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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-09-23
Departed.

Per stmr. Maui September p, for
Kahului. = Mr.. Dickins, P. e. r.
Mrs. c. Somerfield, Mrs. c..
Kala, Mrs. Kan Sing, Mrs. M. Sniffen
and children, C. II. Dickey. Prof.
and wife, J. n. S. Williams,
Mrs. w. II, Cornwall, Master r. Farley,
Mrs. L. Wainee Mrs. K. Spencer, Miss
Mary Rose, Miss T. Oss, Mrs. NJ. Car
negie, H NJ. Wells, wife, 2 children and
servant; Jas. D. Dougherty, G.. NJ.
Vivas. Lizzie NAPOLEON. Jas. Kirkland.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-09-23
LOST.
SHOOTING NOTICE.

All persons are hereby warned that
shooting or hunting on the Waialae
and Kahala lands is strictly prohibited
under full penalty Of the law
7214 d. P. r. JSENPFPG
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-27
The Companies and the POlle, h olders

To TIRE EpIToR OF THE SUN Sir; II GER
tainly seems strange that man who has
spont as much time In studying life insurance
reports as An Outsider" should arrive at so
fanaeious conclusion as he had printed In
this mornings Sun, viz, that "policyholders
nav In about twice what they take out.
Has An Outsider stopped 70 consider
that each Of these three great companies IL
now increasing the number Of its policy
holders each year az a rate four times as great
a. the Increase fifteen or twenty years ago?
In order TO provide for the settlement Of
these policies a. matured endovments or
death claims Il j. necessary that the premium
income should be largely in excess Of the
amounts paid out In settlement OF contracts
terminating in the present year.
Moreover. did he stop 70 consider that many
contracts are annuity or single premium
policies on which the only payment Is made
20 the company in advance. hut where the
company guarantees 10 pay out instalments
for a long term Of years or assumes liability
70 pay a sum greatly in excess 9th premium
in case death should ocCur2
Does II not seem strange that in spite Of the
large and efficient corps Of agents maintained
by each Of the Big Three" An Outsiders g.
brain should remain "befogged' as TO the
advantage Of being polcyholder?
NEW NoRK. April 2S Az iNsIDER.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-27

person Of Hebrew descent and Jewish
faith. born In this land. Il any less an
American than person Of English, Irish
or Slavonic origin and Christian faith
or no faith" OF course, there Is no such
distinction, 40 far al concerns the Ameri-
can politically. All the citizens Of Ne"
York except a relatively small number
are Of foreign birth or parentage, and
the remainder left after taking out, be
sides, all those Of foreign descent IN the
third and fourth generation is compare
lively trihing. Among the Jews, how
ever, there Is a race distinction which IN
it's persistency does not apply TO the rest
They still remain separate almost wholly.
It Is for this peason merely that IN
speaking of them we mass them to-
gether." not as foreign according TO
Rabbi DRACHMAN's mistaken assump-
ton, but as a distinct and peculiar race,
whether native or foreign.
As to their religious faith, 1t no longer
constitutes any insuperable or even any
very considerable barrier. Less than
half Of the people of New York are now
Christians, in the sense Of any formal
profession Of that faith. There are
more than twice as many Jews here as
Protestant church communicates, Even
a very considerable part Of the Roman
Catholic population is held to it's re-
ligious faith loosely.
Rabbi DRACHMAN, in proclaiming his
pride in his American citizenship, ex-
presses a sentiment which we applaud.
Among Americans there should be no
race distinctions. They should all be
Americans, and the incident OF accident
OF their race extraction, their nativity
or their foreign birth should cause no
differentiation among them,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-27
Senator o. H. Plate. Successor.

The Connecticut Legislature, which
this winter elected Ex-Governor MORGAN
G, BULKELEY United States Senator to
succeed Gen. JOSEPH ROSWELL HAwLEY,
will choose a successor to the late Or
VILE HITCHCOCK PLAT before its ses-
sion ends, and, under the law, the bal
loting will begin May 0. The situation
in the State is peculiar, and at present ii
is impossible to tell who will be selected
as Senator BULKELEY's colleague.
The campaign Of 1904 in Connecticut
was from its beginning a contest between
Mr.. BULKELEY and SAMUEL FEssENDEN
for control Of the Legislature Of 1905.
The success OF the Republican national
and State tickets was assured from
the start. 1t was known that Gen. HAw-
LEY could not accept another election.
Mr. BULKELEY and Mr.. FEssENDBN con-
Quoted a campaign that caused the Rev.
NEWMAN SMITH great pain, and in it Mr..
BULKELEY was successful. When the
Legislature met he was elected Senator.
He took the oath Of Office March 5. .
Mr. FEssENDEN is a candidate again,
and expects the lawmakers who sup
ported him this winter 70 vote for him.
If they remain loyal his chances OF cleo
ton are better than those Of any other
candidate. There appears to be some
doubt, however, as TO the attitude Of
many Of the men who were for Mr.. FEs-
SENDER in January, and a number Of
aspirants for the Office are in the field.
Those already under consideration, ac-
cording to the Springfield Republican,
are Congressman EBENEZER j. HILL Of
Norwalk, FRANK BOswoRTH BRANDEGEE
of New London and GEORGE LEAvRNs
LILLEY Of Waterbury, Senator PAIGE Of
Bridgeport and DONALD T. WARNER Of
Salisbury. Mr.. HILL has been in the
House Of Representatives since 1895. Mr..
BRANDEGEE has served two terms at
Washington. Mr.. LILLEY, who is Repre-
sentative at Large, was first elected TO
Congress in 1902. Messns. HILL, BRAN
DEGER and LILLET were all reelected
last fall
II Mr.. FEssENDEN succeeds Senator
PLATT the followers Of Dr. SMITH will
be convinced Of the complete iniquity Of
the wooden nutmeg makers. Dr. SMYTH
was in eruption for three months after
election day endesvoring to defeat both
Mr.. BULKELET and Mr.. FEssENDEN. He
believes them to be bad, corrupt men.
Each Of them has more influence in Con-
nectiout, however, than Dr. SMITH has,
singular as it may seem.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-27

tants Of johannesburg and their allies,
in whose interests the Jameson raid
was planned, will be evident when we
add that the franchise Is given TO any
white British subject in the Transvaal
who for six months has occupied premises
valued at $500 or rented at $50 or over
annually. Another feature Of the pro-
jected constitution, designed TO sub
ordinate the Beers and promote the
gradual Angllcization Of the Transvaal,
Is the provision that the debates in the
assembly are to be conducted and re-
corded in the English language, although
anybody, with the permission of tho
Lieutenant-Gover may address the
assembly in Dutch.
As regards the injection Of appointed
members into the legislative assembly,
the projected Transvaal constitution is
less liberal than that which was given TO
Upper and Lower Canada respectively
by the act OF l79i, for each Of the Cana
dian legislative assemblies was wholly
elective, though II had to reckon with an
appointive legislative council. The pro-
vision that debates shall be conducted
and recorded in the English language
is evidently copied from the Canada
Union act OF 1870, which directed that
the English language be used exclusively
in all parliamentary proceedings. 1t il
we'll known that this feature Of the act
Of 1910 gave great offense TO the French
speaking inhabitants Of Lower Canada
and was not reproduced In the British
North America act Of 1897 We incline
TO think that not only most British Lib
erals but many Unionists will show
themselves disposed to grant the nat
ural desire Of the Beers that the pro-
ceedings of the Transvaal legislature
shall be bilingual.
Whether this projected Transvaal con-
stitution will be adopted even in an
amended form by the present British
Parliament depends, Of course, on the
ability Of the Balfour Government to
maintain itself in office. Most careful
students of the drift Of things in the
House Of Commons and in the country at
large are inclined to think that after the
budget has been passed the Premier will
recognize the untenableness Of his posi-
ton and will assent to a dissolution.
Scarcely anybody doubts that a new
general election would be followed by
the accession Of the Liberals 10 power,
in which event the Beers are likely to
receive a more generous" instalment Of
autonomy than Mr.. BALFoUR offers them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-27
what Kind of Self-Government viii
the TrlnsvaaI Get?

It will be remembered that the treaty
Of peace concluded with Great Britain by
representatives Of the South African
Republic on May 81, 1902, stipulated that
the Beers should receive a substantial
instalment Of selt-government as soon
as tranquility and order should be re-
established in their country. As for up
ward Of two years there has been no dis
turbance on the part Of the Boer farm
ers, there is no pretext for postponing
any longer the fulhlment OF the covenant:
What the Balfour Government proposes
20 do in that direction is set forth in the
draft Of a Transvaal constitution which
has been published in parliamentary
paper, and which presently may be sub
mitted to the approval Of the Houss Of
Commons.
An analysis Of the document, an out
line of which was printed on Wednesday
in THE Sun, shows that while in one
vital particular the projected organic
law conforms 10 the wishes Of the Beers
eTectual precautions have been taken
against their requirement OF a majority
in the body which, under certain re-
strictions, will make laws for the Trans
vaal The franchise is TO be withheld
from the Kaffirs, who, however, are not
20 be left at the mercy Of their white
! neighbors, for any bill discriminating
against them is 10 be reserved by tine
Governor for consideration by the In
perial Parliament Such reservation is
obviously a concession 90 British senti-
ment, and it is demanded by justice, for
there is one thing as 10 which the Eng
lish speaking inhabitants of johannes
burg and the Dutch speaking agriculture
lists arc agreed, namely, that the teeming
black population must be kept in a con-
dition closely resembling peonage. So
far as the permanent acknowledgements
Of the Kaffirs is concerned, the Balfour
Government, in spite Of earnest protests
from many British philsnthropists, has
kept faith with the Beers.
IL Is when We come 10 scan the pro-
visions determining the composition
Of the proposed legislative assembly
that we understand why Gen. PET
CRoNJE, who is now in this country,
should denounoe the projected consti-
tuition az keeping the word Of promise
| TO the ear but breaking il TO the hope.
The legislature is 10 be preAded over by
the Acknowledgement, and to consist
OF from six to nine appointed members
and from thirty 10 thirty-fve elected
members. So far as the elective NOM
bers are concerned, the Beers are o.
tensibly favored, for no pecuniary quail
fioation is required Of any burgher who
in 1902 was entitled 70 vote for the first
volksraad, OF popular branch Of the
South African Parliament. That the
Boers, however, are intended 20 be
! suAmPed at the ballot boz By the inhabi-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-27

To TIE EDITOR or THE SUS-str' In the early
years Of the neteenth century the STREETS Of New
York were IN a nlthy unsanitary condition. Hogs
took the place OF our white wings as street clean
ers Ny employer owned a little cottage In Green
wich Village. and his tenAn, owned large hog
weighing about 800 pounds. one day when I Gale d
for the rent asked him about his hog, and he said.
"Oh, he's downtown he goes down early every
morning 20 pick up his living In the streets and
comes back az night" The streets below Canal
street were nned with hogs, Just streets are
now with dogs, one day while was crossing
Nassau street al BeekmSp street hog ran between
my LEGS and carried me The width Of the street. In
1887 We suffered from the smallpox epidemic, and
fn 1857 from the cholera. About this time the Au
thorities began 70 think u was time TO do some
thing: the hors were driven from the streets, and
more fanitaTy conditions prevailed.
think II Is now about time 10 act m inc matter
OF the dogs IN our streets. In some ways they are
worse than the hoEs were, for the hogs kept the
streets, whereas the dogs stay on the sidewalks.
Besides, they arc positively dangerous as they are
likely 10 bite a person a. any moment, and Il IA
known that they arc communications OF disease.
gentleman took a policeman 10 task one dAy
for not chasing the dogs from the sidewalks, and
the onicer replied: What can do when people arc
allowed by law 10 keep themi" II the STATE would
pass law taxing the owners OF dogs IS year. they
would raise more money than they ever will from
the stock transfer tai and would at the same time
render real public service. HINRT DEXTER
NEW YORK, Aprl %.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-27
GRANT POST APOLOGIES.
slight TO CoIOred veterans ReDudisted b.
e. A. n Comrades,

slight 20 COlOFed veterans ReDudiated ny
G. 4. n. Comrades.
L. S. Grant Post, No. 1927, @. A. R., Of
Brooklyn, has made this amende to the
colored veterans for the slight put upon
them through the withdrawal Of invitations
to certain leading representatives Of their
race TO attend the recent fair at the Bedford
avenue armory. held under the direction
Of the Woman's Auxiliary Of the Post;
The T.. =. Grant cost does not recognize any
distinction as regards color or nationality
among comrades In good and ocular sta nd .
ing in the Grand Army. Il IS therefore,
ResoirCj, That the members OF l.. ). Grant
Post, at a regular meeting held on Tuesday
evening, April -, 1905. repudiate the I'M
authorized action taken in Withdrawing the
Invitation that had heen sent 10 the comrades
emphRtically condemn this unoalled for ac'
ton. in which there WIS not particle OF the
fraternity or Loyalty that Il duo from ono
conlrade to another. We tender 70 Depart
ment Chaplain 4anes A. Tappan. Comrnander
Hero /eno and Comrades Charles Mcfarland,
William stems bury and William johnson our
sincere ard heartfelt regrets for this action,
Witch placed { =. Grant Post in position
which Is entirely antag onistic 20 the principles
OF our order and to fraternal feelings which
exist among the comrades Of the post.
luton will close what has been 3 very I'M
pleasant incident, ana which bade fair 20
detract from the splendid success attending
the work OF the Ladies Auxiliary. which Is
appreciated beyond expression BY all the
members oil our post.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-27
A Jewish Rabb.,s Protest .

To rHE EpI1oR or THE SUN-Str: In
to-dny's editorial you make use Of an express
sion which ! do not understand and which
you would oblige me by explaining. Ycu
write. sOf Jews alone In this city there are
now as many as the population Of native
parentage Is there a distinction between
Jews. as such and nHtivesl ls not a dew
horn In America a native Americana The
Jews In this city are about to- celebrate the
95oth Anniversary Of their LANDING In America,
Are not the descendants Of those hrst arrivals
native Americansf
educated In the public schools. Ny children
nre ali born here aud have had a thorough
GmeriCap training May we not lay claim
10 the proud title OF Americana
IL there any reason why perton Of Hebrew
descent and Jewish faith. born in this land
IL any less an American than a person Of
English. Irish or Slavonic origin aud Chris
tian faith or no faith? The undersigned. for
one cannot see any. We Hebrews are just
as native and lust az foreign a. the other ele-
ments OF the population: no more, no less.
NE feel hurt at this mAssinR together Of the
Jewish population as foreign. making no
distinction between the native. perhaps OF
ancient American ancestry, and che recent
immigrant and we wish THE SUN would
desist from this indiscriminHtinR treatment.
BERNARD DRACHMAH,
Rabbi Conversation Xichron Ephraim.
NEW YORK. April rs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-27

max. sver,ywhsre their appeal, and there
h universal appreciation Of the good
plays founded on these emotions I'M
luckily, the more eminent an author
NAV become the less willing "a he TO write
directly on these themes. They are too
ample for the great playwrights'
So we find the plays Of PINERo, JONES
and the other English playwrights arous-
inc little interest outside OF a Tow large
cities. Even the actors who play only
IN drarnss Of this class come TO lose their
hold on the audiences, II has come TO
such a pass that managers must accept
plays with the expectation to have them
shooessful in New York or on the road
hut scarcely in both places. Even Lon
don musical farce, with the simple aid OF
singing and dancing, does not meet with
favor outside New York unless the pieces
are adequately supplied with American
humor. The play with broad enough
human interest to delight the public in
every part Of the Union comes INTO the
managers hands so rarely that he
scarcely counts on it as possibility OF
his business. In vain the purveyors OF
amusements try to urge the playwright
TO return to themes that appeal more
strongly TO the public than those that
eneross the attention Of the English and
American playwrights.
The themes employed by the Frenc h
writer's are not even interesting to their
own people outside Of Paris There the
difference between provincial and metro
polltan appreciation is even more marked
than it is here The field was never so
large as it is to-day for the dramatist who
will base his play on the emotions OF love
and hate, which are understood every
where
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-27
Shame e!
Governor HIGGINS in his first message,
transmitted to the Legislature on Jan. 4.
eaid.

Governor HIGGINS in his first message,
transmitted to the Legislature on Jan. 4.
said:
The extraordinary expenses OF the present year
viii necessarily be large. Appropriations TO meet
the payments OF judgments and other claims against
the state must be made, We are confronted with
a condition which Is calculated 10 cause US 20 con-
slider With utmost care the problem Of adjusting
receipts TO expenditures. II seems unWise 81 this
time TO increase the burdens Of taxation. The only
alternative is the lowering OF expenses"
On April IS Assemblyman JOSEPH
BEIHILF, Republican, Of the Thirty-frst
New York county district, introduced a
bill which creates the Office Of Commits
sioner Of Records, authorizing that officer
10 take over all the records, documents,
maps and induces Of the County Clerk,
the Surrogates Court and the Register
OF New York county. The Office is to
expire at the end Of six years unless con-
tinued by the Legislature The Commits
sioner is to be appointed by the County
Clerk, at present THOMAS L. HAMILTON
Republican, within ten days after the bill
becomes law anu u W hoNO NVPuNy
and three assistant deputies; also staff
Of clerks, secretaries and assistants,
whose total salaries shall not exceed
100000.
One hundred thousand dollars a year
for six years. a total Of 100000 20 be
saddled upon the taxpayers Of New
York county for useless oficel
Shame!
Assemblyman BEIHuR, by making his
bill a county measure, obviates the neces-
sity Of submitting it to Mayor McCLEL-
Ian for approval or disapproval, and the
Board Of Estimate and Apportionment
is directed to issue every year revenue
bonds TO meet the needless expense to
be incurred by the bill.
Shame!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-27

To rHE EDITOR or The SUN-siT: Your East side
story. "A Little Child IN the DARN promptly found
a mace IN one OF my sorapoooks lAbeied. IRE.
porters' News Storios-Ehst Side Color So, nat
urally have pleasure IN reading 70 day II. 7.
Mulss letter OF appreciation OF that example OF
"the nne an OF reporting" a. you head hs com
muniobuon.
Another especially good blt Of reportonn color
work. recently IN THH SUI d that OF httlo Mss
Van Matters losing her dear rag doll 'Rhstus
washington IN the Park and the - reward onered
for his return, How Eugene Feld would have
loved that "tauered Ethiopian rag baby. o and how
he would have loved the little Gid Perhaps he could
have oouifortcd her somewhat BY some Just dds
reputable" ragstcr Of as "slngulariy homely paris
from his own collection OF dolls
THE SUSs color tiorica are true 70 the nfe"-
be n Of the ghetto or the avenue or the lonFshore
shadows or the stun OF the Rialto-grave, gay.
tragic or comic. In the columns Of THE SUN we and
ufe--and find u most sbundantly. EB.L.
NEW YORK, April ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-27
Theatrical Geography 4.

The purveyors Of amusement 70 the
American public rarely conhne their
efforts TO one town. Theatrical COM
panies Of the first rank travel now from
one end Of the land TO another and there
is not an exception 70 this rule. So the
play that pleases equally everywhere
must have very unusual qualities. A
drama may succeed in New York and
vet fail TO please Butte. Il is OF course
the effort Of every manager TO find plays
that will appeal TO the widest possible
range Ct tastes.
Such play, however, is rarely created
by the present day dramatist. Smart
scenes Of New York life, pessimistio
epigrams and episodes Of London so
oiety have enjoyed some vogue here,
although the cities outside Of New York
refuse 20 find any entertainment in the
plays made up OF these elements. Man
ayers have learned that it IL useless TO
attempt TO make them popular in other
cities. On the other hand, there are
occasional successes from the other
parts Of the country that make no inn
preston in New York
This inconsistency in the taste Of the
public has made the managers task
harder than ever When playwnehts
busted themselves with moro elementary
emotions, Il was easy for a drama 10
travel with equal success through the
whole country. Love and hatred sym
psthstioaily exhibited b. IL playwright