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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-09
MAY FINISH IN
ANOTHER
WEEK
Senate and House
Are Working
Rapidly.
New Bills introduced
and House Passes
Salaries.

Legislators are now predicting that
the special session will be finished by
next Saturday and if the work is car
ried forward with the same celerity
which marked the House session yes
terday. the prediction will be fulfilled.
Governor Carter is already preparing
for banquet to the legislators for next
Saturday evening, with the expectation
that they viii have completed their
1abors by that day, although the ses-
sion may last few days longer.
Governor Carter viii send to the SEN
ate today message covering various
deficiency items, many of which remain
over from the last administration. The
Governor is also preparing bill which
viii be recommended to the legislature
today, providing for an amendment to
the loan bill. This is a bill allowing
the treasurer to use his option about
advertising for bids for bonds, pro-
yided ne can sell the bonds at private
sale at a higher figure than any pre-
vious bid
The House acted expeditiously and
In a public spirited manner yesterday.
Without interruption the salary bill was
passed as it came from the Governor,
and the majority of the members an
nounce their willingness to do likewise
with the remainder of the administra-
tion bills.
The garbage and sewer bill and the
assessors bln also passed first reading.
Another day of expedition was wit
messed in the Senate chamber. The
evident sentiment pervading the staid
body was one opposed TO tinkering with
the schedules of work as submitted, ex-
cepting by direction of committees that
had Investigated the various matters in
volyed Let well enough alone" seem
ed to be the accepted motto. There were
perhaps one or two snap votes record
ed which may come up to be changed at
later stages of the measures respecting |
winch they occurred. In any event, the |
mistakes If such they were amounted to
nothing compared with those that the
Senate prevented being made yesterday
Smooth sailing would appear to be as
sured for the executive scheme of re-
trenchn1ent as a whole.
Mr.. Dickey's costs of court bill, while
designed in the interest of the main
object may yet involve some risk of
protracted debate, as in parts it in
wolves radical changes.
The two houses will probably ex-
change the two main appropriation bills,
each for nnal action by the other, to-
day, This would be more than half the
battle won on the fourth day.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-09
KEPOlKAl FOR JUDGE.

WASHINGTON, D. c, April s-Attorney General Knox to
day will appointed Circuit Judge
Judge from Office by the Pres
ident.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-09

ASSOCIATED oABIEaRAmso
PARIS April engagement has
taken place off Port Arthur.
RUSSIA AFTER wARsHIPs.
PARIS April negotiating Argentine ,varships
JAPANESE MAY BE LANDING
WELHAI-WEI, April oIt believed Japanese fleet is
covering landing of troops recently mobIized
RUSSIA UNPREPARED
FARBIN April o-On unpreparedness it
decided operate wholly defensive 1t is believed
Japanese cannot pass Mukden.
AFTERNOON REPORT
being modified.
The of Russian
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-09
A MACEDONIAN EARTHQUAKE.

VIENNA, Austria April sReports received here today
earthquake Macedonia April 4t in which twenyour
killed forty injured Fully buildings were
destroyed panic throughout district affected
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-09
CREDITED TO THE KING.

LONDON April eThere is universal approval sign
ing of AngoFrench Colonial treaty. This regarded
other diplomatic of King
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-09
HEARS RlMOR OF A NAVAL
ENGAGEMENT OFF PORT ARTHUR

Russia WashBieved
Landing Uppared Hold the
Tuco-Bulsadan Traty-Houss Passes Philippine Shipping Bill
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-09
HOUSE PASSES SHIPPING BILL.

pine Shipping Bill.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-09
l BALKAN SETTLEMENT.

SOFIA April eThe TurcoBugarian treaty has been signed.
Evening star., 1904-03-23

must now elapse before the chosen repre-
sentatives OF the people can assemble for
work. short of an extra session to meet an
emergency. But this proposal, as in any
other case Of similar readjustment, involves
the curtailment or the extension of the term
of the then sitting members by year.
Thus the Sixtieth Congress. If in session at
the time the shift is effected. would sit for
one or for three years. according as the
choice is made between the alternative
necessities
If the people of Ohio can without fear of
catastrophe face the test of opinion on this
subject surely the whole country can. There
is no danger involved. The reform is popu-
lar today. AS far as the case is understood
it Is In fact demanded by the people. The
absurdity of waiting for more than year
before the newly-elected Congress begins
work has long since been recognized and
deplored. and change has been repeatedly
urged in the interest of better government.
The shift of the inauguration date is con-
sidered by many as mere incidental to this
greater good. The people of Washington are
selfishly and primarily interested in the Sc
curing of a more clement period for the
great national ceremonial, attended by such
vast throngs. But they are perhaps more
keenly aware than the people outside Of the
urgent need of a shift in the congressional
schedule. The initiative thus far for this
reform has been taken by the residents of
the capital. With Ohios example before
the public 1t may not be too much to ex-
pect that the national demand for this SEN
sible readjustment will soon become too
acute for further disregard
Evening star., 1904-03-23
Changing Official Schedules

ANY wholesale rcadjustment of the times
Tor electing municipal and state officers
such as that undertaken in the partly ac-
compiished Ohio reform, necessarily involves
a change in the terms of legislators current
at the date of the passage of the enacting
legislation. But that fact has not deferred
the advocates of the project from pressing
II. The bill signed by Governor Herrick the
other day affects only municipal officers
The proposition to elect state officers in the
eFen-nunSered years instead of the odd
numbered is embraced in an amendment to
the state constitution which will be submit
ted in 1908 to the voters. Thus It is pro-
posed to give the people chance to pass
upon this suggestion at the time of the cleo
tion of the governor whose term will be ex
tended or reduced by one year and the leeis
lators. whose terms will similarly be affect
ed. In this way the state will have the
whole matter before 1t at once and by
deliberately choosing the officials who are
TO serve for one or three rather than two
years they will be enabled to pass inteIlj-
gently and fairly upon the proposed change
In dates and terms.
Thus the matter of the desired reform is
reduced to its simplest terms. In Iatter-
day discussions of the Inauguration date
problem much stress IL laid upon the fact
that any readjustment OF the presidential
term to accommodate the local climatic
conditions should be accompanied by a shift
in the whole national calendar so as to
enable the newiy-elected Congress to NEE,
in the January following it's choice, or in any
case sooner than the thirteen months which
Evening star., 1904-03-23
The Next House.

Control of the next House is very i'm
portant matter. and both parties appreciate
the fact. Both are preparing for a battle
royal. The republicans in Mr.. Babcock will
have an experienced general who has the
knack of winning victories. He knows the
country. and how to set his squadrons in
the field. The democrats will hardly go
south for their congressional chairman The
south needs no attention. They should seek
him rather in the west or in the middle
states. and select man who knows every
foot of that territory and how to play for
votes there. A long time has elapsed since
Judge Crisp filled the Speakers chair. The
republicans returned to power with large
majority, and have kept up their successful
lick steadily. The popular opinion is that
the House will go with the presidency, and
the double stake should, and probably will,
bring out large vote
Evening star., 1904-03-23
New York.

The public must be excused for seeing
something droll in this latest handshske
between Senator Platt and Gov OdeIl It
was arranged with due regard for all the
theatrcals. Both are old performers Both
know the value of keeping in the Iimelight
ana poth know how to carry themselves
"hlle that valuable stage property Is play
ing upon them They do not love each
other little bit. Their relations for some
time, indeed, have been such as to make
any yarn on the subject of friction be-
tween them altogether persuasive, and. as
a result. scores of yarns. with mischief for
their object, have been put in circulation
To silence them all this meeting in Neu
York was arranged, and now we have the
assurance from both sides that perfect
understanding between the two men has
oeen reached and harmony is the watch
word for the coming campaign.
This may prove to be true The two fac
tons may warm to their work against the
common enemy and roll up tremendous
vote for Mr.. Roosevelt in November But
his safety lies more in the situation than in
these men, Neither is thought to care
much for the President, but both are vitality
interested in carrying New York Tam
many now has possession of the town, and
Slioulu tue ueInOCratS win the presidency.
the governorship would be almost certain
TO follow it, and that would leave the re-
publicans of the state without power or
patronage of any kind. Man may not
live by bread alone, but the average New
York politician comes as near to living by
political pickings alone as any one of the
tribe to be found anywhere in this country
The Presidents friends may take some
hope also from the fact that the democrats
of the state are quite much at logger
heads as the republicans. There are the
Parker men pulling for instructions for
their favorite, the Cleveland men pulling
against instructions for anybody in the
hope that the situation at St Louis may
develop in the interests of the Sage of
Princeton, and the Hearst men pulling for
anything and everything promising con-
fusion for the other fellows. The old row
between Hill and Tanmany has broken ont
afresh. and, however the state convention
next month may decide, a certain. amount
OF soreness will follow. New York ia
pivotal state, and was never in all of its
stormy history in quite so much of a COM
motion now.
Evening star., 1904-03-23
Gambling in New York.

Good luck to District Attorney Jerome in
his efforts to run down and mprison the
big gamblers in New York. Gambling is
the of the town. and is respons Bile
for the corrupting of the police force The
lid is now on so far as the little fellows are
concerned. but. as the charge is, the big
fellows go on undisturbed. Mr.. Jerome
wants TO bag them all. big and little alike,
and is entitled to all the legislation neces-
sary to that end. Probably the most ex-
traordinary debate ever heard in law
making body in this country took place in
the New York senate yesterday. One opens
his eyes in astonshment at such charges
leyeled at legislators on a subject of such
transcendcnt Importance to the well being
of society.
Evening star., 1904-03-23
The Dissolution Of the Merger.

Judging from the tonic effect on the rail-
road stock market of the first move to
dissolve the Northern Securities Company
In obedience to the mandate of the United
States Supreme Court that decision is not
going to work any vast damage to the in
dustries and business interests of the coun-
try after all. That injury was not likely to
result was indicated by the first stock
movement after the announcement of the
decision. The very stock involved rose sew
eral points. Other stocks followed suit and
ever since there has been more activity in
the market than for some months, with
tendency toward higher prices for all the
railroad securities.
The anticipation of the announcement by
President Hill of the dissolution of the
merger seemed yesterday to give Wall
street a tip which led to immediate activity
in certain lines. Union Pacific was in de-
mand and by the natural process other Sc
curities went up somewhat, although to
get the margin for Union Pacific there was
some selling of less considered stocks. OF
course, much of this activity was of spec
ulative nature, traders believing that this
or that big company would ultimately gain
either in business or in market value In
consequence of the dissolution.
Taken altogether the courts decision has
been the best thing for the stock market
that has happened in very long time. 1t
has removed the chief cause of stagnation.
the uncertainty as to the meaning of the
law. Whether it will prove incidentally to
be good thing for the people depends upon
the numbers who will be lured into the
street with margins by the tempting
chances to "break out a big profit on some
sudden upward movement. The game is
never too old to be played once more.
1t is noteworthy in passing that the dis
solution announcement contained a fling
at the Supreme Court which in the cir
cumstances can perhaps be forgiven. Stress
is laid upon the fact that the final judg-
ment was not that of four of the nine
judges, who are mentioned specifically by
name On the other hand the names of
those who "disregarded as irrelevant any
beneficial increase of commerce" and order
ed the dissolution of the merger are with
held from the public and perhaps formally
erased from the calling list of the merger
magEates
OF course the majority members of the
Supreme Court can stand such a slight
Majorities of this body have been pilloried
before in much more severe terms, and this
passing negative allusion to the power
which the merger managers reluctantly
obey can easily be forgiven. The chief
point is that the law, as interpreted, is
being promptly obeyed and in this respect,
at least, as far as the case goes, the pro-
moters of this great railroad trust are set
ting an excellent example to all classes of
the people
Evening star., 1904-03-23
The Two-Thirds Rule.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
Notwithstanding the measure of success
attained in Rhode Island, Kentucky, Mis-
sissippi, Kans IS, Illinois and G. JIiforn.a, 1t
is still doubtful whether the Hearst Bryan
combination can manage 20 secure more
than third of the delegates to the demo-
cratic national convention. 1t must, how
ever, be acknowledged that such a result
is possible. 1t IS high time, without regard
to partisan considerations, that conserva-
tive democrats all over the Union should
begin to discuss the expediency of abolish
ing the two-thirds rule at st. Louis, lest
the selection of a candidate likely to COM
mand the suffrages of sober-minded citi-
zens be vetoed by a populistic and social
istic minority.
Evening star., 1904-03-23
Balfour's Fluctuating Majority.

1t is becoming clearer every day that the
collapse of the Balfour ministry in conse-
auence of the failure of it's support in par
lament cannot be long delayed. Yester
day the government barely ESCAPED a vote
of censure on an Irish question by a mar
gin of sixteen. The other day on a ques
ton of importing cooiie labor into South
Africa the government. after a bitter fight
led by the ostenslble chief OF the opposition
liberals. won by comparatively handsome
ma aiority Of fifty-seven votes. This. how
ever. was under severe pressure, party
whips having exhausted every poss.bsl ty to
round up the governments supporters.
Thirteen unionists. former followers of Bal
four, abstained from vo.ng. Ii this were
fixed quantity the m.n.strys position
would be fairly easy. for fifsy-seven Is by
no means irconsiderable MAJ n, even in a
Evening star., 1904-03-23
The President on the Canal.

The Presidents letter to the Panama
canal commission is in a vein which Will
inspire confidence everywhere in the carry
ing forward of the canal enterprise. 1t Is
all the stronger for being strictly in line
with his other acts in tine premises. He
but breaches what he has been practicing,
and but requires of the commissioners that
standard of performance for which he him
self has set the example. Neither politics
nor personal favoritism must enter into any
part of the work, but the whole be con-
Quoted on sound and honest business prin-
ciples.
AS we all know, the pressure brought to
bear upon the President to select the canal
commissioners on what are called every
day lines was very strong. The places were
attractive and politicians of both parties
fixed their eyes upon them. Many recon-
mendations by and in favor of politicians of
note were made, and calculations in some
quarters were based upon the idea that they
would prevail and commission be named
rejecting popular pull rather than profess
sional equipment for the work. The Presi-
dent upset all of these calculations. and by
going to the professional world for his men
impressed his own ideas of the canal project
strongly upon the country.
The commission. ii is agreed, is worthy
of the Presidents pains from every point
of view. Every member is we'll and IA
vorably known, and has had to do with
large enterprises. Several are already
familiar with the situation at Panama,
and they bring to their new duties much
valuable Information. There is every
reason to expect therefore, not only a
thorough grasp of what is required in
piercing the isthmus. but the business
ability 10 command at good figures the
means for accomplishing the work They
Will neither be stinted i'll their outlay
nor encouraged in any extravagance.
But. as already stated. the chief sub
Ject for congratulation is the fact that
politics Will cut no figure in this monu-
mental matter. Both parties had de-
clared for a canal and when the Panama
treaty was presented the votes for its
ratification came from both sides of the
Senate chamber. The enterprise then,
Is distinctly American, to be paid for
with American money, and in the years
TO come to be operated for the country's
safety and enhancement. no matter
which or what political party may be
In power in the United States
Evening star., 1904-03-23
Civic Ugliness and Beauty.

FROM the Brooklyn Eagle.
Our city has become such a subject of
assault from the sign builders, the tree
cutters, the architects of fimsy tenements
the makers of awnings the planters of
telegraph poles and the grabbers of streets
and sidewalks that We seem to have de-
spairingly resigned ourselves to chaos and
ugliness as inevitable to that mere material
expansion which satisfies a ma jority of
people in New York. We have not learned,
as foreign capitals have done, that it is
just as cheap and just as easy to have
all our conveniences without unsightliness
as 1t is to force them on notice The trouble
is that we have had no artistic direction in
the past, and that whenever art appeared
to be in conflict with some private interest
the exponent of that interest would send up
such a pitiful outcry about his rights that
art stopped its ears, being an oversensitive
soul, and let him have his way rather than
endure his clamor
We are frequently lectured about the
rights of the individual before the law
but the lecturers appear to forget the right
of the public before and behind the law.
Evening star., 1904-03-23
What Roosevelt Has Done.
From the Kansas City Star.

President Roosevelt has not only vindi-
Gated the Sherman antitrust law through,
the Northern Securities merger case and
other important actions brought by his ad-
ministration. but he has also secured the es-
tablishment of the Department of Com
merce and Labor, with its exceptional pow
ers for regulating trusts and kindred COM
binations. When it is remembered how
gradually, but how strongly. the trust evil
has grown, and the littIe-the very little
that former administrations did to cope
with it or even show dislike for it, the
people must contemplate the achievements
of President Roosevelt with almost as much
wonder as admiration.
Evening star., 1904-03-23
A Sense of Security.

An age of chemicals is this.
The mixtures that they brew
Are proof against analysis,
Each day brings something new,
There's borax in the meat, it's said,
And acid in the beer,
And there is alum in the bread
And everything tastes queer.
And so my soul I shall not fret,
Although the harvests fail
And fruits mournful fate have met,
Touched by the frosty gale
For, though the very worst is done
By cold or rarching heat,
1 know that while the factories run,
Well have enough to eat
Evening star., 1904-03-23

legislative body where they like ma3orities
big and sturdy. But to come down the
next day to a paltry sixteen. and on an
Irish question at that, has made the gov
ernment look very shaky. in view OF the
palpable discomfort among its adherents In
the commons. The prime question now IS
as to how long the government will be able
to stick it out and what will be the tmme-
diate occasion of its collapse.
Evening star., 1904-03-23
The Public and the Prima Donna.

You often refer to the public" said
the interviewer. Il should like to know
just what your impression of the public
is"
the public answered the prima dom
ma, is a large aggregation of persons,
VINO work from six to twelve hours a
day in order to get money enough to
hear me sing in the evening""
Evening star., 1904-03-23
SHOOTING STARS.
Resigned.

What will posterity say about your
career?"
I don't know" answered Senator
Sorghum. But I'm sure of this much:
There's no way to keep posterity from
having the last word and I'm not going
to waste any valuable time arguing
about it."
Evening star., 1904-03-23
Fortify Hawaii.


Since the Hawaiian islands are to be per-
manently retained. it follows that they
should be adequately fortified. In the
event of naval war they would be a point
of attack and unless they should be well
protected 1t might be difficult to hold them,
especially II the enemy should possess a
strong navy.
Evening star., 1904-03-23
A New York Joke.

From tie New York Evening Telegram
Horses in the White House stables are
suffering owing to the proximity of the
marshy Potomac. Better have the river
moved before the s. p. c. A. hears about it,
Evening star., 1904-03-23
Quite Similar.

The base ball game will soon be here,
The circus people will parade.
The once congealing atmosphere
VIII turn toward ninety in the shade.
And yet the comments that we meet
VIII sound just as they did of old,
Except that We'll bewail the heat
Instead of kicking at the cold
Evening star., 1904-03-23

The spring fashion parades will soon be
due, and after that there will be little to
look forward to except an occasional circus
procession
Evening star., 1904-03-23

The Chinese government has been so busy
watching the war that it has for some time
neglected to throw the country into a fever
OF excitement by taking somebody's yellow
Jacket away from him
Evening star., 1904-03-23

There is compensation in all things
Every time an article of food gets particu-
larly dear scientist can be found who will
declare that it was not wholesome, anyhow.
Evening star., 1904-03-23
Trying to Learn.
From the y

From the Nashville Banner
Boston is TO have series of fifty lectures
on Culture" in the spring. According to
Boston's estimate of herself this looks like
carrying Goals to Newcastle
Evening star., 1904-03-23

The Northern Securities Company does
rot hesitate to mention by name the Su-
preme Court justices for whose opinions it
entertains the highest regard
Evening star., 1904-03-23

1t would be rather hard If DIR. Parkhursts
conscience should require him to deliver a
discourse on the improvement in New
York's municipal morals.
Evening star., 1904-03-23

1t would be a great relief to a world that
is still more or less oppressed by supersti-
ton If March should for once both come in
and go out like a lamb.
Evening star., 1904-03-23

Mr.. Platt and Mr.. Odell continue to as
sure their friends that they are arranging
terms of peace and not conditions of war.