so as to serve the public fairly. There is
no desire to rob the capital invested of
its legitimate profits. There is only a
purpose to compel corporations SO created
and to which peculiar public privileges
have been granted, to conduct their busi-
ness with some regard to the interests
of the public from whom they receive all
their rights and powers. We are more
disturbed by this conclusion on the part
of the News because at the end of the
article it says:
There is not a newspaper of state circu-
lation in the larger cities that is not owned
by either the railroad, the pine, the grain or
the iron interests. They do the fddling, the
politicians sit at the banquet table, the eoun-
try press dances, and the people pay for it
all.
Now, We assume that the News has a
state circulation, and being a newspaper
of one of the larger cities we refuse to
admit that it is owned by either the
railroad. the pine, the grain or the iron
interests" On the contrary, it seems to
US that there must be at least one paper
in the larger cities that can be relied
upon to tell the truth. The News Ger
tainly is not utterly devoid of confidence
and belief, and we insist upon taking it
signed all the twin city papers.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-27
ARMY REORGANIZATION

London reports that a thousand British
army officers have resigned because they
do not like the new plan for the reor-
ganization Of the army which has been
put through the commons by the secre
tary of war. These officers cannot be
gifted with a superabundance of genuine
patriotism, for it would appear that the
present necessities of Great Britain in a
military way require the adhesion of every
officer in the service.
The plan of the British secretary Of
war is to increase the army for home de-
fense to $4,000 regulars, 100000 reserves,
10000 militia, $4,000 yeomanry and $780,
600 volunteers, an aggregate of 1000
men. The idea seems to be to provide for
sending abroad, in case of necessity, three
army corps of 10000 men each; TO
strengthen the artillery service in drill
and equipment, and provide for reserve
of militia of $4,000 men and the raising of
the yeomanry division from 1900 to
$4,000 men.
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, liberal
leader, in the debate on the measure
strongly objected to having three army
corps always prepared for active service
abroad on the ground that it was un-
necessary and politically undesirable. The
liberal party put itself distinctly in op-
position to the proposed reorganization
and advocated the increase of the militia
NJ nj
seems to be to trust to luck and the navy
to help the country out of tight place
The weakest point in the plan seems to
be that there is no increase in the SOL
activity in enlistments. Great Britain's
regular army to-day contains 100, 900 men
who are unfit for duty and whose places
ought to be filled as soon as possible The
South African war has been a stern re-
minder to the British government that it
is best in time of peace to prepare for
war on the ground of economy and com
mon sense.
We have found out, also, that it is a
very expensive piece of business to be
uupISpdI6u IOT war ana De ODl18eQ 10 nus
tie at break-neck speed to put a force
afield and have to drill raw material after
war has commenced. Our own army re-
organization has been attended by the
protests of the element which always pro-
tests against everything the government
does, to the effect that any increase of
the army over $4,000 men is a terrible
menace to the existence of free institu-
tions. Our army. under the new arrange
ment, will number about $4,000 men for
active service. This Is about one soldier
for every 1000 of population, not quite
the proportion established during Wash
ington's administration. The nation does
not share in the fears of these protest
ants. They know their country and their
countrymen too well to pale before a
bogey. Practical and patriotic states
men in this country as well as in Great
Britain believe that the proper defense of
their country is moral obligation of the
first Importance.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-27

The FIVE bits of paSteboard lying face down.
ward on the table were partially hidden by
the baggy sleeves of the flowing oriental
jacket. One Of the Chinamen's hands lay
innocently in plain view across the top of
the cards, but the other, which was apparent
ly hanging by its owners side, Harold could
see was slowly creeping toward the edge of
the table, and between two of the yellow fin
gers was an ace OF spades.
For a few seconds the hand that held the
card scarcely stirred, then as the miner
dropped his eyes the ace of spades moved
stealthily upward toward the five cards.
Harold reached suddenly across the table,
seized the wrist of the hand that held the
hidden card. The Chinaman struggled to free
himself, but the American was the stronger,
and with a sharp twist dashed the hand upon
the table, and the ace of spades fell face up
ward across the pile OF money heaped upon
the breen baize The next instant something
glistened in the miners right hand sharp
report puff of white smoke, and the China
man fell forward across his cards, tiny
stream of blood trickling from the center of
his forehead. Then, before the crowd could
recover from its astonishment, the miner
swept the proceeds of the jack pot into his
pocket, and, reaching over, turned the dead
mans poker hand face upward. He had held
the fifth card was the nine of hearts.
Crooked way to fill a straight fiush,' said
the miner. grlmly.
When the excitement was over and the dead
Chinaman had been carried away by his
friends, Pete Williams invited Harold into his
private room to have drink.
''See here, young fellow said he, laying
his hand on Harold's shoulder. you're a
plucky one an no mistake, but you'd best get
up an dust quicker'n lightning. That dirty.
thieyin' Chnk was the head Of gang, an
they don't never forgive nothin' of that kind.
Got your gun handy?"
Yes said Harold. 81 won't go about
with nv ewes shut"
Before Harold had covered half the dis
tance to his hotel, he realized that he was
being followed. There were no lights in the
forbidding huts and shanties that lined the
roadway. No policeman was in sight, nor a
single human being to whom he might turn
for assistance in case he found that he could
not single-handed cope with the enemy who
were closing in upon him in the darkness
The blow came from an unexpected quarter.
He had stopped in the middle of the road
thinking to better locate the whereabouts Of
his pursuers when his legs were suddenly
seized by an invisible foe, who had been
crouching in the pathway, and he was
thrown violently upon his back before he
could make a move to defend himself. A gag