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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-27
ABOUT GOOD CITIZENSHIP
Continued rom page One,

legal status in all essentials was that
of other American territories. It's cit
liens do not vote for President, they
have no Senator or Representative in
Congress, but they have Delegate who
NAV speak for them and present their
interests for legislative action. The
Governor is chosen by the President
but he has the right to veto, and may
thus be check upon unwise acts.
both state and Federal legislation
We're only municipal legislation upon
a more extended scale. Congress had
authority in the matter of adjusting
the tariff and fixing the appropriations
But while there were many points of
contact between the Federal and Ter
ritorial legislation. the people who lived
within the Territory were responsible
for its well-being, which is largely de-
pendent upon Territorial legislation.
Since this was true it was necessary
that men of the highest type should
be chosen as legislators, for the better
the man the better will be the govern
ment
Good government is conserved by
wise legislation, wisely determined and
enacted.
DECEPTIVE EULOGY.
The speaker then touched upon the
national tendency, on great national an
niversaries to eulogize our national in
situations too extravagant1y. AS ma
ton we We're disposed to consider
rights and privileges, rather than re-
sponsibilities. Tt was the land of the
free and the home of the brave. it mat
tered not what might be the race or
sex-all were entitled to the equal pro-
lection of the law. History had deve1-
oped the idea of equality, but it was
not one to be abused.
The country has room for and in
vites all people from every land, and
is disposed to make good it's prom
Uses of liberty. But there were those
who came who interpreted freedom
as license, who supposed that they
might do what they liked, who had
no wish to be good citizens, who were
ready to avail themselves of every
privilege and neglect their duties and
responsibilities. that were respected by
all good citizens. In it's last analysis,
this is government of law; not of
men. Everyone can do as he likes
subject to the law of the land. and
If he does not infringe upon the rights
Of others. II is the duty of every
citizen to see that all obligations are
rightfully discharged
The Territory of Hawaii became a
part of the United States, just as his
own State of Maine became a part of
the commonwealth in 1920. The people
of the United States in acceding to
this. said in effect that they would
1ntrust the government of Hawaii in
the keeping of every male citizen over
81 years of age, who could read or
write in English or the Hawaiian Ian
guage. In other words, the people OF
Hawaii were considered competent to
govern themselves.
They had acquired not only rights
but upon them devolved the response.
bflity of becoming good American cit
liens. 1t was for them to say what tn.
government should be. In the hands O.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-27

of North Carolina and
whas in these last days lost its relevancy
of South Caroha with
between drinks the reply must
Their
of the twod distinguished gentlemen
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-27

The candies of the Alexander Young
eaie nave neen little advertised; yet
the public call for them in preference
70 all others. Quality, purity and clean
illness have done it.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-27

inspiring which Hon. Joseph v Graft of Illinois
deliver
Ihey
the good of their subjects Mr.
theirco
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-27

$500000 OF
be to Republican candidate for President
he be Rovets recalls
locomotive In that encounter the
wasnet injured
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-27
Choice Gut Roses and VioIats
AT
MRS. E. M. TAYLOR'S
HONOLULU IRON WORKS
COMPANY.

machinery, Black Pipe, Galvanized
Pipe, Boiler Tubes, Iron and stee,. En-.
sineer's Supplies.
OFFTCE-Nuuanu Street
WORKS-Kakaako
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-27

of sublime Efforts
incidentally all the other Latin
American Republics the paefers dis
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-16
OUR FLEET FOR THE PACIFIC

Admiral Dewey's idea of the kin
of navy this country should have is
one that would permit Of large fleets
in both the Atlantic and the Pacific
ships for both, the one in the latter
oceans, but as there are not enough
ocean should be maintained.
The Japanese jingoists may buster
at the sending Of the battlcships to the
Pacific, but the gathering Of those
powerful engines of war IL those
waters, will. no doubt, have a quietins
effect on the nation generally. Since
the destruction of Russian warships
by the japanese the latter think they
are the only people who have a navy.
When they see ours and understand
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-16
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM.

A Manchester dispatch Of about a
week ago contained the statement that
there was danger, ON account of the
high price of cotton and of the pros
poets of it going still higher, of the
practical paralysis Of the Lancashire
cotton industry; that there was talk
Of the closing Of all the mills in the
Burnley district; that arrangements
had been made to close down for a
fortnight, which might be prolonged
all summer. The same was said of the
Accrington district. There are one
hundred and eleven thousand looms in
these two districts. Weavers there say
they have been losing money on &C
count of the increased price of yarns.
Cotton growers in this country
should not let such reports brighten
them into making contracts of sale of
their cotton at such prices as ten and
eleven cents. These reports of in
tended closing down are made for the
purpose of accomplishing that very
thing. There is no cause for alarm.
The English mills have got to have
the cotton; if they can't get it at low
prices thew will paw the higher rather
than go without it. Hold your cotton
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-16
UNJUST CRITICISM.

Var department ofncials do not I'M
derstand why there should be objection
in the south to the proposed practice
march of a body of federal troops
over the line of Shernan's march TO
the sea. They say the time has come
when the people should forget the up-
pleasant past. That is true, and, be-
ing true, the war department should
not ~inaugurate a movement calculated
to revive those memories in the minds
Of the people who live along the route
pursued by sherman's army. 1t Ia ths
war department that is preventing the
people forgetting the terrible expert
ence of the time when General Shec-
man demonstrated to them the truth
of his assertion that wal is hell. Hal
any of these department officials beer
with the federal army on that farous
march they would understand why
those Georgia people object to the pro-
posed march I'VE the route. thus re-
| viving the memory of the fearful Or
deal they vent through. The charge
comes with poor grace from those fed-
eral officials that In objecting to the
| march of the troops over that route
the people of Georgia are attempting
| to resurrect feelings OF hostility be
tween the two sections as they are
proposing to do the very thing thel
| charge against those whom they are
criticising. There was nothing III that
! march to the sea for the north to be
| proud of at the time or to cause il to
wish to keep green the memory Of it.
Another war department of1icla: is
! quoted as saying that lit is TO be re-
| GREETED that sectional and race feeling
| continues to greatly hinder the work
and development Of the army, stat
| ing that it is difficult to find posts at
| Wnlcn negro lfOOuS can De malntalnSI
without the fight against their pres
| ence being carried to congress-. This
| official should have left out the word
sectional in his complaint, for it is
a matter of record that opposition to
army posts being garrisoned by negro
troops is confined to no one section of
the country. Protests on this subject
have been made to the war department
from the north. east and west as well
as from the south.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-16

people and stimulate all kinds OF COM
merce, For the asst six a the
worlds production of gold and silver
was worth $2,5eo, 100000; but the cot
ton crop in the same period was worth
s3,s69,0e0,o0e Thus the south had a
better source of wealth ia its cotton
fields than il it had owned every gold
and silver mine In the world.
In the value of the crop here given
is included the worth of the seed,
which in 1906 was $4,000, 900 A few
years ago the see was hrown away.
The south is learning how TO utilize its
waste products. In the time to come.
with scientific agriculture, it will grow
two bales of cotton where now il
grows one. The southern people will
rival the north in wealth by the time
We reach the hundredth anniversary
OF the attack on Fort Sumter.
The south is gaining wealth from
the manufacture of its own cotton.
Twenty years ago the southern mills
spun but o~ne-fourth of the quantity Of
cotton used in northern mills. Today
they spin quite as nue. as the mills in
the north. In 1880 the number of
southern spindles was $4,000. Now
it is nearly 10000. 900. The south has
more money invested in cotton mills
than the whole country had in 1880,
and it consumes twice the cotton con-
sumed by the nation in that year.
What can better show the wonderful
progress the south has made in re-
cent years and what she is destined to
become than the figures we have given
above from this source known of all
men to be entirely unprejudiced in ia
vor of our section? The editorial closes
with this paragraph:
An American need not be OF south
ern birth or have southern connections
in business to rejoice at these facts
that tell of wonderful material pros
perity in the states to the south of US.
The people of this part of the country
rejoice at them because the southerner
is a felloW-countryman. But there is
satisfaction also in the reflection that
all the disagrceable memories of the
war and all the political differences be-
tween the sections will disappear when
the south is busy and growing strong
, with wealth and success.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-16
A PARADISE

Frank Putnam has an article in The
New England Magazine on conditions
in the state of Maine. 1t is entitled
"a Study in Grating. Tax-Dodging
and Isolation. He makes out a pretty
bad state of affairs existing thee.
The government and most everything
else in the state seems to be
in the hands of a few corporations.
Her nine million acres of forests are
in the hands of a few corporations and
individuals and pay practically no
taxes to the state. Her railroads, mali
~ufacturing industries and wild
land owners unite to control the
state government, pay low taxes aal
send most Of their surplus earnings
out of the state. They also W most
of the newspapers in the state. The
article declares that Names poll
ticians, in order to cover their own
land-grabbing, taX-dodging, tariff
wall-building operations, have kept
the state befuddled and deluded with
the issue of prohibition of the manu-
facture and sale of alcoholic liquors"
What a paradise Maine would be
for some of our North Carolina re-
form a~gitators. Some of our editors
could DE kept as busy there as a bee
in a tar-bucket.. We would like to see
them go up there and tackle the
proposition.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-16

hat its strength is and that 1t is In
position for operations at a moments
notice they will not be SO sure OF an
easy victory in a wa. with this country
Admiral Dewey is right in saying
that the Pacific is the place o the
greater part of our navy. If it lis to
be needed at any time in the near fu-
ture it will be in those waters.
Sending the warships there now
would hardly cause war with Japan.
II she is determined on war at the
present time, though we do not be-
lieve she is, she would find some pre-
text for beginning hostilities, whether
we sent any warships to the Pacific
or not. This naval movement On the
part of our government would be no
more valid excuse for making wal on
the United States than many others
she could trump up. If she would con-
slider that good reasoR for declaring
war she would do go whether or not
We had a single warship in the Pacific.
In fact, if Size is so anxious for war
as to make that a preteXt she would
be more apt to tackle our government
if she had only a few wars1ips or none
in the Pacific than if she had a power
full feet nearby, expecting to make a
cash at the Philippines and Hawaii,
and, perhaps, tie California coast and
do much damage before any defense
could be made.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-16
DANGER TO SOUTHERN DEMOC-
RACY.

The heated senatorial contest in Mis-
sissippi is whooping up things in that
state. Already as man. as $4,000
democrats have registered for the
primary which takes place next month.
This is far above any vote which has
been polled in the state in many years.
in 1900 the vote of the two parties for
the presidential election was only So
$50, the republicans casting 5.753 Of
that number. In 1904 the total pres.
idential vote was 1924. the republi
cans voting only 1884. NotwithstaId-
ing these small votes the state had in
1900 a1votfng strength of 349,177 &C
cording to the census reports of 1900
This shows nearly 800, 600 men of vot-
ing age who do not go to the polls
This included the negroes; still it Is
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-16
ELECTION OF MIR. CHATHAM.

The Industrial News thinks the rad
ical faction in the democratic state
executive committee had contro! of
that body at the meeting Monday
night and could have elected NJ.
Travis as chairman had it chosen to
do so; but that it did not want to show
its hand, the idea being that if a man
the fight of the latter faction against
control by the radical element would
be suspended until the meeting of the
convention and thereby insure victory
for the latter, in the convention; that
it made no difference who was at the
ent time until the meeting of the con-
vention.
That sounds somewhat plausible, but
we do not believe the radicals reasoned
it out that way. That crowd is not of
the kind to forego contain victory in
the hopes that by so doing it may
gain a greater one in the future. It's
rule is to take everything in sight. If
the Industrial News idea is correct
why did Mr.. Manning, Of the Fifth dis
trict, vigorously antagonize Mr.. Chat
ham and try to create a prejudice
against him because he is the presi-
dent of the North Carolina Railroad
Company, and place in nomination MI.
Travis, who is known to be of the fac
ton now in control OF party affairs?
All the circumstances indicate, to our
mind, that the Inns" did not wish to
antagOnize the election of the man
centered upon by the other side
through fear of exposing their weak
and ally in the position of chairman of
the state committee during the cam
paign for choosing delegates to the
state convention is an advantage no
candidate for governor and his man
ayers would voluntarily surrender. Mr..
Chatham has no favorite among the
candidates for the Office of governor.
He will perform the duties of the pc
sition impartially. No candidate will
derive any advantage from his being
chairman beyond the fact that no other
other candidate will be given any pref
Or undue advantage.
The committee in electing Mr.. Chat
ham did a wise thing. It's action will
tend to heal the breach which undeni-
ably exists in the party in the state
and to make the convention more
harmonious than it would be had an
extremist of either faction been chosen.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-16

There Is a novel divorce suit about
to be instituted in Pittsburg. Ii differs
from all other such cases in that bCth
pIaintif and defendant Is a a
Tn. father Of a minor married woman
Who is also her guardian. asks the
court to appoint \ guardian Of bis
daughters husband. who Is also a
minor In order that he may in betais
OF his daughter bring suit against her
husbands guardian for divorce from
the latter's ward.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-16

The Greensboro people have our
sympathy in the resignation of Rev.
DIR. Henry ". Battle. pastor OF the First
Baptist church of hat city. We knew
his church people hate to give him up
and that all, irrespective of church st-
fliations, regret his intended depart
ure, DR.. Battle has iatterins calls
to churches both in and outside of the
state. We hope he will determine 10
accept n Of the former for he ought
to be kept in the state North Carolina
cannot afford to give such men up; she
would be much better of if she had
many more hike him.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-16

Everybody in the party Gems Ia De
delighted at the election OF Mr.. Chat
ham a. state chairman. Those ono
or two who opposed him when his
name vas first proposed are supposed
to be well satisfied now. At least va
judge from all the newspaper COM
ments that the election has given sat-
isfaction. Let US hope such Is the case
and that there Is going 10 be no moro
factional fighting In the party.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-16
THE STATE COMMITTEE MEETING

|
The craftsmanship of the state dem-
ocratic committee seems to be going
begging; or is it that the W factions
are afraid of each other: The commit
tee evidently would have preferred
that Mr.. Simmons withdraw his iesig-
nation. Then when it came to elect
ing his successor Mr.. Chatham accept
ed the position only on the understand
ing that he would not be asked to
continue as chairman after the meet
ing of the state convention mex year.
There are some things about that
committee meeting which we do not
understand . The Messengers cores
pOndent reported as part Of the pro-
ceedings hat Messrs. Manning and
McMichael declared that they though:
it unwise to elect Mr.. Chatham because
he was the president of the North Car
DINA railroad and that Mr.. Daniels
cuIIOI VI l. lS News dlIu oDSCI vel, SLdL-
ed that he thought it best for the
party to elect him and seconded the
nominations; also that Mr.. Manning
put in nomination the name Of Mr. E.
l.. Travis, who declined to allow bis
name to go before the body. None of
these statements do we find In TIE
News and Observers account Uf the
proceedings. Again yesterdays News
and Observer contained an edi drill
on Mr.. Simmons services to the parry
as the state chairman. It was a very
handsome and Well merited valediCtCry
ON the retiring chairman; but not a
word was there in that papers eGi-
torial columns on the new chairman.
AS his nomination was seconded by
| the editor of that paper it was natural
| to expect that it would contain a COM
| plimentary salutatory to him.
What does all this mean? Why die
| The News and Observer leave out the
account of the objection raised to Mr..
| Chatham by Manning and McMichael
and the subsequent proposal by Man
| ming of the name of Travis and its
| withdrawal-this. too, by a paper
| which boasts that it never suppresscs
any news? Taking all these facts into
| consideration isn't it natural to sup
puse that some folks found when the
| committee met that they did not have
| that control over its members that
| they had been in the habit of welding
i'm the past, and that among the lead
ers of that clique it was thought best
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-16

Among the contributors to Uncle
Remus' Magazine for July are Joel
Chandler Harris, Charles G.. ID. Rob-
eTts, Carolyn Wells, Frank l.. Staun-
ton, u. A. Lane (his second install
ment of Five Men Who Made Ep-
ochs"), and DR.. c. Alphonso Smith.
whose article is entitled You All. AS
Used in the South. The one hundred
and twenty thousand copies of the
June issue were sold in four or five
days. The magazine is published by
the Sunny South Publishing Company
in Atlanta, Ga, at one dollar a year.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-16

Chicago no longer holds world -
cord for greatest number OF divorces.
She has been beaten by a city in Hun
gary. An exchange says the American
city now holds the record only for the
st streets. Reports of conditions
in New York indicate shat she j. push
ing Chicago close for tic lead ia that
respect.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-16

said that nearly 1ee, 900 white men
stayed away from the polls st the
last two presidential elections. Mis-
sissippi is not alone in this respect
and here lies the danger 10 the demo-
cratic party In TIE south The demo-
Gratis are becoming too indifferent To
the welfare of their party
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-16

Did Tolstoi predict this country is
going TO smash as a hint 10 the Japs
TO pitch in and help hasten the catas-
trophe? Nothing would please Russia
better than TO see Japan engaged In a
serious war.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-16

II Il fellow sues one of the railroads
foI having TO pay the old rate for a
ticket, will he get his money. in case
cases in the federal court are deter
mined?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-16

to yield to existing conditions ratSer
than TO force the issue? We suppose
the inside workings of the committee
will come TO light after Q while.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-16
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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-14
A Grewsome PACKAGE,

An extraordinary story comes from
romsk. Siberia. A peasant from the
country appeared in the police station
carrying a bundle which he carefully
deposited OF the table before the
chief
Il am a poor man" he said, "and
when | come to Tomsk I beg for my
food Tonight l went to vespers and
when l left the church | began to beg
Two men whom | did not know ap.
preached, and asked if | would not
have some meat as aims. ! was most
grateful and accepted this bundle. In
the dark | thought 1t was a sleeps
head. When | got home TO the place
where | lodge | gave it to my land.
lady 10 cook for us. 1t makes splendid
soup, sleeps head does. When she
undid the bundle she started back
with a shrek. And now I'll show you
what she saw"
The beggar went forward to the ia.
Die. unuid the handkerchief round the
bundle and a mans head. cut off close
to the shoulders, appeared, 1t was
the head Of a policeman who had been
missing some time and who was sup.
posed to have been murdered by the
native Kirghiz.