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The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-07-11
AFTERNOON SESSION.

The afternoon debate was one full of
hot debate and quick action. There
was a crowd of delegates which filed
the orchestra chairs of the Orpheurn
and there was more than a sprinkling
of delegates and spectators at the rear.
On the stage were seated President Ka-
lauokalani Secretary Nakookoo and j.
+. Makainai, when the session began,
to be Joined later by Delegate Wilcox,
when he arrived. The delegates from
Honolulu had the center of the block of
seats, and there was some attempt
made at division of them according to
sections from which they came. This
aided somewhat in the indicating just
from which points was to come the
strength in support of any action initi-
ated by the representatives of the va
rious elements in the party.
After the calling of the roll the
chairman stated the first work to be
the election of vice president, who
acts as the chairman of the executive
committee, to succeed the late James
*. kaulia. The nominations being
opened the following were at once plac-
ed in the field: Robert w. Wilcox,
Jonah Kalanianaole, Fred w Beckley
Jesse T.. Makainai, Asa Kaulia. The
very first thing was the withdrawal of
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tive in the leading body OF the party
IF we are working to get Dole and
his gang out because of Capitalization
of power and we carry the same spirit
into our own party workings. where do
we come out? ] say we will have the
same conditions as existed in the last
Legislature when not single measure
The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-07-11
WILCOy'S
CIVE-tWsY
SPEECH
Strange Address of
the Home Rule
Leader.
GEMS FROM WILCOX.

We are now I'm the family of
the great United States. but not
by our desire. They took us az
a lion takes a lamb.
The fire during the plague rob-
bed the poor people OF their be-
isngines. and now the mission
aries are wanting to rob the
United States of their money.
They wanted me to help them
and did 80. as knew that 1t
was for the good of our people,
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in which we were greatly interested
was passed l repeat, then, that we
need change and | move that there be
a committee appointed to revise the
constitution and by laws of the party"
Emmeluth's remarks were literally
applaudcd and there was little more
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The Washington times., 1902-01-19
THE TRUST QUESTION.

"CommeIcia Trusts: the Growth and
Rights of Aggregated Capital" by John
r. Dos Passos, is the latest volume of the
Questions of the Day series, and is a
revised copy of an argument delivered
about year ago before the Industrial
Commission in this city. The author
takes the ground that in a few more years
of experience the public will know
whether these great aggregations Of cap
ital are good or evil, to the laborer. the
producer, the manufacturer, and the pur-
chaser; and in the meantime ne claims to
present, in the interests of publicity, a
frank and independent view of the matter
Mr.. Dos Passos punctures a number of
hasty arguments and nimsy theories on
both sides Of the question, and even those
who do not agree with him cannot deny
that he has made careful. scholarly, and
able argument. His conclusion is found,
in substance, in one of the concluding
paragraphs of the brochure. He says:
'I do not claim here that there are not
great and grave questions surrounding
the aggregation of capital, in any form
it may assume whether 1t is held by an
individual, a partnership, or corpora
ton. 1t is a matter of profound solicit
tude to every citizen OF this country.
matter of profound Importance in the
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with college colors or the classroom, but
all the same, they have a place in the
heart of the student. AS the author of
TON Brown" observed, there is no con-
servative like the schoolboy, and though
he likes to be called a man when he at
tains to the dignity of Greek and Latin,
he is pretty much all boy until after grad
uation. Fashions in college songs do not
change to any appreciable extent.
The college muse, when she undertakes
to dictate new songs, does not have the
easiest time in the world. Macaulay and
Rudyard Kipling are about the only poets
yet known to history who have success
fully incorporated jaw breaking names
into immortal verse, and when a mere
sophomore tackles such names as Ho-
bart. Hamilton, Muhlenberg, and Rutgers,
the feet in some OF the lines are liable to
have more or less than the requisite
twelve inches.
A new feature OF college songs is the
feminine element, and two or three Of the
contributions from girls colleges are
really clever. though, somehow or other,
the college muse seems to be hampered
little by skirts. There is, for example,
the demure Wellesley song which runs:
Never broke a regulation,
Never told a lie.
Never want TO have vacation
When | don't kngV why.
when | meet Harvard student,
Never step to talk,
Never take a step imprudent-
When / do not walk.
Altogether, this book will probably be
added to the miscellaneous collection OF
volumes in the rooms of the average col
legian. tNew York: Kinds & Noble)
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sponsive to every attempt to solve the
! problem of its destiny"
He then goes on to point out that folk
lore is an important branch of ethnology.
and that from this point of view alone
stories of this character are worth pre-
serving. He also reminds the reader that
science has made considerable progress in
this direction, and has established the
existence of certain phenomena once con-
sidered mythical; and he concludes with
the statement:
What is OF immediate importance in
this connection is the fact that the in
ductive study of psychic phenomena re-
Veals to science many hitherto unsus
pected faculties and powers resident in
the living man, demonstrates the truth
OF many of the weird tales of phenomena
that had before been relegsted TO the
domain OF fancy or of superstition. and
rescues from oblivion many volumes of
forgotten lore, and invests them with an
interest and importance of which their
authors had scarcely dreamed. Among
the many volumes that ! could name,
written during the first half of the nine
teenth century, know OF none more de-
serving OF resuscitation than The Night
Side Of Nature " Philadelphia. Henry
T. Coates & Coz
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fore the Kings death. In it we get the
spelling Windlesoran. Domesday Book
comes nearest to our modern pronuncia-
tion of the name; it is Wlndesores there.
As to the origin of the name authorities
differ, some claiming that It is derived
from a word descriptive of the winding
course of the River Thames past the
town, and signifies the winding shore,
others that It alludes to the profusion of
willows which existed there, windle be-
ing Anglo-Saxon for willow"
Mr. Chapman briefly gives the history
Of each building in such a way that de-
spite the very limited space at his dis
posal he affords the reader a feeting
impression OF the characters OF the va
rious people who lived there. He does
not waste words; there is no room for
padding: but he uses the right word.
This is a quality somewhat rare in his
torians or in other people, for the mat
ter of that
Among the palaces described are Wind
eCr. Whitehall, St. James Palace, the
Tower, Hampton Court, Kew. Kensing
ton. and Richmond. OF the more import
ant OF these there are two or three views
each showing different aspects of the
castle. or rooms of historic interest. AL
together the author and illustrator of
this book have done an artistic piece OF
work. New York: John Lane)
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development of this country. in al
its operations, but l say that the sub
ject has not approached ripe and ma
ture condition. l say that if you take
the vague, indefinite and crude thoughts
which UP to this time characterize the
discussion of this question and put them
in the crucible of legislation, nothing tan
gible. practical and beneficial 10 the peo-
pie will come from the experiment. That
is all. You must keep your eyes upon
this modern octopus, whether it is In
individual or corporate form, but until
aggregated capital commits some indis-
putable blow against the liberties of the
people, until it strikes at the foundat ton
of our institutions, or until it intereferes
with the administration of justice and
legislation in some positive way, l say
that il is futile and unnecessary 10 enact
any laws, because you have no defined
fixed intelligent purpose in view, and
without such purpose you are absolutely
al sea. and the very laws that you make
will strike at people whom you never
contemplated they would reach, and prob
ably, ii not certainly permit the asgrega-
TO entirely escape
And there is considerably more sound
sense in this than in many of the argu-
melts which it is intended to answer.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.)
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another way, and the general conforma-
tion of the land shaped the destiny of the
nation, until cne is tempted to follow the
theory of the Mohammedan, and ascribe
all human history to the workings of
Kismet. An example of his method of
argument and OF his conclusions is to be
found in the following paragraph from
one of the earlier chapters:
Britain is possessed of two geographi-
cal qualities, complementary, rather than
antagonistic: insuldrity and universally.
Before Columbus the insularity was more
evident than the universally. Within
| closed coasts, impregnable, when valiantly
! held but in sight of the world and open
to stimulus-Teutonic, Romantic. and Ori-
| ental-her people were able to advance
with Europe, and yet, protected from mil
itary necessities, to avoid tyranny. and
to retain the legacy of freedom bequeath-
ed in the German forests. Ordered liberty.
fitted to the complex conditions of mod
ern civilization, needed centuries of slow
experimental growth, ard was naturally
! Graded in land insulated yet not iso-
lated"
author has drawn to establish his theories
is simply enormous. It includes geologi-
cal, geographical historical, and economic
details, in such abundance that the study
of any one branch of the theory would
seem to have occupied years. But every
scrap of information finds its place, as do
the bits of stone in a mosaic. 1t is scarce
y possible TO give an idea of the
deftnoss with which all these facts are
handled and the number of them which
the author has contrived to pack in: for
this the book must be read in its entirety.
Briefly then, the general shape of the
British Isles and the conformation of
the shores are first taken up and the
influence of these on the life of the peo-
pie indicated. Next comes the mountain
chains, the rivers, and the general topos-
raphy of Britain, and the author shows
how these have Influenced the settlement
OF the country, the development of va
rious industries. and the character OF the
workers. Then come chapters on modern
economics and the influence exercised
upon the history of Britain by the devel-
opment of one industry after another In
cidentally, in this part OF the book it is
shown how the geological conformation !
which put coal where it is in the British |
Isles influenced the character of the in
habitants. Then come chapters on ..Strat- |
egic Geography" and Economic Geo |
raphy'' and the summary and conclusion |
In short, one gets in this book a sort |
OF birdseye view of the process by which
England came to occupy the position
which she has occupied among the ma
tons of the world, and for all the in |
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WASHINGTON HISTORY.

A book likely to attract the attention
Of people who concern themselves with
the history of Washington is "Greenleaf
and Law in the Federal City" by Allen
C. Clark. 1t is a bulky volume, with many
illustrations taken from photographs and
family portraits. Among the illustrations
are portraits of James Greenleaf Robert
Morris, John Nicholson, William Cranch,
and Thomas Law. The book is largely
taken up with copies of old letters which
create a realistic atmosphere. There are
some interesting glimpses of early Wash
ington, as, for example:
Mr. Fearon. in 1878, arrived In the city
where Mr.Law resides, which he describes
as the depo. for officehoIders, place
hunters, and boarding house keepers,
without appearance Of possession of too
much Of this worlds goods He says
that storekeeper. to remedy his wan;
Of change, with scissors promptly divided
note In two; that he found demi-notes d
common circulating medium and that he
had been previously famillarised with
Spanish dollars cut into every variety of
size
There are number Of two and three
story buildings, none of which are unin-
houses, though according TO the original
plan, none were to be built less than
three stories high, and all to have marble
steps. But the childish folly Of this
scheme was soon subyerted by the natural
course OF events; and though the exist
ence Of lower orders even in the Capital
of the Republic. may not accord with the
vanity OF its Legislators, they ought TO be
told that neither prosperity nor popula-
tion can be possessed by any nation with
out due admiXture Of the natural classes
OF society"
Another traveller of the same period
says;
Washington, on my second journey to
II, wore a very dreary aspect. The null
ttituce had gone 10 their homes, and the
Inhabitants of the place were few. There
were no objects TO catch the eye but a
forlorn pilgrim forcing his way through
the grass that overruns the streets; or a
COW Illuminating on a bank, from whose
neck depended bell, that the animal
might be found the more readily in the
woods"
In fact, there is about as much of old
Washington as of biography in the book, |
and the former is not by any means the !
least fascinating material Ssed.
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mans work must be disinterested and
gard to his personal success or failure.
and without regard to the effect it might
have upon his fortunes or chances. and
! while he must show the virtues of up
! rightness, and tolerance, and gentleness.
he must also put forth the sterner vir-
/ tues of courage. resolution and hardi-
hood. along with the desire to war merci-
| leGsl1 against the existence of wrong
After a sketch of Rocsevelt's career in
the Assembly, the biographer devotes con-
siderable space to descriptions of his
ranch life in the West, and in these
chapters there are some extremely pic
turesque incidents. Some of these are de-
scribed in extracts from Mr.. Roosevelt's
books, and some in the biographer's own
language. Among the latter is this:
Months of this work told on the trim
New Yorker. He became like the rest
of us-gaunt, wind-swept, and bleached
white with alkali Not single time
did he seek to take advantage of his
larger wealth and station but, like any
common $40 cowboy, stood up to his work
without whimper. While 1 am free to
confess l have freely used every invec-
tive in my vocabulary against that coun-
try and its inhabitants in general, 1 never
but once knew him to complain
'It was on a bitter night late in the
fall Of 1886. The last beef roundup was
nearing the home ranch, when a fierce
storm of sleet and rain came on. ac-
companied with intense cold. All hands
were up until midnight, quieting the big
herd of uneasy beeves that had been
gathered with so much effort. We had
carefully worked them to the foot of
Chimney Butte, that in a measure pro-
tected them. ard. with night guards dou-
bled, few of us returned TO the drenched
camp, worn out with exhaustion.
Roosevelt and 1 slept together; our
bed was of blankets spread on the wet,
freezing ground, covered with a tarpauIin. |
Without even removing our spurs we |
crept into its shelter. and were almost !
instantly dead TO the world.
An hour later the call came, All hands |
turn out; cattle breaking away accom-
panied by the slashing of a wet lariat |
across the canvas. With hopeless groan
slipped out sideways and began to s,rope
for my pony's picket-line
Suddenly heard a burst of picturesque
that expressed my thoughts ex-
actly.
- Blank the blankety-bIank country;
blank the blankety- blank fool that would
cave Gods country for this blank but
here are situations in all lives 100 sacred
or public scrutiny.
This was the first, last, and only time
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ROBESPIERRE.
A New and Important study by the
Author of "Dunt0n.v

The Scribners announce for January
publication an extremely interesting
study OF Robespierre by Hilaire BellOc It
promises to prove a work OF muriI a.,
tinction, and is, besides. from Il some
what new point OF view being written
in the light of the latest data. which
have only recently become accessible.
The way for this book has been well
paved by the authors "Danton," study
in the French Revolution that cannot fail
to have whetted the public appetite. I'VE
greet Mr.. BellOc rs q rising star in the
world Of letters" said Literature" uon-
dom. Of that remarkable presentation,
adding: "One is amazed at this book COM
ing from so young a writer. In spite
OF paradox and occasional gush, the style,
in the main, is as lofty and fine. as is his
treatment OF his magnificent subject"
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| ever knew him to use violent language.
1t seems that there had collected IN the
depression between us on the tarpaulin
that covered the bed a good-sized tubful
of half-frozen rain. In his attempt to
rise, my partner had incautiously raised
his knees. which, of course, tipped the
whole refrigerating outfit over his head
and shoulders"
Ard in the circumstances. some sort OF
language seemed to be badly needed.
| Naturally, the chapters which deal with
Z the Rough Riders will be of especial in
terest 10 most people. and. in spite of
the thorough manner in which that re-
markable regiment was written up at the
time of its making Mr. Meyers has got
ten together collection Of stories. char
acter sketches and anecdotes which pcs
sesses considerable freshness and allure
mert- His description of the fighting ros-
sesses verye and dash suited 10 the sub
ject.
One OF the notable things about this
book is the alertness with which the
author seizes upon every prominent point
or picturesque feature in his story IN
treating of the Republican National Con-
vention of 1900, he says:
1T was unique in political history in
that it nominated for Vice President a
man skilled in convention methods. a
man of notably Independent character,
who used all his skill and asserted all
his independence to prevent the nomina-
tion coming to him"
There ia cf,
his estimate OF Roosevelt's methods OF
action and decision and that OF a WELL
known litterateur who recently expressed
an opinion on the same subject He says:
Theodore Roosevelt's activity is not
impetuous. Few public men weigh courses
of action more carefully than ne, and
few are so well equipped to weigh them
quickly and accurately. A sluggish ma
ture is not necessarily a wise one. Mr.
Roosevelt's actions are prompt, firm, and
decisive. not because he does not reason
and weigh, but because he reasons and
weighs while others are searching for
something to put upon the scales. He
acts often upon his instructive feelings
and judgments, but this is an unsafe
course only for him whose instincts are
bad. The man of clear intellectual vision
and of right feeling must act quickly il
he is to act effectively.
Theodore Roosevelt believes that the
world is a good world. that it is ruled by
a Divine Providence whose eternal pur-
poses are Just, and he relies with abso-
lutte confidence upon the results of q di-
rect and clear appeal to the sense Of
right and of honor in his felfow-man."
And this is about as good an estimate
Of the Presidents character as has vet
been made. Washington: Dinsmore Pub
fishing Company L. LAMPREY.
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SOME PSYCHICAL PROBI FMS

The Night-Side of Nature: or. Ghost.
and Ghost-Seers," by Catherine Grove.
is a new edition of a remarkable COL
lection of stories of psychic phenomena.
There is an introduction in this edition.
by Thomson Jay Hudson, whose work on
such subjects is we'll known, and whose
Law of Psychic Phenomena, is perhaps
the best thing OF it's kind recently pub
lished
All who are interested in speculation
along the border-line between what are
called the two worlds, natural and spir-
itual, will be likely to find this book in
teresting; and it will also possess a GER
tain fascination for another class of read
ers. who read simply for the story. Mr..
Hudson says:
considered merely as a collection of
stories, the work is far more interest
ing, fascinating, thrilling, than any
novel that has ever been written. And
this is true without reference to the ques-
tion whether the stories are true or false,
fact or fiction; for, disguise II as we viii.
or account for it as we may, the fact re-
mains that the soul of man thrills re-
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MOnu of the Past.

Ancient Royal Palaces in and Near
London" is a book somewhat impressive
in size and more so in contents. In it
are Autographs of historic palaces of
England, from drawings by Thomas X.
Way, together with notes by Frederic
Chapman This volume will be a well
come addition to historical libraries. One
feels, in reading it. as if one had been
personally conducted to the gates Of
these marvellous old structures. More
over at times one has the sensation of
being personally conducted bacI; into the
Dark Ages ana the Norman Conquest.
For example, here is bit of lore about
Windsor which is typical of the general
style OF Mr. Chapman's comments:
Before the Norman conquest an En-
glish sovereign already had a residence
at Old Windsor not far from the castle
subsequently famous through SO many
generations. The site of the palace Of
Edward the Confcssor is not ascertain
able by any record. but tradition points
TO place near Old Windsor Church
known as the Tile Place Farm. Of which
the moat can stiIl be traced. The name
of Windsor under various dissuises. ap-
pears in several documents of the Con
fessor's time One is grant Of land in
Somerset to the Bishop of Wells. and is
dated from WendlosOre. Another. made
at Windleshora on the fourth day OF the
Paschal Week. but with no year speci-
fed, has the signatures, as Witnesses. of
Queen, Edith OF Goodwin, the
Earl of Kent. and OF his son
Harold, afterward King Another.
In which Edward confers on his
new abbey at Westminster tine lord
ship over Windsor and Staines, mus,
have been drawn up but short time be-