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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-03
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-03
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Kulul near Nuuanu Street, Honolulu
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-02

states, as contemplated in the federal
statute? This ia the question to be de-
termined. In order to make the coal
combine amenable to the law it is neces-
sary to show that there is restraint of
trade or commerce and as the situation
is at present Il is somewhat doubtful
II this could be demonstrated. The
users Of anthracite coal have been put
to more or less Inconvenience and must
pay an increased price for their coal,
but can 1t be successfully contended
that these conditions constitute restraint
of trade? 1t is manifestly not so simple
a matter as at first glance 1t may APP
pear to be. The existence of a COM
bination is u~nmistakable. 1t is not OBJ
vious that its operation is In restraint of
trade or among the several
states, though such a condition may
come IL the supply of anthracite coal
becomes exhausted. compelling the
stoppage of industries requiring that
fuel.
President Roosevelt can be depended
upon to probe this matter thoroughly
and to have proceedings instituted
against the coal combine If it shall be
the opinion of the legal advisers of the
president that the antitrust law is being
violated.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-02

THE LAW AND THE oOAL COMBINE.
The federal antitrust law declares H.
legal every contract, combination in
the form Of trust or otherwise, or COM
spiracy, in restraint OF trade or COM
merce among the several states or with
foreign nations" The question as TO
whether this applies to the combination
OF anthracite coal railroads it is under
stood Attorney General Knox is con
sidering. by direction OF President
Roosevelt. II Il said that the pres
ident is taking a very earnest interest
in the coal strike situation. with refer
enee, Of course, to the pubIic's concern
in the matter and the question whether
the Jaw is being violated by the rail
roads.
According to some Of the Washington
correspondents. It is the belief OF Mr..
Roosevelt that the antitrust law Is
being violated. but he does not consider
himself competent TO judge whether
these violations can be proved In court
or If the court can Intervene in such
manner as to bring about definite re-
suits. There is not a reasonable doubt
OF the existence OF q combination be
tween the anthracite railroads. They
are acting In concert against the strfk-
ing miners. Does this result In restraint
Of trade or esmmsrce among the several
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-02
HENRY wArrERsoN's DEFENSE.
Explains HIS Hostility to FORMER
President Cleveland.
Louisville Courier journal.

Louisville Courier-JournaI
Mr.. watterson has but W ends in view:
To scotch a movement wholly dangerous in
character, and to vindioate the truth OF
history. He has never had the slightest
private quarrel with Mr.. Cleveland. Not a
discourteous, unseemly word ever passed
between him and Mr.. Cleveland. He never
sought to foist his friends upon Mr.. Cleve-
land, and. making few suggestions. he was
never refused any personal request by Mr..
Cleveland. Everything tina is said, or
printed, to a contrary effect, 10 wholly
false. and could only be printed. or said, by
malevolent persons. having no personal
sense Of Accountability or honor. Mr..
Watterson is the last man in the world to
make an individual grief the basis Of a
public attack. He would despise himself II
he were capable OF II. Those who know
him we'll know him incapable Of II. His OPP
position to Mr.. Cleveland rests upon the
specific statements he has made, that Mr..
Cleveland Is an ~ill-tempered, self-willed
man, having neither the intellectual train
ing nor the moral and political inspiration
for democratic fellowship or leadership;
that he knows little, and cares less, about
tarin reform; that such svmpathies as he
has are not on the side OF the plain, com
mon people, and still less with the lowly
and poor. but On the side Of the strong, the
mighty and the great; that he is personally
an migrate and a %glutton; that, because Of
his selfshness and his bruttishness, he
alienated every democrat Of consequence In
congress who would not serve him blindly:
that. in short, he found the party a noble
unit and left It a wreck. Where he is best
known he is most detested.
Seeing these things, sometimes at long
range and sometimes at short range, Mr..
Watterson stood aghast and appalled,. The
Edgar Apgar tragedy; the Manning tragedy:
the shameless turning down OF friends; the
assiduous cultivation Of enemies; the re-
voting self-assertion sometimes OF exolu-
sive virtue and sometimes Of exclusive cour-
age; in a word. the perpetual wearing Of
the self-made halo, the great, noble. con-
fding democratic party going to destruction
the while, first affrighted and then disguised
him. And, finally, as nobody seemed to be
willing to speak out, he did; he did It in
1892, and he is doing IT now, and never did
man speak more unselhshly or in greater
disregard to any and all consequences to
himself.
Mr.. Cleveland derives a great advantage
from the dignity which doth hedge an ex-
president. We should be disloyal to a trust
IL we respected this. His proposed activity
now BODIES no good to anybody except him
self and at best but ministers to his quench-
less lust for the fesh-pots Of place and
power. The republicans may have him an
they want him.. The democrats will none
OF him. They know that when he comes
in at the door harmony flies out Of the
window. Hence, with democracy. the word
should be this:
know thee not, old man: fall to thy
prayers;
Make less thy body hence and more thy
grace;
Know the grave doth cape
For thee thrice wider than for other men7
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-02
rHE KlNa coNYALrsc1Ne.

The latest dispatches appear to fully
warrant the conclusion that King Ed
ward is now out of danger and that his
convalescence will be uninterrupted,
though it must be some time before
recovery is complete. The progress of
the patient has really been remarkable,
considering his g and other condi-
lions, the consensus Of opinion In the
medical profession at the time Of the
operation being that the chances were
very largely against the king surviving
the treatment, which it was very gen
orally thought had been unduly de-
layed.
From the medical point of view the
case is regarded as furnishing a valua-
BILE object lesson. The medical, Journal
Of Philadelphia says that 1t win teach
how little is to be gained by delay and
how great a peril is incurred by 1t.
"We have recognized for a long time"
says that authority, 'that the teaching
and practice in this country on the sub
ject Of appendicitis were in advance Of
those that prevail in Britain. The con-
~servatism there has been extreme; the
practice has verged upon timidity. The
American rule, we believe, is the better
one and. whether the king lives or dies,
this fact will remain proven. II the
king lives it viii only be by passing
through a great peril, which in almost
all similar cases can be ayerted by
prompt operation"
King Edward has shown great fortt-
tude in the hard ordeal, bearing man
fully the severe suffering and obeying
implicitly the directions Of the physi-
clans. The favorable promise for his
recovery will be universally regarded
with gratihcstion.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-02
DEGENERATE FIREoRACKERs.
Plea for the Return of a once worthy
Fourth of July Feature.
Saturday Evening Post.


Saturday Evening Post.
Something ought to be lone to rehabili-
tate the Fourth Of July celebration, espe-
cially its frecracker department. The
celebration Of the present day is but a
pale reflection and a far-of echo OF the
glorious triumph Of the past, and the
sickly, petulent pop Of the contemporary
hrecracker bears but sorry comparison
with the defamation OF it's predecessor of a
Few years aback. 1t is sad to see a ma
tional institution thus going to the dogs,
but tho dogs need not worry-it no longer
frightens them, as In times past 1t did.
The old celebration used to come in at
one minute past midnight with a terrific
discharge Of the village brass cannon. This
formidable piece of ordnance, loaded with
quantities Of the loudest powder wedged
down with wet grass, was then kept In
action by enthusiastic yeomen till sunrise;
and throughout the day there were desul-
tory bangs. unless. indeed, the thing blew
up at about 8 O'Clock. as II too frequently
did. with q great scattering around of the
said unfortunate yeomen. Then, during
the day. there was the program; races OF
all kinds, especially trotting races by local
nags, some OF which would not infre-
quently cover the mile in less than three
AAAAAaICoB ahhAlb aSG III hhAIh Q4ah~
titles OF dust were kicked up. There were
divers other contests and patriotic songs
rendered by the glee club with much sound
and fury, With the reading Of the Declare
ton OF Independence by the school master
in a penetrating voice; and. as the cap
sheaf OF the whole-more important even
than the cannon itself-the grafton by the
candidate for congress, In which, with the
corner OF one eye on the votes of the
local citizens from a certain green isle. the
tail of the British lion was given q few
pretty little tiny kick-shaw kinks-the
whole interpreted. p~unctuated and made
alive by the r~esounding explosions OF
bushels OF hrecrackers.
But now this sort OF celebration is be-
coming rare and the frecracker Is degen-
crate. What is meant Is the small, ordi-
nary cracker. When It consents to go of
at all 1t is with an Insignificant little
sizzling. asthmatic, tentative, apologize
pop which is about as spirit stirring as the
report OF a root-beer cork. Why is this?
Has a trust got hold OF the cracker indus
try? Or does Il need a trust to put life
and mettle' into TT Or u the Monaghan
played out. and has he lost his cracker
cunning7 Perhaps all hrecraekers are now
made in Connecticut. II SO they must be
manufactured in old wooden nutmeg fac
tories.
These latter day insudible hrecraokers
are frauds. cheating the small boy out Of
his hard-saved dime. And as TO the tail
of the lion. what is 1t for? 1t is an orna-
mental rather than an essential ~appendage.
and 3 gentle little twist, with a bit Of a
kno or two Just for remembrance-lest he
forget-ean do no harm. and is sure TO
awaken enthusiasm on the rear benches.
Give us back our old celebrationl and in
the matter Of the nrecraekers there should
be legislationi the makers must be COM
PEELED by Law to use better powder and
more Of Il.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-02
WBlCB rs WHICH

In his speech Of acceptance before the
populist state convention, the fusion
nominee for governor. endeavoring to
explain that although a democrat he
was in hearty accord with the populist
declaration Of principles, declared that
to put the populist and democratic plat
forms side by side no n could tell
which was which, unless it had the let
tiers written across the top.
More careful observation OF the two
platforms emphasizes the correctness of
this assertion and enforces the neces-
sity of keeping them properly labeled in
order that they may not become ire
trievably mixed. The candidates on the
fusion ticket, therefore, will have no
trouble in straddling both platforms, be-
cause, aside from minor details and
matters of verbiage, they are to all In
tents and - rposes identical.
Whether this will lead the populists
to imagine that the democrats have
the irresistible logic of popullst argu-
ment, or whether 1t will convince the
democrats that the populists are reced-
ing from their original tenets and en-
bracing the simon pure faith Of the
founders of democracy, remains to be
seen.
The average democrat will insist that
the democrats are swallowing the pop
ulists, while the most enthusiastic fusion
populists will claim that association
under the fusion compact has grated
populistic ideas upon the democratic
tree until all that is left is the root
hidden beneath the surface.
An exact determination by qualitative
and cumulative analysis Of the relative
strength Of the populist and democratic
| ingredients in the fusion mixture will
7 demand the services Of the most tai
ented expert.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-02
Personal NOTES.

-
Senior ojeda, who is to be the new Spanish
minister to the United States, is said to be
a man OF splendid character. among his
numerous accomplishments being his ability
to speak the English language perfectly.
When Lord Kitchener arrives IN London
on July II, from South Africa. he will be
rendered a public reception. II the kings
health continues satisfactory. The COM
mander-in-chief. Earl, Roberts, will meet
him at Southampton. y
AT least two street railroad companies in
Chicago give delay checks or refund fares
to passengers In case Of breakdown or long
delays. An officer Of one Of the roads said
that they had found that the practice made
friends for the compapy.
Governor Smith Of M gland has appointed
a commission OF three to purchase a bust Of
Rear Admiral Winfield Scott SehIey to be
placed in the new state capitol at Annapolis,
in accordance with an act passed by the
state legislature at its last session.
Chicago derives a neat bunch Of money
annually for rent/of ground beneath side
walks. In the business district, space
for business costs 81 a square foot, and
for coal 10 cents. Outside the business
district the annual rental is IS for each
twenty-hve-foot lot front.
David Mcmahon, a wealthy contractor Of
Philadelphia, has sailed for ireland, his in
tention being, 1t is said, to buy a historic
castle near Limerick, which he will turn
into q summer residence, or perhaps a
permanent abode. Mr.. Mcmahon in times
past has purchased large pieces Of real
estate in Ireland.
Governor John Walter Smith OF Maryland
has issued a proclamation declaring Satur-
day next, July 8. a public holiday in that
state. The day is by custom a half holiday
In Baltimore and the larger towns and finan-
cial and mercantile institutions petitioned
the governor to make 1t wholly a legal
holiday throughout the state.
Theophilus H. Porter, for forty-six years
a newspaper carrier in Lynn. Mass. retired
from business last week, having made enough
money to keep him comfortably for the rest
Of his life. In all that time he has walked
about fifteen miles every day but Sunday,
when he went to church regularly, as he
does not believe in Sunday papers.
r. J. Seldom, who is premier Of New zea-
land. is a mechanical engineer by profess
sion. He emigrated from England as a
gold seeker in 1867. Besides being premier
he is a general utility man. as he holds
the posts Of colonial treasurer, minister
Of labor, minister Of defense and commits
sioner Of trade and customs for the colony.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-02
rHn REooRp or coreREss.


While the first session Of the Fifty
seventh III did not do some of the
things expected Of It. there was enacted
legislation Of very great importance, a
part Of which will make the session
memorable. This is to be said Of the
passage Of the irrigation bill and the
isthmian canal bill. measures whose eff
feet will be to increase greatly the ma
tional wealth and augment our com
mercial power. The carrying out of
these great enterprises will for several
years require a large expenditure, but
that the ultimate returns will vastly
o~verbalance the outlay is certain. The
Reclamation of the arid lands means a
large addition to our agricultural pro-
duction and this will not be made faster
than there is a demand for 1t. Eastern
opposition to the opening up of these
lands was due to a fear that the agri-
cultural producers of that section would
be injured by the added competition, but
there is no substantial reaso for such
apprehension. Reclamation of the arid
lands will be a work of years and in
the meantime both the home and for
eign demand for agricultural products
will grow.
The Philippine civil government bill is
also a measure Of importance, which
there is every reason to believe will have
a most beneficial effect upon conditions
in the archipelago. 1t must convince
the natives of the purpose of this gov
eminent to treat them fairly and justly,
giving them such participation in the
| government Of the islands as circum-
stances warrant, gradually e~nlarging it
toward complete disagreement as the
people grow in capacity for governing
themselves. The creation Of a perma-
nent census bureau is another piece of
legislation that win undoubtedly prove
valuable.
The question of granting tariff con-
cessions to Cuba commanded more at
tentIon than any other and the failure
of the reciprocity propositions does not
necessarily mean that the question has
been finally disposed Of. The president
may negotiate a treaty with Cuba and
Pcan a special session of the senate to
act upon It OF the other matters that
failed, or are hung up in either the sen
ate or house, there b lone that cannot
safely wait until the next session and it
is perhaps quite as well that they were
deferred, with perhaps the exception Of
the bill for the admission to statehood
of Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma,
which was made the unfinished business
in the senate for December 10 next.
The efforts to have. the tariff interfered
with met with little support, for the
sound reason that tariff tinkering would
unsettle and injure business. The Cur
rency propositions, also, were not seri-
ously considered for a like reason.
In the matter Of appropriations the
session was liberal. as Mr.. Cannon, chair
man Of the house committee on appro-
priations, pointed out a few days ago
1t does not appear, however, that there
has been any great extravaganza
though Of course this win be charged by
the democrats In the congressional am
paign. On the whole the record of the
tirst session Of the present congress is
creditable to the party in power.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-02

Before the Lincoln city council the
county surveyor testified that the tangi-
BILE railroad property represented in the
figures certified by the State Board Of
Equalization for the municipal assess
ment represents 332.53 acres of right-of-
way land, worth not less than $1,000 an
acre; 64.61 miles of track, worth $764,-
1856. and improvements on the right-of-
way in the shape of passenger and
freight depots, ETC., worth $1S0,65O,
making a total of $1.277,96s. All this
property, however, as returned by the
state board for taxation by the city of
Lincoln is assessed for only $9S,314, or
less than 8 per cent of the lowest esti-
mate, and this without any allowance
whatever for franchise values. And
the railroad tai bureau is trying to
make people believe that the railroads
are bearing their full share of the tax
burdens.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-02
CIeveIandism and Democracy.
Boston Transcript.


A congressman needs to be very careful
In quoting a sentiment expressed by an
other congressman to use the exact words
Of the latter. Otherwise he is liable to be
called down. Thus Congressman Lands of
Indiana the other day in the house said
that his distinguished friend, Mr.. Clark of
Missouri, had said that Grover Cleveland
was the greatest calamity that a been
visited on this country since the days of
Adam" Mr.. Clark Immediately corrected
Mr.. lands in these words:
Mr.. Chairman, I wish the gentleman
from Indiana would quote me correctly,
because I do not want to be put in the
attitude OF saying something I did not say.
What I did say was that the second cleo
ton Of Grover Cleveland was the greatest
calamity that has happened to the human
race since the fall OF Adam"
This is worse and more Of IT," and the
moral of the incident is that there are a
great many democrats who are harder to
harmonic" now than they were before
the Tilden club dinner.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-02
why Savage and stuefer withdrew
HastInrs rihnna.

6aSIlnBS Tribune.
There is no denying the fact hat Ed
ward Rosewater was the power behind the
throne that caused Mr.. Stuefer and Mr..
Savage to come out and announce that they
were not candidates for denomination upon
the republican state ticket. And be It said
TO the credit Of Mr.. Rosewater that he had
no selfish desire in so doing. What he
did was for the best interests of the re-
publican party. 1t has brought harmony
and unanimity to the republican party of
Nebraska and has been the means Of put
ting up a ticket without a flaw in II. There
is only one thing left to be done now and
that is for the republicans to see to It that
the entire republican ticket is elected by
such an overwhelming majority that It will
succeed in driving fusionism out of the
state. far ~
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-02
MATTER.


Philadelphia Press: PA" said the little
mosquito, t'what does perseverance, mean.
''Perseverance, my child" replied the
wise old insect. means finding a hole in
a wire screen"
New York Sun: K~nicker-Those bathing
girls must be afraid of the police.
Bocker-How so?
K~nicker-They hate to be caught with, the
goods on.
Washington Star: us that man still a
leader of his partyF"
well" answered Senator Sorghum, hes
doing his best to make people think he is,
but as a matter of fact he is simply hust-
him"
somervlle Journal: "she-Do you believe
In co-education?
He-Well,. yes-if all the boys and girls
belong to the same family.
Chicago Tribune: at seems to me-" OBJ
tected the ;shaggy-haired member OF the
committee on resolutions, there amt no
need OF luggin' in the names of Jefferson
Darn it!' exclaimed the chairman,
in a democratic platform, haven't WEI"
Boston Post: why do you spit on your
bait2 asked the city angler sarcastically of
the boy with the bent pole and knotted
line.
"Huhi" replied the urchin. That's a fool
question. I've ketched four fish since you
got here, an you hain't had a bite"
Cleveland Plain Dealer: They say the
Maybe So, A good many yarns come
from Saxony." ~.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-02

No one has yet been able to explain
why railroad property is worth less in
Nebraska for taxation purposes in the
year 1902 than it was one year ago.
In l00l the average assessment Of rail
roads in Nebraska was $4.679 per mile;
in 1902 It is only $4,e61 per mile. or SIS
3 mile less than It wal last year, in spite
Of the fact that millions Of dollars have
bean spent within the last year for new
EenlHg stock and improvements
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-02
ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS-.
Washington Star.

Washington Star.
Back TO the farm and the village,
Where the field and the sidewalks blendi
Back to the state
Where the fences wait
For some one to come and mendi
They are coming like bees from the honey,
Fol each with undaunted will
Has done what he could .,ttT
To come out to the good
On the preparation bill.
And IT isn't his splendid speeches
That Will bring him TO town again,
For the mighty plan
For the good OF man
He evolved from his massive brain.
So much. as his bland persistence
And his most superior skill
In getting a share
o the good things there
In the preparation bill
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-02
Preserving "spanish Honor.v
New York World.

NtW HOFK WOrIu.
Admiral Dewey's latest version of the
capture Of the city Of Manila is not exactly
heroic. His statement that he had to fire
and kill a few people, because the Spanish
governor was not willing to surrender until
his honor had been thus satisfied is a
revelation that will not increase the gen.
eral respect for 'the amenities of war"
Killing "a few people" as a matter OF ETH
quette between commanders seems a
shocking thing to the undisciplined civilian
mind.