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The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-02-07

said Hustace, land God help YOU. II
you do what has besn done on Maui
and Hawaii, you're finished"
THE chairman of the department
says that a new man can save money"
said Fern.
Il believe" started Hustace.
1.-The board doesn't mind what you
believe" said Fern. 81 wish the ques-
ton put
"And I wish it deferred" exclaimed
the chair.
! THE department can't be run cheap
err" Clipped in johnson.
! The chair and the garbage superin-
! tendent INDUCED in a little brotherly
dialogue of an end-man nature, which
! planted a smile on the face of Fern
& Co.
we are not going to incur extra
expense" said Fern; ''there'll be no
expensive rigs or anything like that.
One man on foot can go over the city
in three days and see that the garbage
is properly removed"
Dwight's motion for deferment was
unseconded.
Hustace stamped the resolution as
rash move and said that it reflected
on the board
Fern refused to withdraw his motion
and Harvey insisted on the question
Why didn't the chairman of the
Garbage department tell me if any,
thing was wrong or that a change was
projected. I'm a member of everH
committee and am always wishing to
do what l can to help you.''
Harvey said that the motion was
put and seconded and objected to hav-
ing Hustace thrust his plans down the
boards throat.
Johnson said that if there was any
thing against him he would like to
know it. He had some credit coming
to him. Fe l-~nw that there was
politics behind the resolution.
Fern said that he introduced his
resolution because he didn't think |
Johnson or any other man should hold |
two offices. He also wanted to see the |
department pay There were hundreds |
of stores and houses that didn't get |
their garbage removed.
Hustace said that the resolution was
He didn't think that the
members of the board had begun to be |
yet.
''On1v vou." said Harvey.
You shouldn't say that to me-" said |
the chair. We've made good record |
so far and we don't want to spoil it.
If we hadn't made a good record the 1
the other papers, even the /
Friend would have jumped us for |
they're glad enough to knock US when
they get a chance. Not that I mind,
for it's all good advertising and will /
do good if we run for election again"
"Are we going to stay here all
night?" queried Fern. Il
1.-THE shortest way is to put T. to
a vote" said Harvev. "and if we've
made a mistake it will be found OUT
Cox said that his record was of al
ways having backed up the commit
tees. He had no axe to grind and
would do what was right. Politics cut
no ice with him. He thought that the
could be run cheaper.
Dwight said that he was in the dark
as to how to vote because the chair
man of the garbage committee had
produced no figures as to what the ,
cost of the proposed change would b. .
Archer said that $500 a month was
all that would be asked for. He A.,
thought that if new business was can
7assed the income Of the department
would greatly increase.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-02-07
SUPERVISORS
AFTER SPO|Ls
CFrom Thursdays Advertiser.)

(From Thursdays Advertiser)
The supervisors held the star chat
tering bout of the past year at their
session last night. Things went along
swimmingly and at $3.50 o'clock ii
looked like an adjournment right
away. Then Fern introduced a reso-
luton that new head of the Gar
bage department pc appointed on the
absurd ground that the cleanliness of
the city demanded it and that Sam
Johnson, the present superintendent,
was too busy to give the work the
attention that it needed.
1t looked like cut and dried thing
"a premeditated salary graft and the
Democrats fought for the resolution
tooth and nail.
Chairman Hustace wanted a vote
on the resolution deferred until the
next meeting. Fern and company
thereupon got up on their hind legs
and roared. For two hours and a
quarter the wordy warfare was waged
with both sides insistent on their
points and it was not until 1925 that
Fern and Harvey succumbed to ex-
haustion and Hustace rushed through
a motion to adjourn.
The matter will come up for fur
Their discussion next Wednesday and
in the meantime both sides will grid
themselves carefully for the fray.
The Garbage department as now
run gives satisfaction and for some
time past the finances have taken on
roster tinge. There is every pros
pect that this desirable state of af-
fairs will continue.
The proposal to put a new man at
the head of the department is cloth
ed in vagueness as far as the ques-
ton of ways and means is concerned
and there is no doubt that the re-
suit of such an experiment would be
that the salary of the position would
go to pay a political debt or to Sc
cure mortgage on political assist
ance The county would be put to
greater expense and the city wouldn't
be a bit cleaner than it is today.
Present were Chairman Hustace, Su-
pervisors Dwight, Archer, Fern, Har-
vey, Cox; Deputy County Attorney
w. L. Frazee, Clerks Ka-
lauokalani and Buffandeau, Steno-
grapher Aea, Road Supervisor John
son, Chester Doyle, ]. Bicknell, Fire
Chief Thurston, Auditor Fisher.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.
BILLS.
The following appropriations were
made:
General Find
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-02-07

ed from the management of the ROAD
Department.
And it is further resolved, That the
chairman of the Garbage department
is hereby authorized to appoint a su.
perintendent of the Garbage depart
ment and make a report of his doings
at the next regular meeting of the
board.
THE DISCUSSION.
The chair wanted the putting of the
motion deferred. He said that the
Garbage department was being well
and economically managed at present
and that to go further would very
probably be to fare worse. At present
the department was being operated at
a deficit OF $500 a month in place of
$1,000 a month as was the case not long
agos The department was doing good
and conscientious work and kicks were
few and far between.
Dwight supported the chair
The opposition urged an immediate
vote on the resolution
Fern said that according to thel
County Act Col. Johnson could nos
hold two offices.
The chair produced an opinion which
held that the Road and Garbage de
partment were practically one and the
same.
Fern said that if the management of
the department were put in differeny
hands, the department would pay. He
knew of lots of people whose garbage
was not being removed.
at would y yer do to try and make
money out of the Garbage department"
said the chair. THE department is
being run today for $500 a month, and,
it is a credit to the city and the
board. 1t can't be done cheaper If
it costs more to run the, Garbage de
made, there will be so much less money
for road-work"
Put the notion said Harvey.
Il won't sit in this chair ard put a
motion which I know to be detrimental
to the county" said the chair.
The members of the board ara all
sensible men," retorted Fern, and will
do what is right
Hustace asked johnson if al was
well with the department.
johnson said that as far as he knew
all was well.
NO complaints?" queried Hustace. !
None" replied Johnson.
Harvey called for vote.
The chair asked Archer if he had
heard of any complaints against the
department.
Archer said that he didn't think that
the city was kept as clean as it might
be- He thought that the management
of the Garbage department ought to
be in the hands of a man who could
give his entire time and attention to
his duties. He wanted to see Johnson
get a bigger salary. however.
The chair baked at the raise-of- |
salary talk He said johnson gave his
orders to another man who did all the
running about.
Harvey and Hustace INDUCED in a |
spirited argument.
Johnson explained that the street !
cleaning was done by the Road de- !
partment The Garbage department
emptied the rubbish-boxes
You see we've little money in the |
treasury" said Hustace, land that's
what brought this thing up. Let me
give you a little advice"
Il don't want any advice" retorted
Harvey.
You're on trial now as Hawaiians.",
The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-02-07

An overdue police bill provoked
had some repairs made to the police
station without having previously
notified the board.
The chair said that this kind of
thing must stop and told the police
committee to see to it that in future
no authority is given for the purchase
of anything out of the ordinary until
the matter had been brought to the
attention of the board.
Harvey said that the sheriff had
brought the matter to the notice of the
committee. He thought that the money
had been well spent.
That makes no difference" exclaim-
ed Hustace, eve must be kept in touch
with what's going on"
REPORTS.
The treasurer's report for January
was read and ordered filed.
Sheriff Iaukea's statement of police
activity during January was read and
ordered filed.
PETITIONS.
= petition from the residents OF
Punchbowl street, between Pauoa
bridge and the road leading to the
Chinese cemetery, asking for a con-
duit to carry drainage waters. was
read and referred to the Roads Com
mittee.
A petition was read from the Fifth
Precinct for the installation of two
electric arc lights on Queen street, be-
tween Cooke and Ward. Referred to
Electric Light Committee.
An appreciation from Capt Orwell
of the work recently done by the road
department on Monsarrat road lead
ing to Diamond Head was read.
A BOSIBsHELL.
Fern presented the following resolu-
ton:
Whereas. The road supervi or OF the
district of Honolulu, County of Oahu.
has more roads to attend to at this
time than at any time heretofore and
Whereas. The city must be kept clear
of all rubbish and other things danger
Gus to life, and
Whereas. It is the opinion of the
public that the health Of the city
should be improved:
Be it hereby resolved, That the man.
agement of the Garbage Department of
the city of Honolulu is hereby separat-
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
ADVERTISING SUMMER RESORTS.

New Londons Business Mems assocl- ation has taken active steps in a cam paign to advertise the city as sum mer resort. Speaking of the summer visitors that come, the New London Telegram says: "We need them and they will find things here to attract them again and again. And they will carry their happy impressions every where to the benefit of this commun- ity." New London's business men. it may fairly be said, have not been "up to snuff all of the time but they have made a good move here. Furthermore New London has the summer resorts to advertise and those who come Ia patronize them will bring great deal of money into the coffers of the business men who pay for this adver- tising. not only this year but in years to come. He who comes once will re- turn again another summer.
 New Haven has its summer resorts and they are no less attractive than those of her neighbor- sister on the sound. A Savin Rock Business Mems association has been organized within the week with objects in view that are  very much in line with those outlined by the New London organization. The association proposes to make the wa tering-pace better known all over New England Similar action might well be taken to advantage with reference to our other resorts, which compare favorably with any in this part of the country. It is debatable whether the city fathers might not have invested the sl 900 which was voted for the it. lumination of the Green at the time of two conventions thie summer to better advantage into channels similar to those New London's association has seem that the resulting benefit to the business interests of the city would be greater as a result. Certainly 1t might be considered a more legitimate field for municipal activity.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
The Formers Prosperity.
(Sprlnghcld Republican,

Tho note of prosperity ls very mark ed in tho farm region- of the west, fact which goes to Illustrate how large ly the material welfare of the nation rests upon agriculture The newspa pers of the great agricultural states of the West report that the farmers have money in hand, and read with amaze ment the story of lingering panic con ditions in tho East We are told that states which were formerly large bor- rowers of eastern money no longer need such help II is also related to what an extent luxurics have become a com monplace in tho homes of the farmers A newspaper in the interior of Missouri thus contrasts Inc old days with the new Thirty years ago one of the old fashioned steel-wire spring wagons was a luxury. In n funeral procession a mile long you would see perhaps two or three of them Everybody rode in farm wagons. Twenty years ago a top buggy was rich mans good fortune, and but few of them were seen To-day top buggy with a rubber tire is as common as a democrat in Texas Any body and everybody has them farm wagon in a funeral procession would be q novelty. The upper ten ride in automobiles and they are fast getting to be coutmOn,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
National Finances.
(The Waterbury Republic,

(The Waterbury Republican,
 IL Is predicted that there will be a treasury deficit of s60000,0)0 at the end of the present fiscal year This de felt which already amounts to s4300o- GOO will have been partly created by the large falling off in dutiable imports The larger portion of the deficit to date has resulted since the financial furry of last October, showing that there has been due to depression, decrease In the consumption of foreign made goods It has also been partly due to the fall Ing off of Internal revenue receipts chargeable to tho decrease in the con- sumption of liquor.
 But this treasury deficit, whatever 1t may be, Is not true index of national finances. While imports have largely decreased exports have increased, so that the balance of trade to date stands in our favor to the extent of 4I,O00, 00), of which over s260,000,000 represent manufactured products, This means that foreign consumption of American products has brought just so much money into the country to the benefit of capital and labor. It further means that 1t has greatly assisted in the do- nestle consumption of home products. Consequently, while the treasury may have suffered, the country at large is
 in better shape than ever before, since the balance of trade In our favor is larger,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
LIFE CONFINEMENT.

The fact that New Haven has at this time q colored man standing trial in the criminal superior court for murder in the second degree, the pen alty for which is life Imprisonment, naturally cannot but give much local interest to the ideas just expressed by Thomas Dudley Wells of the Hart ford Times. MT. Wells has made a careful study of penoogy and espe- eially of the life sentence, and has come to the conclusion that 1t is far from being wise institution. His argument is that after quarter of century of imprisonment the character of mans life becomes so firmly fixed that his future conduct, whether in prison or out. may be forecasted with tolerable accuracy. His remedy would be in line with the customary methods in New York State, where d new law provides that the punish ment for murder in the second degree shall be an indeterminate sentence, of which the minimum term Is twen- ty years and the maximum Is life. He proposes the release of prisoners on parole after twenty-five years in prison.
 MT. Wells arguments are purely logical and the other extreme from being emotional. For life prisoners, '" he says, "I neither hold a brief nor have bouquets, Concerning them l harbor no mushy sentiment. They have slain; they must suffer 1t is both natures law and mans law, and from it escape Is Impossible And yet l am lmpelled to doubt whether the Connecticut policy toward the life convict Is wholly wise" He argues from the standpoint of society at
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
THE MORNING JOURNAL. couR HER. MONDAY, MAY A. 1908,

alone, but King Alfonso has taken late ly to putting In an appearance at the gathering Az the women enter tho presence chamber each ls presented with highly ornamontod cushion. All then stand In q row, while. In turn, every lady advances to the throne on which her majesty lH sitting and, plac- Ing the cushion at tho queens feet, pro- eeeds 10 slt upon 1t, The queen enters Into c brief conversation with each de- hulante In Spanish, alter which the lady retlres, carrying her cushion with her This Is a trying, ceremony for the debutantcs because, saVo the one who ls In conversation With the queen, all the others have to remain standing right through,
 John Hassall, the English artist, Is unconventional in his mthods, and says he shuddors to think what would hap pen If some of his friends knew how burning will help him to get the right shade of brown he drops his brush anu uses the red-hot poker, Once, when he found difficulty In getting the dirty gray he wanted, he used q little damp earth from the garden with very sat lalactory results,
 William De Wilde, farmer attempt. cd to commit suicide near oak IIarbor He placed dozen sticks of dynamite in n nall kog In his wood shed, sat on the keg, and touched off the fuse The shed was blown to sllvers. and no trace of the keg can be found. Dc Wilde received scratch on tho leg and a few burns on the face, De Wilde recently sold, his farm for sS,o00 and was de- spondent because he did not know where to 90 when he gave up the land,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04

The city government should also con sider the advsahllity of forblading au- tomobies to use those corners under any circumstances. Technically such a prohibition might be violation of the rights of the common highways, but it is inconceyahle that tho city govern ment should find itself unable to act in this connection in view of the demon- strated danger of permitting the free and unrestraned use of the corners, Such trafTic regulation would be tol- erable at least until the subway had completed. The tragedy of last Friday can only be interpreted as direction to the city fathers to take some prac- teal, even if radical step,
 still another unsolyed problem IS revealed in the rough controversy be- tween police officers at the fire satur. day and students who bear an excellent reputation, Had not the ioollsn custom been again lndulged in of ringing the fire bells of the city, tho fire would have been under control before an ex- cited crowd had been called together It is no longer necessary for the pro tection of property to warn the public of fire It ls the inevitable conse- quence of ringing the bells that q crowd assemblies and 1t either impede' the work of the nremen or that of tn, policemen. Surely these simple legIs lative betterments can be undertaken without unnecessary delay, The warn
 ings, which should call them forth, ar, not lacking in current history.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04

large, and from that of the prisoner, He shows the loss of productivity to society Involved In the seventy-nIne life prisoners now lncarcerated at Wethersneld The total period of Imprisonment these seventy-slx men and three women have served Is Si5 years, which he says Is the equivalent to twenty-sIx generations of human life, With statisticlans true Instinct he reckons lt out that If these people had been working all this while at wages averaging sl,50 a day their total revenues would have been s400,O0o, a matter worth considering In this connection it Is a matter of ln- terest to note that one of the male prisoners "up' for life at Wethersneld had been in prison over year before Fort sumter's guns fired. He Is now scarcely 70 years old
 The suggestion of this reform Is not new, but Is 1t no less commendahle for that reason. Twenty-Five years taken out of the llfc of a man repre- sents the better part of it, If during that time, when he has been clvllly dead in prison his actions have been good, there would appear little req son to argue for further punishment, even If he had been guilty of murder That length of punishment should he sufficient to impress upon all the aw- fitness of taking a human life. And after all, lt Is not always so that the man who Is once bad is always bad Christianity teaches the doctrine o forgiveness when he who Is at errol sees the wrong of his ways The ac tlvitles toward the accomplishment O this judicial reform may well g' hand in hand with the efforts to es tablsh a reformatory in the State where first offenders can he sent be tween the ages of l6 and 25.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
DEATH IN THE SERVICE.

In the death of Lieutenant Frank Conlan of No. 4e engine company the fire department of New Haven loses dependable public servant and the city itself the kind of man who enlIsts in a cause to remain true to it's require ments to the end, Fresh from con aagratIou, Conlan was attending to the duties of his office when he was killed by an explosion In the engine house,
 Lieutenant Conlan enjoyed the con- fdence oi his superior offices in the de- partment and the esteem of large cir cle of friends He was devoted to his work and let his work tell the story of his usefulness other than indulgence in the political manipulation which is always present in governmental de- partments of that character. Like many another soldier he died at a moment when he had reason to believe that he
 
 had left danger behind. II was not in risklng his life in saving the property of other people that he lost it but in preparing for additional duty in what ever form it might present itself.
 It now remains for the fire officials of the city to cnt- the name of Con Ian upon its roster of heroes The recognition of the official and persoha worth of such man In the records oi the departmen will do more to lift the dignity of the service and keep lie thing
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04

trousers pocket closed in the pres ence of legitimate demand for as- sIstance to save them.
 The wholo case of Mayor Hooker must stand or fall upon the need there was for more money than usual to save Hartford from It's enemies, That need established, 1t Is still a pertinent question, why was the hoft of tho load put upon him, who Is one citizen out of a hundred thousand? Attacking him for telling the whole truth is put ting a premium on incomplete and deceptive returns" we arc told, We should rather say that the truth which he has told with such frank ness reflects seriously upon the repub- llcan party of Hartford, which ap- pears to have stood from under, while he was being separated from his prl- vate bank account. If he received his election honestly, 1t was at all times possible for the rank and file to SO crowd about him ns to make the ex- penditure of much money unthinka- ble. As the months roll by we are in- clined to think that Mayor Hooker will have more occasion for resent ment at the way he has been treated by those who should have saved him from predcamcnt than apprecia- ton of those, who seek now Co light en the burden of not unklnd critl- cism.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
The Last Straw.

He was whlskered, old and fat, And he wore n beaver hat And l much suspected that
 He was daft, But he gave such solemn views on tho truth about the news Bryan Roosevelt and Hughes
 That l laughed There was ne'er wicked trust, There is nothing left 10 bust, All investigation must
 Quickly stop Hard times come, as all can sec. Solely from morality. Pass an honest law. and we
 Shut up shop. "He belongs with socialists Who on deeency insists. Down with moral theorists.
 One and all. All prosperity ls dead. Throttled bn the nations head; Put another in his stead-
 He must fall"' Marveling at this senile sot [ approached him on the spot And asked him how he got
 In the know. Owllshly as he'd begun. He got off this ancient one If you see lt In the Sun
 lt Is so.' -Pucl
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04
InconsclnnahIe RIrd.

tM'llucI JNuTnHll
 Country Life s1ys it seems to be tho general belief that, if tho cuckoo is heard before April, season of m luck may he predicted. That unconscionablo bird was heard in parts of rural Eng land before last month came h. anl behold the results, ono misfortune aft CT another, by sea and land. not to men, ton snow storms and damaged crops
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-04

The committee having in charge the investigation of submarine legislation appears to have reached the conclusion that the lily can be painted. contrary to popular judgment. II remains to be proved that, having painted il, it will be easy to crush it.