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The Cairo bulletin., 1904-12-17
WANTS LAWSON INDICTED.
Enslishmsn Who Lost $4,000 n Cop
per Demands That AmaIgamated
Show its Books.
By Ihe Assoclated Press.


New York, Dec. 1G.-An appllca
zion for the indictment Of Thomas w
Lawson and for showing Of tdc books
of the Amaigamatel Copper company
was made at the district attorneys
Office today by Henry Wellington
Wack. who lives mot Ct the time in
London Wack rays he owns one
thousand share OF Analgamated and
that it was worth when he cane here
few weeks ago SSl $50. As a result
Of Lawson's acts Wack assertc hi.
stocks fell 10 SO and he suffered a
loss OF approximately $1,000
Wack asks ha. demand be made
on the Amalgamated Copper company
for its books to ascertain just what
its stock is worth and If Lawsons
declaration proves false he wants him
indicted under the Law tina provides
hat any person who knowingly eircu
latel a false rumor OF statement of in.
teiligence against a stock IS punish
able by a line of not more tam So
900 or BY imprisonment for not more
.han three years, or both.
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Instead OF Shooting Each Other
Full OF Holes
THEY ARE IN HARMONY
EACH UNDERSTANDS PERFECT.
LY THE OTHERS POSITION
-REFUSE TO DISCUSS
THEIR CONFER.
ENCE.
BY the AssoeIated Press.

Boston. Dec. lG.-Col Wm. G..
Green, New York, who accused
Thomas w Lawson. OF this city. OF
being responsible for the recent
break In copper snares. came to Bos-
ton today and was met al The hotel
fouraino By Lawson. The nature
OF the statements issued by both
Green and Lawson ,but particularly
by Green. who considered that Law
son was TO blame for the raid upon
the stock OF Green's Consolidated
Copper company. together with the
market developments of the past few
days. all had combined to suggest the
possibility OF a clash between the two
operators
AS far as became known. however,
nothing Of The kind took place and
Col. Greeh returned to New York la.e
this afternbon, after having been in
conference with Lawson since 9:l5
a. IN.
After CoLSCrean haa left. a mem.
her Of a prominent Boston brokerage
firm, who attended the conference. is
sued a statement which he said. had
been asserted No by b0ih Green and
Lawson. The slbstantial part OF the
statement was that Lawson had call
ed upon Green A. the hotel, after
learning that GriAA was in Boston;
that Green hal Il I Aained at the cor.
ference that TIE Recent breaks in the
stock market were due TO the public
ptterancss of Lawson; thai the COZ
sssal felt keenly tae decline in Ger.
tain stocks in whi4A he was interest
ed. and that lawson had maintained.
in answer to Green, that he had done
to bring about any fall In the
stocks in which Green VS. Interested.
The statement concluded wi;h the
words. Each gentleman has a per
feet understanding of the others poi
sition. There is nothing further IL
state, Of interest"
Green and lawson each refused TO
discuss In any way the conference,
saying the general statement contain.
ed all they had to express
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-12-17
SENATE PASSES
PHILIPPINE BILL
SENATOR M'cuM5ER THE ONLY
REPUBLICAN, VOTING WITH
THE DEMOCRATS IN oPPosI
TlON.

By the Associated Press.
Washington. Dec. lG.--The senate
today. by vote Of "A to %, passed
the Philippine civil service govern
ment bin. The final yo;e wa preced
ed by the presentation Of many
amendments and a general dircus
sion Of them as well as of accusations
Of the bill. The discussion vas con.
fined quRe generally to the merits OF
the measure.
On amendments Suggested by Dem.
ocratic sena ors seyeral Republican
voted in the Affirmative. but senate.
McCumber was the only r 9u5liaaa
who voted with the Dsmocrana against
he final passage Of the bill.
The most notable change le du
ring the day was the lowering Of the
rate Of interest ON railroad nds &,
be guaranteed by the Philippine gov
ernment from five 10 four per cent.
Todays session Of the horse wa
given over almo.t exclusively % con
sideration Of bills cf the pfifa,e cal
endar. a dozen or more being passed
The senate amendmea' S to the u~g n
deficiency hiii were agreed T. snd a
adjournment was iaken unui aloa-
day
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-12-17
NAN PATTERSON'S
REQUEST DENIED
COURT REFUSES MOTION OF
HER ATTORNEYS TO AcoUIT
HER OF CHARGE OF MURDER
ING YOUNG.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
New York, Dec. 16.-Without hear
ing argument by the prosecution,
which had rested its case. Justice pa
US today denied tho motion of Nan
Paterson's counsel 20 aequit her of
the charge Of murdesiug Caesar
Ycung. and adjourned the .eial mill
Monday at the request of defense.
The question Of the admissibility Of
evidence concerning }. Morgan Smith
AMI his wife was again raised and
Justice Davis decided 10 admit the
evidence.
John Mellin, Yonng'a partner. was
recalled and Identified several let
tCrs written By Young % Miss Patter-
son. Only TAO other witacsszs were
called today. the greater pert Of the
session being taken up by argument
OF counsel
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CAR WILL INCREASE
RIGHTS or zEMsTvos.

81 Petersburg. Dec. ie.-H is re
ported tonight that tee imperial nan
ifesto which viii Dc ISSUED December
is among other things will increase
the rights OF the Zemsivos and sHs-
pend the STATE Of siege in tie cigies.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-12-17
No Ground For Pessimisn.

Truly. the pessimists who believe
in warships an1 heavy battalions and
not in the moral forces. IS the most
potential factors in human Affairs.
have been strikingly belied by pain
able events. The cause Of peac- has
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-12-17
Bank clsarinss.
.ssoeiated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
New York. Dec. ls-Total hank
clearings compiled by Braastreets
Tor the principal ci les Of the Unit
ed States the past wesk. s3,175.93f
S7s. Increase. 49.5 per ceat compared
with she corresponding period last
year.
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CONTINUED on Fourth Page)
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-12-17
Why Not Arbltration9

why not an international tribunal
to decide upon disputes between peo
pies-the tribunal. Of course. TO be
so constituted that It will symbolize
ideal justice. so far as ideal justice
can be symbolized. II justice it is the
nations seek, not on battlefelds musi
they gather where justice Is never
heard: rather within the halls OF
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-12-17
cosT oF collgcTINe RsvsMug.

Washington. Dec Secretary
Shaw today transmitted 10 the house
a detailed estimate Of ths cost Of col
iecting internal revenue for tue fiscal
year. ending June "a. 1906. The az
gregate amount is S9.e2s.0iS.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-22

Gratis desire a more moderate tariff
than the Republicans, but both stand
practically for a protective tariff. II
was the Democratic party under Cleves3
land that averted the evils of the Me-
lSinley bill which well nigh wreckedV
this Territory in 1890, restoring the
luty on sugar and abolshing the boun-
" system established by the Republic
IAN party.
1t is claimed that we must elect a
Republican If we expect to get appro-
priations AS matter of fact we got
more in the way of special appropri-
atlons while Mr.. Robert Wilcox was our
delegate to Congress than during the
period when we were represented by a
Republican, ahd it is matter of fact
that outside of the Fire Claims we have
got little or nothing but what is given
as a matter of course to any Territory.
The action of the National Republican
Convention in reducing the representa-
ton of this Territory in the National
Convention was a distinctly unfriendly
act and was, we contend, a Significant
outgrowth of the fixed and avowed
sentiment in the Republican party that
this Territory never shall enjoy state
hood. We believe it would be a whole
some evidence of our sentiments on the
subject and of the spirit of our citizens
10 return Democratic candidate.
HOW STATEHOOD WILL COME
If we ever get statehood we shall get
it through the Democratic party. Sena-
tor JONES' recent Chairman of the Ma
tional Democratic party, said to me
personally: 1.-THE Democrats of the
United States were opposed to the an
1exation of Hawaii but now that you
have been annexed the Democrats pro-
pose that you shall be given, every
eight and privilege, political aud other
wise, enjoyed by your fellow citizens.,
on the mainland" ~ -" =
1t would be a fitting. response to the !,
picayune attatide OF the Republican
party towards Hawaii in reducing its
representation in the National Conven-
ton, to return a wholesome Democra-
tic majority for our Delegate to Con- i.
gresR both as a rebuke to such narrow
prejudice and as a protest against the
stripping of this Territory through
taxation for the benefit of the National
Treasury without any adequate recog-
lition in return in the way of special
appropriations for public improvements.
DECLARES CAMPAIGN OPENED.
With, these preliminary remarks we
leclare the campaign of the Democratic
party for this election duly opened.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-22

public school system, so as to en-
brace a comprehensive course of
manual and agricultural training
and an elementary course in civil
government, thus instilling into the
youth of this Territory the princi-
pies of industry and good citizen
ship upon which the future welfare
of this Territory SO much depends.
Republicans shirked Sworn Duty.
We charge that the Republican
majority in the last Legislature
avoided its sworn duty by abstain
ing from a reapportionment of Ter
ritorial Senator's and Representa-
tivcs as required by Chapter 2, Sec
ton SIS, Of the Organic Act.
Money for Molokai.
We favor establishing under Fed
eral control and at Federal expense
appliances at the Lepcr Settlement
iii this Territory;
The employment of scientists for
the purpose of careful inquiry into
the nature. cause and possible cure
of the disease OF lcprosy;
And for the treatment of those
afflicted with that disease and there
detained.
Active Support Invoked Of All.
Relying implicitly upon the
soundness and integrity of the prin-
ciples above set forth, and upon the
justice and intelligence of the mas
scs, we present this platform to the
people of the Territory and earnest
ly invoke the active support of all in
its vindication and success, cordial
ly inviting to full and equal COM
munion, all those Of whatever poll
teal creed who recognize the JUS
tice of our cause in the doctrines
we profess, and who desire to par
ticipate in their triumph.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-22
MEANING OF DEMOCRACY.

Now what does the Democratic party
propose to do; what does it stand for?
In the first place it stands for no a
bridgement of the franchise and no set
ting aside of the Hawaiian and is
against any legislation looking to that
end. 1t stands for a free, untrammeled
vote and a fair count In the elections,
first, last and all the time. 1t proposes
at all times, to resist intimidation and
coercion of citizens and Office holders
1t proposes to resist domination by the
Executive of the Judiciary or amy
branch of 1t, and it demands a search
ing Legislative inquiry, this coming
session of the Legislature, into the
methods and means used by the pres
ent Executive Of this Territory whereby
men, against their conviction and bet
ter judgment, are led and forced to
support it; and having thus recovered
the ground lost to. the citizens of this
Territory by Home Rule incompetence,
the Democratic party proposes to pro-
mote and support Legislative measures
in keeping with and in promotion of the
principles of the Democratic party.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-22
Kilnsy's Ggaa! Speech,
Continued from 1st pages

to try and stop it. Its leaders are Sill
ting by helpless while the fundamental
rights of a free ballot and the right
of open public criticism and comment
are slipping away from their constitu-
ents and already are nearly cut Of
sight. 1t is conceded that the Home
Rule party was counted out the last
County election, and then it was found
that no provision had been made
whereby the election could be testeo
before the courts. Whose fault was
this? Manifestly that of the Home
Rule leaders who ought to have known
in taking part in the drawing Of the
County Act that they could not ex-
pect the election under that act to be
fairly conducted by the Republican
leaders where no provision had been
made to contest the same. The Ha-
waiian people themselves now realize
this and unquestionably have lost con-
fdence in the ability of the Home Rule
party to protect their rights or other
wise to hold their own against the
aggressions of the Republican Exc
cutive. -,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-22
A CARTER TICKET.

The Republicans have nominated
some very good men, but 1t must be
borne in mind that these men are hope
lessly handicapped on the issue raised
by the Democratic party. They have
been nominated under the patronage of
the. Executive branch of the Govern
ment they are being supported with
votes bought with official patronage
and by the coercion of Office holders.
They cannot in the nature of things,
if elected turn upon the men and
methods which secured them their cleo
ton. Not so With the Democratic
party; every candidate If elected will
be elected upon platform and under
conditions that leave him free and
wholly Independent of the Executive,
and in a position to demand and enforce
Legislative Investigation, provided
the electors return enough Democrats
in either House to enable them to force
that issue.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-22

have left the members of the party
free as citizens to go and register
| their conviction on the issue thus rails
ed between the Executive and Cecil
Brown. And this they do, not for Mr..
Cecil Brown or to help him out in
dividually, but because his fight Is
also the fight of the Democratic party,
his defeat means our defeat; his vic
tory means our victory; it aids the
Democratic party in its plan to resist
the interference by the Executive with
the Legislative branch of the Govern
ment.
Coercion works evil both to the men
who use it and to those against whom
1t is used. A party using coercion has
to keep using it and generally has to
extend it's use to hold its own and with
coercion comes intolerance of public
and private criticism. Men who are
using coercion and intimidation to Sc
cure the support of office holders, who
are using the public patronage to
bride and demoralize voters, naturally
dislike to have the light turned on,
naturally dislike investigation, natur-
ally dislike open criticism How many
times during the last year have we
found Republicans criticising the Exc
cutive in whispers and with the en-
phatic injunction that you are not to
mention their names? How many
times have we found them looking
around to make sure that nobody was
standing by to play the part of a tale
bearer? The existence of such condi-
tons are offensive to every right mind
ed, self-respecting citizen, and all
should welo ONE the advent of the
Democratic party which proposes to
turn the light on to everything and
to declare its convictions in regard 10
Executive aggressons in the broad
daylight and before the eyes of all
men, which is the privilege and duty
OF American citizenship.
There is no cowardice equal to the
cowardice of a political push when
riding down in combination any one
individual who dares to differ or OBJ
ject. The violent and personal abuse
of Mr.. Cecil Brown by the Republican
machine is the time honored method of
the machine in attacking independence
of thought and is in marked contrast
to the well known complacency of.the
machine to corruption Sana bad men
and bad citizens. Provided those bad
men and bad citizens stand pat with
the machine.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-22
HOME RULERS NO STATUS

Much of the ineflciency of the Home
Rule party and its inability TO stand
against the aggression of the Republi-
can party is due TO the fact that it has
no recognition or support on the main
land. This is not true of the Demo-
cratic party. Hawaii is represented in
the National Committee of the Demo-
cratic party. Its odicicial representa-
lives in this Territory have the ear OF
the Democratic leaders or the MAIN
land, and the Democrats Of this Terri
tory propose to use this righr of fellow
ship with the Democrats on the main
land. in Congress and out of it, to resist
and combat any attempt TO infringe
upon the fundamental rights of the
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-22
ANDREWS HAND IN 1T

/ hold in my hand an interesting let
ter from l.. A. Andrews, Sheriff of the
Island of Hawaii addressed to one of
his police officers located on that is
land. The letter is written in Hawai-
ian; translated into English it reads as
follows:
The letter commends the police officer
to go to the Republican committee of
his district to get its endorsement for
the position he holds, the same TO be
sent to the main committee at Hilo.
These things are being done at the in
stance of the Executive of this Terri
tory who desires to promote the well
fare of the Republican party in the
Territory"
The vital significance of this letter
is that under the policy OF the pres
ent Executive men cannot hold office
until they have secured the recon-
mendation of the machine, and we
know what that means. 1t is not
enough that a man should be Re
publican; he must be a good RepuD-
lican. In other words he must be an
administration Republican, which in It's
final analysis means a man who will
against them when ordered to do SO
| by the machine, This means a dis
tinct impairment and lowering of the
standards of the civil service; it means
less efficient officers; it means officials
| of lower morals. 1t calls for the eX-
clusion of those who will not surrender
| their independence of thought and ac-
| ton to the control of others and 1t
| invites in the class that will.
The filling up of a Republican con-
| vention with office holders under the
personal leadership of the Attorney
| General to defeat Mr. Cecil Brown
shows the growing tendency of the
Executive to absorb all power and to
suppress and blacklist men in public
life who do not propose to be dictated
| to by the Executive or any one else.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-22
NO MACHINE WANTED.

Many good citizens of Hawaii excuse
the coercion and corrupt manipulation
OF voters on the plea of necessity, but
they forget that the machine once
established may and likely will be
used against the very men, who have
built it UP. 1t will not do to excuse
bad methods because they are useu
in your favor; the day viii come Whep
they will be used against you. In ths
long run the machine can be counteu
upon to gravitate towards bad govern
ment and against good government.
and it would be "a very short-sighred
policy for the. citizens of this Tegri-
tory to acquiesce in the wholesale
bribery of native voters with official
patronage and the coercion and In
timidation Of native and foreign office
holders simply because things happen
to be going their way just now. The
safe course in the long run is to resist
coercion and intimidation, to resist the
abuse of official patronage and to
stand always, even under most trying
circumstances, for free and untramr
meled vote and for a fair and honest
count
The one thing that will discredit and
check improper methods is wholesale
rebuke at the polls; failing that the
Democratic party proposes to put itself
in communication with the Democratic
party in both Houses of Congress and
with our National and Congressional
Committees; but we believe that npth-
ing of the kind will be necessary; we
have great faith in the independence
of this Territory. ~
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-22

people of this Territory. What has
been done to the Home Rule party with
impunity cannot be done to the Demo-
cratic party of this Territory. Already
the open stand of the Democratic party
against the Republican Executive has
done much to clear the political atmos
phere. Open criticism of the Republi
can Executive was about smothered
when the Democratic party took the
field and openly declared against 1t.
The Democratic party proposes TO
criticise the Executive with perfect
freedom whenever and wherever they
think the public interests require it,
and the Territory is better off for that
fact.
individual criticism or resistance to
machine politics counts for nothing; 1t
is always beaten down or swept aside
by the push of the machine; but when
a properly organized party takes
stand it presents different issue and
there is hope that something can be
Gone. The Executive of this Territory
has gone to astounding lengths, and
this without the public being consulted
and without any public demands there
for.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-22
TIE FIrrrsr MAN FOR DELEGATE.

We do not consider that National
politics play much part IN this election,
except to some extent in the matter of
the selection OF our Delegate to Con-
gress, but even as to that Office it is
more important to elect an active, in
telligent business man than it is to send
one there labelled teither Democrat or
Republican; and we feel that among
the three candidates Curtis p, Iaukea
stands out pre-eminently as the fittest
and ablest of the three candidates for
the office in question.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-22
WHERE DEMOCRATS STAND

1t is contended that the Democrats
stand for free trade and, therefore, for
free sugar. This is, as we submit, nom
sense. AS a matter of fact neither
party stands for free trade; the Demo-
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-10-22
ONE BRAVE REPUBLICAN,

The Democratic party has nominated
but two Senators for the sIsland of
Oahu, leaving the third position vac
ant because the Democrats desire to
vote for Cecil Brown in order to place
themselves ON record as protesting
against executive interference with the
conventions OF the people. Mr.. Brown
was and is a Republican and, there
fore, the Democrats have not nomin-
ated him or endorsed him but they