The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-06-22
Town TALK
BY THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.

A suave and polished gent entered
the Office of the Board of Health re-
Gently. Handing his pasteboard to
President Pinkham, he said Sir, my
card
"Well, Sir" inquired the alert Presi-
dent, what can do for you?"
Il can cure sickness without the art
Of medicine or surgery, replied the
suave stranger. Il want to ask il |
could practice in this territory"
Indeed" replied Pinkham. And
how do you practice, without the aid
Of medicine or surgery?"
"Oh, | cure ills by suggestion"
We'll, in event of you starting to
practice here replied Pinkham, Il
will suggest that you be hauled up and
made to pay fine of 5000 and costs.
well, ! guess said the stranger,
that that's % for me, in the practice
of my profession in this Territory.
Goodbye"
Far be it from me to encourage any
one to unduly drink liquor and still
farther be it from me to encourage
any one to neglect his family or his
obligations, but it seems to me that
our local liquor license commission is
showing very poor and unreasonable
judgment in certain matters of this
kind. The other day a letter was re-
ceived from woman claiming that her
husband drank at times, neglected her
and her children and she asked that
the commission do something to pre-
vent his securing liquor. The COM
mission promptly notified the secretary
to notify saloons that they must not
sell this man any liquor.
Such an administration or maladmin-
istration of law is farce. The man
ably was more or less hysterical when
she wrote the complaint, was given no
opportunity to be heard upon the
score of whether the wife's statements
were true. The law does not give the
commission the right to act precipitate-
ly upon this or any other matter. If
il be found that the man was actually
addicted to the use of liquor to the
material detriment of his income and
his family, the law provides a remedy
but it does not intend that the mere
unsupported charge of any one rela-
tive should deprive the man of the
right to secure liquor when he wishes
it and makes a reasonable use of it.
1t is a too common fault Of women
to charge a man with being under the
! influence of liquor, if they but smell
liquor upon his breath. Now one
swallow-with apologies to Anne M {.
Prescott for the pun-does not make a
summer, any more than one swallow
of liquor puts man under the In
fuence of liquor. 1t is very mucn
with certain elements of our liquor Ii
cense commission, as was said Of a
more distinguished official of the Ter
! ritory, what is needed is a little good
common sense, even if it has to be
put into the Capitol building, with a
/ lllSu I'LL pump anu Il uOS6.
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| The press in commenting upon pos
sible appointees to the vacancy that
Chief Justice Frear's retirement from
the Supreme Court would create, seem
to favor the name of A. F. Judd, one
of the younger attorneys of the Ter
ritory. Personally Judd is a man OF
much charm of manner and profession
ally is regarded as an exceedingly able
attorney but l am inclined to think
that he will hardly do. l doubt very
much if he would accept the appoint
ment or that it will be made. 1t
would SAVIOR too much of nepotism and
the family compact Suppose Judd
were to become the third member OF
| the Supreme bench, what would be
the conditions? The Chief Justice
would be A. S. Hartwell, the other
justice would ne A. A. Wilder. Judd
is married to a daughter of Hartwell
and is a closely connected cousin to
Wilder. Not that such a bench would
not be as just and efficient court as
the islands have ever known but there
is an Eternal Fitness of things that
would, it seems to me, preclude the
appointment of Judd.
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So F. J.. Cross has sold out again
And the wireless telegraph company
is to be run by a stock company. If
am not mistaken Cross originally start
ed the wireless system here and for a
time, operated it and then a stock
company was formed and took over
the concern; then Cross bought the
thing back for 80 cents, more or less
and since that purchase he has bios
somed out with a new automobile-not
that l envy it, him, bit-and shown
other signs of prosperity. A new
stock company now buys out his in
terest and Cross is going away for q
trip. l wonder what will happen will
the new company. Will every stock
holder be riding in new automobile
or will Cross. come back with his &c