The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1902-01-21
EDITORIAL COMMENT

10 whom the eight-hour
law affords 10 relief whatever. The
extreme penalty Of financial Law has
been imposed upoa him-he Is sen
fenced to financial seryitude for life.
brooklyn Eagle.
Sioux Cly Journal: In protesting
that they viii not be given a fair
show in the Cuban election. the
friends Ct Gen Maso seem 20 BE- fol
loving the precedent set BY Senator
Jones and. Incidentally. providing an
explanation OF impending defeat
The warm hospitality OF the Com
rlerciaI club is exsmplifed in the
loud applause which greeted Minis
ter WIS statement that the Chinese
ought to enjoy free admission TO this
country. when not one member in
hundred believes that way for mo
nent-Kansas City Journal
What a long step toward true me
tropolitan distinction New York will
have madde when it Is suitably pro
yided with plenty of artistic street
signs. and when the street and ave
aue numbers on all buildings. public
and private. are made clear and con-
spicuous both By day and by night.
New York Tribune
In proceeding on the theory that
the salvation of the Filipinos de
pends on their education. the Philip
pine commission is working OF cor
rect lines. and the avidity with which
the natives are availing themselves
Of educational opportunities is a gu
arantee that American efforts TO aid
these people will suGceed--Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph.
The disclaimer by the German Am
bassador at Washington of any pur-
pose on the part of his Government
Of acquiring a naval station or other
"foothold" in the West Indies, or in
any part of Central or South America,
vas so frank. full, and explicit that
it was received and recognized
throughout the United States as en-
tirely satisfaetory-New York Times
Chicago Chronicle: Art for arts
sake" has been a debasing as we'll as
a fallacious apology for otherwise in
defensible pictorial and plastic exc
cution Art for the Gospels sake
is a revival of the doctrine. aesthetic
and ethical which did more than all
other influences combined TO fill the
world with architecture and decora-
tive achievement
If Congress would avert scandal
and jobbery of every description it
will centralize all responsibility for
the expenditure of the canal appro-
rriation in the President. This course
will inspire public confidence in the
honest disbursement OF the millions
that must go into the canal as well
as popular faith in its engineering
success.-Chicago Record-Herald.
Whatever else Lord Roseberry
has done in his Chesterfield speech
he has pronounced the formal funer-
al Grafton on the party and the creed
of Golden and Gladstone. He may
not have evolved a New Liberalism.
but he has in the counsels which he
controls. and which seem to- repre-
sent all that retains vitality in the
British opposition, destroyed the Old.
New York Press.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:
EXGov. Hogg of Texas is going to
England TO close negotiations for the
organization of a gigantic oil syndi-
cate. with a capital Of $4,000 900.
which is to rival the Standard Oil
company. Let's see. wasn't there
Cnce down in Texas a man by the
name of Hogg. formerly Governor of
Of the State. who was bitter and I'M
compromising foe of the Octopus?
The movement in all kinds of
/ trade continues TO be tremendous.
but regular and healthful There are
no indications whatever that the
high-water mark OF business has been
/ reached or that il is likely TO be
( reached in the immediate future
From the present outlook there is
/ nothing save long period of pros
perity in sight-Chicago Inter Ocean.