The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-07-03

ing examined into with the slow, pa
tient, careful and intelligent question:
ing of the scientist. Every discovery
made is instantly applied to some
problem of actual life Time was, and
not so long ago, that the world laugh
ed at the bespectaced man who bent
for years over his microscope looking
at bugs" The world laughs no
longer. That much despised "bugolo-
gist' has freed the race from mortal
fear OF many diseases, he has found
the way to prevent devastating blights
which destroyed useful plants, he is
still tirelessly at work for the good of
mankind.
The great problem of the inventor
and the scientist of the future will be
the utilization of what the people now
waste in this country. For instance,
IT Is said that the railroads of the
United States use l5O,0OOOO0 tons of
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the detail work that will be delegated
to other bodies. Tendencies in this di-
rection are already being viewed with
ALARM but the movement will not
cease because of the fears of the con-
servatives.
/ The reserved powers of the states,
such as are left, will be guarded with
, as great jealousy and with more in
telligence than they are now. The an,
nual meeting of the House of Govern
ors, in some city other than WASH
| ington, will facilitate uniform legisla-
| tion by the states upon important mat
tiers of general interest, and this will
have the effect of stopping a general
cutlery for increased federal powers.
| The recent meeting of the governors
at the White House was the first step
in this direction-it is easy and natural
for the movement there begun to as
sumo the predicted Importance.
The municipal government problem
will be solved and the ruin of boss
rule avoided by the general adoption
of the commission system. 1t is en-
tirely possible that the idea of CO.
operation may be so extended that the
commissioners who administer local
municipal affairs may be united in an
| organization which will provide a sys-
TEN of checks and balances which will
guarantee honest government The
commissioners of New York, for in
stance, will hall from five other cities.
One commissioner is removed to some
| other city each year, and inspecting
supervisors from other cities may come
in at any moment. This would be a
combination and adaptation of the Ger
man municipal system and the old
fashioned Methodist itinerary.
Absolute and complete publicity OF
campaign contributions and expendi-
I'm 60 IN Within ha vt
decade or two. The federal govern
ment and all the states will recognize
the fundamental Importance of party
government, So that all primaries and
conventions will be held under the laws
of the land. The Congress will unseat
a man whose nomination was obtained
by fraud as quickly as If he were elect
ed by fraud. The corrupt practises of
present-day elections will disappear.
This is as certain as the life OF the
nation. for If corruption is not stopped
1t will increase. II it increases the ma
tion cannot hope to live.
What was looked upon fifty years
ago as smart politics" and was ad-
mired, twenty years ago became
sharp practise" and was frowned at
The same thing today is Corruption"
and is roundly denounced. Not long
hence 1t will be crime and will be
punished with severity. A more acute
ly sensitive civic conscience is making
the old-fashioned methods of politics
decidedly unpopular.
The political machine boss will be
thing Of the past. There will be great
political leaders, and sharp division of
opinion. But these leaders will attract
their following because of their
espousal and advocacy of some prin-
ciple-not because of their power to
dispense pie or shake the plum tree.
Education of the masses is already
breaking the power of the boss A
new boss who comes up nowadays
must come as wolf in sleeps cloth
ing. He must denounee his trade to
obtain a, foothold to practise it. Such
hypocrites viii fail, and the American
Of the future will read the tales of the
boss-ridden cities and States OF today
with the same curious sensations we
experience now in reading OF Salem
witchcraft.
The surest sign that true reform will
come in the future is that IL is al
ready coming, Twenty years ago men
We're prominent in public life who
openly did Things that would absolute
~ damn a public man OF To-Day. There
is no doubt that there are honored
public men today who resort to pQllt-
zeal subterfuges that their successors
of twenty years hence viii not dare TO
consider. The world grows and 1t gets
better every dny. The good old days
were generally bad, When the United
States comes to IFS full estate. when
there are ss5,OO0.OcO Americans in the
year 1000. 1t win be the greatest nation
under the sun. But more than great
in wealth and power-it win be great
In the honesty of its government and
the purity of it's people.