Honolulu star-bulletin., 1915-12-11

campaign oI COdCdblON tUTpd8Houb SHS
territory for more intelligent citizen
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/. The value of dollar is hundred
cents You can take It into the mar
ket and buy with 1t something which
costs a hundred cents 1t would be
foolish to sell dollar for so cents;
because 1t is worth more than that.
The value Of q picture cannot be
measured by dollars and cents. 1t de-
pends on the pleasure which 1t will
give US. The Sistine Madonna, at
Dresden. is not a very large picture.
but when somebody tried to buy 1t the
other day the price was put at mil
lion dollars That meant that the pic
ture was not for sale. Every year it
gives so much pleasure to SO many
people that its value cannot be ex.
pressed by any number of dollars.
The value of a key depends on what
the key will do. If 1t is nothing but a
key, without any lock, 1t may be sold
for old iron. But If it will put us in
possession of a library. or of gallery
of pictures, or of a house of our own.
then there Is no sum of money which
will express its value; IL is beyond
that. Nobody can tell just by looking
at q key whether 1t is valuable or not
He must first find out what the key
will open.
II. The value OF vote Is not to be
measured by looking at 1t, nor by
waiting to see what will happen when
II is put into a box. It is not much to
look at, and when 1t has been marked
A.. L. -A0 H.
puts 1t into the box, nothing hap
pens at all. We seem to go
out as we went in, neither richer
nor poorer. A five-dolIar bill has
value, but a vote seems to have no
value. Some men, when they have
chance to exchange the one for the
other, and thus to get five dollars for
their vote, do It, and think that they
have made a good bargain.
What 10 u Worth?
But what is vote worth? What 10.
the value ,of q vote? That depends on
what q vote will do for US. IT q man
sells q vote for FIVE dollars, when It Is
really worth q thousand dollars to-
him, he makes a very foolish bargain.
Ill The effect of vote is to DHt
man into an office. The voter. by the
mark which he makes upon his ballot.
says: II want sueh-and-snch q man to
be put into such-and- an office
But men are put In Office in order.
that they may do something for u.s.
They are there to serve US. There
are SO many things which need to ba
done In order that life may go on well
in a place where a considerable mum.
Der of people live that we ourselves
cannot look after them. We have too
much else to do. We, therefore.
choose men to attend to these things
for us. It is like the choice which is
made by the owner Of a business when
he appoints q man to be his clerk, his
agent, and his cashier. In our case.
as in his. 1t is necessary to have hon.
est and able men; or else things are
sure to go wrong, and we shall be-
the worse for it.
The things we commit to the men
for whom we vote are of very great
importance.
Education.
1. One of them is the education of
our children. We want to have good
schools. Every year we pay tax for
the support of these schools. The
vote which we east determines who
shall spend that money. The money
Is intended, to provide proper school
houses and enough Of them, where our
children may breathe pure air, and be
safe. and be taught by good teachers.
The happiness of our homes and the
future of our children depend greatly
upon our choice Of men who know
enough to provide good schools and
who can be depended upon to do it.
II a citizen for FIVE dollars votes for
men who for the sake of making
money win employ dishonest contrac-
tors. and for the sake of getting votes
will employ ignorant teachers, that
man makes the worst kind of bar
gain. For five dollars he exposes his
children to the dangers of bad air and
fire. and chooses teachers for them |
who do not know how to teach.
2. Another matter which we entrust |
TO the men for whom we vote is the |
of the public health. The
health of every voter and his family
depends upon the water supply, upon |
he arrangements for drainage, upon |
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he proper inspection and regulation
If buildings. This is especially the
ease with the poor man. For the rich |
nan, If the water is bad, can buy clean |
water for himself, and If the street is
lot well cleaned. can gel, it cleaned.
The poor man cannot afford to do. that
He is altogether dependent upon the
,ity government which he has chosen
,y his vote. It is necessary, in order
o have. these important matters well
attended to, that the men in charge
If them shall be not only honest but
To set an officer over the
work of cleaning the streets because
le is a successful politician, is like
sending for successful horse doctor
o treat a case of brain fever. 1t is
also, that the men whom
We appoint manage these matters. not
or their own good, but for our best
interests.
health 10 Paramount.
If man. for the sake Of five dollars
,otes for an officer who will give him
Iirty water to drink, and thereby falls
lick with typhoid fever. the man