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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1899
Page
4
Fragmented text discusses subscription rates, postpaid terms, and distant destinations with garbled place names. It references The Newlands Resolution, local business interest, and Honolulu attitudes toward a Tacoma campaign. American volunteers and the Philippine Development Association are noted, with remarks on governance and annexation.
New York papers report Southern congressmen urging a property qualification for voters as a parallel to Hawaii’s territorial bill. The phrase sauce for the goose and gander appears, while the American public remains loyal to manhood suffrage, making eventual franchise freedom for Hawaii likely.
The article notes that the people of Hilo and Hawaii oppose the territorial bill and the Republic of Hawaii constitution. It highlights local citizens not endorsing the overall plan while American efforts in Washington align with the broader American idea.
A Hawaii segment argues for pushing Americanizing reforms despite local fears of centralized control. It notes broad territorial desire for independent municipalities, predicts Congress will back a territorial law allowing self rule, and questions delaying progress to secure specific local aims.
The Hawaii Herald reports that Honolulu merchants resent a Washington letter by Mr. Sewall asking strict tariff enforcement to curb a scheme to ship European goods via Hawaii for U.S. markets. The piece notes the plan involved Japanese merchants and stresses officials care not about race, only business integrity.
The band rehearsed Wagner's Walkaere in the afternoon at the hall, with Prof. Berger determined to play the piece. He worked with the boy to perfect it, and the Walkaere will be repeated at Emma Square this evening. Prof. Borger also plans future pieces such as the Gotterdamerung and Percival.
Ten days remains for the Tacoma to stay, with a week to discharge provisions ambulances and carts. About 300 tons of concrete ball may be loaded, wagons and wide tire ambulances prepared, and extra stalls set for 200 horses and mules en route to Manila. Lieut O Shea and Captain Petersen with Lieuts Hinckley discuss Honolulu trip, mules from Cuba, and sea voyage curiosities. Lease for government land at Pouhala Ewa sold for 21 years to Hawaii Fruit & Packing Co with upset rental 25 per ancum. cannery sale and pineapple cultivation noted as cane planting expands to nearby mills.
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