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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-01-14
PASSENGERS.
Arrived.

Arrived
Per r. NJ. S. s. Miowera, January 10,
| from the Colonies.-For Honolulu: Mr..
| and Mrs. Wellsted, child and nurse: H.
S. Hallett, W. Corney, Rev. O'Reilly,
Mr.. Hershoma, Miss Squires, Mrs.
Wilcox, DR.. and Mrs. Hermann,
and two children, r. Jenkins.
For other ports: Mrs. E. Shoo-
bert, Prof. r. MacLaurin, Prof.
and Mrs. Huberich, Miss Huberich, F.
A. Wenchcombe, B. Moran, Miss A
Crosby, Mrs. and Miss Adams, Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Fraser, Mrs. c. S. Nagel,
Misses Nagel t2), E. Jordan, c. L. Ay-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Bapley, A. Fountle-
roy, H. Brinkman, Mrs. Bushby and
son, R. Peters, Mrs. Eaton. Mrs. Muir
ply, Chas. Ash. Mrs. II. B. Robinson,
F. Turnidge, j. Peckin. G. Henderson,
V. Benincasa, NJ. Merrill, P. Shelley.
j. Roster, Miss Murcott. Mr.. and Mrs.
Maxwell, Mrs. Bratezani and three
children, H. S. Miller, Mr.. Trouchet,
Miss Temple, Mr.. and Mrs. Burger,
P. Hawkes.. A. McGregor, Mrs. Ahier
and two children, Mr. Purvis, c. An
derson, Mr.. and Mrs. c. Carter and
four children, Mr.. Turner, ]. Zorotoire,
Mr.. Mozanich, Mr.. and Miss McNa-
mara. Mr.. Constantine, L. Zimmerman,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cunningham, ]. Thorpe,
Mr.. Wallace, w. Anderson, c. F. An
derson, r. Elliott, j. Archibald, Mr..
and Mrs. Raffelt, Adolph c. Raffelt,
August E. Raffelt. j. Reid. E Lalonde,
B. McCable, Miss Bruce, Mr.. Long, 9.
Rrnyrn Z TNr-av Ill x.
Jurack, ]. Adam, ]. Davis, Mr.. Hor-
ton. Mr.. Phillips. Mrs wyant and two
children, Mr.. Stirratt, w. Dewar, F.
Hura, A. Potter, Babu Singh.
Per str. Mauna Loa, January 10, from
Hawaii and Maui ports.-H. E. Cooper.
]. Cooper Clark, Miss I. Moncrieff,
Miss Rose Gibson, Father Charles. M.
Goodhue. Miss N Conant, c. A Glenn
ons. Mrs. c. A Clemmons, W. Paris,
A. Paris, Mrs. ]. d. Paris, Miss NJ.
Alderman. NJ. F. Scott, Mss NJ. L.
Sebastian, Antoine Sebastian, G., f.
Bryant. Charles Machke. R Paris. ].
n. Wrenn. Mrs. ]. W. wrenn. As on
deck
Per str Kinau, January II, from
Hawaii and way ports.-Rev. c. H.
Min. Rev. p S. Shig. Miss Mary Guy,
Miss NJ. Shig. Mrs. Bergstrom. Miss
Bergstrom. H. C. Carter. S. L. Blonger.
Mrs. : S. l. Blonger. Miss Bassford,
Mrs Harper. G. Williams, A. Wood
ward. Mrs. A. Woodward. r. A. LII
lie, Mrs R. 1. Lille. Miss H. Thrum,
]. A. Kirby, ]. B. Thompson. C. G..
Ina Miss vestal. T. Ivers. Mrs. Yes
tai, Mrs. G. Dear. B. c. Kennedy, G..
Smithies. C. cassendyke. Rev. T. c.
Choy. W. A. Ramsay, c. Dickson. T.
S Kay, A. Pun, w. A. Greenweil. Mrs
A. Norie Miss L Williams. III Rick
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-01-14
WERE NOT ILL-TREATED.

After investigating fully the stories
told by the Chinese crew of the Ger
legged ill-treatment by the officers of
the vessel, Chinese Consul Chang Tso
Fan has decided that there was no
cause for the complaint. The investi-
cation made was an informal one, but
was thorough, and Captain FRANKIE and
his officers were found to be entirely
blameless of wrong doing.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-01-14

Prepared By Or. C aver Co. Lowell Mass. u.s.A
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-14
Philadelphia Press (rep.).

Ph1ladelphla Press Oep'J'
In Iowa, at the recent election, the re-
publican elector-at-large heading the list
received 1852 more votes than the second
elector-at-large, and the district electors
showed a still further falling off, the last
elector being the greatest sufferer. The
vote for the democratic electors was on a
similar sliding scale, the first on the list
receiving 6.246 more votes than the second
candidate for elector.
with a republican majority of 5000 this
made no difference in the result, but
had the republican majority been only 1900
for the highest elector Of that party, the
reduction in the vote for the other electors
would have let in one or more near the top
of the list Of tho democratic electors. The
republican majority of 5000, imperfectly
recorded under the complexities of the Aus
tralian ballot, would not have been given
full effect, because Of badly marked ballots.
This is what happened in Maryland, and
Taft loses six electoral votes there be-
cause the ballots were not marked so as
to give the republican majority its full
weight. 1t has caused the election of one
republican elector to be challenged In Mis-
souri,. His vote, though greater than the
democratic elector for the same district, is
less than that counted for the highest
ueInOCldtlC-tittlo ibS' -"
whether that vote shall he counted for
Taft or for Bryan will probably be carried
to congress. If the result of the election
turned on that one vote the conditions
would be present for an acrimonious and
bitter controversy and a disputed success
sion to the presidency.
The evil of the present method is fully
demonstrated at a time and in a manner
which makes its cure possible without rails
ing any partisan questions. The voting Of
both parties lis confused and falsified by
the present method. The majority does not
rule when accurate marking and not plain
intention determines the election. There
is danger in the present method, which
elementary craftsmanship and common
prudence should cause to be removed.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-14
THE COLONIAL TRADE.

Figures furnished the federal bureau
of trade statistics show a marked and
gratifying increase in the trade be-
tween the United States and its colo
NAL possessions. The statistics are
for the ten months of the present
calendar year and indicate a volume
of business much larger than had
been expected or thought possible by
students of trade conditions.
When the Philippines came under
the control of the United States ten
years ago, it was predicted that it
would be half a century before the
people OF the islands were advanced
sufficiently to have demands for any
considerable amount of such goods as
would be naturally expected to be i'm
ported from the United States. The
progress of the Filipinos has been
demonstrated by the fact that, al
though several years were required to
restore order in the islands, the ex-
ports of that country now amount to
almost $1,000, 600 a month, being in
excess Of $S,000,0O0 for the ten
months, and growing larger every
month. Hawaii, while the smallest of
the colonies, has been the most liberal
buyer of American products, our ex-
ports for the ten months amounting to
SAC, 500, 900, as compared with $22.-
SOS 900 to Porto Rico, 10,500,0 00
to Alaska and $S,450, 900 to the Philip
pines.
The American exports to Hawaii
comprised breadstuffs, iron, steel, cot
ton cloth, mineral oils and manufac-
tured wood and tobacco. in return for
which we bought a fair share of the
Hawaiian sugar crop. We bought
sugar, tobacco and fruits from Porto
Rico and sent that country rice, pro-
visions, breadstuffs and manufactured
iron and steel. We imported sugar
and hemp from the Philippines and
sold them iron, breadstuffs, cotton
and mineral oil. Alaska sent salmon,
copper and furs to the United States
and bought literally OF cottons, wooden
goods, manufactured iron and steel
tobacco, ~breadstuffs, meats, liquors
and wines.
Altogether, the trade with our non.
contiguous territories is increasing
most rapidly and promises. with the
development of those countries, tc
have a potent effect on the CONNER
cial industrial enterprises of the
United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-14
COLD, uNFEELrNc PREACHER.
He Would Abolish the Christmas Tree
Ii RE Could.
Baltimore Sun.

oAAAAAAbA1 9aAs
Abolish tho Christmas tree" advises Or.
Robert S. Macarthur in an address to his
parishioners. The reverend doctor says
he has forbidden the use Of trees or ever
greens in his church this holiday season.
Ee even goes so far as to denounce the
use Of these as a beathen custom that
ought TO be discontinued.
How came we to adopt this custom,
which is one of the many taken from the
heathen?" asked DIR. Macarthur. w are
decreasing many portions OF our state and
country. We ought to save the trees TO
prevent floods and to give the proper
amount of shade, To do my share in the
work, / have forbidden the purchase OF
evergreen trees by this church for the
coming holidays"
So the doctor in his reasoning works
around from the heather to the forest pres
vation-abolls the Christmas trees and
save the forests. This is rather farfetched.
For every tree that is cut down to make
Christmas green's the ak Of the lumberman
Stays a thousand. The holly with its pretty
berries, the cedar with its rich green leaves,
must, of course. be preserved to give pleas
ure to the future generations as they have
to ours. But they are here for us to use
and to enjoy-and why shouldn't we use
them?
The forces that are destroying our forests
are not the Christmas tree hunters. They
are the greedy lumber spectators, who
sweep a tract clean of big trees, and in
place of the forest leave denuded lands
that will wash away, and furnish a drain
to feed the floods that carry destruction
down the rivers. Perhaps more care should
be exercised in cutting holly and cedar and
mistletoe, in order that the growth may
not be destroyed; but this Is so small n
part of forest destruction that II does seem
we might be allowed our evergreens for the
holidays.
Abolish the Christmas tree? Not while
the houses hold troops of merry children
that look forward with eager eyes to the
little tree in the parlor that, with its hum
dred lights and gifts, looks like a bit OF
fairyland. Not while the oldest of us al
most hear the stamping of the RENDERS
and the Jingle of the sleighbells. Abolish
the Christmas tree? Not while 1t lights
up the happy home with its glowing
tapers; not SO long as 1t is the sign and
sybol of the season of good cheer and
merriment; not so long as bright-faced
children stand around it with glowing
faces, radiant with the happiness 1t brings
Abolish the Christmas tree? You might
as well stop the sleigh. unharness the rein
deers, confiscate the toys, shave off Santa
Claus beard, and send him back home to
lead the lonely life of a crusty old bachelor.
Parson, spare that tree; it would be we'll to
pause before you fight the million friends
Of Mr.. Santa Claus.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-14
MR.. TAFT ON DrsFRANcHrsEMENr

Pre~sident-elect Taft has won the re-
spect Of the southern people by talking
very plainly to them in the discussion
of certain political and social condi-
tions peculiar TO the section south of
Mason and Dixon's line. In his tour
Of the south before election he was
bluntly frank in his suggestion that
the southern people seek a divorce
from the old question of race preju-
dice and begin planning to vote in &C
cordance with their judgment and
their best political interests. He re-
peated this advice in an address at a
reunion of North Carolinians in New
York the other night, when he clearly
defined his attitude on the plans being
tried in southern states to secure the
Acknowledgement of the negro. In the
course of his address Mr.. Taft said:
In all the southern states II is possible
by election avs prescribing proper quail.
f~ications for the suffrage which square
with the fifteenth amendment, and which
shall be equally administered as between
the black and white races, to prevent en-
tlrely the possibility of a domination OF
southern state, county or municipal gov
crnments by an ignorant electorate, white
or black. " " " The sooner such laws
when adopted, are applied with exact
equality and Justice to the two races the
better for the moral tone Of state and
community concerned.
This ia a clear recognition of the
right Of each state to fix its own
qualifications for voters. On this
proposition there is no room for ar
gument, but Mr.. Taft makes it plain
that he is not in favor of the repeal
of the fifteenth amendment and is
strongly opposed to discrimination
against the negro solely because he is
a negro. If the south wants to keep
the illiterate negro from voting, it may
do so by applying an educational test
that would make ignorance, rather
than color, a bar to the franchise
privilege. The election laws now on
the statute books of many of the
southern states make a pretense of
such a test now, but they are in
variably framed to operate as a dis
elimination in favor of the illiterate
white voters, who are practically as
numerous as illiterate negro voters in
some of the southern states. Every
state has the right to make laws that
will prescribe the venal and the il
literate, provided that all venal and
illiterate are placed on the same foot
ing.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-14
Personal T

A Des Moines man wrote farewell letters
to a pair of wives, saying: 9TH is all tho
reparation l can make" and turned on the
gas. Then he was rescued in time to spoil
the reparation.
]. ]. Hill Views with alarm the prospect
that the nation may starve, but he wants
the fact understood that the evil day would
be made remote by judlcious investment in
the lands of the northwest.
Mrs. Kate Stannard Of Casper, wyo., has
been elected county superintendent Of
schools. She ran on the Independent ticket
and got a large majority over both the
democratic and republican candidates.
In a talk before a Baptist club in Boston
the secretary of the Rhode Island State
Board of Health said: kissing Is all right
II INDUCED in with judgment" This should
relieve much apprehension on the banks OF
the Charles.
Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin spent
$l06, 600 to secure denomination at the pri.
maries. If he lives to serve out the term
and draw the six years salary he will get
$45,O 900 of 1t back, and SCI, 900 will be for the
honor of being a United States senator.
The old eonundrum, how old is Ann? is
now superseded by how old is Andrew
CarnegieI 1t Is recorded in the records
Of the parish of D%unfermline where he
first saw the light, that he was bern in
1887, and his biographies accord with this
statement. And yet Mr.. Carnegie says
these records are wrong, and that he was
born in 1895. How old is Andy?
Sir Wilfred Laurier, whose twelve years
of continuous power in Canada has now
received a further extension. is generally
considered to be the thinnest of prime
ministers. And yet a big. burly con-
sentative NJ. p. was once maiadroit
enough TO charge him with "fatteninz at
the expense of the poor. deluded PEOPLE
of this country" Sir Wilfred g~enially re-
torted: 81 ask the House TO look at the
honorable gentleman opposite and then
look at me and say which of us Ia most
exposed to the charge of getting fat"
Newspapers have trebled in Constanti-
nople since the young Turks took hold
of the empire and the editors are indulg-
ing in a liberty of expression as has not
appeared in print in that locality for CEN
turtles. They are telling the sultan he Is
a back number, q dead one, an old fosy
who lacks the courage TO go out of sight
and lose himself. One Of the reasons sug-
gested for Abdul's continuance in office
by the liberal regime is the belief that he
has hypothecated large sums of public
money. To trace this emergency fortune,
1t is expedient to retain the sultan in the
spotlight while the search proceeds be-
hind the scenes.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-14
CURRENT POLITICAL COMMENT.
Specimens of the Tact and sound
Judgment of the President-eIect.

washington Post und.).
The bearing Of the president-elect is win
ming golden opinions from all classes and
conditions Of men. In his private and pub
lie utterances Mr.. Taft is displaying tact
and SOUND judgment. In his eloquent
flashes Of silence his Judgment is equally
good. He seems to have a happy faculty
for taking advance ground and asserting
himself without arousing antagonism. AL
ready several questions of profound i'm
p%ortance, affecting his forthcoming adj
ministration, have come up for his con-
sideration, and he has disposed Of them in
such manuner as to reveal elements Of
strength which had not been disclosed dur
ing the campaign. No one who knows Mr..
Taft was I'm doubt as to his possession of
this strength, but his easy exercise of
mastery over situations as they arise is
a gratifying assurance that the next presi-
dent, like the present one, will be himself,
solely, the president Of the United States.
One Of the little incidents showing Mr..
Taft's spirit was his refusal to be made
an honorary member Of the Red Cross So
ciety. He is an active member, and be
intends to remain active. He has accepted
the presidency Of the society, and doubt
less he will find time to serve faithfully
in that position to its great advantage. 1t
MOllu AdNt bEtl easy " liz DltHlAlNlN~
elect to shirk the duty which he had pre-
viously performed, and the press of greater
duties would have been a sufficient ex-
cuse. But it was not in his nature TO shirk
a task once assumed, nor is he so dazzled
by his honors as to become blind to humb-
Ter things.
Every day that brings Mr.. Taft nearer
TO the presidency serves to sharpen and
solidify the impression he makes upon
the public mind. The people are more and
more impressed with the fact that here
is a real man, who is to do great things
in a great way. And the people do not
forget that President Roosevelt preceived
the true quality Of Mr.. Taft long ago,
and did his best to place him where he
could serve his country the best. Here
after, when the account is reckoned up,
It is probable that the historian will note
with amazement the fact that Theodore
Roosevelt was criticised for preferrlng VIII
liam II. Taft above all others for his sue
cessor.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-14
An Astonishing Confession.

ANt" u ga NNAAH
Mr.. Bryan in a Commoner editorial on
"The Growth Of Socialism warns the re-
publicans that they may boast of their
victory" but that Just as the populist
party grew until 1t compelled consideration
of the abuses that led to it's organization,
so the Socialist party will grow until 1t
forces those at the head of the government
to look into the wrongs hat are done
and to apply remedies"
What an astonishing confession of demo-
cratic impotence under the Bryan leader
ship! It is the democratic opposition that
should compel the party in power ito look
into the wrongs hat are done and to apply
remedies" That is what an opposition is
for. Yet Mr.. Bryan surrenders this func-
ton to the socialists, apparently convinced
that the great democratic party is power
less to do it's own work.
The socialists at least do not support
republican measures and pose as heirs to
my policies" They stick to their princi-
pies. When the democratic party begins
to stick to its principles and nominate only
democrats for office there will be no oc-
casion for Mr.. Bryan or anybody else to
glOrify socialism as the effective opposi-
ton to republican disagreement.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-14
WHAT CAUSES CRIME.
Supposed Wise Men COnJure Up n
Variety.
Brooklyn Times.

Brooklyn Times.
Tha willy purveyor to the whims and
humors Of the times, Minister WI Ting
fang, originally of China, but at present OF
all creation, says that meat causes crime.
The governor of this state is assured that
It is horse racing that a the trouble.
Defeated Candidate Swallow will have II
that demon rum is the author and finisher
of most improved brands of crime. DR..
Parkhurst places crime upon a feminine
foundation, and Commodore Gerry finds
youth full of opportunity. Anthony Com
stock holds all nature as a crime and hu-
man nature as the crimest crime of the
lot. Every man to his own choice, although
It appears that Minister WI, with his
simple declarative, meat, is perhaps nearer
the fundamentally Of crime in the abstract
than any of the American specialists.
Meat may cause crime. But ii is lament
ably on record that the lack Of meat causes
crime also. Not a great deal of crime is
committed on a full stomach, and when
prices are high, prosperity low, soup
kitchens are plentiful and honest work
scarce we usually enjoy what the pseudo,
~therapetistic psychologists call a ''crime
wave" Personally we incline to the opinion
that more than anything else, opportunity
causes crime.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-14
WORRIES OF THE EARLY SHOPPER

j. M. Lewis, in Houston Past.
l took this shopping early bunch
t heart this year, n went
From street TO street, and store to store
TIL all mycash was spent;
l bought two dolls, two bGBgies. too,
Two Photographs to sing
Oh, i am wise, / have learned to
Buy two OF everything!
l had a splnerola, and
A gyroscopic top
hat spun and pun n spun and spum.
AS II 'twould never stopt
/ had a large pToJectoscope,
l had a four-wheeled cart,
l wRs the goods, was the wise guy,
The big noise! l was smart
And then ! started home with them
In pockets, arms and paws,
i would have shamed a Christmas tree.
. frightened Santa Claus:
"Bingl'
Into the mind OF me,
I'd got TO sneak that load inside
The babies mustn't seei
II they should run to meet their dad
would their daddy dof
1 fairly tiptoed from there on,
And slow my footsteps grew,
n far my eyes bulged out TO see,
And geel but 1 was glad
To sneak those things safely insidel
Darn this years Shop now!" fadl
For now I've got the things at home
Stacked fun are all the sheiVSs-
Whenever the babe looks around
For fear she may espy some thing
From Its concealment pokei
oh, we ave got our hopping done.
But life now Is no JOKE
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-14
n patents.
Amendment of Present Law in the
Interest OF Progress.


Pi%ttsburg Dispatch.
Since the United states supreme court
has decided that under our patent laws
a valuable invention may be suppressed
by the owner OF the patent al amend
ment of the law would be in order. The
case in which the decision was rendered
was an action to restrain infringement.
The defendants pleaded willingness to
pay a proper royalty on production OF the
patent article, but contended It was con-
trary to good public policy to have the
use Of a valuable patent withheld from
the public.
While the supreme court did not pass
upon the public policy Of such suppress
sion II ruled that II was the obvious pur-
pose Of congress TO confer that power.
In support Of this reasoning It cited the
clause Of the original law-sinee re-
pealed-requiring the prompt develop
ment of foreign patents. In the opinion
Of the court II such development of do
nestle patents had been desired II would
have been as specifically enacted.
The point now is that IL the American
people desire development, instead of
suppression of valuable improvements,
they must demand OF congress the en-
actment of a provision similar TO that
of the original law affecting foreign
patents. There is ample reason, now.
why there should be such provision.
Great corporations have arisen which
monopolize certain fields. They buy new
patents merely to prevent better devices
from superseding those in which they
deal, 1t is al abuse of the broad princi-
pie of the encouragement of inventive
genius by patent protection.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-14
The south ana the Party.

Charleston News and Courier (dem).
Has It occurred to our friends in the
south who are making such a stir about the
failure of the democratic party in recent
years how much they have had to dc IN
fact with this failure? a the last -four
presidential elections, for example. Is the
southern democracy less responsible for the
failures which have attended the party con-
tests than their northern -confederates? II
seems to us that the first thing the south
ought to try to do is to save itself from
itself. We would have been in a sorry con-
dition, indeed. during all the years Of our
material nplift II II had not been for our
political friends on the other side Of the
old sectional line