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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-07-12
THE INFLUENCE OF A MOB
BY Hon. THOMAS B. REED, at The eoydon commencement.

in his community. and neither igno-.
ant nor brutal What they might have
done without the eye of the world up.
on them has always been the subject
Of speculation and wonder. These
scenes always occurred when the
thermometer was a hundred in the
shade and each man felt that vote
either way on the question before him
was peril to his party or to him. The
same story can be told of every like
assembly in the world. The disorder
was not American. II was human.
Our Constitution and system of gov.
eminent are in full recognition of the
fact that our people are to govern, and
also of the equally important fact that
they should have a chance to learn
how to govern. We elect a House ev.
cry two years. We eject President
for four years and Senator for six.
Why are there these differences? why
should not the people have opportunity
to change all of them every two years
and make a clean sweep as It seemed
to them good? Simply because wisdom
is not born in an hour. Our forefath.
ers believed that the discussions in.
volved in changing during three diner.
ent periods the Executive, and the two
chambers would involve also an educa
ton Of the whole people which would
make their judgment sound.
Three times within my experience
the Judgment of the people of this
country has been changed on three
great questions. That the final judg.
ment was correct is not for me to say
in this presence. But, as rule,
think should prefer the judgment OF
men after discussion rather than with
out discussion. II is a great thing to
have institutions so framed that tho
people can educate themselves before
they are called upon to act. Time and
truth against any two is sound doc
trine, but truth without time has not
an even chance with error.
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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-07-12
YOUNG hAWAllANS POINT
TO WILCOX
AID kALAU With SC0RN

Continued from Page -
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-01
MERGERS POoH-BAB.

Congressman MERGERS Pooh-Bah, Tom
Blackburn, insists that he is both the
initiative and referendum in the con-
grcssional campaign. He is chairman
of the congressional committee and
treasurer of the congressional commit
tee. In fact, he is the whole committee.
He meets with himself, adopts test oaths
to bar out anti-Mercer voters, and i'm
poses entrance fees upon MERGERS com
petltOrs in the race,
II MERGERS Pooh-Bah had been al
lowed to have his way every candidate
for congress would have been compelled
to pay $50 into the Mercer campaign
fund before he could have had his name
presented in the congressional conven-
ton, and every delegate to that conven-
ton from Douglas county would have
beer compelled to drop 50 into the Mer-
Ger slot. Although the actual expense
Of the congressional committee in hold
ing its convention will not exceed $40
for hiring a hall, Blackburn proposed to
exact about $500 for privileges to candi-
dates and delegates voted for at the pri-
mary. What is to be lone with the
money thus collected the great Pooh
Bah does not disclose to anybody except
Mercer.
Not only did MERGERS Pooh-Bah pro-
pose to supervise the election of dele
gates, which by law is made the func-
ton Of the Douglas county central COM
mittee, but he proposed to take control
of the ballots and constitute himself the
returning board. Under the decree pro-
mulgated by MERGERS Pooh-Bah, the
election officers in every precinct must
first procure their ballots from Black
burn and the returns of the election
must be certified to Blackburn. The
ballots are to be juggled so that Mer-
GERS name will head all the rest, and
unpledged delegates would have to climb
a six-wire fence before they can get per-
mission to have their names inserted
on the ballot When the congressional
convention meets, the great Pooh-Bah
proposes to let nobody enter the hall
unless he can show a card signed by the
PoOh-Bah, and the convention must not
recognize any delegate, however well
certified, unless he exhibits a diploma
bearing the seal and signature Of the
Pooh-Bah.
Great is PoOh-Bah Blackburn and Mer.
Ger is his profit.
p. S.-Mercer's Pooh-Bah has been
deposed as general factotum by order
Of the republican county committee.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-01
LARoR.s HOLIDAY.

Today organized labor has its annual
outing and renews its claim upon public
attention. Year by year, with the adj
vancement Of our Industrial interests
and the growing Importance Of labor,
this holiday meets with a more general
observance. This is as Il should be,
for participation in its ceremonies and
festivities leads TO a wider knowledge
Of the condition and needs Of the labor
ing classes and n more friendly relation
between the employee and the employer,
between labor and capital.
There has never been a time when
organized labor commanded 80 large a
measure of public interest as 1t now
does, or when its relations to capital
and Its influence In respect to industrial
progress were so seriously discussed.
The growth of trades unionism in re.
cent years has compelled its recognition
as a powerful factor in the business
world and this has intensified hostility
to it in certain quarters. Great COM
binatiOns of capital are showing a dis
position to ignore organized labor and
in some instances a purpose to crush
II. This is cOnsplcuously the case with
the anthracite coal combine and that
is not alone in %antagonism to trades
many wise men who believe hat or
ganized labor is entitled to respect, that
the right Of wOrkingmen to unite for
the promotion Of their common interests
is as defensible and justifable as the
right of capitalists to combine for the
advancement Of their interests, and we
think there is no doubt that this is the
view of a great majority of the Amer
lean people. That being admitted, it is
sel%f-evident that those who attempt to
destroy trade-unionism must fail.
The great problem is to find a way to
preserve Industrial peace and organized
labor should assist in finding a way.
In England organized labor was never
stronger than now and with its growth
there has come an increased sentiment
in favor of industrial peace. A London
correspondent says: "Trades-uniOnism
in England today is more than a mere
mutual benefit society. 1t is one OF
the strong influences in the nation. AS
trades-unionism has strengthened it has
come under the direction Of stronger
and better men. The day of reckless
strikes is over. The responsible labor
leaders in this country are among the
most potent Of the forces that make
for industrial peace" There is a sug
gestion in this for the leaders of labor
in the United States, where 1t is quite
as important as in England, for the wei
fare Of the laboring classes, that there
shall be industrial peace.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-01
WEALTH AND PHILANTHROPY.
Getting Rich Quickly Regardless of
the Means Employed.

Brooklyn Life.
Don't waste time. acquiring a trustworthy
character; strive to be a trustee In a trust.
Remember the first necessity for oppor-
tunfty to annex wealth is a reputation for
honesty; when you are known as Honest
Jack Jones or Honest Tom Brown the
widow and orphan VIII flock to your bust
ness center and cast their burdens on you.
Never descend to retail businessi 1t is
hazardous, vulgar and unworthy Of a mag
nate. The prisons are congested with mere
retail ~rascals, while the free-handed whole-
salers OF the trusts are fiattered, honored
and at large. The retailers merely make
work for judges and attorneys; the whole
salers make and work these priests OF the
law.
The distribution Of the rake-of is called
philanthropy and generosity, and to be ef-
fective must be done in wholesale fashion.
Morgan and Rockefeller give away mill
ions, and churches and universities call
their names blessed. Recall the mere re-
taller. The late lamented Richard Turpin
Of England was a gentleman OF generous
instincts, an expert separator, and a firm
believer In the gold standard; but he was
a mere retailer. He was lavish in a small
way with his g~uineas and shillings, and
while he may have pleased the vulgar,
every self-respecting church and university
scorned his trivial methods of trying to
placate that ineradicable contempt for re-
tail larceny which beats In the Anglo-Saxor
breast.
The portraits Of our honored trust mag
mates hang in the halls Of fame; the orig
inal of Turpin hung on Tyburn hill. The
lesson, my son. to be CLEANED from these
historic instance is that law must be re-
spected and retail business abjured.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-01
Mr.. RoOseveIt's Sermons
Chicago Chronicle.


II is something wholly new in this coun-
try to have a president instructiDg peo-
pie day after day on their duties in the
family. in the home and in their relations
to each other in private life. The emperor
Of Germany has achieved som celebrity
in this line. but Mr.. Roosevelt Is the first
Of American presidents to devote himself
to homiletics OF this. description.
Strange as most Of his sermonizing is,
Il will have to be admitted that It is mi
nently sound and that much Of It is sorely
needed. Assuming that his speeches as
set forth in the newspapers are widely
read, there cannot be much doubt that
what he has to say on private and per-
sonal matters involved in the domestic
and individual life OF the citizens will have
a much wider influence than anything that
may fall from him on controverted topics
Of a public and political nature.
Mr.. Roosevelt is young, enthusiastic,
optimistic and ambitious. For the most
part he is actuated by high and honorable
ideals. He has been wonderfully success
full in all Of his undertakings and 1t can
not be denied that, Notwithstanding the
fact that he has been highly favored by
fortune, he is a man Of real merit also.
As a preacher, therefore, he represents
IN his own person and In his own career
most OF the things which he urges upon his
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-01
Personal NOTES.

Andrew Simpson, the Oldest democratic
voter in Baltimore, aged 90, made a speech
at a mass meeting in that city this week.
President Roosevelt does not carry his
advocacy Of the strenuous life so far as to
allow the crowding OF women and children
in his audiences.
John r. McVicar of Boston, the hrst
white child born north Of the Arctic Circle.
has just celebrated his golden wedding an
niversary. He was chrlstened by Sir John
Franklin.
Walter N. Allen, the millionaire farmer
Of Jefferson county, Kansas, says he will
spend $1,000 to be elected to congress from
the Leavenworth district II the fusionists
will but nominate him.
Or. Ales Hrdicka has Just returned 70
New York from a visit to the hidden sa-
cred caves Of the Hutchol Indians Of
Jalisco, Mexico, bringing back with him
many specimens OF their handicraft.
No one has amassed millions so rapidly
as Alfred Belt, the South African million
aire, who is reputed to be the wealthiest
man in the world. His fortune is said to
exceed 81, 1000, 900, 900, and he has an income
sufficient to make ten new miliionaires
every year. The whole Of this colossal
fortune was made within a period of twenty
nve years.
Charles M. Schwab. the steel trust mag
nate, cannot be in as precarious a state Of
health as has been reported. On the dining
car where he lunched on his way from
Plattsburg to New York the other day he
disposed Of the following viands: Soup
1.-TWO plates), roast chicken (one-half).
green corn, potatoes, Lima beans. canta-
loupe, lemon pie 1.-TWO pieces). coffee Zone
oup).
On September is the foundation stone OF
a new Salvation Army building is to be laid
in Cleveland, and Senator Hanna has been
invited to perform the leading part in the
ceremony. Before he can do so. however,
it will be necessary for him to Join the
Bricklayers' union, for the contractor only
employs union men on the job. AS Mr..
Hanna is a liberal contributor to Salvation
Army funds, It is expected that his sppiica-
ton for membership in the union will be
received in the near future.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-01

But instead Of mastering forty members
Of the committee Mercer mustered Just
twenty-eight, including several proxies
fraudulently obtained, after making the
most desperate effort to break the lines
of the opposition. Instead Of endOrs-
ing and reafirming the lawless action
Of the preceding meeting, the committee
repudiated the action of the conference
committee that had agreed to allow
MERGERS Pooh-Bah to run the precinct
primaries in Douglas county, and re-
sumed the control vested in 1t by law
and usage. to name the voting places
and appoint the election officers. But
Mercer will doubtless claim that the
committee has done just what he wanted
and expected 1t to do.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-01

~
countrymen. He has a wonderful industry.
He has tried his hand at nan things and
has made no failure Of anything as yet.
He leads a life Of great activity, physical
as we'll as mental. and. while his modest
personal fortune which has rendered II
unnecessary for him to engage in gainful
pursuits came to him by inheritance, no
one will question his ability or his disposi-
tion to make his own way in the world II
he we're reduced to poverty today.
1t Is no mere theorist, then, who is,
preaching the doctrine OF self-help, indie.
pendence, thrift and industry TO the Amer
lean people. 1t is no psmpered child Of
luxury who is commencing to his coun-
trymen the invigorating doctrine Of the
simple and useful life. Nor is the SER
monizer an old man full Of wise saws which
no one lie inclined to heed. He is the young
est Of all the presidents and in some re-
spects the boldest Of them all.
II his preachments appear to conflict
with the practices of his party, to invite at
tention to the idea Of government-help
which that organization has cultivated SC
strenuously, 1t is all the more incumbent
upon his fellow citizens to recognize his
independence and courage and to look for
something even more pointed from him
in the course Of time.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-01
scientiac Farmers I'm Demand.
sd. Paul P~ioneef-Prese.

st. Paul Ptoneer-Press.
Secretary Wilson says that there Is a
demand for men thoroughly trained in scien-
tihe agriculture much in excess of the sup
ply. His department, he says, has a Job for
every man Of the kline it can find, and there
are some fifty agricultural colleges calling
for competent teachers, and some sixty or
seventy agricultural experiment stations
where there is al opening for a trained sci
enlist. He wants the colleges to pay more
attention to this branch OF learning, and he
suggests to young men that they adopt this
profession rather than the overcrowded pro-
fessions Of law and medicine. The advice is
excellent, and the secretary's persistent
preaching canno but do good, but 1t will
hardly have much influence on those who
set their hearts on law or medicine. These
professions, especially the latter, appeal
particularly to those who want to be at the
heart Of things.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-01
THE WAY TO \
Helen Hunt Jackson.

Helen Hunt Jackson.
The birds must know, who wisely sings,
Will sing as they
The common air has generous wings,
Songs make their way.
Nc messenger 70 run before
DeVising plan;
No mention Of the place or hour
To any man;
No waiting TIL some sound betrays
A listening ear;
No different voice, no new delays.
IL steps draw near.
What bird is that? It's song is good"
And eager eyes
Go peering through the dusky wood
In glad surprise.
Then late at night when by his fire
The traveller sits,
Watching the flame grow brighter, higher
The sweet ong fits
BY snatches through his weary brain
To help him rest;
When next he goes that road again,
on leahess bough will make him sigh,
"Ah, me- last spring
Just here ! heard. In passing by,
rare bird sing!"
But while he signs, remembering
How sweet the song,
The little bird on ~tireless wing
Is borne along
In other air and other men
With weary feet.
on other roads. the simple strain
Are finding sweet.
The birds must know. who wisely sinEA
VIII sing as they;
The common air has generous wings,
Songs make their way.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-01
ChiId-steaIinE by Law.
MINNEAPOLIS Tribune.

. Minneapolis Tribune.
No sound court could uphold the crank
Iowa law hat empowers sociological or
CARNATIONS to take children from in
competent mothers and place them in
better homes" The law denies mothers
and children the protection Of jury trial
and gives arbitrary jurisdiction to mayors
courts. We don't know Just how 1t de-
fines maternal Incompetence. In the test
case, the only trouble with the mother
seems to be that she was poor and had to
work. Doubtless the "philanthropic So
cieties and club women who seized her
year-old baby when she was out OF the
house did not impute this to her as a crime,
but 1t Is undeniable that 1t left her no time
to teach her offspring the higher principles
Of sociology and the esortic meanings OF
Browning and Ibsen, and so At il for adult
membership in the clubs In question. The
trial court threw the law out as %unconsti-
tutional. ,a-.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-01
POINTERS ON MERCER.

Fremont Herald: The Fourth distri,t
puhlicans of Missouri nominated
Reed Of 81. Joseph for congress. He Is
eral solicitor for the 81, Joseph q Grand
Island railway. This suggests, why not
nominate Burt in Omaha instead Of Msrcerl
A good live representative Of a railroad. who
don't claim to be anything else. is entitled
to respect.
Broken Bow Republican: The political
indispositions in Douglas county looks very
much like Dave Mercer will be defeated in
the primaries for denomination to congress.
II the claim OF The Bee is true that Mercer
has ceased to be a resident Of Omaha and
has his residence In another state, we do
not hesitate to say he should be turned
down, no matter how good may be his rec
ord in congress. When a servant Of the
public in any department becomes so inn
portant that he is above mingling with
his constituents he is too important to
longer represent them and should be re-
legated to the rear without ceremony. There
are doubtless hundreds Of other good men,
equally as well calculated to make good
congressman hat could be chosen to hll
the position that reside in the district and
are in touch with the people.
Fairfield Herald: 1t is because the cleo
ton Of a congressman In the Second, or
any other district OF Nebraska, concerns
the whole people Of the state tina we had
till even very lately INDUCED a faint hope
that David II. Mercer might at the eleventh
hour say something to in some degree war;
rant his denomination. But what he has
to say is worse than II he had kept silent
all together. 1t is simply to boast Of the
big appropriations that he has Every sue
cessfully, indeed) obtained from out the
national treasury that David opens his
mouth. II that IL all q congressman lie for
why go through the farce OF holding IN
election at all7 Just turn in and send the
best wire puller and lobbyist down to Wash
ington, and let II go at that. Somehow
the common sense OF people In general re-
volts at the kind OF argument used In his
own behalf by Mr.. Mercer. The metropolis
of this great state is able to and ought to
send a statesman to congress once In ten
years, anyhow. and II they send one this
year they'll have to look for other and
better material than Hon. David H.. Mercer.
The Second district owes Mr.. Mercer moth
ing.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-01
Chicago Record-Herald.

Chicago Record-Herald.
II is natural that the president should be
guarded In his public utterances upon an
industrial question at this time. He has
no wish to disturb the business Of the
country or to excite the apprehension Of
capital. But having gone so far as to advo-
cate federal control through a constitu-
tional amendment the public will naturally
ask, In what way does the president-pro-
rose to exercise federal control over inter
state corporations7 Shalt the government
license them7 Shall 1t limit their capital
ization? How is 1t to determine when g
combine becomes a monopoly
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-01
srrIryiho TIE H0rEP MARKET

2ELIE yIEG TIE H0EEP MARKET.
The suggestion made by the secretary
Of the treasury to some of the larger
national banks in the principal cities
that they order additional amounts Of
circulating notes, for the purpose Of re-
lieving the money market in the event
OF a stringency resulting from the de-
mand for currency for moving the crops,
has met with a favorable response. A
number of banks have notified the comp
troller of the currency that they want
to be ready FOR an increase of their
circulation, should the money market re-
quire 1t, and notes are being prepared
for issuance to the banks whenever they
call for them. The amount thus far
ordered is only So, OOO 900, but this is
very satisfactory in view of the opinion
that had been expressed in financial cir
cles that Secretary Shaw's plan would
fail because at the price of bonds re-
quired for deposit to secure circulation
the banks could not probably carry
out the suggestion of the secretary. II
is reasonably to be expected that the
example of the banks which have or.
dered additional circulation will be fol.
lowed by others, since 1t is manifestly
In the interest of the banks to avert
a monetary stringency and they can
well afford to make q temporary sacri
hce to do 80.
In q statement authorized by the sec
rotary Of the treasury it was said thai
the work of preparation does not indi
cate that the secretary will expect the
banks to issue additional notes except
in response to real necessity. The move
ment, it was explained, is purely pru
dental and precautionary and intended
to relieve any possible currency famine
ut does not conflict at ALL" said tn,
statement, with any OF the various
other methods which have heretofor,
been employed by the department in re
lieylng the money market" There ma,
be no necessity for the banks increasing
their circulation at this time, though
the condition Of the eastern money mar
kets shows that 1t Is well to be pre-
pared for a possible emergency. In tn
west the situation is more Favorable
and some Of the bankers of Chicag
have expressed the opinion that no Sc
rious difficulty will be found in provid
ing currency for moving the crops.
At all events we think It must be ad
mitted that the plan suggested TO tn
banks by Secretary Shaw is reasonable
The banks should not look wholly to tn
national treasury to relieve the none
market when needed but should then
selves assume a share OF the worl
even though there would be no direC
|, profit for them in doing SO. 1t is elearl
their duty, as well as their interest /
the long run, to prevent u monetar
stringency that might result very injl
riously to the business Of the countr
and thus impair prosperity. The eV
dence that some Of them realize this
gratifying.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-01

w are going to have forty votes In
that meeting" said Congressman Mercer
Thursday night. "As the committee COM
prises sixty-one members. you may figure
out what that means. Not only will the
committee endorse and reafhrm its action
in the appointment OF a conference com
mittee last Saturday. but It will endorse
the judges n clerks OF election selected,
which will remove the objection that they
are not selected by the whole committee" -
Omaha Correspondence Lincoln Journal.
Prophets are not often appreciated in
their own country, especially when their
forecasts fail to mRterlalize. The only
part of MERGERS prOphesy that has come
TO pass is that the committee did meet
and appoint the judges and clerks OF
election In conformity with the law.