The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-16


NEW YORK. Sept 24-It 10 report
I'd that men prominent I'm Standard OH
affairs are favorable to reorganization
of the company on a new capital basis
as well as in other respects. They
have for years favored such a change.
John d. Rockefeller has opposed such
a move, it is asserted. and has not yet
gwen his consent.
Mr. Rockefellers opposition is said
to be based on a determination not to
permit Standard Oil certificates to be-
come speculative shares as is the case
with Amalgamated Copper. He is re-
ported as having pointed out that If
the certificates were increased in num-
Der, so as to represent market value
of say 800 a share, there would be
constant fluctuations on the Stock EX
change and the frequent assertion that
he was manipulating the market
Recently, it IS said some of these
trustees have been pointing out that
if Standard Oil capitalization were
based on tire value and earning capa-
city of Standard Oil properties-for in
stance, a capitalization equal to or ex-
ceeding that of the United States Steel
Corporation--the public would not re-
gard the dividend distributions as sx-
cessive This view of the matter, it is
said, has been given new consideration
by Mr. Rockefeller.
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the country, so that there will be no
such thing as a legalized saloon, to
debauch the manhood, insult the wo-
manhood and defile the childhood OF
my country.
You can not blame the saloon man
entirely. He is sold so much of the
public virtue for his good money. The
man who sells him the license can not
be blamed entirely. He is authorized
to commit this legal crime. The mem
bers of the legislature can not be
blamed entirely. They were elected by
the people. There are crooked politi-
cal leaders because their constituents
are not as good as they ought to be-
The people are the power and if the
entire country should be under the
prohibitive law it would be failure
unless the people were behind the
movement
THE saloons are all right, they
know better than anyone else how to
cater to the comforts of man, know
what he likes to eat and how he likes
to be comfortable. What we want to
do is to drive the alcohol out of the
saloons and make them such that a
man will feel that they are fit places
to which to take his wife, his son OF
his daughter. No, prohibition does nor
prohibit, in the hands of a red-noseC
chief of police, or of a man who u,
| seeking office, and for reasons tnat
are perfectly obvious.
Il believe that it is a shame that
you women have not the right to vote.
| do not know what effect it would
have on the temperance question. In
Colorado it had none, but independent
of the effect, l think that the women
OF the United States have the right
to express themselves at the polls.
Now in common with Indians, idiots,
and convicted criminals, they are de-
MED the rights of the ballot box.
III the people of this country would
spend half the time looking for some
thing right that they do for something
easy, it would settle the entire uues-
| ton of legalized liquor traffic in a
moment"
The Rev Doremus Scudder followed
Woolley, and spoke of the good work
that had been done by the w. c. r. U.
and said he hoped that the good cause
would continue. He, as pastor Of one
of the local churches, said he, would
do all in his power to help the cause
along. The Rev. McKeever followed
Mr.. Scudder and told of his expert
ences as a boy in Kansas, and how in
the end Kansas became a prohibition
state.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Mrs. j. M. Whit
ney, president; Mrs. d. Scudder, vice
| - SSAhNllI, wi .. y. jules, NlGe-DreS-
! ident; Mrs, Woolley, vice-president;
Mrs. Jordan, corresponding secretary;
Miss Yarrow, recording secretary; Mrs.
Coan, treasurer.
Heads of Departmental Le-
gion, Mrs Rider; Flower Mission, Miss
Pinder, Miss Judd; Literary, Miss
Johnson; Unfermented Communion
Wine, Mrs. o. H Gulick; Instruction
in Schools, Miss Whiteman; Sunday
School Work, Mrs. Thomas Thrum
Committee on Nominations, Mrs. J. T
Gulick, Mrs. o. H. Gulick.
Following the election of officers he.
freshments were served which were
enjoyed by every one present.
CHOATE DEFEATED.
THE HAGUE, Sept. 25.-Joseph H
Choate, head of the American delega-
ton 10, h.