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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-18
Many Attend Kensington Supper.

SIeclal correspondence OF The Star.
KENSINGTON. Md. November Is, 1908.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Warner
Memorial Presbyterian Church gave its
annual supper In the Sunday school build
ing last night. Among those present from
Washington were Mr.. and Mrs. William
T. Hutchinson and their two sons. Mrs
Loren Milliken. Mrs. Stanley Milliken and
her son, Miss Nannette Miliken, Mrs. NJ
B. Cushman. Miss Bessiee Cushman. Mrs
James T. Marshall and Miss Annie Mar
shall. Mrs. D. ]. Fenton and Miss Helen
Fenton, Mrs. Debbie Meade and Mr.. Z. 4
De Puy. Miss Frances Page of Princess
Anne. Md; Mr.. S. B. Hege Of Rockville.
Nd; MIR. and Mrs. J. Little of Forest
Glen. Md: Mr.. James w. Simpson and his
son Herbert of Chevy Chase, Nd. Two
hundred and twenty persons had supper.
Mr.. +. a. Forbes has returned from a
four-week trip in Kansas. his native place
He says the farmers are satisfied in Kan
sas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-18
Senator Blair's Proposition.

| 0es~e> -
The proposed amendment referred TO by
| Senator Blair is as follows:
Resolved by the Senate and House OF
! Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled two
! thirds of each house concurring therein).
That the following article be proposed TO
| the legislatures of the several states as
an amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, which, when ratified by
three-fourths of said legislatures. shall
| be valid as part of the Constitution,
| namely:
ARTICLE XVI.
| Section l. The District of Columbia shall
| be entitled to representation in the Con-
gress of the United States by one senator
and by one Or more representatives, &C
| cording to the rule of apportionment es-
many electors for President and Vice
President as it has members of the Con-
| gress, who shall have the same qualifica-
| tons and powers as other like officers,
and shall be chosen and all vacancies
! filled by election of the people,
Sec. , The Congress shall prescribe
and regulate the qualifications of voters
in the District of Columbia in any manner
consistent with government republican
in form.
Sec. 3. When the choice of President
shall devolve upon the House of Repre-
Sentatives the members of the House
chosen from the District of Columbia
shall vote and be counted as a state;
but in no case shah the vote of a MEM
Der chosen to either house Of Congress
from said District be cast Or count ed
when choice of President or of Vice
President will thereby be prevented; and
in case there is a tie in the vote for
President in the delegation from the Dis
trict of Columbia in the choice of Presi-
dent by the House Of Representatives
voting by states and there is no choice
without the vote of the delegation from
the District, the senator from the Dis
trct shall vote as a member of the dele
cation, TO the end that a President may
be chosen.
Sec. !. The Congress may provide for
! the holding of new election by the
| people of the United States forthwith
whenever for any cause a President shall
! not be chosen before the expiration of the
| existing term of the President, and for
| the temporary exercise of the executive
power during period not exceeding
ninety days. until a President is inau-
gurated whose term of office shall end
four years from the expiration of the
preceding full term.
Sec. 3. The Congress shall enforce this
article by appropriate legislation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-18
IN BUSINESS HALF CENTURY.
Firm of E. F. Droop & Sons Cele.
brates Anniversary.

The fiftieth anniversary of the date of
the founding of the r. f. Droop & Sons
music. house was celebrated yesterday.
Edward Fl. and Carl A. Droop, proprie-
tors, and sons of the founder, E. F. Droop,
received the many friends and patrons
who called to extend congratulations and
best wishes for further success. The cele-
bration was quiet one.
The business Of the firm was started by
the father of the present owners in 1862
He then occupied the present location but
had only the ground floor OF one building.
AS the business grew he was compelled
to remodel the structure so as to acquire
more room. That did very we'll for a time,
but business continued to increase, and he
was obliged to purchase a store next door
The latter place has been made into one
room, where all manner of musical instru-
mentS are shown.
Specials in musical instruments are be-
ing offered this week at low figures as a
feature Of celebration week"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-18

prices that ordinary restaurants had to
lower their rates and improve their food.
He said that this had been .ameloratiOn
all round He referred also TO the work
done in France by societies to help the
workingman to secure a home for him
self He said that now 'out of 100000
electors in France 5.OOo.OO0 possess their
own homes.
I'VE all feel he sa ID in closing, that
a nation forms one whole body with no
more partition between its component
parts than there is between a mans
limbs: if one limb suffers. the whole body
suffers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-18
BLAIR FOR FRANCHISE
Proposes a Constitutional
Amendment for District.
PROVIDES ONE SENATOR
Apportioned Representation in
House of Representatives.
COULD VOTE TO AVERT CRISIS
Ballot to Count at Election by Con-
gress of President Only When
Required.
COULD VOTE TO AVERT CRISIS
Rooms sOs-sO9 Colorado Building,
Washington. D. c., Nov. 1S. 1905.
o the Editor of The Evening Star,

|
! Washington. D. c.. Nov. 1S. 1905.
| To the Editor of The Evening Star,
| Washington, D. c.
| My Dear Sir: I inclose for publication.
if you think proper, a form of proposed
amendment to the Constitution which
would. I think. secure equality of politi-
cal and civil rights to the people of this
colony.
The third section would obviate the
recurrence of the most dangerous civil
crisis developed in the whole period of
our constitutional existence, with excep-
ton of the actual civil war, the resump-
| ton of which was only averted by the
makeshift continuance of the electoral
| commission which never would have
| been agreed to If each party had not
been sore from the wounds of the great
| struggle, and had not also believed that
! ii was getting the best of the bargain
| Under the operation of this section
| failure to elect a President by consti-
! tutional methods would be almost incon
| ceiyable.
| The fourth section would obviate a
e., danger far more remote, but still one
| that led Senator Hoar to propose to give
| Congress power to legislate upon the sub
ject In order to provide against proba BILE
'anarchy.' His proposition failed, per-
haps, because 1t gave Congress a dis
erection too sweeping and dangerous in
SO important matter as the transmits
sion of the executive power. l believe
| that the third section would make the
| failure to elect a President almost i'm
possible, while if it did occur, the fourth
would completely assure the peace of the
| country.
| This fourth section could logically be
| treated as a separate article having no
| special bearing upon conditions in this
| colony. but it is we'll enough as II is for
the purpose of considering its merits at
this time.
| This movement for political liberty and
equality must not be confused with minor
| changes in the form of the municipal gov
| eminent Of the city. If the people Of this
| colony could take part in the delibera-
| tions of Congress and the control of the
judicial and executive powers, they would
easily regulate all local affairs.
| The fathers never intended to deprive
| these people of their full suffrage and
| equality in the common sovereignty of the
whole country.
| Do not allow this grand movement to
| degenerate into squabble between those
| who want a change for particular pur-
| poses and those who want no change I'M
der any circumstances whatever. Push
on the main battle. Seek we first national
| suffrage and all necessary things shall be
added thereto. HENRY w. BLAIR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-18
1RuEs1 SOURCE OF POWER
JUSSERAND ON
INTELLIGENCE AND CAPITAL.
Preparation of Proper Food for
Workingmen-What Is Being
Done in France.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. November 49,
Capitals relation to labor and the efforts
that are being made throughout the
world. especially in France. to increase
the opportunities of the workingman to
help himself. was the theme Of Ambassa-
dor Jusserand. the representative of
France to the United States, who spoke
at the banquet of the Chamber of Com
merce in this city last night.
Decla ring that he was proud to be the
guest of the Cleveland Chamber of Com
merce; which he said was one of the most
as should exist in the powerful state of
Ohio. famous for its wealth, energy and
productiveness. He added that though
the state did not do SO in the early days
when the country was inSufficiently de-
veloped, it has taken of late TO pro-
ducing presidents for the United States,
and remarkable specimens, too-wtness
Garfield. witness Mckinley. witness Will
liam H. Taft
Intelligence the True Capital.
Intelligence he declared to be the source
of power, which more and more will set
the big human factory in motion. He
said that the role of money is changing.
and that colossal as is the part it plays
~~''S
more marked tendency to yield in i'm
portance to that other source of power,
that other form of capital, intelligence"
He added that as the years pass. inven-
tons multiply and our wants become
greater. intelligence would become the
truest capital. while money and the rest
would be but counters to represent it.
To this transformation in the form Of
capital Ambassador Jusserand attributed
the multiplication of schools and the
In -. Lot
the conditions of the workmen and make
happiness easier of access to him by plac
ing at his disposal not mere pecuniary al
lowances, but the intelligence and eXpe-
rience of those possessed of the new CAPT.
tai, intelligence
Barriers Broken Down.
He said that capital and capitalists, with
or without cause. have been abused more
violently than ever were the grants of
old
But while such fiery discussions are
going on" he added. the subject of
them is in process OF transformation be-
fore our very eyes On the one hand. bar
riers between men have been definitely
abolished. No trace OF them is left in
such country as yours OF ours; and
even in most of the others they seem to
be preserved more as ornamental barriers
than as real partitions. On the other
hand. laws favor the scattering o: capi'
tai. more and more of it being appropri
ated by the state. which wants payment
for the protection it affords
Food Best for Workers.
He gave as an example how '.inteli-
gence can help the workingman better
than money and we, represent a consider
able profit from those willing to learn
the work done by Or. Landouzy. in telling
<.fx1 God -. l~x.S-r
for them. according to their professions.
and what 1t will cost. In the same con-
nection he referred 10 the cheap restau-
ra nts established first in the great manu-
featuring town OF Lyon. where absolutely
pure food and a liHle wine were served
and M alcohol allowed and at such low
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-18
Visitors in Washington.

The following visitors to Washington
registered at The Star ONCE today: -.
William W. Jennings and Mrs Jennings.
Pittsburg. Pa. -
DIR. John Mead. jr., and Mrs. Mead.
]. Green Hickory Grove Ky. 50
Charles ]. Wilson, Piedmont. Cal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-18
PROCEEDINGS for Maintenance.

Proceedings for maintenance have been
instituted by Minnie Ward against Robert
Ward. Attorney p. ". Frisby represents
the wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-18
s.SWeats" or "Burns!"

Covers only the sole of the shoe
does not hide the shoe or mar its shine.
In tan or black for women and men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-18
Manila Nearly Free of Cholera.

MANILA, November 1S.-While occa-
sional cases of cholera are reported to the
authorities the epidemic is now unques-
tionably at an end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-18
Applicants for Nurses Examined.

Eight applicants for the positions of
registered nurses at the Garfield. Hospital
were examined Monday. The appoint
ments will be announced later. Those
examined were Misses Flora L. Graham
Maud Flaybaugle. Minnie Irvine, Sophie
Wilbur. Norah Hisnlean. Alice Annett
Cora K. Saunders and Mary l.. Mudd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-18
Sale Of the '''burt' Stock Of
On Fine Clothing at
UUC ON THE DOLLAR

Greatest sale success we've known-greatest
values we've ever offered
The Burt" Clothing is known as high quality
merchandise. The styles are right up to the minute
We offer you in this sale the unique opportunity to
buy clothing that fully recommend at saving
of 4Oc on every dollar.
Extra statesmen enable us to wait on the crowds
No need be said for the appreciation in which
such values are held
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-07

The puzzle of the trouble between
the McBryde and Koloa plantations on
Kauai over certain water rights, which
has come to the verge of actual war
fare, and has caused some apprehen-
sion in executive circles Of a serious
clash between the employees Of the two
plantations, is explained by the old
axiom that possession is nine points of
the law. Also by the fact that as soon
as the matter is put into the hands of
the courts whichever side has posses.
sion of the water will in all probability
be able to retain it for a considerable
length of time-possibly several years
while the courts are grinding through
the matter and worrying with the legal
delays which the lawyers would at once
begin piling up in front of the judicial
machine. In the meantime, regardless
of the ultimate outcome of the suit, the
company in possession will have been
enjoying large profits which the much
needed water insures.
The water rights in question are of
the Omao stream and its easterly
branch, which together are said to
supply some three millions of gallons
of water per day. Heretofore the Nc
Brydes seem to have been in possess
sion, but a few weeks ago the Koloa
people put a force of several hundred
Japs at work and built dam by which
the water is diverted to the Koloa
lands. The McBrydes sent another
large force and pulled out the dam,
since which time several dams have
been built and as often pulled out At
the present time it is said that the
Koloa Plantation seems to have got
dam which McBryde can't remove
without resorting to actual force of
arms. Under these circumstances Nc
Bryde does not want to institute legal
suit for Koloa is getting the water, and
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-07
(ASSoctated Press Cable to The Star.l
UNIVERSITY CLUB
BALL TONIGHT

Everything is in readiness for the
greatest social event of the year, the
University Ball which will be given by
the members of tine club to their
friends tonight at the Hawaiian Hotel
The maidens and matrons will try to
outdo each other tonight in the gor-
goousness of their toilettes. and from
all accounts the dress makers have
been working day and night trying to
get out the latest creations.
The decoration committee of the
Club has been hard at work the last
two or three days transforming the
dining room of the famous hOstelry in
to a wisteria garden, and their labOrs
have certainly been rewarded as the
room is one mass of the beautiful tlow-
er arranged with artistic taste. Tne
entire ceiling and walls of the room
are covered with bamboo, while the
graceful wisteria blossoms hang down
in profusion Here and there Japanese
lanterns are strung, while the mauka
end of the room is arranged so as to
represent a grove of bamboo trees.
Palms and MALE wreaths are used
on the EVA lanai, while the various
flags of the international Signal Code
are strung at intervals around the
/ building of the Club as well as on the
/ sides of the Hawaiian.
A covered entrance has been provid-
ed at the mal1ai entrance of the CLUB
while a walk covered with canvas lead
ing up to fight of stairs to the EVA
lanai of the Hotel, has been erected
from the rear of the main building OF
the Club. This walk is also banked
on both sides with palms and bamboo
Hundreds of invitations have been is
sued by the Club to their many
friends. and no doubt the old walls OF
the Hawaiian will vibrate with the
music of dance until the wee small
hours Of tomorrow morning
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-07

though Archer has no especial interest
in Achi's Garbage scheme, he is will
ing to give it his support for what he
thinks Achi can do for him.
Now as to the pawns in the game. As
soon as the Garbage resolution goes
through, the new $125 job as Superin-
tendent will be filled by William Isaac,
a henchman of the Palama boss VINO
has had checkered career and has
been fired from one or two political
jobs for reasons generally known.
Then the position of collector for the
department is to be filled by William
X Rathburn, ex-policeman, eX-fish in
spector etc. This last place is at pre-
sent filled by M. P. Jacobson, an old
man, but one who has made faultless
record in the job he holds He has
collected from $1,000 to $1,000 per
month in quarters, four-bits, and six
bits at a time. and has made friends
with all the patrons of the service, as
well as getting the money. The old
man gets $S5 per month, but Archer
stated Wednesday night that he is
getting too old for the job, which
shows which way the wind blows.
The Garbage Department at present
keeps quite an elaborate set of books
which are handled by Ed. Hopkins, a
young Hawaiian who has made a very
clean record under Sam Johnson. He
gets $75 per month and keeps books Of
the different grades of garbage work,
the payroll of the men, the expenses of
supplies and repairs, besides personal
accounts with the 1900 to 1000 patrons
of the garbage service. Achis super
visors stated last night that they would
not need boolI-keeper, probably in
tending keeping the accounts in their
heads.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-07
WANTS TO BE
FIRST MAYOR
w. Charles Achi, for Mayor.
Frank K. Archer. for Senator.

This is the way the slate is framed
and incidentally explains the secret of
the attempt to seize the Garbage De-
partment made Wednesday night by
the County Supervisors, and which
only failed because Chairman Charlie
Hustace outtalked the whole bunch and
in doing so avoided putting the ques-
ton on the resolution which would
have separated the Garbage Depart
ment from the Road Department and
placed it under a separate superinten-
dent--a tool of Achi.
Right here it may be said that the
scheme which failed Wednesday night
is not yet dead In fact it is so much
alive that it will certainly be pur
through at the meeting next week un-
less public sentiment comes out fiat
footed and refuses to sanction it.
The grab in sight is transDarent-to
a certain extent. That Achi is pulling
the strings is apparent, but that it had
much more back of it than simply
bill1ing the County out of more money
and furnishing a soft job for a heuch-
man, was not so clear.
The plot is deep, and well laid. Achi
is trimming his sails for the race for
Mayor next fall. He knows his weak
places and it was to strengthen one OF
these that the Garbage resolution was
planned. Not only would the new de-
partment open the way to the public
feeding through for several more Achi
men, but it would put into Achi's hands
considerable patronage through the
control of the twenty to thirty men
who now are under Sam JohnsOn's
eye, but have no especial use for Achi.
They all live in the neighborhood of
the stables down in Kakaako where
their influence is very considerable. Not
only would the cutting off the Garbage
Department from the Road Department
according to the scheme, make these
men dependent for their jobs on Achi,
but they could be made missionaries
for Achi among the men of the Road
Department, and cause dissension in
the county stables. Achi has begun to
believe Sam Johnsons declaration that
he is out of politics, and consequently
he wants to get foot hold in the ter
ritory where Sam was strongest, with
the suggestinon that he and not Sam
will be the one to look to for the
future.
Archer wants to get into the Ter
ritorial senate, and Achi has promised
him the plum if he will be a gooc
dog and do as he is told. Hence, al
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-07

on the other hand Koloa has the water
and won't start the lawing.
The matter has been laid before the
Governor, as was stated yesterday, by
w. A. Kinney, for the purpose of ap-
prising the-executive of the situation,
and in order that the matter might be
understood in case of some overt acts
being committed which would warrant
the High Sheriff. or even the National
Guard being needed to maintain order
AS yet it is understood that there
has been no actual breach of the peace,
but the situation Is grave, for the rea-
son that Koloa is said to be maintain
ing a force of several hundred Japanese
at the scene of the dispute, while Nc
Bryde has a large force principally
white employees watching her interests.
The danger of racial feelings being
stirred up and bloody rioting resulting
is not at all unreal under the circum-
stances.
High Sheriff Henry states that he
HAS not ldu any AhAOl llbAlOh VII GNL
from his deputies on Kauai, but does
not think that the officers Of the law
have as yet had reason to interfere in
the matter. In case trouble does occur,
however, he says he will be prepared to
rush deputies to the scene at once.
S. S. w. c. Hall at 5:15 o'clock this
morning arrived from Kauai ports with
sugar and news of the tense situation
between the McBryde and Koloa plan
tations on the Garden Isle.
When the Hall left, the Portuguese
and Porto Rlcan forces of the McBryde
plantation, to the tune of several hun
dred men, and the Japanese defenders
of the Koloa plantation, likewise num-
bered by the hundreds, were lined up
opposing each other, either side armed,
or equipped with picks and shoyels.
There was no sign of immediate at
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-07
WAS IT ACHTS?

1t is understood that the resolution
sprung by Joe Fern on the Board Of
Supervisors last Wednesday night, by
which the Garbage Department is to
be separated from the Road Depart
ment under a separate superintendent
and management was drawn up by
Charlie Achi and the whole matter re-
hearsed at a recent caucus held on the
waterfront at which every member OF
the Board except the chairman was
present. 1t was there that the whole
plot was whipped into shape, and ev-
cry member agreed to support IT,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-07
GOING TO EUROPE

e. Faxon Bishop and Mrs. Bishop
will leave on the Korea for an ex-
tended tour of Europe which will prob
ably last at least a year. When they
arrive in New York they will take
delivery of their new automobile which
will be used by them in touring Eu-
rope. They expect to meet Mr.. and
Mrs. Klebahn and Frank Armstrong
in Germany, and with them will start
on their tour which will take in nearly
the whole of Europe before it is fin
ished.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-07
UP To FREAR

The Tax once investigation is still
in allegiance. 1t is supposed to be in
Governor Frears hands now. as all
the evidence in the matter has been in
for some days. Secretary Mott-SmIth
stated this morning that the matter
was not yet ready to give out from the
executive department, anu he gave no
clue as to when it will be. Other par
ties conce. ned in the matter are gen
orally in the dark and waiting for the
results of the investigation to be an
nounced -