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SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1910 THE MAUI NEWS ROYAL TYPEWRITER utered at the Tost Office at Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii, as second-class matter. A Republican Paper Published in the Interest of the People Issued Every Saturday. Maul Publishing: Company, Limited. Proprietor and Publlahera Subsciption Rates, is Advanck $2.50 per Year, $1.50 Six Months 1 Hugh V. Cok, Editor and Manager THE MAUI NEWS- $67.50 SATURDAY. JANUARY 29. 1910 The Switchmen's The recent strike of the switchmen lias presented . Strike peculiarly disturbing characteristics, and that has threatened to lead to very serious consequences, is now happily re. ported to have reached a settlement. It is not the purpose here to enter into the merits of this controversy, or to comment upon the man ner of its conduct on either side. In a larger way, however, the matter pre sents a phase which calls for attention and correction. The interests of the puhlie at large are seldom, if ever, considered hy the principals to these disputes, and yet the interests of the puhlie at large should le considered first of aU. If they were considered, the strike now alnnit to le settled would never have occurred. That is to say, it is to lie settled on a hasis that could easily have heen agreed upon in the first place. The applica tion of common sense to the situation in the heginning would have pre vented the losses sullered hy capital and lahor, the ill-feeling and the hardships resulting from weeks of useless contentiou. The very settle ment of this dilliculty condemns the methods that permitted it to arise", and affords further evidence of the fact that the puhlie should he repre sented as a third, and, in realty, as the most deeply interested party, in all such complications. There are rumors of a strike of much greater proportions of a walk out or a lock-out that w ill lie disturhing to the business of not only the nation but the world.If such a case occurs it will probably lie protracted. No matter how it may continue, however, it will certainly come to an end, and all experience is misleading if it not be settled at length on terms that could have lecn arranged before it began. In this case, as in the other in every case, for that matter, where the passions of men temporarily supplant their reasoning faculties ami leave them without judgment the public should insist, promptly and deci sively, upon its right betake a hand in bringing an adjustment. These matters cease to he private when they disturb industry, unsettle trade and threaten the peace of the country. No complicated process is neces sary in the premises. The rules that govern the ordinary relations of men, if applied to the ordinary relations of laltor anil capital, will lead in the great majority of cases to understanding and harmony. Begin the It is time that the party leaders of the Republican party Campaign, and the people at large to licgin the campaign for the nomination of men for office, who lear such a .record for quaJification, integrity and character that a straight ticket vote can conscientiously be advocated without a blush of shame, and without an exception. The Republican nominees in the past have been in general good men and have made efficient officers and have been incomparably ahead of the nominees of the opposition, but there have been exceptions, and these exceptions have !een costly and have done much to weaken the whole ticket. It is a mistake to nominate any man for office, on the theory that he can lie elected, if his record is that of duplicity and chicanery for the reason that such a nominee weakens the chances of all of the other nominees. , Every candidate for office knows that if the candidates nominated arc of such a class as to imbue the leaders with such enthusiasm that they will not only vote a straight ticket, hut urge every friend and follower to do the same, that an election of the whole ticket is comparatively easy. But let the party nominate some fellow who is so repugnant to ones sense of decency that the leaders cannot either vote for him nor ask others to just so soon does scratching of the ticket begin and it usually ends in the defeat of many whom the party especially wished elected. Too many of our ieople take no interest in the election of precinct officers, nor delegates to the convention and yet just there is where tin ticket is made up. It is too late to kick against the nominations after they are made. To criticise then is to injure the chances of the election of other nominees, who are good men. It is not necessary that any candidate be perfect. Nominees are human and subject to human shortcomings. But where a prospective candidates only claim "to consideration is his ability to deceive the ignorant, and get that class of support at the loss of many votes for the other nominees, he should not lie nominated under any considerntion. Let us work now for a ticket that we can vote straight ami urge our friends to do the same. The Public H ever there was a complication that called for ' frank Must Know and free publicity a clean and thoroughgoing show down of facts it is the controversy involving the department of the interior and the forest service with reference to the conservation of valuable public lands. It is the want of common knowledge as to facts that made Chief Forester Gilford Pinchot's New York sis-ecli a sensation. It is the lack of general information as to the facts that has thrown alxmt this whole matter, in constantly increasing volume, the unpleasant cloud of doubt and suspicion. It is liecause a considerable portion .of the public have allowed to gain, rightly or wrongly, an impression that some of the essential facts were luing withheld or covered, .or that an attempt or willingness to conceal them was evidenced in high places, that the charge of faithlessness, greed and duplicity havu gained what may well prove to be an unwonted public credence. Here is a situation in which there is at stake, directly or indirectly, the question of faithful stewardship over public lands Ik lieved to conceal coal ami metals sufficient in value to pay off the entire debt of this great nation at a stroke. That is the great feature of interest to the public; the differences as to departmental priority and official procedure are side issues; the question as to whether the animus of this far-reaching con troversy does not, after all, lie in official rivalries is at best secondary: the possibility that iMlitics may herein merely pitting the friends of one presidential administration against the friends of another presidential administration is mere dust to cloud the issue. The puhlie has had enough of all this. It wants the truth. That is why it made much of ' Mr. Pinchot's ckarges of land grabbing and his arraignment of special interests at the New York dinnnr; that is why it picks up even the more lurid and less measured fulminations in the magazines with avidity. It has nevr yet had what it considers the facts in the case. There are those who deem it enough that President Taft has looked into the operations of the department of the interior with reference to. 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In this state of public temper, at all events, sitting on the safety valve is going to be samething other than a mere pastime. The truth will out. It is a matter of general satisfaction that the President and the leaders of Congress, in their wisdom, have taken steps to air the whole matter through investigation by a joint committee. Few inquiries in recent years have had closer or more wide-ranging attention than this will have. And it is evident that the issue will not 1h Ballinger, not Pinchot, not the Roosevelt administration, hutthe official safe-keeping of the vast public values that only the proper ollicials can keep safe. IN THE CIRCUIT CQURT OF TIIF. SF.CONI) CIRCUIT, TERRITORY OF HAWAII. At Chainliers In Frobate. In tlie Matter of the Estate of TORA KICHI KUWAIIARA. Deceased. Order of Notice of Hearing Petition for Administration. On Reading and Filing the Petition of Suda Kuwaliara, of Wailuku, Maui, al leging that Torakichi Kuwaliara, of Wai luku, died intestate at Wailuku, on the 7th day of November, A. I). 19119, leav i"g property in the Hawaiian Islands necessary to le administered upon, and praying that Letters of Administration issue to C. D. Lufkin. It is Ordered that Monday, the 2SU1 day of February, A. I). 1910, at 10 o'clock A. M., be and hereby is appoint ed for hearing said Petition in the Court Room of this Court at Wailuku, Maui, at which time and place all persons con cerned may appear and show cause, if any (hey have, why said Petition should not be granted, and that notice of this 'order shall be published once a week for three successive weeks in the Mai'I News, a ', newspaper in Wailuku, Maui. Dated at Wailuku, January 20th, 1910. S. B. KINSBCRY, Judge of the Circuit Court of the Se cond Circuit. Attest: EDMUND II. HART, Clerk of the Circuit Court of the Se cond Circuit. Jan. 22, 29, Feb. 5, 12, 19. NOTICIi OH STOCKHOLDER'S MEETING. CRYSTAL WHITE SOAP Best for the home laundry. White; there is no rosin in it. Hard; lasts longer th$n common soap. Heavy; therefore will domore work. SOLD BY ALL GROCERS. II. Hnokfeld & Co., Ltd. Wholesale Distributers. HONOLULU. Uime UableZKahului Siailroad Co. The following schedule will go into effect July 1st, 1909. CLASS STATIONS The annual meeting of the Maui Pub lishing Co., Ltd., will le held at the offices of Mr. . D. H. Case, Wailuku, County of Maui, on Wednesday, Febru ary o. 1010. at f.iu V. M. ' 1 he purpose of the meeting is to con-j shier amending the by-laws so as to have the fiscal year close on December 31st in stead of January 31st, for the election of oflicers, annual rejxjrt of Manager, and such other business as may need atten tion and consideration. Dated Jauuary 20, 1910. , D. II. CASE, Secretary. Jan. 22, 29, Feb. 5. Kahllllli . 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