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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-09-17
rally in strengthening the trust com.

rally in Strengthening the trust com
binations is the favor they receive
from transportation companies. How
can you expect legislation along this
line to be instituted and carried forth
by men thus interested? It is net 9
doubtful proposition and the transpor
tation companies themselves admit it
that today every combination and
trust is receiving aid and encourage
ment by rebates. The small shipper
does not stand in the same light as
the big one. The Wabash railroad In
order to obtain entrance into Pitts.
burg, made a cut rate to the Carnegie
, Steel company, for vast volume of
it's traffic. The Great Western railroad
made cut rate with the beef combi-
nation at st. Joseph for the transpor-
tation of it's products. These two
cases are in the open, but at the pres
ent time, hearing is being had be-
fore the Interstate commerce commits
sion in which the Santa Fe railroad is
plaintiff and the Union Pacific railroad
is defendant, where it is shown that
the Union Pacific railroad grants to
the elevator men reduction of from
$3.50 to 81 SO per car by reason of
the storage of grain and the Santa Fe
people demonstrate that this is but
another manner of rebates.
The Standard Oil company had it's
wealth very much increased by the
fact that it was able to obtain special
rates from the railroads of our coun-
try and thereby crush out the indie
pendent refineries.
The greatest monopoly on earth Is
being formed today by the gigantic
merger of the railroads. Of what
avail to the farmer of this country will
be the dissolution of the Northern Sc
curities company if two roads wish to
unite their bonds and become under
the control of one individual? Wha,
Is the difference if the same individual
control the bonds of both roads con-
Quoted on paper under different man
agements? 1t is not the men who
manage the roads that have the power,
1t Is the men who control the bonds
1t is the men that do the underwriting.
The chief manipulation of the steel
combination controls today over So
600 miles of railway by reason of fur
nishing the money for their bonds,
and he is the chief owner of the Inter
national Harvester company
A party that wishes power and Sue
cess should not form combinations with
these men or with such Institutions
They discuss candidates for the presi-
dency with the same ease and com
placency that you do-the purchase OF
stock. They look at it from the same
point Of view, their own interest Why
is it possible the people of the state
OF Iowa do not look at this question
from the same standpoint? The siren
uous man who now occupies the white
house is seemingly at variance with
trust magnates, but it is only a seem
ing antagonism, it is not real.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-09-17
An Alliance With Monopoly.

When it was heralded across the
country that Senator Hanna would, IN
the Ohio state convention, antagonize
a resolution endorsing Roosevelt, the
great rough rider from some mountain
top by wireless telegraphy, sent to
the senior senator the following meg
sage: Dear Mark, do not stand In
the way, you know I am all right"
And Mark, giving expression to the
feeling of his heart answered back
with the same rapidity and by the
same course, the following telegram.
"Yea, Lord, thy will be DONE" These
men will not come in conflict with one
another. Why is it that the railroad.
telegraph, and express companies have
more influence in the halls of legisla-
ton than the farmer? The answer is
readily had, they have more influence
in politics than the farmer. Do not
permit your great party to become
allied with men and institutions who
look at you purely and alone from the
position of gain.
Parties will obey your behests if you
but stand pat' upon the proposition
Of the right of the producer to rule.
One great party stands before you to-
day and it prides itself Oh what it did
for the gold standard, contending that
every agency of nature and all the
prosperity we have today emanated
from it and it's legislation.
1.-THE Money Question"
The God of the Universe it was, Inn
planted in the hills of the west. gold
and silver, and in the east coal
and iron, and in all our country all the
materials that go to the progress and
elevation of our people. Was this in
reality, the work of the Republican
party?
Be true to yourselves, your homes.
and your families and when men ask
you to "stand pat" and say that last
years republican platform was a
democratic harangue, and ask you to-
day to still keep in power this party,
be candid enough to ask them why they
are standing pat, and what does
oCoAo1ASo poI d1Cd1, duo why SuCl.
ter to monopoly" should be erased
from the platform, if the meaning of
the present one is the same as the
platform of 1902? And ask them why
they are not in favor of legislation
opposing discrimination in freight
rates and why they believe that a high
protective tariff is beneficial to the
producers of our country? And il
they point to the gold standard, then
ask them what is the meaning of asset
currency and the Aldrich bill. and in
whose interest is it's passage being
demanded.
They say to you that the money
question is settled. and wish to keep
from your mind all reference to it. It
may and it may not be settled. depend
ing upon the point of view from which
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-09-17

use on the farm. In me work shops,
steel bridges, plows, nearly everything
in common use in the home is a pro-
duct in some way of this industry.
T.x on Steal Rails
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23
WILL THERE BE WARP

Wars do not come easily these days
and until blow is actually struck be-
tween Japan and Russia, there will be
reason to hope for peace. 1t should al
ways be kept in mind, amid the 'clatter
of contradiction which comes over the
cable, that Japan Is in a bad financial
way. The Chinese indemnity started
the country in course OF extrava-
gance which has sorely crippled her,
and her chances OF placing war loan
| abroad are meagre. Probably she could
not place a large one at home. Now
as victory in war Is likely to go to the
power of the longest purse, Japan must
naturally hesitate to incur the fearful
risk of a conflict with Russia unless
forced into 1t by some degrading
wound to her honor. Surely Manchu-
ria is not a sufficient cause. JaDan
has no particular business in that dis
| tant field, the worn-out soil and dense
native population OF which would af-
| ford no sustenance and room to imini-
grating Japanese. That she Is fiercely
negotiating over that dreary province
is regarded, in some high quarters, as
sign that she is trying to force a
compromise which will leave her. with
The public attitude of Russia does
not challenge this theory. only the
other day Russia declared that she stood
merely on the defensive and that the
Japanese must not cross the Yalu
river" which is the dividing line be-
tween Korea and Manchuria. This
would seem to leave them free to do
as they pleased on the Korean side.
To thnf
had no objection to Japan's landing
two regiments at Korean port. IN
less Russia is attempting. in some
way, to handicap the little brown men
and leave the path open for future
Korean issue. we cannot see "h"
there should be war. Even in that
case Japan might prefer to take what
she could get rather than begin war
on an empty treasury.
1t is not that the Japanese are timid
They are. in all respects. a formidable
military people. They could give Rus
STA more trouble than the Turks dld
in 1877 But their statesmen are hard
Nv prepared to invite bankruptcy in the
name of patriotism. They know that
Russian resources are illimitable; that
the French loan is always behind the
Gear; and that in the end, even II
Russia was worsted at first, the white
powers Of continental Europe would
naturally league-as they did in the
land indemnity settlement with China
in 1S95-against the new form OF the
yellow peril which the Emperor Will
liam foresaw and painted upon mar
tial canvas. The wise men in the
Cabinet of Tokyo see far; and If war
comes we may we'll believe that it Will
be against their will and in spite of
their apprehensions.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23
HOME RULERS AND BANKS.

Young Mr.. Damon overturned the
Home Rulers on the financial PROPOSE
ton when he said that Bishop & Co.,
would loan no money to officials whom
they could not trust. The same NAV
be said of all the other banks. They
are not political or gift enterprise in
stitutions, but they loan money which
depositors leave in their care to people
who are reasonably certain to meet
their obligations and not to impair
their security Such men as are run
ming on the Home Rule county ticket
"a glimpse of whose past official de-
linquencies was given in these columns
yesterday-could not raise a nickel to
tide themselves over officially from
any bank in this town. Not only would
the bankers gag at the moral element
of the loan, but the depositors, nine
tenths of whom are opposed to the
Home Rule party, would naturally OBJ
ject to such uses of their funds.
If there is going to be smooth run
ming for the county the administrative
work must be in Republican hands.
What do the Home Rulers know about
County government? Their only essay
in framing a law for it was made with
shears and paste pot when they passed
bill which named counties in the
state of Washington for certain bene-
fits and provided a fund to supply
schoolhouses here in the tropics with
fuel; and as for capable and honest
administration of any kind most of the
Home Rule County nominees have
proved their incapacity for it and the
rest are waiting to. OF the Repub-
leans, the nominees for the offices
which will have most to do with shap-
ing county administration are all
qualified. morally and intellectually.
Take the Supervisors, for example:
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23
lOLAL BREvITlES.
tFrom Wednesdays Daily)

Superintendent Atkinson gives assur-
ance that Hawaii will have an educa-
tional exhibit, II nothing else, at the st.
Louis Exposition.
The japanese vice consul, Nakayama,
is reported to have been thrown from a
horse while riding near Kainaliu, Ha-
wall. He escaped injury.
Mrs. Kalei Laka. while gathering
opihis in the sea at Honuapo, slipped
and was drowned. The body had not
been recovered UP to oct. IL.
Marshal E. r. Hendry will leave for
Maui and Hawaii in the Mauna Loa
with Federal subpoenas for members
of the Legislature on those islands.
Frank Pahia, deputy sheriff of Koo-
laupoko and Republican candidate for
Supervisor in the Fifth District of Ca
hu, speaks confidently of Republican
success in the Koolau precincts.
Reports about the missing ship Helen
Brewer had 1t that Captain Mahaney's
wife and daughter were on board. The
fact Is that Captain and Mrs. Mahaney
did not have a daughter. They leave a
son who lately graduated from an en-
cheering school.
w. c. Peacock e. Co., Ltd, has
claimed of the Government the privi-
lege of conducting the Royal and the
Royal Annex saloons, contained be-
meath one roof, under a single license.
The Attorney General has given an
opinion adverse to the claim.
An affidavit from John X. Kekaula
received yesterday puts a quietus on
the suspicion of forgery that attached
to his withdrawal as q candidate for
supervisor on the Home Rule ticket
in the county of West Hawaii. The
affiant says he executed his letter of
in presence of ]. H. Waipui-
lani and ]. X. Nahale, of his own free
will and without compulsion.
Mrs. Kalei Laka was accidentally
drowned at Honuapo, Kau, Hawaii, last
While fishing for opihi on
the rocks she slipped into deep water.
Her father was with her but, being I'M
able to swim, was helpless to save his
daughter He ran half mile for as
sistance and came back with several
natives only to find no trace of the
woman. 1t is feared she
fell a prey to sharks that abound in
the vicinity.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23
(From Thursdays daily.)

August Toellner, formerly Honolulu
newspaper correspondent, is in town.
He may stay here. Mr.. Toellner was
once acting Governor of Laysan Island.
| Inspector J. X. Burkett, having con-
cluded his round of the Honolulu pub
lie schools, has begun the inspection OF
| those in the outer districts of Oahu.
He states that he has found the city
schools in good shape, though some Of
them are a little crowded.
Supt. A. T. Atkinson returned from
| the expedition to the Industrial School
at Waialee yesterday morning. Gov
ernor Dole anu Superintendent Cooper
of the Public Works. remained at Wal
alua looking into public Improvement
problems in that vicinity. They will
undoubtedly be home for the executive
council meeting due this morning.
Meteorological Lydecker says that last
nights rain was probably part of the
Midway island storm which has passed
to the north of us.
DR.. Watt has resigned as government
physician for Lihue. Kauai, on account
of i'll health and DR.. Wilkinson of Wal
mea will take his place.
w DIX was started yesterday ny tile
Public Works department on the con-
struction of the fireproof vaults for the
court records in the Supreme Court Of
flee.
The report of the Leahi Home for
Incurables, by Treasurer S. E. Damon,
shows 2S inmates for August, 1903 as
compared with 16 in September, 1902.
The daily expense for each patient has
been reduced within the year from ST.
Ga to 5000.
In the last mail j. Higgins of Manoa
valley received his commission from the
Department of Agriculture as U. S.
Horticulturist He has Joined the staff
of the Experiment Station. Mr.. Higgins
is a graduate of Cornell University.
and an expert in his line.
Amidst all the talk about the prob
abilities of a lava flow from Mokua-
weoweo, the summit crater, it is to be
remarked that the official map of the
island of Hawaii, made two years ago,
does not show a single lava flow,
ancient or modern, from Mokuaweoweo
and it purports to show all that have
ever occurred upon Mauna Loa.
Charges have been laid with Superin-
tendent Cooper against j. w. Springs
ton, contractor for the Pearl Harbor
road, for employing japanese labor on
the work. Construction was lately
suspended owing to an attachment
levied in a suit of Honolulu Plantation
Co. against the contractor for money
advanced and supplies furnished.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23
THE APPROACHING ELECTION.

Wise generals, in the heat of battle,
| converge their most reliable and best
equipped forces upon the points where
the concentra ton OF the enemy is most
apparent. In this fact there IL a sug-
gestion for the political campaign in
the Territory of Hawaii. Evidently
the underground politicians, be they
renegade Republicans or of any other
malignant character, who are masquer-
aiding under the name of Home Rule,
have given up the idea Of beating the
Republican candidates in oahu and
are seeking to transfer the thick of
their fight to the large island of Ha-
wall II they can induce the Republic
can forces to keep their army of can
vassers at work here, while they are
quietly saturating Hawaii with their
falsehoods and aspersions, their d.
version may he n success. 1t Is al
ways bad policy to use pile driver
to drive a tack. That formidable piece
of machinery is only serviceable where
there are piles to be driven.
The Advertiser repeats it's advice of
yesterday that, while not neglectlng
oahu or any of the other islands, the
Republican managers pay special at
tention to Hawaii. Wherever the
name of Home Rule, the substance of
which Is only represented in any genu-
inc sense by the Republican party and
by the existing Republican admins
tration, is desecrated by lies of adroit
assumptions that are only designed to
entrap innocence or ignorance coinpe-
tent Republicans should be promptly
on the ground to clear the air ana fur
nish a remedy.
The reaction in great cities of the
United States against low machine pol
itics, engineered by men to whom the
color of their coats Is of no Importance
while they can advance their personal
ends through greed and other forms or
baseness, is too conspicuous to be dis
regarded. Especially are renegades
dangerous when they are smart enough
to work unseen and in the dark, while
better citizens pull the chestnuts out
of the fire. This phase of the boss sys-
TEN has been rampant in substance but
very quiet in manner in Honolulu. 1t
Is time to profit ~ the examples Of
older American communities, where
good citizenship has come to the fore,
under the Republican banner, which Is
the flag of the country. Seth Low WAL
most likely be elected in New York.
Crocker is sure of success in San Fran
cisco. In this Territory real home
rule should everywhere be triumphant
and spurious home rule trampled
into the dust by the uniform success
of the Republican candidates.
Where there is a will there is
way" and no chance should be lost or
minimized for want of organization
and energy.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23

The afternoon papers yesterday had
a skeleton dispatch from "Marshfield'
about the wreck of the steamer South
Portland on a reef at Bandon. The
Star credited Marshtield to oregon,
which is probably correct. Its contem-
porary, the Bulletin, chose the Marsh
field in England and found a Bandon
reef over in Ireland-though why an
English rural village, fifty miles from
the sea, should be first to report n
marine disaster on Ireland was uneX-
planned. The Advertiser, in looking the
matter up, found n Marshheld in Mas
sachusetts, not far from tidewater, and
by consulting gazetteer discovered
that the only steamer registered under
the name South Portland" belongs on
the North Atlantic coast. This paper
was almost inclined, therefore, to fix
upon the Massachusetts Marshfeld, but
upon examining the map, found Ban
don near the Oregon port and in the
coast steamship advertisements found
a South Portland listed, So the Stars
choice stands. The circumstance will
be interesting to the public as showing
the difficulties which attend the proper
handling of the daily cablegrams.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23
THE CHINESE INQUIRY.

We hope that inquiry will not stop at
the uses of a Chinese corruption fund
in heading off prosecutions in the Fed
eral Court.
Some queer things have been done
for Chinese suspects in one of the
Territorial courts, the character OF
which the record will disclose.
Let no guilty man escape. Let the
search be thorough and the investiGa-
ton deep. Perhaps the public will then
learn why there has been so much
success TO Oriental crime.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23

If any warning was given Captain
Greene of the Nippon Maru 1t prob
ably was to keep sharp outlook, as
he approached the Japanese coast, for
signs of war. His ship will be nine or
ten days away from the news and II
anything should occur meanwhile to
break the peaceable relations of Rus
STA and Japan, he would not be in n
position to know it. Hence the wisdom
of watching for the 'long, low, rakish
looking vessel" OF a possible foe.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23

Wilcox is quite in his old form as a
jaw-warror when he tells the Home
Rulers that, if elected sheriff, he Will
put rope about the necks of the white
men and drag them into the sea. The
public, however, does not forget what
Wilcox did on previous occasions when
he and the haoles had triiiing I'M
pleasantness. In 1885, for instance, he
hid in an empty gas tank, with flag
of truce wrapped around him, while
some of his followers We're stopping
bullets, and in 1895, after starting a
revolution" he beat the worlds noun
tain goat record in sprinting for safe
hiding place in the woods. AS terror
to haoles Wilcox is about as formidable
as a cottontail rabbit.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23
TIDES, SUN AND MOON.
New moon Oct. Goth. at 4:5s a. m.

New moon Oct. Goth. at 4:59 a. m.
Times OF the tide are taken from the
United States Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey tables.
The tides at Kahului and Hilo occur
about one hour earlier than at Homo
lulu.
Hawaiian standard time is ID hours 80
minutes slower than Greenwich time,
being that of the meridian OF 157 de-
s<ees so minutes. The time whistle
blows at 1880 p. M, which is the same
a. Greenwich, 0 hours o minutes. Sun
and moon are for local time for the
-hole RrouD.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23

Admiral Togo, who commanded the
Naniwa when the Japan-China war
broke out and began that conflict by
sinking the Kow Shing, has been placed
In command OF the Japanese Flying
Squadron. He is the most determined,
adventurous and enterprising flag of
ticer in the navy of his country and
the sternest disciplinarian. In case of
war, the Russian admiral in the Yell
low Sea will find Togo an ugly GUS
toner.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23

1t would be we'll when the military
commission arrives to impress upon
1t the desirability of turning back to
the Territory the great fertile tract
near Wahiawa which was taken over
by the War Department during the
the early Philippine troubles. The plan
was to use it as a health reservation
for sick and wounded soldiers coming
back from the war. There was never
any occasion to occupy it in that way
and the fine tract lies idle while Amer
lean small farmers are clamoring for
part of the limited Hawaiian public
domain For military purposes the
reservation is useless, though in case
of foreign war it would be of great
utility in raising food for troops and
citizens alike. Congress ought to be
urged by military men to restore it.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23

All signs point to the Democratic
nomination OF German for President.
Nothing much is heard of Hill and the
Hearst candidacy is mere newspaper
hubbub. German will be run TO draw
capitalistie support from Roosevelt.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23

The Macedonian revolt was easily
crushed No small province can hope
to withstand the Porte's military pow
err; even Russia. in 1877, found the task
difficult. Macedonia's one chance was
in having the powers intervene but the
powers, however sympathetic, knew
their business too we'll.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23

People living on 1.-The plains" as they
used to be called, viii have no cause
to complain of their transit facilities.
With electric lines running out TO VIII
der avenue on the mauka side, on Bere-
tanla midway and on King for the ma
kai side, the plainsmen will have little
trouble in connecting with any trolley
point.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23

Leniency with criminals has ALWAYS
been a weak point in Hawaii's social
system but we do not remember TO have
seen It carried to a greater extreme
than in the case of Ben Gallagher. For
the sake of the example, II nothing
more, that felonious worthy deserves a
term on the reef. Letting him go gives
him a chance TO commit more crime
and encourages others to emulate him.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23

That speech at the Mohonk confer
ence shows how keenly the experiment
of self government here is being watch
ed by students of affairs on the main
land. Hawaii may be isolated but it
is not concealed, and when there is any
special outbreak of public corruption
in the Territory the fact becomes wide
ly known. Those missing vouchers are
a fruitful theme of discussion over the
way and will yet be heard from in
Congress-
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-23

One of the attractions of the water
front street not far from the Inter-Isl-
and wharves is small pond which fills
up during every rain and does not dry
for several days after the wet weather
stops. This pond breeds innumerable
mosquitoes, As n few loads of gravel
would remedy matters the mosquito
committee might do we'll to confer on
this subject with the Public Works
Department.