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cleansed when he Is hanged. Nobody
is helped least Of all the man him
self.
s Again, when the state kills q man Il
lessons the respect for human life and
cheapens the value OF a human be-
Ing. II feeds the spirit OF the mob
and brutalizes public opinion.
Apart from the barbaric fact itself.
capital punishment in its method is
an inhuman practice. Putting q rope
around a mans neck and dropping
him a few feet through floor, some
times almost pulling his head on. is
hardly in harmony with modern stand
ards of good taste.
The fact that no one knows who
cuts the string that loosens the rope
that springs the trap indicates that
the men who do the work are asham-
ed OF 1t. I am opposed TO this form
of modern sayagery, perpetuated In
penal institutions which still continue
the bloody customs Of the past. The
last hour of doomed man are hours
Of abject loneliness. His friends dis
appear. Often his body Is unclaimed
and the punishment which he receives
before his death is INDISPENSABLE.
Il do not believe In capital punish
ment and hope that the time viii
come when the people Of California
will stop this inhuman custom
fSigned1 b
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SUBSTITUTE FOR SUGAR

Secretary of Agriculture Houston is reported
in dispatches from the mainland as preparing to
ask Congress for $780, 900, that sum to be spent
in scientific Investigations in Hawaii to ''aid the
sugar growers" The report is that federal agri-
cultural experts will experiment to find out
what crops the Hawaiian planters may substi-
tute for sugar. -
The plan is interesting, but it lacks practical
details One of the things quite clearly estab-
lished during the hearings before the senate
committee some months ago was that absolutely
no crop is in sight with which Hawaii may re-
place its canesugar Fifty thousand dollars is
a large sum to the average man, but it won't go
far toward replacing the scores of millions in
vested in sugar.
Congress is taking away Hawaii's loaf of
bread and proposes to substitute a crust, and
probably an UNBEATABLE crust at that. If Hawaii
objects, the people of this territory are accused
of everything from insidious lobbying down.
No matter what crops may be grown on the
fields that now yield fortunes in sugar, the blow
to Hawaii's chief industry by the operation Of a
freesugar bill will be severe. The hope is-and
as yet q mighty slim hope that diversified
farming will in the end spread more general in
dependent prosperity. 1t must be confessed that
agricultural experiments to date promise likely
substitutes for sugar about in the ratio of cent
to dollar i;
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TO Spend MILLION
in AID OF MISSION
General Committee of Metho-
dist Church Makes BIG Az
ioWance for Work Abroad
IBy Latest Mall

DECATUR. Illinois The general
committee for foreign missions ofthe
Methodist Episcopal church set aside
precedent by approving appropria
tons exceeding BY s6s.Os5 the amount
received by the board in 1912 Hiths
erto the appropriations always have
been made on the basis Of the pre-
yious years. receipts.
In addition to the $4S,is5. which
had been placed In the hands Of q
committee authorized the underwrit
ing OF $19,OS5 for China. This makes
total OF $4,000 to BIS supplied for
China.
An additional $4,000 q year for five
years was authorized to reduce the
debt of the Methodist Church.
The total regular appropriations
and provisional underwritten apprO-
priations for foreign missions for this
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ness broke out:
Il refuse to answer any more CUES
items unless the commission orders
Wirtz: 4 do not know what the
powers Of the commission are In the
premises in the matter OF compelling
q witness to answer questions.
Olsen: Mr.. Smith says he il 50
ing to inpeach me. II that Is the case
why doesn't he so ahead. Why should
1 come here. n he Is going 70 do that,
and answer questions? Why doesn't
he 50 back 70 the beginning and bring
up me affidavit?'
Olsen soon subsidized. And Smith
soon. toe. brought up the much.talked
of affidavit.
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CLEAN STREETS go
sAND THE TOURIST

Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin,
Sir: Writing 10 you, as a visitor,
a tourist, and this being my initial
visit to your lovely city, behold the
beauty, the softness. the wealth Not
only the wealth Of possessions, but
wealth OF scenery, wealth of these re-
freshing Winds wealth Of simplicity
of the native character, wealth S Of
these marvellous skies, gorgeous sun
sets, and all is glory, and / am en-
chanted. But this morning 60 down,
town, and, 10, I am overwhelmed, not
in mystic showers of blessing, but In
awful clouds of dust-dust from these
filthy streets, unbrIshed and UNI
KeB,pt, unwashed- streets that are as
soft as il in London, wooden, but,
oh, so neglected. # ~
Any city, especially this lovely city
of Honolulu, that is endeayoring to
attract, and not only to attract, but
To hold, as the term of law implies
ITO have and to hold must In the
very first essential have" good roads
and good strets, and next to hold.
these streets and these roads.
The law OF nature Is that nothing
stands still and the forces OF nature
are continually at work taking back
that which she has given, IL no one
wants It, so If you do not want your
roads and your streets, she takes
them back. She gave them. unto you
to use, and not to abuse. -.
Let us seex street sweepers and
street washers, and you will have
your tourists and you will hold
your tourists.
Each winter the tourist crop In
Southern California means $4,000
900.
Why shouldn't II mean millions to
Hawaii?
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EDITOR

pays for what it gets-and gets what il pays for.
Kalihi won't pay for Kaimuki's new streets.
Mr.. Schnaek seems to proceed on the theory
that the general fund has plenty Of money for
Kalihi improvements. Nothing of the sort. The
general fund is badly strained and will be worse
strained if general city needs are met and in adj
diticn the supervisors attempt to pay for street
opning and Improvement from the treasury.
The Kalihi Club is an influential organiza
ton in live and rapidly developing district. II
is to be hoped that this club steps into the fast
growing procession that means progress for ALL
Honolulu.
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H1lNIEIYIEMa

~. LAGOON: The condition
OF the|ings Of Hawairs historic
men abmen. in the capitol bid
ing Is grace to the territory.
Every ARRIVING here brings Wis
1itors aspect the former palace
and "a these portraits. ret they
find Ut no intere1k IN them BE-
cause few Of the pictures have
any talcords to show whom they
represk great many Of the pic
lures n even our kamaainas,
and itlrtafn that they can have
little gent interest for strang-
ers. doesn't Librarian Lydeck-
.er. OF bard OF archives. see to Il
that tire all properly labelled.
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AGAINST CAPITAL puNlsHMENT.
HonoluIu, T. h, Nov. ~ 1913.

Honolulu, T. H., Nov. %, 1913.
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin,
Sir:-The conviction, sentence and
almost certain execution OF Henry
Francis Furguson, the illiterate, ig-
norant, unframed youth OF 18 years
who recently shot and killeda police
officer, again brings to mind the ques-
ton. How much longer will this great
Christian country of ours continue
the practice of legalized murderg Be
cause man has committed the crime
of murder, what moral right has the
state to commit anUther murder
Capital crimes have continued to In
crease all the years in the face Of
the fact that we have had numberless
executions and we fail 10 see the dis
tinction, as to the crime itself, be-
tween legal murder and unlawful kill
ing. The fact that a crime has been
legalized by Law Is not proof that is
right sss5 80. b. szs
We believe the time Is fast APP
preaching when this harbarous prac-
tice will be abandoned by every state
In the union, and when the criminal
and vicious will be confined as pro
lection to society and not for the sole
purpose of receiving punishment for
their deeds. r.
The following clipping on this sub
ject from the pen Of Rev. William
RAIDER. of San Francisco, Is worthy
of consideration: II
am asked to express an opinion
upon capital punishment. / can an
swer the question, do / believe that
the state should kill?" with an en-
phatic mo-" This does not mean that
have a sentimental view about
crime and criminals. believe in
punishment, but not In revenge.
do not believe In maudlin sympathy,
but in genuine reforms Capital pun
ishment is relic Of barbarism and
should be abolished. - +,
Il am opposed to it, first, because 1t
does not act as a deterrent to crime.
When men commit murder they do not
pause to remember the long list Of
executions which blacken the history
of punishment. We have more execu-
tons now than we ever have had
and more murders. J,a. g..
Second, capital punishment Is an
abrogated law, contrary to the high
er standards of Christianity. The
ground taken that man ought to be
killed because he has killed another
is the old covenant principle of re-
venge, "An eye for an eye, and a
tooth for. a tooth" If there is any
ground for killing man, it Is that
that man may not kill another. That
only is the, defense Of capital punt.
| ishment. -. ...sfs,s -. .- ss..- i~-,
eff the end of punishment is reform,
a man is not reformed when he Is
hanged. Destruction is not reforma-
ton. The meaning of chastisement Is.
in the original, to make clean and
chaste, as linen is whitened and clean
ed in the, laundry, This Is the moral
purpose Of punishment A man is not
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This Is the change of date made to ac-
commodate members from the outside,
islands who May be In town over a
steamer. = .-s.. e.. 4
The topic for the session Is the re-
port OF the Floral Parade committee,
Director Dougherty will be ON hand. In
addition to this it IL expected that
some of the plantation manager mem
bers from the other islands will be
on hand. There viii be music, the
usual good time and perhaps a few
remarks on who put the shoe in sugar.
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NOT An 0BJECII8H

opposing the fF0ntdgetax law for the opening
OF new streets, President f. Schnack Of the Ka
Iihi improvement Club says:
Tor twenty years KaIihi has been paying taxes
and all the time needing new roads But the tar
money has gone for the Improvement Of streets Of &
other districts Up to the time OF the present board
Of supervisors KalIhi been given little consider
alton. The money for street work went to Kaimuk,
FOR instance II has good streets and particular
need for more while Kalihi. on the other hand,
though it has paid more taxes than any other two
districts In the city excluding the business district
Is IN bad need Of new sits In bad need Of new str
have paid heavy taxes, other districts benefited by
Now Mr.. Schnacks objection, as set forth
above, is in reality very strong argument in
favor OF the frontage-tax system for carrying out
local improvements His objection shows con.
cfetely and forrefuly the inequitable features Of
the present unscientific system. Under the pres.
ent system, the district that can put up the
strongest sbluffs to the supervisors gets its
hands in the general fund grabbing and fists out
enough for its pressing road needs. The districts
whose residents are poor and uninfluential stand
small chance of getting to the grab-bag
Under the present system, nothing but the
sense Of Justice tempered with mercy-of the
board OF supervisors guarantees anything like
fair treatment for all the districts; under the
present system, every change in the board of su.
pervisors means that one district or another is
likely to suffer.
Under the frontage.tax system, each district
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Olsen DENIES
!. TRUTH OF HIS
OWN AFF|DAV VT
Continued from page onel

used to explain his position to the
commission
Once or twice he refused to answer
"a question, a few times he argued
with Smith on the relative merits of
an interrogatory. The deputy attor-
ney-general lost his temper several
times during the proceedings In his
efforts to handle the witness.
Again the name of d. L. Mackaye, q
reporter on the Advertiser was
brought into the hearing, this time by
Olsen himself. The latter laid the
blame for his activities in trying to
st.get even with KelIett to Mackaye.
The reporter had told him, the Wit
ness testified, !. that Kellett was re-
sponsible for his suspension.
Mackaye told me- said Olsen,
that it was through Kelletts was
suspended: and so 4 said to myself,
I'll fix him"
Shortly after that, declared the wit
ness, he signed the affidavit in which
he accused both Captain Of Detect
.iTes and Kellett with various malfeas-
ances of office. He reiterated on the
witness stand the statements made
by him to the Star Bulletin shortly
after the return Of McDuffie from
the Orient, which were to the point
that he did not read the affidavit be-
fore swearing to i. &
The examination Of Olsen was
broken by sharp arguments by coun-
sci. Mainly they were on Smiths
right to impeach his own witness, and
on points Incidental to the proceed.
ings.
The difficulty" said Peters to the
commission, is that counsel began
with an apology for this charge. We
are now hearing, and yet he has gone
ahead and put Olsen on the stand.
He Is trying to get some vague, indef-
mite and speculative evidence from.
this witness; a waste of time.
Olsen's charges of embezzlement
against Kellett relate to four alleged
raids on Japanese gambling games,
and involve the sums Of $1,000, $3.50,
$1.50 and 81 respectively. No def
mite times had been established, and
the records of the police station seem
unable to serve purpose for the
sheriffs case.
While Olsen now admits that at
the first mentioned raid he picked up
$40 and gave It to Kellett, and that
some time later in the day the &C
cused former detective gave Olsen Sd
the witness states that this S. was a
loan and that re repaid Kellett the
following payday. AS to the other
instances, he said they were also
loans and were repaid to Kellett.
Il borrowed from Kellett at differ
mt times during the four years l was
at The station" SAD Olsen. Z
Smiths attempt at impeachment has
this purpose in view: He says he
wishes to show that Olsen made state
ipents to him which now appear con-
Trajectory to his testimony. BY so
dining he wishes to have olsen's tes-
timony discredited, show the supposed
hostile frame of mind of the witness,
thus making it possible for the COM
mission to take under consideration
the accusations made by Olsen to
Smith prior to the commencement of
the hearing. r.. x. j.. -....-
j. When the threat Of impeachment
vast first made this morning, the wit
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Tuesday evening at z O'Clock the class
TO meet for organization and to decide
on regular evening on which to
meet. Miss Emily Farley viii teach
the class.
The lesson In the domestic science
class at the College of Hawaii tonight
will be on Eggs" the food value Of
eggs and their preparation.
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IThe Star-Bulletin invites free and
frank discussion In this column on all
legitimate subjects Of current interest.
Communications are constantly re
ceived to which Id signature Is at
tached. This paper will treat as con-
fidential signatures to letters II the
writer's so desire, but cannot give
space to anonymous communications
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CLASSES MEET
AT HOMESTEAD TONIGHT.

The millinery class vii. meet to-
night at the Homestead Y. w. c. A.
at 1880. The lesson viii be on frame
making. This class meets weekly on
MondaF evenings.
The Shakespeare class which meets
bi.weekly on Monday evenings
meet tonight and will continue
.poD -. and Juliet.
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One significant fact is that Mr.. Pinkham is
returning with Mr.. Mott.Smith and still
more significant fact is that Mr. Mott Smith is
returning with Mr.. Pinkhanl! *s..z ?.
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Planters complaining Of a threatened short,
age of labor are advised to wait until the change
of administrations really gets to operating. 4
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With McCarn supporters crowding the water
wagon Ind Pinkham supporters overlooking the
bandwagon, vehicles are at premium.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-12-01

This period between the extra and regular ses.
sions of Congress gives Vicepresident Marshall
just about time enough to trim his mother-in-law
at croquet r. >.f.e >s
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There seems to be difference of authority as
to that vote last Saturday, but all are agreed
that the confirmation will stick
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California has had such q disastrous season
that the. citrus fruit crop is only eleven thou
sand carloads larger than last year -.
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Thus, in two sentences, Hawaii's new gov
ernor sets forth the ideals that will govern his
administration.
They constitute a program upon which all
right thinking men and women Of this territory
may unite; they breathe a breadth Of spirit be
meath which may be submerged petty factional-
ism, partisan pickering, selfish strife; they sug
gest plan of action that appeals not to any one
class, not to any one party not to any one polit-
ical industrial or social cult, but to all classes
and all parties
The Star Bulletin said on Saturday that Mr..
Pinkham will not come to Hawaii with a chip on
his shoulder; the vivid evidence of an entire
" different spirit speaks in his first brief mes.
sase to Hawaii.
Can Hawaii do less than to meet high ideal
with high ideal; cordial trust with cordial
trust; work for the common good with work for
the common good
The new governor has addressed his first
words to all the people of all the islands in this
Territory. He asks their support on program
q @justice and opportunity The man who de-
mics support for such a program is no true citi
zen Of Hawaii
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l(Oldl,
lNdlO@

w. TON, who u iii ct the
oueenbItal. was reported this
mornit being about the same,
there no change IN his condi-
ton.
.GEeMANoHA. captain 81 he
KameIh football team. = con.
fined school hospital SUFFERING
from bred knee a. the result Of
. fall. ing the game with oahn
collegh kseiving Day. Il q Sc.
heyed IN operation may be nee.
essaryl feet = conlr|efc cure.
sesr I$ss2. ss2. Is agains, $685..
CSC la& The foreign nIssi6ns
board Ihorized to spend ,I.I7t.
504 thing year. Boston was 80
lected be 1914 meelIn1 Tie
FreedriAid and Hone Mission
societii also meet ii New Eng.
land. practically assured that
San Fl . or Los Angeles MI
be DIR the 1915 meeI|n1
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AD CLUB TOMORROW

Is weeks AID Club luncheon will
tomorrow. Tuesday. noon.
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No one will criticise the ADVERTISER for failing
to find any huner whatever in the Kellett hear.
ing. - IL, -:
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-12-01

Governor Pinkham's first message is short
and to the point. He had something to say, and
lie said it.
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MONDAY DECEMBER /. 1913
aJUsTICE ARD OPPORTUNITY.

Hay lcc al labor for the good of Hd,caii,
that sterling nidahood may prerdit and Justice
aud opportunity be afforded to the Industrious
and homcIoriag, horerer humble, Hay men of
iredlth seek the pririlege of aiding the Establish
ment Of anscifish progress for gil i'-L. E. PINK,
HAN. q
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Let's hope the gubernaterial hammer will be
buried and that there'll be no ration crop! ~.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-12-01

That guessing contest on the secretaryship is
proving popular.
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], One sure thing is that Wilson is the man that
j put the s'firm'' in confirmation.
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And at last Governor Frears resignation cam
take effect = 49,
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With McCarn supporters crowding the water
wagon Ind Pinkham supporters overlooking the
bandwagon, vehicles are at premium. -
California has had such a disastrous season
that the. citrus fruit crop is only eleven thou
sand carloads larger than last year. "a
There seems to be a difference of authority as
to that vote last Saturday, but all are agreed
that the confirmation will stick
Governor Pinkham's first message is short
and to the point. He had something to say, and
lie said it. -.
No one will criticise the Advertisers for failing
to find any humer whatever in the Kellett hear
ing. - il. IT, T. s.@ss
Let's hope the gubernatorial hammer will be
buried and that therell be no ration crop!
One sure thing is that Wilson is the man that
put the efirm" in confirmation.
That guessing contest on the secretaryship is
proving popular.
And at last Governor Frear's resignation can
take effect ..... .. .~.f1
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