Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-07-26


ettage.
In his article on "Pittsburg. A City
Ashamed. Mr.. Steffens very justly
blames apathetic Americans who al
low themselves to be run by political
shysters. but he fails, think to dis.
criminate enough between the two.
One commits crime, the other omits
to do duty he owes the States: and
that Is very different thing. The
business men who shrugged their
shoulders at Chris. Magee's doings
the business men who played into his
hands. nd while neither is n good
American citizen, one is criminal and
the other Is not.
Pittsburg was ruled by Magee ami
Finn (McGee G. Flynn. Magee went
to New York to study Tammany's
methods, and when he returned he
said: "A ring can be made as safe as
u bank.
Mr.. Ste!fens continues: Boss Ma
gees idea was not to corrupt the city
government, but to be It; not to have
votes in councils. but to own council
men. With all this city and county
patronage at his command. Magee
went about undermining the party.
Business meu came almost as cheap as
politicians, and they came also at the
city's expense. Magee and Finn were
the government and the law The Ma
gee-Flinn machine, perfect before, was
made self.perpetuating. | know of
nothing like II in any other city. Tam
many in comparison Is a plaything,
and In the management of city
Croker was a child beside Magee.
Minneapolis was an example of DO
lice corruption; st. Louis of financial
corruption. Pittsburg Is an example
of both police and financial corruption.
The city has been described physical
ly as Hell with the lid or Politically
II Is the same with the lid on.
The citizens are Scotch Presbyte-
rians and Protestant Irish. This
stock had an actual majority not many
years ago-the Scotch and Scotch.
Irish still predominant.
Superior as 1t Is in some other re-
spects, however, Scotch-Irish Pitts
burg, politically, is no better than
Irish New York or Scandinavian Min.
neapolis, and little better than Ger.
man st. Louis. These people, like any
other strain OF the free American, have
despoiled the government-despoile
1t, let 1t be despoiled, and bowed to the
despoillng boss.
1T is not ignorance that keeps
American citizens subservient; Meth.
or Is II indifference. The Pittsbmgers
know, and strong minority Of them
care; they have risen against the ring
and beaten 1t only to look about and
find another ring around them"
= 4 I.
Southern California Practitioner;
June; monthly; 81 year; Los. An
geles. Cal. Contents: Retroversion Of
the Uterus: Surgical Treatment of
Cancer of Pylorus, Diagnosis and
Treatment of Eczema. Puerperal
Eclampsia. The Role OF Heredity in
Disease, Vaccination, Selected, Editor.
ial, The Banquet Address, The Laying
of the Corner Stone of the Clinical La
boratory, Commencement Exercises of
the Medical College, Notes Reviews,
Therapeutical Hints.
4 + 4
Discours de NJ. Louis Frechette, Pre-
sident de la Societie Royale; Pronounce
a Ottawa. From the Transactions of
the Royal Society of Canada, End Sc.
ries.
NJ. Louis Fiechette, a Canadian poet,
whose work was crowned by. the
French Academy some years ago,
sends us with his compliments this
suggestive little pamphlet containing
his address as president of the Royal
Society. II Is eloquent, sustained and
full OF good thoughts, being as the
speaker says: "Quelques rehexions sur
notre epoque ct notre milieu. Bien que
notre maniere de diviser en- etapes de
cent ans la route que porsuit rhuman-