The Hawaiian star. [volume], June 15, 1910, SECOND EDITION, Page FOUR, Image 4

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THB HAWAIIAN 8TAU, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1910.
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DANIEL LOGAN EDITOR
WEDNESDAY JUKE 15, 1910
In the alleged bribery case, until invest igution proves otherwise,
tli ere is inevitable suspicion that a gambler's chance was taken by
someone to ascertain the possibility of purchase, and the price, of one
or more Supervisors, with the object, if the bait was taken, of selling
the required support of the paving ordinance thus obtained to the con
tractors at an advance on the bribe paid or promised. Therefore the
action of the Hoard of Supervisors in directing that the matter be pre
sented to" the grand jury, was the least that the public had a right to
expect.
One little woman is giving the San Francisco health authorities a
nut to crack as hard as any they ever had. When they tried to prevent
Dr. Atcherley from treating the lepers they did not realize what an
able tnctician thev had against them in the person of his Hawaiian
wife. Everybody here can see her fine hand behind the demand of the
lepers to have Dr. Atcherley's cure, with the alternative of their walk
ing out of the hospital, where they claim they cannot be compelled by
law to remain.
Uncle Walt
The Poet Philosopher
A. Clemens Harrison, "until quite rcently a resident of Hawaii,"
and the members of the native Hawaiian orchestras in different city
cafes are quoted by the Portland Oregonian as giving the opinion that
the Portland rose festival would be "away ahead of the Honolulu floral
fetes." Such disloyalty to Hawaii is unpardonable. The Hawaii Pro
motion Committee ought to have Mr. Harrison and the native min
strels extradited for high treason. Strangulation with leis would be
the penalty fitting their crime.
When I am sick I might endure it, if I could nurse my ill alone;
but neighbors tell me how to cure it and fill my soul with grief and
groan. Corns hurt my foot I thought they'd spoil
nuijVvvlj it the. neighbors hastened to my door; "cut off your
NEIGHBORS foot," they said, "and boil it, and you will have the
corns no more." I hnd a doze of muuenzy have
you e'er had that blamed disease? It fairly drives you to a frenzy;
you gasp, and cough, and coke and sneeze; you whistle when you
breathe and smother, your lungs seem full of carpet tacks, and oft you
wish some kindly brother would hit you with a battleaxe. And while
I howled around in sorrow, one neighbor said, "Drink kerosene, and
you'll be prancing round tomorrow as chipper as a colt, I ween."
notlier said: ",uix lye and whiskey, and drink a cnllon. smokmc
hot; in half an hour you'll feel so frisky, they'll have to hold you down,
1 wot. Another came, a bearded Druid, who through his snowy
whiskers hissed: "Fill up with jrood embalming fluid, and vou will
be all right, I wist." Oh, oftentimes I feel like thunder, my works
seem always out of plumb; at such times, is it any wonder 1 hate to
see the neighbors come?
Copyright, 1910. by Geo. Matthew Adams
WALT MASON.
a huge bluff. Events have proved this judgment correct. James J.
nill, one of the greatest railroad owners in the country, was reported
to have said, referring to the flurry in Wall street as the result of suits
to enjoin the increase of freight rates, that he could see no cause for
alarm, that his roads had canceled no orders, and did not expect to,
and, moreover, that he did not believe there had been any important
cancellation by any other system. Later the railroad bill passed and
the railroad men, after a conference with the President, meekly acqui
esced in the government policy. Railroads that had been enjoined from
putting increased freight rates into effect withdrew their new tariffs
and engaged not to file any more such until the new law, placing rates
under the supervision of the Interstate Commerce Commission, be
came operative. President Taf t has given compelling evidence, in the
matter of the railroads, that he is a chief executive of commanding
ability not surpassed by the greatest of his predecessors.
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Indiana failed to make use of its primary law in large enough de
gree to test its merits. Less than one-half of the voters of the two
great parties went to the polls in the primary elections. Hence the
nominations were made by a minority of the people instead of a ma
jority. While absence from the polls might be presumed to give con
sent to results, that way of looking at the matter will not serve as
argument for the value of direct primaries. Tile institution was de
vised to obtain the free and positive choice of the people for candidates
to enter the party contest at the main election. If the people do not
take advantage of it; the presumption is that they prefer self-constituted
and machine made candidates to any their-own knowledge and
judgment would select. There is a great deal to be said in favor of the
theory of direct primaries, but unless the people use it when they have
it the institution is worthless.
Probably the Advertiser is stretching the Attorney General's opi
nion too far, when it represents it as bringing tiny petty employment,
under Territorial or county government as the case may be, within the
category of offices the holders of which are barred from election to
the Legislature. The Supreme Court of Hawaii has defined the dis
tinction between government officers and' employes, in line with de
cisions in other jurisdictions, and broadly the law thus declared does
not make the appointee of a department or head of a department a
public officer. To hold that the clerk of the Honolulu plumbing in
spector, appointed by that official, is a municipal officer whose posi
tion forbids him running for the Legislature, as the morning paper
construes Mr. Lindsay's opinion, would be carrying the law to an ab
surd extreme. It is not required by the reasoning of the Attorney
General, as the Legislature neither created the job nor fixed its salary.
The job is not even a fixed municipal one, only existing so long as the
Supervisors choose to vote its pay.
THE GnOST OF GRAFT.
If the bitulithic paving scheme were temporarily defeated, either
on a showing that the price was too high, or that the municipal funds
were too low, there .would be a fair chance of carrying it out later on
different showings. It would be merely one of those incidents of delay
to which desirable public improvements are too often subjected. That
the scheme should be held up by an allegation of attempted bribery,
raising the spccteiV of graft, is most unfortunate. Until this ghost be
laid, the economical problem will be held in abeyance. Delay can ill
be afforded in the matter, as the present Board of Supervisors is about
to enter its last half year of office. There is sufficient money available
for the paving of Fort street, only the cost should be spread over the
six months, so as to prevent undue scrimping of the ordinary' road
and bridge expenditure for the month or two in which the paving was
done. Delay Avill interfere with the requisite husbanding of road
funds for the purpose in question.
Even the ghost of graft is capable of doing irreparable mischief.
Statehood for Hawaii was an eventuality not ignored when the
act creating the Territory was under consideration in Congress.
There is certain knowledge that the miners of the act viewed that
eventuality as only a matter of time.' It is encouraging to the hope
of Hawaii that statehood for Porto Rico is regarded by some observers
on the mainland, and that without dismay, as the logical destiny of
that island after citizenship has been conferred on its people. Thus
the New Bedford Standard says :
A bill before Congress to confer, American citizenship upon
the Porto Ricans will hardly pass at the present session of
Congress, but there must come a time when the islanders
will be granted their desire. The present condition is unbear
able to men of spirit and ambition, while so manifestly unfair
that this country will be ashamed to have it continue ninny
years. That these people, who wanted annexation to this
country, should bo left out of citizenship, is not exactly to the
credit of the United States. In time that injustice 'will be
rectified. Beyond the granting of citizenship, however, looms
up a demand for statehood, which eventually it will bo im
possible to disregard. Whether an island state will be desir
able is not certain ; but desirable or not, the nation will in
due season have the state of Porto Rico. The framers of this
bill for citizenship for the people evidently are looking for
ward to that time when they provide for restricting the fran
chise to those who can read or write, Avho own property, or
pay a' poll tax.
NATURAL PYROTECHNICS.
Nature Is to provide the fireworks 1
for the excursionists who take the
trip to the volcano on the second of
July. The steamer Mauna Kea will
leave here at 3 p. m. on the afternoon
of the 2nd of July and return early
on the morning of the 5th, so there
will be no time lost from business
and nothing but a continuous round of
sightseeing while away. The crater
at the volcano will furnish all of the
red flro that the heart of the jinost
enthusiastic and demonstrative Ameri
can citizen can wish for. The lake
has never been more active. There
was nevor in the memory of man
greater nctivity in the line, of foun
tain display than now and the wea
ther reports from the big island as
sure perfect comfort.
The new Hilo Hotel and the addi
tional cottages at the volcano will
supply all of the accomodations ne
cessary for the very large crowd thnt
is sure to go up. The Inter-Island
company has arranged a rate of
twenty-five dollars for the round trip
from Honolulu to the volcano which
includes all expenses at the volcano
and at Hilo. There was never a
cheaper rate and never a better time
to go to the crater. Passengers
should hook now, for the accomoda
tions will not be oversold.
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THE PRESIDENT'S TRIUMPII.
When it was cabled that the railroads were going to cancel im
provements ordered which involved the expenditure of millions, this
paper referred to the threat in terms indicating that it was probably
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