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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-09-11
BRYAN NOT IMPROVING.

AS the national campaign progresses the signs increase that but 10
Tats lack of personal popularity enthusiasm Bryan might
be in line crushing defeat than Parker got g
and might thus break records Taft lacks
personal force and magnetism of Roosevelt and Republican ntN
Siasm is not it might be, majores be less But
Bryan growing very small under the light that beb upon
American presidential candidate His changes of give
material for the humOri satir cartooni speecnaer and ed
ora writer that has seldom if been equaed
lacking assuming to be statesman The speech cabed
morning which Bryan found denying by
that he is worth 10000 and accusing Cannon fasng indicates
somewhat petty campaign 1t of Presidential
1t indicates that the of rdcule and carcatu goadng
the Democratic leader into breaches of dignity WetheS Bryan
worth $4,000 not is necessarily issue of the
Everyone knows that since he began for President he
greatly in wealth and that he possessed of comfortable
tune the direct result of his Being candidate descending to
discussion of just how much is will impress peo71e
better opinion the agene of his views than they given
by his readiness change them
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-09-11

The central states which the growth of railways has
been extensive have social problem amusement parks
which prominent feature of many railroads earliest
development OF outoftown electric lines of
reach points which bv offering
amusement features and far away discourage the seek
account of time required ~ars
of the
When actual neruban roads constructed such parks were for
some time thought to be the proag appara
us of the company and private or public
under satisfactory management available the railroad
established them Conditions vary therefore problems are
ent and be carefully studied with of intentions mis-
takes made Thus the
large city and small miles with 25 cent
roundp The large city supplied smaller parks reach
ed by and failed new park after the
novelty wore Off while the distance and consequent
attendance from the small city below the paying point that
city had no other outdoor amusement ground.
Some cities have different parks within reach
One example has White attractions other than the
various shows which group themselves name 4-cent fare
with transfers being required reach park with water
privileges and the White City aggregation requiring 5cent
without transfers The latter notwithstanding the far greater attrac
tons III country forest and scarcely keep Open while
the former IS ourisng Apparently the controlling is the
cost OF reachg the places third
entrance to which grouped number
the ordinary catchpnny shows fourth an electric rara
park whose natural features than usually and are
er1ered with by few of the sensation producers Then
several city parks with accessories In most of the latte
parks band concerts given frequent intervals are thus
amuements and out-of-door resorts suited o all
mere social problem connected with amusement resorts 70
Whch Municipal Engineering calls expense of keeping
up the railway parks and their large the parks
are expected their expenses if possible bring some
thing into the treasury If the parks under private control whether
indirectly connected with not they are operated for the
purpose OF oh In too the desire profit leads to the
supply Of amuSemen which questionable in their character
opportunities equally questionable if carefully conducted
The demand of considerable proportion of the Young people for SEN
met by these parks and the desire grows with feeds
upon 1t is outgrowth natural desire To oct off o the c
ee ana INTO touch with form its imitation and has
been msed by that with which happened to come into contac
Inc y park mas as ITS mission the supply of the approach
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-09-11

The Democratic platform contains complaints The Re
publcans however have right point with pride
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-09-11
SWIFT. INDEED.

Mr. Mandy, here be a
letter from our boy Zeke He writes
that he is down al the seashore moving
in rapid circles"
Mrs Hardapple (horrified) Moving
in rapid circles? Why, Hiram, you
must write for him to come home at
once"
Mr.. Hardapple-"Don't be worried,
Mandy; he's not in bad company. He
is ticket collector on a merry-go-
round"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-09-11

county board Of supervisors has entered long
period of As a Horrible Example.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-09-11

OF course government commission would do away with evils
and the commission happened to be good
all reasonable people 1t old saying that the
government possible good despotm The only trouble that
human doesn't able produce fit to be depo
Lincoln remarked that good enough be fit
despite fact that Hon A. McCandless found
table who wanted government bv here
many people the islands who be
governed executive board which might give them absolutely
local
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-09-11
GOOD CROP.

Looks like rather poor soil in this
part of the country" asid the stranger.
We'll, it amt" replied the native.
"A man over on the adjoining farm
plowed up in can with fifty dollars
in it one day last week"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-09-11
THE STAR" SPECIAL ARTICLE PACE |:
Tales Worth Telling :
STRENGTH OF MIND.

Mrs. Oatcake-"Your husband pears
t. be powerful tsrong-minded man."
Mrs. Hayrix-"He shore air I've
know'd him t. read patent medicine
almanac frum cover t. cover without
feelin' that he had any Nv tn symp-
toms"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-09-11
FOR SALE.

French Aanges-Brick setting sizes O
1t. to feet at right prices. Set up
ready for fire. Zinc lined Redwood
Bath tubs complete. Wind mill force
pumps, all brass cylinders. Large
variety of special pipe and fittings.
Prompt attention to job work In
plumbing.
EMMELUTH & CO., LTD.
Phone 211. 145 King Street
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-09-11
LUCKY POET TO OWN AUTO.

Tall Bard-Here is where an eccen-
trio poet in Indiana writes his verses
while spinning through the woods in
an automobile.
Short Bard-Ah! l suppose that is
what you would call the poetry Of
motion"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-09-11

The American small farmer has usually been ready fight for
right suffrage Doubtless the that there is agitation or
here give up the suffrage will prove another means of attracting
him to these shores.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-09-11


Back FORTH
opponents mighty 'Meeeyau!"
was heard in the land
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-03
Grim Reaper Decreasing Pension Roll

only 994. 1902. There were 99S, AL pen,
sioners on the average in 1895, and
then started the downward movement.
which it is expected will become more
rapid from year to year. In 1906 there
were 9S5, 971 pensioners, and last year
967,371 we're on the lists.
From 1866 to 1904 the army Of pen.
sioners increased eightfold. In the for
mer year there were only 126, 722 pen.
sioners. In 1870 there were 1913, 6S6, in
1880 there were ESQ, 1902, In 1890 there
were 1924, and in 1900 there were
993,529. The average was practically
at a standstill from 1900 until two
years ago, when there was a less OF
IS, 900.
Since 1866 Uncle Sam has paid out
in pensions 8 900. 0O0. 900. This is al
most four times the amount of the in
terest bearing debt. Within recent
years the total pension payments have
been about $40, O0O, 900, more than
the annual expense bill of the navy.
and enough to build a battleship feet
of Is DreadnOughtS.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-03
ROUND THE CAPITAL
Information and Gossip Picked Up Here
and There in Washington.
Clerks Declare That Uncle Sam Is Stiney

president Is 4 disgrace to a country OF
this size and Importance. They aver
that foreign nations, Of less size. pay
their monarchs and rulers a much
larger sum than is given Mr.. R0ose-
welt.
President Roosevelt's salary per an
mum is $4,000. 1t is conceded that
this amount alone is expended each
year in necessary entertainments.
Vice-President Fairbanks receives only
$4,000, the same amount paid Speak.
er Cannon of the house of representa-
tives and the members of the cabinet.
This amount. it is said by those in a
position to know is spent by the re-
cipients in about two or three months
in entertainments, theater parties and
sundry functions necessary to main
tain their position in social circles.
Senators and representatives re.
ceive $500 a year. Before congress
voted them an increase they received
only $4,000 per mum. The ambassa-
doris to Austria-Hungary, Brazil,
France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy,
Japan, Mexico, Russia and Turkey re-
ceive $17,500 per annum, while those
occupying diplomatic positions in the
smaller and less important countries
receive a salary in proportion to the
significance Of the post to which they
are assigned.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-03
Salary of Consuls General and Others

tees receive $12,500. The United
States judges of the circuit and dis
trict courts at the following cities re.
ceive salaries varying according to the
importance and amount of work to be
transacted. At New York the judges
receive 81 200 per annum; Boston,
$4,000; Portland, Me-, $4,000; Pitts
burg, $4,000.
The United States marshals receive
from $4,000 to $4,000 per annum. The
marshals in New York receive $1,000:
Pennsylvania, $4,000; Maryland.
$500. The salaries of other impor-
tant positions are: Public printer.
$4,000; secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, $4,000; civil service com
missioner, $4,000 each; interstate com.
merce commissioners. $4,000 each;
isthmian canal commissioners, s14 900
each; district commissioners, $4,000
each; director of the international bu-
a Of American republics. $4,000;
William Loeb, Jr., receives se,e00 for
his services as secretary to the presi.
dent, while the assistant cabinet Off.
GERS receive only $ 1000 and $4,500 per
dnnum.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-03
Members of Atlantic Fleet to Lose Vote

Alaska, two from Arizona and six from
New Mexico. The District of Celum-
bia sent $50 men.
Three hundred on the feet are
classified as foreign or address not
given.
AS a matter of fact, nearly 1o0. 600
men in the employ Of the military
branch of the government will not
vote-60,0 900 soldiers and 40, sail
Ors and marines. In the navy the
only chance that an enlisted man has
of voting is to get leave AND go home
at his own expense. Few do this. Of
ficers here say hat it is the custom
on all ships to have a ballot box where
the men vote, but this is only to sat
isfy the curiosity of the men them
selves. 1t has no effect on the re-
suit.
Whether a soldier may vote depends
on the laws of the state in which he Is
stationed. Some of the states allow
the men to acquire residence. while
others do not. The war department
says that it has been the experience
of years that the soldiers seldom
avail themselves Of the privilege ever
when it II open.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-03

Whose finish? ?" said l.

Whose finish?" said l.
"Oh, we will probably be BEATEN
he admitted, "buc we want to give
them a campaign of education and en-
lightenment. What that ward needs,
what every ward needs, is a chance to
have its higher nature aroused. What
they want, I'm convinced. is more op-
| p%ortunity to sec the light"
MY friend" was my reply, 1--WE
travelled some in hat ward. What
they want there is not more light, but
more beer"
i! Yet, despite sometimes misdirected
energy, these men and their associa-
tons did much, in making political
conditions better. For that they de-
| serve substantial credit. So long as
they were absolutely non-partisan they
welded considerable influence, and
properly, but On occasion they allowed
prejudice to bias them and did injus-
tice to good men.
The other type Of wellknown re-
former was the one who continually
headed reform" movements. He
might be a candidate for alderman, or
the legislature, or congress. But wher.
ever there was a kick" coming, and
a meeting advertised to protest. or Or
ganize, this class would be on hand
early and get the craftsmanship of the
meeting, usually coming out in a
ringing" speech Of denunciatiOn
against the infamy which the citizens
had met to combat. This put the re-
former next" if it was a proposition
to nominate an opposition candidate,
and he often go. away with the nomi-
nation. Or, If he was a professional
man, a lawyer, a doctor, OF a real es-
tate man, even, it was a pretty fair ad-
vertisement, wasn't it? Not so poor"
to have your picture in the paper next
day, with a Ions account of you, your
business and your speech, etc. Some
thing that would have cost you coin
to have in the papers, and you got it
out to interview you and quite a rack
ct started about you.
And in every large city I suppose
there are only a few bright promoters
like that standing around waiting to
sell a gold brick or two.
Some of these "reformers" were
pretty fierce when they happened to
land in an Office. A few of them were
swept into the city council astride the
top of a wave OF popular indignation"
and thew were the him pry hovS Soma
of them. They were simply on the
qui vive to be approached" And
when they were tempted they fell
swiftly and without a sound. Their
motto was that of the Hon. Webster
Flanagan, with a different ~interpreta-
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-03

NNpe
ton to perennial reform which wa!
genuine. Not that the reformers die
not occasionally have IAN ak to grind
but that, in the main, they aided the
best candidates. But at times they
saddled themselves with some bogus
reformer and damned him through
at the polls, felicitating themselves
that they had put another owe the
political plate" when they had in
reality only added a cheap CRATER
to the city's pay roll.
When this happened it made the
regulation, %gilt-edged grafters in the
council indignant. Not that the ere
former should turn out to be look
ing for something" but that he SO
often took anything he could get. This
made trade bad, for it scaled prices
and such a recruit to the ranks of cor.
luptiUn caused a "Dear" market IN
votes.
A cheap scoundrel earned just as
much contempt in the council as an
overcoat thief earns from a railroad
HClIlpuldlOl vi 0lOShO. L 1OSOlICCI III
arraignment that one of the "regu.
lars" gave one Of these easily pur.
chased "reformers."
Said the regular" putting slowly at
a big black cigar, the little finger Of
his left hand adorned with a four hun.
dred dollar SINNER" and his shirt
front sporting its mate, presented by
his admiring 'constits:"
Il reckon l size that guy up right,
at the start. / tell 'em l seen what
kind of a lobster he is, the first flop
of the box. tell EN-, you watch him;
he's no reformer, and he's no thor.
oughbred. He blows up in the stretch
the first time they're off at the gut.
An, say! Did he? Well, he's elected
all right, and he goes over an hooks
up with the geezeer in the next ward
that went in the same time he, goes in.
Them two frames up and goes out for
the stuff. Do they get it? Yes, they
get 1t, and how much? Say, on the
level now, on the square, they split
three hundred between 'em for a little
thing they pull off. A hundred and
fifty apiece, see?"
He paused and took a fresh puff at
his cigar, and resumed: "Why, If any
cheap stiff d come to me and try to
insult me with less than $500 I'd throw
the skate out of my Office" And the
end Of his cigar glowed with righteous
indignation.
Copyright. by Joseph B.. Bowles.)
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-03

ton. What are we here fOr?" was
their slogan, and they went after fran
chise ''divvies" or any other "divvies'
like a terrier after a rat.
Real reforms were not SO elaborate
ly advertised IS the sham ones; the
louder the "holler" about the reform
the less genuine reform was in sight
And then there were the fad reform.
ers, going about seeking what they
might devour in the shape Of having
unmuzzled dogs caught with a soft
curtain rope instead Of a wire moose,
cab-horses provided with seats while
waiting for a fare, the distribution of
copies of Browning's poems to cross
ing policemen, or some such similar
projects.
There are sometimes uneasy people
in every community who want to run
the rest Of their neighbors; the bigger
the community the greater they are
liable to be in number. And in a city
of two millions of inhabitants they are
sure to be found. They haunt the gal
lery in the council chamber of the
city, they infest the mayors office,
they surge in with the crowds having
hearings in the public offices in the
city halls, and whenever they have no
connection whatever.
Substantial reforms are Of slow
growth. 1t took over 20 years steady
work to drive the Infamous justice of
the peace system out of Cook county.
Some notable reformers went along
very we'll for 4 time until they got so
prominent hat they were offered a
high-salaried political position. And
then they dropped practically from
sight as reformers and reappeared as
pay roll artists. This caused at times
a revulsion of feeling among the re-
formers at heart but they did not let
a little thing like that entirely discorirs
age them.
l got so that I could usually "spot"
a reformer as far as l could see him.
The majority of reformers are very
busy walkers and takers. They are
not confined to one nationality. al
though l should judge that the bulk
of them are Americans. They all have
missions" If you agree with them,
and do everything they ask, you are
"a patriot" If you disagree with some
of them in any way, shape or manner,
you are either a scoundrel or without
mental balance. But to be "a patriot"
in the eyes of those who we're fanati-
cal Won must accedo to their ,domondc
Patriots" said Sir Robert Peel,
they spring up like mushrooms in
the night; l can make so patriots in a
single hour; I have only to refuse
some unreasonable or absurd request,
when up starts a patriot"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-03

THE consuls general at London and
L Paris each receive $4,000 per an
num-. In former years the consul
general at London made as much as
100000 and $4,000 a year from fees.
This practice was abolished, however,
and a stated salary designated by the
government. The salaries of the con-
suls general at some of the leading
posts are as follows: Canton, China,
$500; Shanghai, $4,000; Berlin,
$4,000; Havana. Cuba, $4,000; Athens,
$4,000; Rome, $4,000; Yokohama,
Japan, $4,000; Mexico City, Mexico.
$4,000; st. Petersburg, $500; Cairo,
Egypt, $4,000.
The chief justice of the United
States supreme court receives $13,-
900 a year, while the associated JUS
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-03

MOT since 1898 has the total United
~ States pensioners been so low as
it is at present. This fact is made
known In a report by the commission
er of pensions, recently issued, and
the report shows that a steady decline
has set in, death cutting heavily into
the ranks in the last year. The 1908
total is 951.6S7. and it was said that
in all probability this will shrink to
300, 900 within another year.
Four years ago the high water mark
In pensions was reached. For a few
days in August, 1904, there were more
than 1000, 600 persons On the rolls.
These figures, however, do not appear
in the official reports, as the official
record Of 1904 gives an average of
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-03

TWELVE thousand American citi-
! Gems on the Atlantic fleet, bound
around the world, will have no part in
the coming national election.
The fleet will be anchored in Manila
bay election day, and the Philippine
statutes refuse citizenship to soldiers,
sailors and marines Of the United
States. Eighteen hundred votes will
be missing from the ballot boxes of
New York. The Empire state on
.ributed the largest number of en-
listed men to he fleet.
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania are
led tor second place, with 1900 each.
Illinois is represented by sos, Ohio
~ $50, Michigan 525 and Indiana 465.
The newest state, Oklahoma. found
LIS recruits. The territories are not
n%repressnted. There is one from
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-03
BY ERNEST

There were a number of women re.
formers, too, during my political years,
and they were invariably enlisted on
some moral question, as they looked
at it, tobacco, whisky, child labor, the
lettering Of conditions for women, the
saving of girls, etc. They were very
much in earnest, faithful and enthusl-
astic to their ideals. Occasionally they
succeeded, and. at least, they never
seemed discouraged. 1t is to the credit
of politicians in general, that they were
listened to with perfect respect, even
when it was apparent that conditions
made it an absolute waste Of time to
discuss the questions. Sometimes an
ordinance barred their way; at other
times a state law, or possibly the con
stitution of the United States itself
was a stumbling-block, but they
heard with patience.
Reform politics during my day con-
cerned itself most particularly in re
facilitating the personnel of the city
council. In this it met with substan.
ial success, and it was the n excep
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-03

w nurious in the allotment of sal
aries?
This question is constantly being
asked by clerks and others in the EN-.
ploy Of the government. 1t is recalled
that at the last congress the salaries
of the cabinet officers were increased
from $4,000 to $4,000 per annum,
The government clerks contend that
their salaries are too small, and that,
as the cost Of living has advanced,
they should he accorded the same con
sideration given cabinet officials and
congressman.
The clerks are not the only ones
who are grumbling at the apparent
dlsinclination On the part of the gov
eminent to increase salaries. Their
superfOrs also are said to be in favor
OF increases. Many government Off
Gals who refrain from giving publicity
to their utterances for obvious rea-
sons, contend that the salary paid the
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-03

At noontime when the twenty-odd
men employed on the excavations for
a new building stopped work for lunch
con a man who had been interested in
their progress noticed that they sepa-
rated into little groups. Upon in
quiry be found that the reason for this
clannishness was s. class distinction
IS rigidly observed as in society"
itself. Driver fraternized with driver,
eng neer with engineer. shoveler with
ehcveler.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-03
Social Distinction.

You fellows don't seem to be yery
good mixers the man remarked.
NO." said the operator of a steam
drill. we don't mix while on a job.
at any rate. Somehow each fellow
naturally falls in with other men in
his W line. We get along better that
way"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-03
Not Altooether Painless

N0e VEIO9CtHST TdIUIcSS.
Patience-1s that dentists methods
painless?
Patrice-Not all Of them. He has .
photograph in his oflce!-Yonkera
Statesman.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-03

The infinite Providence plans things
greater far than providing US with
things-Home Herald.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-03

tons obtaining in that ward?" he
asked, inquiringly.
oh. yes" was my answer.
Well, we want to put up a candi-
date for alderman there and see if we
We want to go in and fight the saloons
to a finish," was his next remark.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-03

REFORMER in politics is
sometimes a dyspeptic, but
not always. He is also
sometimes actuated by mo-
tives entirely impersonal
and unselfish. But not al