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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-30

"Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his
friends.
eyes, stranger said voice back
of him when he had read the last word,
- Greater love had no man than VIII
liam Johnson, that he gave his life for
me. .
That sounds as if there might be a
story back of it, said Eversham.
Pardon me, but if you do not mind,
I'd like very much to hear about VIII
liam Johnson
NO" the other replied, 4 do not
mind telling the story; on the contrary,
1 enjoy telling it, because in doing so
L bring to light one of the noblest acts
of heroism which was performed during
the war. You see, it was this way:
1.-THE lists were being made out, and
we all were on the tqui vive,' to find
out if we had been drafted Early one
morning they posted paper outside the
courthouse door with the names of those
who had been chosen for the war. My
name headed the list!
81 had an old father and mother de-
pendent upon me for their support and
naturally, l wished that L had not been
drafted. Not that l objected to aid
my country, but if I was killed, my
father and mother would have to go to
the poorhouse, for we had no money
save my monthly salary, and no rela-
tives whatever
81 was feeling pretty badly and
went to the green Seating myself ON
one of the benches, l put my face be-
tween my hands and nearly burst into
tears. While in this position, hand
was laid on my shoulder and voice
said: Well, Joe, l see you have been
drafted Looking around, l saw that |
1t was this William Johnson, so | re-
sponded somewhat churlishIy, What's !
that to you?' l thought a good deal of |
the girl he wished very much to marry
and L could almost fancy tone of de- |
light in his voice when he told me | |
had been drafted. Once I was out of |
the way, he would have clear field, |
and,-well, 1 did not like to think of
Julie marrying him. 1t was an impos- !
sibility that he should be drafted. or !
rather that he would have to go to the !
war, because he had quite little for
tune and could well afford to pay for !
substitute.
Joe, he continued, and his voice !
grew tender as he spoke. Joe, one can !
see that you and Julie were made for |
each other. You must not go to the !
war; you might be killed. 1 am going |
in your stead. /
''The generous offer overwhelmed
me for a moment, then l found voice to
answer, VIII, it is an impossibility for
me to accept your offer.
% Impossihility nothing, he replied.
have given my name in place of
yours. Joe. leave tomorrow evening"
Stranger. it was indeed generous
act. To think of Will johnson. who
could, once / was out of the way. get
the incest girl in the whole town, de-
Hherately throw his chances away and
face death for nay sake, still brings
tears to my eyes. il
He left, and a few weeks after we
heard OF his death. He had been shot
through the heart. / went to the hos
pital as soon as heard the news. and
brought him to be buried in the old
town. Stranger, there is nothing wife
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-30
. -A Il T.
RAILWAY G. LAND co.
TIME TABLE


OUTWARD.
For Waianae, Waialua, Kahuku and
Way Stations-s9:15 a. M, 1920 .. m.
For Pearl City, Eva Mil and Way
5tations-t7:30 a. m, "9:15 a. m, '1l:OS
a. m, '2:15 p. m, 1920 p. H., *5:15 p. m.
1890 p. m, Hills p. m.
INWARD.
Arrive Honolulu from Kahuku, Wal
alua and Waianae-*3:36 a. m, 1854
p. m.
Arrive Honolulu from Eva Mill and
Pearl City-t7:46. a. m, 1886 a. m,
|10:3S a. m, '1:40 p. M, '4:31 p. m,
'5:31 p. M, +7:30 p. m.
Daily.
Sunday Excepted.
Sunday Only.
The Haleiwa Limited a two-tour
train, leaves Honolulu every Sunday
at 1922 a. M; returning arrives In Ho-
nolulu at 1910 p. m. The Limited
stops only at Pearl City and Waianae
q. P. DENISON, F. c. Smith,
Supt. G.. P. & T. A.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-19
THE AGE OF HERBS.

From the New York Globe:-When
1t rains 1t always pours. On the heels
Of the Neill-Reyolds report, with its
vegetarian implications, comes word
that the seas are being depopulated
Fish are on the wane. True, laments
of regular fishermen, oystermen and
lobstermen have for several years an
nounced steady decrease in the sup
|ply Of shellfish; but there has been a
feeling that, whatever might be the
STATE of our much fished coastal wa
ters. the vast ocean depths, with their
millions Of acres fof submarine feeding
grounds, were Of limitless capacity.
This Is evidently mistake, for the
international council of fish and fish,
less uniform decrease OF, the natural
fish supply all over the western seas.
When the fish are gone-have be-
come as extinct as the megatherium
and the dodo-there will be nothing
left in the animal food line but the
hens eggs and the cows milk. II fate
should decree that these. too, be de-
MED u.s., vegetarianism will have won
Its long battle Even the ultimate loss
OF eggs and milk Is not inconceivable
There are number of persons who
believe that some eggs are poisonous,
and the question of tuberculous milk
Is an already old story. II all the hens
should begin to lay poisonous eggs,
and all the cows contract tuberculosis
we would be cup against vegetarian
ism or starvation.
1t will obviously be a victory bring
ing little honor to the herbalists IT
seems probable now that there must
always be some meat supplied for
dogs, menageries. soap works, ETC., but
perhaps even these can be taught to
prefer spinach and the popular vege-
table limitations Of excelsior. The
meatless, eggless, nilkless age, with
statues of observation-disclosures in every
public place, may not be as far off as
some Of US imagine.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-19
George R. Eastahrook. Secretary
Dies Moines. Iowa. April II. 1908.
a LOCK TYPE CANAL.

The house has finally taken action
on the canal question declaring in IA
vor Of the lock type The senate COM
mittee on inter-oceanic canals recon-
mended that a sea level type canal
be constructed, advancing as one Of
the principal reasons that canal
built on this plan would be less liable
to sustain serious damage in case Of
an earthquake than a lock canal.
1t was also urged that the passage Of
ships from ocean to ocean could be
accomplished In much less time with
the sea level type and that 1t would
cost less to operate The minority re.
port of the committee favored the
lock canal which is also advocated by
President Roosevelt, Theodore P.
Shonts, chairman of the canal COM
mission and Secretary Taft. Many
reasons are advanced for giving the
lock type the preference, two Of the
most important being that 1t can be
built in much less time and at much
less cost.
Work on the canal has reached the
stage where 1t is said to be necessary
to determine the type of canal to be
built before the work proceeds much
further. The Spooner act appropriat-
ing $135, 100000 for the building of the
Panama canal and giving to the Presi-
dent the right to inaugurate this
movement and to carry it to sue
cessful conclusion left the type Of
canal to the President. Recently there
has been much agitation for sea
level canal and 1t was desired that
congress- determine uDOn the type
before proceeding with the canal.
While the senate may not change in
its opinion favoring the sea level
canal the hearty endorsement Of the
lock type by the house. in the absence
Of any further legislation, insures the
work on the canal being pushed for
ward as rapidly as possible on the lock
type plan.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-19
THE AMERICAN FLAG.

From the Chicago Tribune:-on
June IA, 1777, the continental congress
adopted the following resolution:
THAT the flag Of the United States be
thirteen stripes, alternate red and
white; that the union be thirteen
stars, white, on blue field, represent
ing new constellation" In a sense
the flags form was established by
legislation; in another, 1t was like the
union Of the colonies itself, growth
It's adoption was not officially promul-
gated until September 8, 1777, In ac-
cordance with the usual dilatory meth
DDS OF that time. The flag was first
unfurled over a military post near
Rome, N. Y, on August g., 1777; its
first appearance in battle was at Bran
DIVINE on September II. TIT; Its first
display on foreign soil was on one
Of the Bahama islands on June %,
ITS; its first use on naval vessel
was on the Ranger, commanded by
John Paul Jones. In April, 1913, the
nrasant farm was adonted. the thirteen
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-19

claiming that the change will promote
the public welfare. The party in pow
er upholds the existing policy and In
sists that the proposed change would
be very detrimental to the public well
fare.
In this situation we may be sure
that most voters will think that their
Individual interests will be affected for
better or for worse by the proposed
change, and they will be disposed to
aid whichever party they think will
best serve their interests II in power
their votes and their money to promote
the success of the party they believe
to be most favorable to their interests.
The campaign orator openly ap-
peals to this motive in soliciting the
votes of electors, and properly so if it
is proper to fight political battles on
economic issues. But, according to
the Bryan rule, while it is proper to
appeal to motives Of self-interest in So
Letting votes it Is improper to appeal
to such motives in soliciting money to
accomplish the same end for which
votes are solicited. Not on,v is it i'm.
proper but the party solicitor is
charged to read the minds of donors
and reject their gifts If the motives
are selfish.
"If the solicitor does his duty con-
scientiously, applying the only reliable
test of motives, he must reject prac-
tically every gift and run the campaign
without money.
ITO this absurd conclusion the Bry-
an doctrine, which is also the doctrine
of the whole tribe of uplifters, neces-
sarily conducts us.
Republicans must reject the con-
tributions Of all producers of tariff
protected articles, because they obvi-
ously have pecuniary interest in per
petuating the tariff protection of their
products. Not only their contributions
but practically all others must be re-
jected, because it must be presumed
that every man who votes for protec-
ton is persuaded that on the whole he
Is personally benefited thereby.
In like manner the Bryan democrat
ic party presenting 16 to free silver
platform must reject the contributions
not only Of the silver miners, who
would obviously be benefited by that
policy, but all other contributions, be-
cause it must be presumed that no one
would vote for that policy unless he
was persuaded that he would, on the
whole, be benefited by 1t.
"Of course all this talk about reject
ing the contributions Of interested cor
porations and individuals is nonsense
and CANNON emitted to bamboozle in
tellectual and moral idiots.
so long as political campaigns are
fought on economic issues persons, ma
tural and artificial, will contribute
either to promote or to defend what
they believe to be their private inter
ests through the adoption or the defeat
Of the proposed policies, and they will
have moral right to contribute to pro-
tect their just interests"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-19
EDDYviLLE.

Eddyville, June 16.-Arrangemert
are being made by the local board Of
the Iowa Children's Home Finding So
ciety to give an entertainment at the
Congregational church at 8 o'clock
Sunday evening, June "a, for the bene-
fit of the Home. The services will ba
participated in by the different Sum
day schools of the town.
Wapello lodge No. 33, Of the Home
steaders elected new officers Thursday
night for the coming semi annual
term. Those elected were. President,
/. A. Wormhoudt; vice president,
Charles Odem: secretary, Horace
Burns; treasurer, Fred Wilcox; mar
shall. VIM. Chitwood; herald. Gervais
Fails; M. at A., Fred Shower; chap
lain, Rev. Hampstead; l. OF c., Mrs
x. Beedle; L. of E., Miss Frank Funk.
Mrs. Jennie Haywood moved this
property, back Of the Congregational
church.
Mrs Samuel Williams returned
Thursday from a short visit at Oska-
loosa with her sister, Mrs. VIM Snow,
who has been quite sick.
Mrs. Jessie Swan was in Ottumwa
Thursday and Friday, visiting her
mother, Mrs. Emma L. Post
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Lennon visited
r:on's sister, Mrs s. Fullmer.
Mesdames Henry Gray and Paul
Leeling. of Gray's Creek. were in Bux-
ton Thursday on business.
G.. w. lager and family of Batavia.
hove been visiting here
Wii,ie Hosford of Eyeland was in
town Thursday.
: chas. W. Fisher was in oskaloosa
!. A's :--.--..--s -.--- ---s.-.s
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-19
"Goop ROADS" IN PARTY PLAT.
FORMS.

Kansas City Star:-Both the repub-
lear and democratic parties OF Mis-
souri, have gone on record for good
roads In their platforms of this year.
What distinguishes such declarations
from earlier ones on the same subject
Is that both lay stress on the necessity
OF raising money for the construction
of highways. This is really the sig
niflcant feature of the demand for
good roads. or course every one would
like to have fine highways. But such
advantages do not grow on trees or
spring from the soil, and they are
not given in wills. The people have
to pay for them, and now the people,
through both Of their political or
CARNATIONS. are demanding the right
to pay for them.
noted In this change is an assurance
that Missouri will soon have the
great boon of good roads. Whether In
special or regular session. the legisla-
ture will hardly dare to ignore the
voice Of the people. Either party or
ganization as represented in the as
sembly might play politics on some
measures of policy. but either would
find 1t disastrous to shoulder respon-
sibility for defeating q demand which
involves the prosperity and welfare
OF the whole state.
1t was not the province of the party
conventions to define the specific steps
that should be taken for raising road
revenues. Whether by bond issue Of
the counties or the state, or whether
by direct taxation. are questions to
be worked out by the legislature or by
the people in voting upon constitutions
al amendments. But the underlying
fact that good roads are needed and
must be paid for has forced itself as a
great issue in the state, with both par
ty organizations pledged upon the
right side of that issue.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-19
SMOoT AND RELIGIOUS LIB.
ERTY.

New York Globe:-With respect to
religion the constitution of the United
States recognizes two principles. The
first is that there shall be complete
religious freedom and that nothing a
man may believe as to religion shall
affect his rights as citizen. The sec
ond is that in all temporal matters the
secular government is supreme and
permits to no citizen divided allie
glance.
1t is on the second Of these princi-
pies (not challenging the flrsD that
the senate committee on privileges and
elections bases it's recommendation for
the removal of Reed Smoot. The
charge against him does not relate to
his religious, but to his civil beliefs
He Is one of the twelve apostles Of the
Mormon church and as such supports
the doctrine that the government Ct
the United States Is a tyrannical
usurpation; that no civil government
has right to exist; that the priest
and the magistrate should be merged
and that the head Of the church, ipsc
facto, is the proper head Of the state
Gods vice regent on earth Here is
antagonism to the whole theory of our
government more fundamental than
ever secession was. Yet Jesse D
Bright, of Indiana, was expelled from
the senate because he sympathized
with secession. The case of Smoot does
not essentially differ-in one case as
In the other the offense is civil, and
the principle of religious liberty with
In Its proper field Is In no way touch
ed.
All governments are possessed OF
the great right of self preservation
1t is bastard logic to argue that be-
cause religious freedom Is guaranteed
that in the guise of RELIGIOUS associa-
tion men may bind themselves togeth-
er to subvert the government. ant
then claim that the government they
aim at may aim no counter blow FOL
Its own supremacy. Religious freedom
does not imply the privilege of taking
endowment house oaths, binding tn,
swearer and his children and the thirt
and fourth generations to vengeanc,
against the nation. But even though
there were no such oaths the theo
cratic theory of the Mormon church
is at war with our institutions.
man may not at the same time sup.
port contradictory things, and as thu
English parliament in the statut.
against praemunire would not tolerate
such duality Of allegiance, on the
same principle we may say that al
apostle Of the Mormon church is nee.
essarily unfit to be national legislat.
or-not because Of his religious be-
liefs but because Of his implied civic
| Instruction
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-19

stars OF the blue Held give place to
one star for each state In the union
at that time, with the provision that
on July following the admission Of a
new state to the union new star
should be added to the eonstellation.
That In brief Ia the history of the
flag but the thoughts wander fast
when the nation sets aside special
day Of celebration Of the glorious
achievements which 1t has witnessed
since the Juno day In the old Quaker
town q hundred and twenty-nine years
ago. when the representatives Of the
rebelliouB colonies, not yet recognized
as independent, chose standard
which should declare the sovereignty
OF the United States OF America where
ever 1t should float to the breeze.
Flying In triumph at Yorktown
| when the weary troops Of CORVALLIS
marched forth to surrender to the tune,
THE Worlds Turned Upside Down;
cleaning in the mornings first beam
at Fort McHenry to give inspiration
to the immortal words OF Francis
Scott Key; realizing the prophecy Of
Joseph Rodman Drake. when Fremont
set the stars of glory upon the
mountain height; waving over the
halls of the Montezumas; lowered Mt
Fort Sumter to rouse millions to civil
strife; sending forth a message of
peace and reunion at Appomattox:
bidding defiance to England, France,
Spain, and Mexico: followed by its
champions In Canada and on the
Libyan desert; the inspiration of the
soldier living, his shroud when dead /;
this flag contains in its folds the his
tory of a nation the record of humilia-
ton. pride and glory for more than a
century.
| Tradition states that at Fort Schuyler
In 1777 sheets we're cut up to make
the white stripes bits of scarlet cloth
to make the red while the blue was
taken from the coat of one OF the Of
fcers The same tradition recounts
that bevy of New Hampshire girls
presented to Paul Jones flag quilt
ed from cloth ravished from their yir-
gin petticoats." And many another
story describes like lnakeshifts to Sc
cure the material for the nations en-
blem. After all 1t matters not what
| the material 1t is the flag, and tc
uphold 1t men have fought and died
| 1t tells Of freedom and liberty; 1t rep
resents the power of people: it pro-
claims sovereignty. II 1t shall contin-
Tie to speak Of truth and righteousness
OF honor and glory, Of a home for the
4 oppressed Of the world, of a land of the
truly free. no American need ever be
ashamed of the just pride which he
i feels when he looks at the star spang.
4 led banner and thinks Of what it rep.
4 resents among the banners Of the ma.
| lions.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-19
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.

William Jennings Bryan, who ID
again mentioned 80 conspicuously for
the democratic nomination for the pres
idency, proposes to work some strange
and radical reforms in the matter of
campaign contributions. He says that
nobody should be permitted to contri-
butte to campaign fund because he
thinks he will be pecuniarily benefited
by the success Of the party to whose
funds he contributes or for any other
purpose than to promote the public
good. Commenting upon the fallacy Of
this theory the Chicago Chronicle
says:
ITO begin with, there would have to
be good deal Of heart searching not
only by persons disposed to contribute
but by the party committees and their
officials whose business it is to solicit
and receive contributions.
These party functionaries, accord
ing to the doctrine, must not permit
any one to contribute from motives Of
self-interest or from any other motive
than desire to promote the public
welfare. They must, therefore, be ex-
pert mind readers and heart searchers
Of the highest order.
What will render their task most
difficult is the fact that political par
ties in proposing or supporting certain
measures or lines Of policy can not
well avoid supporting measures which
some of the people will think are cal
culated either to promote their Pc
cuniary interests or the reverse, and
these people will be prompted to con-
tribute to the success of the party
which will in their opinion promote
their interests OF prevent the establish
ment of policy by the opposing party
which will in their opinion inflict in.
jury upon their interests.
These people may persuade them
selves that they wish to contribute In
order to promote the public welfare
and that they are not Influenced by a
desire to promote their own interests.
1t is therefore the duty of the party
agent whose business 1t is to accept or
reject the contribution to penetrate
into the heart Of the donor and dis
cover the real motive by which he is
actuated and to reject the proffered
contribution IL he finds that motive to
be selfish.
I'm these digs party questions in
many countries are largely economic.
A party proposes to change the prevail
ing economic policy in some respect,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-19
ALLISON, THE "vELvET" SEN,
ATOR.
(By Edward Lowryl

Washington correspondence of the
New York Evening Post:-A chimera
nominating In vacuum would be q
deafening uproar compared with the
frictionless daily progress of William
Boyd Allison. ranking senator Of the
United States, who for thirty-three
years has uninterruptedly served his
state in the uper branch Of congress
with honor to himself and profit to
those he represents. He Is compared
with velvet for smoothness and one OF
his admirers gifted with "the magic
words that walk up and down" de-
clares, "he could walk from Washing
ton to Dubuque on piano keyboard
and never strike a note"
Though Allison has been in Wash
tngton longer than any other senator,
atty than Of Levi Ankeny, the ire
ducible minimum OF the senator's. A
little man, below the medium height,
with bowed shoulders, bushy shock
OF dry white hair, and neatly uphol-
stored beard, the veteran Iowan may
be seen any day In his seat giving
close heed to the business proceedings.
A man who seldom talks and never by
any possibility commits himself to a
definite statement, he yet contrives to
be one Of the most important Of the
inner circle Of senate managers. He
Is a prince Of counselors and advisers,
cautious, prudent conservative, temp
crate, unhasty In speech or action.
never making false move or any
move that is not necessary. A Ulysses
for craft, he moves soft footed as a
cat to his designed and appointed des-
tination
While Japan and Russia were at
war, every one must have noted the
frequently recurring phrase in the Jap
enese official dispatches, "as previously
arranged" That, too, is Mr.. Allison's
method of doing business. Future
events in which he is interested are
carded and scheduled. Nobody really
knows Mr.. Allison. yet everybody is
his friend. He never tells inquirers
any facts about the legislation in
which he Is interested, yet he is con-
stantly besought for information.
Whenever he calls at the White House,
which is not infrequently, those sta
toned there for the purpose ask him
about his business with the president.
His reply is invariably the same-"I
called to pay my respects" Apparent
ly 1t is a debt that will never be finally
discharged.
Mr.. Allison ever dresses in solemn
blacks. clinging consistently to the
long "frock coat of statesmanship" In
summer he makes slight concession to
the rising temperature by wearing a