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The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-09
AN UNFORTUNATE ATTITUDE

AN UNFORTUNATE ATTITUDE
It seems to us that there has seldom been
a miscarriage of justice comparable with that
which was perpetrated when Mr. BERNARR
MCFADDEN, the editor of Physical Culture,
was sentenced to pay fine Of 1000 and to
be confined for two years at hard labor for
The alleged crime of sending obscene liter
allure through the mails. Wholly aside from
the fact that Mr. MoFADDEN and the publ
cations which he has managed, have always
stood in the clearest of hostility to alcoholic
drinks and the business of making and sell
ing alcoholic drinks, we believe that the pub
lie, in general is under obligation to him
for the contribution which he has made to
improved public health as we'll as to i'm
proved public morals The man who finds
in Mr.. MoFADDEN's publications anything
impure, has, we feel sure, approached them
in wholly wrong frame of mind They
have been a force for purity and good NOR
ais through their whole history
It is certainly unfortunate that the United
States government is open to, at least, the
suspicion of administering this particular
law with far more vigor against reformers
than against men whose business is the de-
stroying of public morals. The mailing of
obscene matter from certain Offices in New
York and Chicago is notorious. Some of the
well-known liquor papers are constant Of
tenders in this direction. We have in our
hands at this moment recent copy of GER
tain prominent liquor journal containing an
illustration, the publication of which in The
National Prohibitiomist we would guar
antee to earn penitentiary sentence for the
editor. few years ago liquor paper of
the Northwest, which had been notorious for
it's violation of decency, published an article
so bad that its edition was in part excluded
from the mails, but the United States courts,
so far as we have heard, never took cog
nizance Of it. On the other hand, when Mrs.
CARRY NATION published wholesome truths
in plain English in her paper, she was prose-
cuted; when DR.. ALICE STooKHAM, after
the experiences of long lifetime of service
for her fellows, sought to guide the young
manhood and young womanhood of the coun-
try with clean truths, it cost her heavy
fine; when a Wisconsin college professor,
whose name escapes u.s. wrote an important
medical book for clean purpose, he went to
the penitentiary and stays there, in spite of
appeals to the President-the same President
who lets the vileness of the "Division" in
Washington go on, unchallenged, within a
stones throw of his windows-and when
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-09
THE BREAD LINE


What shall we do with the bread line This
question is disturbing the minds of public
spirited citizens, who see in the increased
and ever increasing number of applicants for
public charity, disturbing feature of our
supposed prosperity. According to recent es-
Inmates there are not less than $4,000 unem-
ployed men wandering the streets of Chicago,
while in New York the number reaches more
than 100000. These are not merely men
temporarily out of work, with good prospects
of early employment, but men who are in alb
solute restitution, dependent for food upon
immediate charity and with no prospect of
employment in the future.
The Chicago Record-Herazd, in an edi-
torial, which attempts to grapple with the
problem, suggests that the remedy lies in
the opening Of postal savings banks 1t rea-
sons that if postal savings banks were opened
the people would save more money and thus
be in better position to meet hard times.
With glimpse at something like the facts in
the case, the Record-H erald says:
Much money that is now wastefully and
recklessly spent in saloons would be saved for
idle and cherries days, and the night bread
or coffee lines would contain fewer of those
who ought not to be in them.
Yes, the saloon question is in the problem,
but why leave the saloon to compete with
the bank? Why not, whether we establish
the bank or fail of it's establishment, close
the door Of the robbing institution that plum
ders the people?
Here is the simple fact, that all these past
months while prosperity" has been pouring
its benefits upon the land, the saloon has
been robbing the american people of not less
than fve and a half million dollars every
passing day.
That money, had it not been for the sa-
loon, would have gone into the channels of
legitimate trade; it would have strengthened
every honest industry and its expenditure
along proper lines would have enriched those
who spent it. Had our industrial and COM
mercial system been fortified by the proper
expenditure of that money during the past
twelve months, such panic as we have ex-
perienced in the weeks Immediately past
would have been an impossibility
We may or we may not need postal saw
ings bank-we incline to the belief that we
do but postal savings bank, merely to
compete with the saloon, is nonsense.
The humblest citizen of Indiana is expected
and uired tO he
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-01-09

The humbest citizen of Indiana is expected
and required to respect and obey the supreme
court RESPONSIBILITIES Criterion Liquor pa
PERI
That is. unless the humble citizen should hap
pen to be saoonkeeper in which case there's
never a law of God or man that anybody ex-
poets him to show the slightest respect for
What should be done with our rvers?" asks
the Chicago Inter Ocean. Oh very probably
we'll be forced to use them as beverage when
Prohibition realizes its ideals-LoaiSviHe Courier
Journal
Never mind Colonel, dear, don't get excited;
your flask is not quite empty yet.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-12
CHINESE LABOR.

The Chinese Information Committee
of Honolulu have received letter from
the Chinese Minister at Washington
Hon. Wh Ting Fang, asking various
questions about the Chinese of Hawaii.
One question is in regard to limited
immigration of Chinese for Hawaii, how
many do you need? The committee
having carefully looked into the mat
ter and also having secured the opin-
ion of some prominent American bust
ness men and others, feel that five thou
sand Chinese laborers per year, inelud-
ing their families, would about meet
the present needs here in Hawaii. Their
reply is as follows:
AS to the numbers we ask for, we
feel, as do the Americans consulted,
that five thousand (5000) each year, in
Guiding their families, would about
meet the present needs. If this num-
Der were allowed each year for period
of seven years, we would probably, at
the end of that time, have not over
fifty thousand 100000 Chinese in the
Hawaiian Islands. AS there are now
between 10000 and 10000 japanese,
the coming of this limited number of
Chinese would bring about a better
condition of the labor situation.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-12
HONOLU IS PROMISED
NEW MONTHLY JOURNAL

In. the spring the -ysung mans fancy
Turns 10 love- so poets sound;
But he wants TO get to- business
When election time comes round.
Honolulu is to have a new pubIica-
ton, which the founders, Messrs W. F.
Sabin and ]. Augustine Combs, have
christened in anticipation The Pacific
Progress" The publication is to be, TO
quote the prospectus, neither political.
religious nor immoral which prom ses
to make it a new departure in monthly
publications at the Crossroads of the
Pacific The new molder of public
opinion is to be a monthly and the
first number will appear on July Is
as a Fleet Edition.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-12
HAWAIIAN QUINTET
AT DENVER THEATER

With the three performances today,
that is this afternoon and evening, the
wonderful and sweet-voiced Hawaiian
quintet will bring their engagement at
the Majestic theater to a close. This
has been the most successful singing
number that has appeared on the local
stage this winter, and all lovers of
music have taken advantage of the
opportunity and listened to the nation
al melodies of that far-off land in the
Pacific Today will be the last time
to hear them.-Denver Post, May %.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-12

Morgan sells fixtures, etc, at tn,
Globe Clothing Store, Hotel street,
this morning.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-12
FISHMARKET ARRAY.

Young Cham and Cheong Sing were
arrested by Officer Manase and charged
at the police station with affray. The
trouble took place in the Fishmarket
on King street, and was the result of
Young Cham s attempt to demolish the
vegetable stand of Cheong Sing.
Young Cham turned the stand over
while the proprietor was at breakfast,
and he was demonstrated with by
Cheong Sing. who used his fists and
feet to make good his argument.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-12
PORT OF HONOLULU.
ARRIVED.

Ah1h1 " 6i1s
Thursday, June IL.
Str. Claudine, Bennett, from Hilo
and Maui ports.
Str. Ke Au Hou, Petersen. from Ka-
uai ports.
Str. Niihau, Oness, from Anaholas&
U. s. S. Iroquois, Carter, from Pearl
Harbor.
Tug Kaena, Jorgensen, from Pearl
Harbor.
DEPARTED.
U. S. S. Iroquois, Carter. for Pearl
Harbor, with water barge in tow.
Am. blk. Amy Turner, Warland, for
San Francisco.
Str. Kinau, Gregory, for Kauai
ports.
Launch NJ. l., for Pearl Harbor.
PASSENGERS
Arrived.
Per str. Claudine, June II, from Ha-
wall and Maui ports.-H. Hamlin, r.
Davenport, H. r. Broderick, Emma
Kalohi, A. A Wilson, DR.. G. S. Aiken,
Mrs. J. S. Aiken, Miss Kia Kona, Miss
A. Mossman. Mrs. H. Aki. K. Ooka,
Mrs. Cup Choy and two children, G.
s. Leonard, A Dods, H. NJ. Roberts,
Now Sing, C. Akuna, and As deck.
Departed
Per str. Kinau, for Kauai ports, June
11-Miss NJ Hong, Miss Pua Kekela,
G. N Wilcox, W. A. Kinney, r, A.
Kearns, w B. Sutton, Geo. Kaluna,
Ernest Gay, Miss j. Soper, Francis
Gay and party, w. Pfotenhauer, Miss
Annoy FOok Tai
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-12
PASSENGERS
VESSELS IN PORT.

(Army and Navy.
Iroauois, U. s. s.. Carter, Moiokai.
May 1.
(Merchant Vessels).
Hollywood, Br. bk., Smith, Junin,
May Z.
Irmgard, Am. bkt., Christensen. San
Francisco, May 29.
FIaurence Ward, Am. schr., Piltz, Mid
way, May 90.
Alice Mcdonald, Am. schr., Benson,
Fort Bragg, June 1.
Robt. Levers, Am. schr., Underwood.
Port Ludlow, June 8.
Coronado, Am. bkt., Potter, San Fran
cisco. June 3.
Alice Cooke, Am. schr., Penhallow,
Port Ludlow, June 4.
Defender. Am. schr., Hellingsen, Ho-
noipu, June s.
Hilonian. Am. SIS, Johnson, s. F.,
June TO-
Columbian, Am. SIS, s. F.. June 10.
THE MAILS
Mails are due from the following
points as follows:
ford, June IL.
1of>oiittiila CT hoilSo.iS' y tLiS To-
San FrancisCo-Per Manchuria, June
Is.
San Francisco-Per Alameda, June 10.
Sydney-Per Mariana, June "a.
Mails will depart for the following
points as follows:
San Francisco-Per Mongolia, June Is.
Manila-Per L s. A T. Buford,
June 10.
Yokohama-Per Manchuria, June IS
San Francisco-Per Hilonian, June Is.
Victoria-Per Mariana, June q.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-12

*23.125 paid. 1923 per cent paid.
SESSION SALES.
SO McBryde t.
BETWEEN BOARDS.
None
DIVIDENDS
June 10, 1908.
Paauhau, 15c. share; Wailuku, per
cent.
NOTICE
No session today. June II, 1908, Ka-
mehameha Day.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-12
CHAMBERLAIN'S collie. CHOLERA
AND DIARRUOFA REMEDY.

This remedy has been in use for over
thirty years and has proved itself to be
the most successful remedy yet discov-
cred for bowel complaints. It never
fails. Sold by Benson. Smith & Co,
Ltd, Agents for the Hawaiian Islands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-12
FOR SALE.
REALTY TRANSACTIONS.

Entered of Record June TO- 1905
Kalei Clz) ct al to T NJ Harrison. D
Carl K1emme to Hon Brew & Malt
Co Ltd ...........-.. g Z M
Virginia Santos to Ella l. kinslea ID
Mrs Keanapuni Kaauwai ct al to
Phillip K Kaauwai. ............... d
Lum Ching to Lam Kan Chin. B S
VIM Meyer to Elizabeth K
meyer '--''' -
Abigail c Kawananakoa to r c A
peterson .....-'---...' rev Ii -
Bruce Cartwright TO Bishop & Co
...........,... ..,............ IA NJ
Heeia Agrctl Co Ltd to Hop Tuck
Wal Neutrality-suspicious.. Ian l.
Alex ] Dove to Florence E Dove. Rel
Florence E Dove to Katherine G
: Cooper -. . -. y
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-12
R~SA&.a9G~@I&~ =
y MARINE REPORT.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
F'rom San Francisco Merchants Elk
change.)

Thursday, June II.
San Francisco-Arrived, June IL, Am.
blk. Mohican, Am. schr. Muriel
Eureka-Sailed, June II, Am. bkt.
Mary Winkleman.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-12
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.
Lots at Kahhi, close to car-lgne. M
half prices. Terms: $50 down, ana
SO per month, without interest.
Lots (about one-haf acre. on Mancs
Heights, unequaled in view and soil.
Lots at from $3.50 and up in Nuuanx
Valley. on your own terms
Lots at Kapahulu at 800 each, On
time payments without interest.
Lots at Palama, within walking dis
tance from town. Easy terms
J. H. SCHNACK, 1877 Merchant etrse&
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-12
TRANSPORT SERVICE.

Warren, in Philippines.
Thomas, at s. f.
Crook, at s. F.
Logan, at San Francisco. repairing.
Sheridan, left Hon. for Manila. May ID.
Sherman, left Hon for S. F., June 5.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-07-18
The First outhurst.

Dry, statisticallike reports Of a con
vention like this would be impossible.
They said 1t was a cut-and-dried af-
fair. Maybe 1t was; but the man who
did the cutting and drying knew the
contracting and expanding qualities Of
the slices. He knew that dried apples
would swell and rice bulge and burst
when anointed with the liquid Of in
spring waters. When the great com
moner, in his workshop at Fairview,
qrartered, sliced and laid the bits upon
the drying board he knew those quar-
tiers and slices we're impregnated with
the germ of enthusiasm, only waiting
the touch of a finger or the breath Of
suggestion.
If anyone ever tells you this was q
gathering of chilly p%ropensities, you
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-07-18
ENT lSIAS7IC DEMOCRACY
Stir r Scenes at the Denver Con-
ventiOn Described.
The BIZ thering viii Go Down Into History as a Rec
oc ireaker for Enthusiasm-The Interesting
Incidents and Side Lights.
BY A. U. MAYFlELD.

1t was a Bryan convention from
start to finish; no other human being
could have filed the bill. Gov. John
sons name was presented, but it
would not take.
He was a good man, but the people
wanted Bryan, and Bryan they would
have, and did have.
There was never another convention
in the world like this one. All others
were tame affairs in comparison. Great
men from Europe had come to see it..
They maryeled. They we're astound-
ed. They cheered, they sang, they
wept with emotional enthusiasm as
did the loyal thousands. 1t was
mighty to behold. American to the
core, and the cheers were heard
around the world.
The selection of John W. Kern OF
Indiana, Bryan's running mate, was
more commonplace in comparison, al
though 1t showed the lung power
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-07-18
BY him over TO Kern. and the conven-
ton vas at an end.

by him over to Kern. and the conven-
ton was at an end.
A Sea Of surging Humanity.
Like the great raves Of the restless
ocean, now dashing against the rocks
aud shoals OF the shore; now refux-
Ing in subdued tides; now roaring and
surging in the strong winds Of a
mighty storm, rocked and pulsated
with human animation, sat the great
sea of humanity in Convention hall at
the opening of the CONVENTION. Voices
Of 10000 souls buzzed and hummed
and groaned. 1t was a spectacle,
fraught with enthusiasm and expec-
fancy, that one would long remember.
They were waiting-those thousands
OF joyous, yet sanguine spectators
waiting to hear the gavel fan upon
the marble slab at the chairman's
stand.
And then at last it came-rap, rap,
rap--but no heed was given. The
chairman of the national committee,
stern and determined in features, held
aloft his hands and would have quiet
ude. But none came. The band in
the balcony struck up a tune, but the
humming and buzzing Of voices ceased
not The tension of anticipation Of
what would or would not happen was
too tightly drawn, and the mainspSing
that impelled the human tongue to
wag was not yet run down,
Thus 1t was for nearly an hour
not an obstreperous audience, wild
and hilarious, but an audience that
was getting acquainted with ITSELF
buzizng, humming, swaying, and good
natured. But it was to have its visit
out, and the time came for restoration
Of order-and it was had.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-07-18
When quiet came there was no n
monstrance to the motion to adjourn
and 1t was SO.
Hobson Gets a Frost.

How different from the demonstr
ton at the afternoon session was Thu
at the night session. Another ma
was upon the platform
Richmond P. Hobson Of Alabama-f
Of Spanish bravery and kissing pop
Iarity--was invited to the rostrum.
Hobson had some good ideas but |
was too long in getting to them. 4
predicted war with Japan, and b
prediction was met with vigorous d
approval. He wanted to talk about
better navy, but the altitude was 4
dry for the audience to listen to
They were too far from water-and,
their minds, too far from war. b
Hobson is persistent. He would nj
down. The climax came when Hobs
said he had talked with Preside
Roosevelt a week ago and that 4
president expressed his belief that q
United States would have war wi
Japan.
There were cries of NO" NO"
over the convention hall. Hobson tri
to go on, but they wouldn't let hi
He lifted his clinched hands above |
lead in defiance, but the frost was
the convention and there was
chance for the captain. Kisses beg
buzzing over the great hall, and !
until Chairman Bell threatened
clear the balconies was peace restor|
Hobson soon closed. 1t was cPue
pathetic. Brave, noble Hobson-hd
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-07-18
The Second pay.

So far as Colorado was concerned,
she had ordered a perfect day. There
was not a cloud in the sky, and the
~snow-eapped peaks Of the eternal
Rockies glared in the distance. But
they always glare, for every day in
Colorado is a day of sunshine. How
different, too, was the atmosphere
from that dished up by the weather
man when the Republican convention
was on at Chicago In Denver there
was no waving Of fans. No coats
were remoyed-no perspiration rolled
down the face of the fat delegate from
New Jersey-all was cool and invigor-
ating.
Possibly this mile-high atmosphere
had something to do with the endur
ance and yelling power Of the lungs
that were to be tested later in the
day. The convention opened with
prayer-it closed with a whoop. The
parson thanked the good Lord for the
best type Of citizenship the world has
ever known" and the ball was on its
way. It was coming, first slowly, now
bounding in spontaneous leaps Of en-
thusiasm, and again in %smothered
rumblings. There was q cloud, mot
larger than a mans hand" lowering
over Convention hall. OF this | will
tell you later.
The Associated Rose Marching club,
Of Milwaukee, entered the hall, led
by a band. They played Dixie and
the crowd roared. Dixie always
brought the house down. Now and
then the Volunteers of Nebraska
would raise their banner, bearing Bry-
ans portrait, and there was applause.
Then came the dry routine again.
Chairman Bell must be a humorist.
When things got too quiet he inter
rupted the proceedings by reading a
fake telegram which stated that John
F. Whalen, secretary Of the state OF
New York, was wanted at the lone
distance telephone by Gov. Hughes
This enlivened things. Another no
tice was read. 1t said:
"Lost-The delegation from Micnl
gan has lost its Bible" This was thu
first intimation anyone had that Mich
igan had a Bible, and the convention
smiled out loud.
There was a lull. People seemed t
be waiting, breathlessly, for some
thing to turn up. A calm always pre-
cedes a storm. 1t was ~calm-painfu
ly so. They we're waiting for the con
mittee on credentials to report. Man
had gone to the convention hall will
out their luncheon. They we're hungr
and restless. 1t was the first sign {
d~ullness, and no one knew why. The
!, came a cry for speeches!
= "speechesl" That was what we
NEEDED.
Someone wanted to hear Senate
Towne Of New York, but he was NJ
: to be found. Kentucky then wantt
to adjourn until night. The vote WI
put, but there were too many noes
And they waited-that vast audienI
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tell them different. Who owe heard
Of a long and delirious applause fol
lowing the solemn invocation of a man
Of God on such an occasion as this!
But that is what happened here, The
good man from Wyoming, who asked
divine guidance for the men who we're
here to deliberate and act upon the
surest and best means Of making a
president of these United States, had
no sooner closed his lips than a burst
OF applause and hearty "Amens" came
from every section of the auditorium.
Then the tardy delegation from Ne
braska-possibly belated on purpose
fled into the hall, bearing a large por-
trait Of Bryan. The %applaudit of ap-
prevail that had been given the divine
apostle from the plains of Wyoming
turned to the more boisterous and Wig
orous sanction Of the man whose pic
ture in life-like tints was painted upon
the banner. The roar Of cannon could
not have been more deafening. In was
a recognition Of leadership that was
uumistakable.
The applause was not long, but It
told the story-it told Of the sentiment
u%nrestrained in almost every breast. 1t
conferred upon the nan of the party.
There was no getting away from it.
Bryan was destined to be placed at the
head Of the great Democratic hostl
Theodore Bell Sounds Keynote.
When Temporary Chairman Theo
dore Bell Of California took the reins
OF the convention in his hands he soon
came &c the realization that he was
not pulling the ribbons over any tame
steed. He smiled and looked solemn
In quick succession. His speech wa
the keynote Of the campaign that is Il
come. OF this speech Col Bob Taylot
Of Tennessee said:
/, 1T was the grandest portrayal o
Democratic principles ] ever heard.
Rap after rap was handed the pres,
! dent, and then he said: ''The peopl
built the White House and elected on
g man at a time. Under the law no ma
can ~traesfer his personal property.
He went after the tariff with hamme
and ciaws. "The tariff must not b
a made the accomplice Of the great mi
y nopoiies in robbing the American PEI
d ple,f he said, and the audience sal
It amen. He said the Republicans ha
promised many things that they ha
f~.rgotten after the votes were counte
n rhey had promised the election
Q United states senators by direct vol
Of the people. but that the long di
lance between the ballot box and Il
p senate gave the promised relief 4
phi LONG a time to daily with the &C
porate powers" and Il was reduced
4 phantom when It reached the VIII
3 House. Bell wanted an exclusion a
q that would not only keep the Chin