The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-01-22


prosecution for such crime the officer
or employee should not be permitted
to remain mute on the ground that his
testimony would tend to incriminate
him.
co Accounts of Quasi-Public Cor
porations-Laws should be enacted re-
quiring all quasi-public corporations TO
keep their books in collaboration with
the communities they serve, and ac-
cording to a system prescribed by
law.
| CD Creating a Crime for the Sale
of News Columns-Laws should be
enacted making it crime for any
newspaper to publish as news any
matters for which compensation is
directly or indirectly paid, or agreed
| 70 be paid uness the fact that such
compensation has been paid or agreed
10 be paid is Indicated by some plainly
distinguishing mark next the news so
printed. The jury or judge should be
sven liberal power of inferring COM
pucIty from considerations indirectly
given. 4 person paying sucn COM
pensation should be permitted to re-
cover the consideration given by him,
and immunity granted him, if he dis
close the crime. A part OF the pun
ishmenL should consist in forbidding
the publication OF the paper for a
period fixed by the judge.
80 The School Systematic trial
OF Mr.. Calhoun disclosed a consider
able number Of citizens who when
examined under oath as to their quail
ihcations for jury service, complacent-
ly declared that they would not con-
Wet a man for bribery, however con-
vlncing the evidence, if, since his
crime, he has successfully broken a
strike which was threatening his in
Vestnents. A system OF public edu-
,uon which produces such men mus
be radically defective in both its ethi
cal and political teaching. 1t is oul
belief that no child should be permit
tea to leave the Grammar School un
til he has had thoroughly instilled in
to him a strong sense of his obligation
to the State to set aside all prejudice
or private interest and act as jurymal
IN any case in which he may be sum
= IGoned. He should be taught tina
: this obligation is sacred, that its per
Torrance is the hIgAest kind of publi
: service, outranking the mere physica
courage and devotion Of a soldier,
= 1t is our opinion that the schools
have not kept pace in their ethica
instruction with the many complel
= changes in our commercial organiza
ton, due to the universal conduct o
> business through corporations, Ever.
child should be taught that in al
probability he will, for a very larg
period of his life, be an agent for SOM
p corporation. He should be taught tn
= elemental facts concerning the work
) ings OF the corporate Organizati IN
= anu particularly the location of tn
= immediate responsibility for an.
) wrong doing with the directors whit
} elect the manager, and the ultimate
. responsibility of the stakeholder
> who, in turn, elect the directors. HI
, should be taught that if a disclosur
= of any improperly in the relations o
: the corporation to the State does no
. receive the attention of the directors
> he can make a direct appeal to tn
I stockholders through the agency o
r the press,
e Above all, he should be taught tina
D the corporation is a mere creature o
the state, and that it is as much tn
: duty of the citizen to cry stop thief
t to its attempt to steal a public fran
n chise as it is to raise the cry whe
d it discovers the treasurer, or any 9th
e err official, robbllg the public of ii
: GIN
I, No child should be permitted
d leave the Grammar School witnol
e Keen appreciation of the rights {
every citizen to good service from pull