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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-02-21

Washington, Feb, 13.-During the
greater part of the day the senate
was engaged in executive session and
counting heelcCtoral vote of president
and vice president A consideration
Of the agricultural appropriation bill
was resumed, but little progress was
made. The house counted the cleo
toral vote. Then general debate upon
the civil sundry bill was completed
but little actual progress in the bill
was made. The opposition opened i
general assault upon the extrava-
gancc the present congress. Mr..
Bell tCol) produced figures TO show
that in single decade the per capita
cost Of carrying on tn governmental
machinery had increased from S4.75
TO over $40
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18

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said to representative Of the Associated
Press. II am a great admirer of the
American Navy. believe that, in some
ways, it is the best in the world. But if
| you ever get up against Germany you
will have your hands very full. Their
state Of discipline could not be better
ed"
Engineering" comments lengthily on
the report of the Rear Admiral George
| w. Melville, chief of the Bureau of
Steam Navigation, United States Navy,
on Naval boilers. and hopes his argu-
ments VIII not be utilized by the British
Admiralty, declaring that the water tube
boilers being placed in American chips
today will be outclassed long before the
vessels run their course.
| Commissioner Ide il drafting the civil
law code for the Philippines. 1t abol-
ishes all distinction in the law of equity.
Tie court practices will be modelled
somewhat on the New Zealand plan. All
SUITS Will be begun by complaint and
defendants will be required To answer.
The various forms of commencement Of
law suits in the United States will be
dispensed with. There will be jury trials.
but Commissioner Wright, who Is pre-
pairing the criminal code, is arranging so
that judge or justice will summon adj
yiserS III criminal trials at his discretion.
There has been vast amount of criti-
cism of The natives judges of the Manila
First Instance Courts The new code will
recreate the courts and the commission
will appoint new judges. These, unques-
tionabiy, will be American.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18

OF course the per capita cost of gov
eminent in Hawaii is large but that is
mainly because of the small popula-
ton. Congress gave US a fully organ
lied Territorial government and could
not well do otherwise. AS things are,
the tax rate is probably lower than
that of any other Territory in the I'm
ion and will remain so unless the gro
tesque reformers who want to reduce
expenses" by setting up two other
systems of government here, making
three In all, are permitted to carry out
their predatory schemes.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18

Every lawyer knows that Congress
may abridge the organic law OF this
Territory in any way 1t chooses. 1t
may not NEEDLE with the suffrage of
States, but in dealing with a Territory
the rule is different and will permit
the engraftment of a property qualifi-
cation on the voting privilege.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18

If the Queen has a valid claim on the
Crown lands why does she not sue?
Her desire to avoid courts shows that
she has no legal argument to surmount
the fact that the possessions of the
Crown passed to the Hawaiian Repub-
lie and through that to the United
States. Hence her preference for a
slick little appropriation bill passed by
q subservient Legislature. But that
game will be beaten in the end.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18

A plan to tax the people $24 per cap
tia for unadjudicated claims and to set
up expensive local governments be-
sides shows that the Legislature means
to make hay while the sun shines. But
it will be short summer.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18

The task Of disarming the whole
Boer population, would, II performed,
be a good thing for the wild game OF
the veldt and bad thing for the cattle
interests
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18

The value of the Advertisers public
services in breaking up the nest or
gamblers at Punahou will be appreciat-
ed when the public reads the record OF
BILLY Hurt as elsewhere presented.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18
Ag1tators come and agitators go, out
Ia the end most Of them follow moreno
Julien Hayne and the Ashfords.

The plea OF the taxeaters is that II
one government costs too much In Ha-
waH the Legislature ought to organize
three =, Lac
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18
SrENoGRAPHERs.

]. D. AvERY.-Pub,ic Stenographer, at
Gear, Lansing's insurance department
ground door, Judd bldg; Tel. Main $50
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18

JAMES T. TAYLOR, NJ. Am Soc c. E.
Consulting Hydraulic Engineer; 296
Judd Blk, Honolulu; Tel $50.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18
JEWELLERS
OPTICIANS

OPTICIANS.
DON'T NEGLECT YOUR EYES: you
nave but one pair. Don't wear other
persons glasses; your eyes differ from
theirs. Don't wear cheap, improperly
made glasses; they win min your eyes.
Consult 8. 3. LUCAS. OPTICIAN.
Room !, Love Bldg.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18
CONTRACTORS

VIM. T. PATY.-Contractor and Builder.
store and Office fitting; brick, wood or
stone building; shop. Hotel St.. near
Barracks: res, 1641 Anapuni.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18

RISDON IRON wORKs.-Engineers and
Builders of Pumping and Sugar Ma
chtnery and complete power plants; Of
fee, room II, Spreckels block: Tel. 1914
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18

CHAS. v. E. DOVE, C.E.-Surveyor and
Civil Engineer; office new Magoon bldg.
cor. Alakea and Merchant Sts.; P. O.
box Al Orders taken for typewriting.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

REAL ESTATE AND INVESTMENTS.
MCCLELLAN. POND & Co.-Judd Bldg;
Tel Main So.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18

ATTORNEYS.
LYLE A. DICKEY.-King and Bethe
Sts.; Tel. Main 312; P. o. box 7S6.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18

I. N. MONSARRAT.-Attor Notary
Public and Commissioner for New Yorl
and Cal, Merchant St.: Tel Main s..
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18

I. M. LONG.-Attorney and Notary Pub.
lie: 109 Bethel st.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18

DR.. A. E. NICHOLS.-Ofice, No. 1923
Alakea ST., next to Masonic Temple;
office hours, $50 to l.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18

DR.. G. B. HIGH.-Philadelphia Dental
College 1892: Masonic Temple; Tel. 3la.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18

PETERSON G MATTHEWMAN.-P. {
box 365; is Kaahumanu st.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18

w G. ROGERS, MD.-Eye, Ear, Nos,
and Throat; Hotel St., opp Y. M. G. A.
hours to IL, to 4:3o. to 8.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18

Or. T. MITAMURA.-oflce 1863 Nuuanu
St; Tel. White 152; Office hours, to 10
a. M; to and 8 to s p. m. except
Sundays.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-18

OR. w. L. MOc2E.-Office of DR.. Day
Beretania St.; hours, 10 a. m. to p. m
1880 to $50 p. m; Sundays, to IL: of
fee Tel. SO: res. White 1881
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-20
And the Fan Went On.

Boston JOurnal:
 The thermometer was doing bushes. at the new stand it had taken up a number one hundred and something ir the shade. and. with the electric far in the corner. was about the only ob ject in the room which showed specia evidence of life.
 Pop" presently came in a smal voice from the sofa. Pop, doesn't mo. tion produce heat?'
 Yes my son; so keep quiet"
 There was silence for a moment; then
 Pop, doesn't ali motion produce heat?"
 "Yes. my son, all motion; even the motion of moving my lips to answer your questions causes more heat than is necessary this weather"
 Once more the silence was broken.
 Motion causes friction. does it not?" "Yes." And friction causes heat?"
 "Yes"
 A pause of several minutes $ That electric fan over there is in motiop isn't 1t. popper?"
 "Yes. yes; don't bother me so much. Another pause. Say. pop, if that fan is in motion, and motion produces friction and fric- tion causes heat. why don't you stop it? It's hot enough. isn't it, without any more motion than is necessary" But there was no reply and the fan went on.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-20
A Closed Incident.

NdSnV1lle Ameflcan.
 The discussion of the Philippine ques- tion. 50 far as United States occupation is concerned, is "a closed incident This acquisition was not a party measure or achievement. but the result of American arms and unforeseen circumstances. The formal transfer was made through a treaty which could not have been ratified except by Democratic votes in the Senate. The ratification of the treaty was per- sonally urged by Mir. Bryan. and it may be said that it was ratified through his efforts and influence. No explanation or or apology for his conduct by MT. Bryan can obscure the wisdom of his action in this matter. The work has been done, and it will not be undone. The policy Of territorial acquisition. landgrabbing if you will, has always been an American char acteristic, and 1t will not be reversed Tn this instance. It Is beyond the power Of any political party or platform or plat form writer to change or reverse or oDllt- crate this American trait or fault or virtue. There may be party dinerences or opinion as to the policy to be pursued Tn the government of those islands. natural ly will be, for no two parties are likely to agree in a matter of this sort, any more tkan they are likely to agree as to the conduct of the home government; but IL would be indeed difficult to make live or successful issue of a proposition 10 give them up to surrender American title and control. The Americans are in the Philip Dires to stay,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-20
The Light Broadening.

Richmond Dispatch. .
 The Philadelphia Record says that I'll Iowa had a great black belt, covering more than half its population. the views of the Republicans of that State concern ing universal suffrage would probably un- dergo considerable notification More over The Record is of opinion that as the Iowa Republicans have no such problem to solve as that involved in the sunrage question in the Southern States. perhaps it would be just as well to let those States work out their own salvation in this re- spect.
 And in an article along the same line, the Milwaukee (Wis) Sentinel says:
 There is probably no question that. taken as a whole, the negro race at the South has made considerable advance ment. but 1t is so much less than was hoped for as to be a cause for very deep disappointment. The negro problem is made greatly more difficult by the negro character. which is not what 1t was sup posed to be, or what 1t was hoped. and seemingly with some reason, 1t would de- velop into."
 Truly, at the North light on the negro and the suffrage problem in the South is continuing to broaden.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-20
A RUMoR
As to Opposition to the. New
 Constitution.

Mobile Herald.
 The editor of The Marion Standard, who is a member of the Constitutional Convention, sends the following to his paper in his correspondence from Mont gomery:
 Ut has been reported here today that ex- Governor Johnston had his couriers in Dallas, Perry and Bibb for the pur- pose of organized opposition to ratifica- tion. 1t was talked for a while that he would offer no direct opposition, but from some cause the rumor spread that the Black Belt had become dissatisfied with the Conventions action and he hastened to take advantage of the breach. The rank and file, however, have no fears, as the people cannot fail to appreciate the fact, when fully ex- plained to them, that no State in the Union boasts a more compact, clean and up-to-date organic law, and that 1t will prove the greatest leverage in our history for the developing and up- building of every portion of the State."
 We learn from another source that the report to which MT. Greer alludes also states that if Governor Johnston can succeed in defeating ratification of the Constitution, he will again become a candidate for Governor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-20
The Franchise Difficulty.

Baltimore sun.
 There is little doubt that in time the election laws enacted by Southern States which have adopted new constitutions will be reviewed by the highest court in the land. The main point of attack will be the provisions which create heredi- tary voting class. Louisiana. North Caro- lima and now Alabama have had recourse to grandfather clauses to protect voters who would not be qualified under the ed ucational test An educational qualifica- tion applied to all voters alike would be unassailable, but, unfortunately, 1t does not appear to have been regarded as prac- ,ticable in the South, where the idea of disqualifying any white man for iliiteracy is bitterly resented by the people. the Virginia convention may suggest plan which will give the. illiterate white vote and at the same time disqualfy the most undesirable class of negro voters. There are some able lawyers in this convention, but their ingenuity will be severely taxed to devise a measure which will accomplish an end that is frankly avowed and at the same time keep within the bounds set by the Federal Constitution.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-20

The assertion in the Ohio Democratic platform that the protective tariff, at the present stage of our industrial de- velopment. fosters trusts, and tends "to promote a socialistic spirit among the people as the only refuge from op- pression." mo one can deny" The Portland Oregonian tRep) says. "Nei- ther can any one set aside the assertion that tariff reform more than ever is needed now. when foreign markets are a prime condition of our continued prosperity. Evidence of these things is on every hand. The vast wealth of protected corporations is not only proof of their favored position under the gov- ernment, but Is manufacturing socialis- tic spirit on every hand"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-20
The Sheriff and His Gun.
anJa NOIlSlIVUlIUII. ! much depends upon the sheriff!

At anta Constitution.
 So much depends upon the sheriff,
 The other day Georgia was the scene of what sheriff can do. He maintained the law of the land, and the courts came after and administered justice.
 The story from Tuscaloosa tells of an- other in Alabama. He had a prisoner in charge The courts were in operation, with white men for grand and petit ju- TOTS. There was no doubt as to what the courts would do.
 That did not restrain private individuals from feeling that they knew more than the judge and were more to be relied upon than the jurors They visited the jail at night The sheriff had a gun. He knew what the gun was good for.
 The mob retired and the sheriff was master of the situation.
 The recent lynching in Carrolton, Miss has brought out the statement that the sheriff was an old man. Then, why did the people elect him to do d young man s duty?
 So much depends upon the sheriff.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-20

The Birmingham Age-Herald now says that "all experience goes to show that a large State school fund alone does not make good schools" It is en- couragfng to see the All. coming over to The Advertisers way of thinking. Those who have been following our contemporary's alleged arguments have been led to believe that everything that Is needed to banish illiteracy bod fly from Alabama is big appropriation by the State. There is hope. even for The All.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-20
The Silent Ones.

The silent ones! For aeons they shall
 sleep There in the quiet church-yard. cold and
 still;
 Ger their white breasts. where passion . once did thrill, The violets will bloom, the vine will creep, For them mayhap some loved one once
 did weep, When the fresh earth-clods their new
 graves did fill: But. ah, how soon ths tears dried. as
 tears will Tho we can feel our hearts burst while
 we weep! An. silent one3-if thou couidst out reveal To me one secret from the Great Be-
 yond- One inkling from that mystic. beauteous
 shore, Within this earthly fane of mine would
 steal A longing. strange, insatiate and fond. Till had burst these fetters evermore! PHIL H. ARMSTRONG of Alabama,
 in Washington Star.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-20
CRIME OF A rRusrY.

The following paragraph from The
 Geneva Reaper suggests fault in con-
 vict management that might well be
 looked into:
 | Those who contract for the States con. victs should be forced to keep them under | more strict surveillance than they now do. | The Reaper learns that the criminal soon | becomes a. trusty after entering the camp | or the contractor and is allowed to roam
 the woods nnguarded. It was this which | ceused the convict to seek freedom last week and who committed the assault up- on Mrs. Davis. If the man had been safe- ly guarded the terrible crime would have been avoided. No convict can be trusted any more than a bird could be expected to return to an open cage to be locked in again.
 We frequently read of the escape of "trusties" from the camps and prisons.
 and not infrequently much trouble and
 some expense is necessary to recover
 them. but if The Reaper is correct in
 its information here Is a case which
 should certainly be investigated. It is
 stated that the negro who assaulted
 Mrs. Davis, resulting in one of the
 most revolting lynchings which ever
 took place in the State, had previously
 been guilty of serious crimes. and there
 was nothing in his history or character.
 so far as we are Informed, to justify
 the leniency which had such lament able results.
 We believe that this habit of allowing negro convicts to become "trusties" should be very much curtailed or en- tirely abolished. Either the convict does not deserve punishment or he does deserve it. If the former. steps should be taken to set him at liberty, hut if he is being justly punished the ordi- nary principles of equity demand that all be treated alike. Certainly a man who is imprisoned for very heinous crime. or whose character is shown to have been very bad, ought not to be allowed a freedom which practically makes 1t easy for him to escape and thus defeat the intent of the law ,even if he does not become a worse criminal at the first opportunity.
 In this case the fault of allowing a criminal license to go and come virtual ly at his own will resulted in one of the most brutal and revolting crimes ever committed in Alabama, and, as a result of that crime, an entire community is | branded as mobocrats and lynchers. Both crimes. if The Reaper is correct, are the direct result of allowing a crim- | inal to become a "trusty." Is not an investigation and a change in order?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-20

has been continually getting further from the earth and the movement ot the latter on its axis gets slower, so that the time must inevitably arrive when the moon will part company with us. and when our earth will require week to make a revolution. However. million years off, We needn't worry.
 But scientific writers-some of them. are very much like Artemus Wards kangaroo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-20
LETTERS TO
 THE EDITOR.
The Free Psas Evil.
Hurtsboro. Ala, Aug. 19, 1901

Hurtsboro, Ala. Aug. 19, 1901.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 l have watched with interest the op- erations of our Constitutional Conven- tion. Its action upon the pass ques- ton seems to have had the effect of moral shock to the State. 1t evidently does not meet with general approval. This Convention owes it's existence to demand for moral reform. The people therefore fRve a right to expect it to take h.gh moral ground, not only upon the questiSffaof the suffrage. but upon all questions. sfUnquestionably, the giv- ing of free passes to legislators, and State officials, is a great evil. The purpose of tn .ir giving Is surely selfish. Railroads are not run for public ben eft. but for individual or corporate gain; and the giving of passes is a bus mess transaction. the history of which has proven profitable, or it would not be continued. I trust, as you do, that the Convention will take decided ac- ton on this matter and stop a great evil. Conservative.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-20
Are With The Advertiser.

Newton HarmoniZer.
 The ''railroadfree-pass'' members of the Constitutional Convention may jump on and censure the Montgomery Adver tiser seven days in the week for it's per "fI ee pass system" but nine-tenths of the people are with The Advertiser In the matter. For years the South has been fec ling the disastrous effects of the free pass legislation and the free pass" ad- ministration, though in many Instances not able to see the effect directly. While an effort is being made to remedy senti- mental or prejudicial evils, let the real ones have some consideration.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-20

There is no objection to The Advertiser expressing it's opinions. but It should not lay them down so authOritatively. nor get put out when the convention thinks other wise.-Mobile Herald.
 . When man believes himself right he should say so in language which can- not be misunderstood, and a newspa- per is certainly under obligation to do the same thing. As to being put out" we deny the impeachment. The Adver- tiser will submit to the action of the Convention but it certainly will not say everything that body does is cor rect, for We know better.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-20

Representative Livingston of Georgia. a member the National Industrial Commission, is reported as saying that the trust question will be handled with out gloves in the forthcoming report to Congress, The Charleston News and Courier says: And possibly 1t may be. The trouble is, however, that when 1t gets into Congress it will be handled with long range feather tongs." .:.-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-20

The District Attorney Of one New York county offers reward of s1oo for each burglar delivered alive or dead. and it is natural to suppose that burg lar hunters will find 1t much easier to deliver dead specimens. Such an offer down here would be spoken of by Northern people as an evidence of Southern barbarism.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-20
Doubts tho Wisdom of It.
Piedmont Enouirer.

Piedmont Enquirer.
 We very much doubt the wisdom of the convention in making the office of solici- tor. an elective one. A solicitor is one man who should as near as possible know no man either as friend or foe. Such a condition is hardly possible when to get the office must place himself un- der obligations to a majority of those by whom the office is filed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-20

National Organizer Flynn of the Fed
 eration sof Labor declares that Eff 1t Is
 necessary to tear up everything in this
 country to win this strike 1t will be
 done." Mr. Flynn should take a reef in his gabble. There are some millions
 of people in this country who would seriously object to having it torn up. even to secure the triumph of strikers.