Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1880-10-09
Moreno.

THE limited, but very select circle Of friends
and admirers of tho cxtngnished A Ambassa ador,
Sir Celso Moreno, are as we are informed
highly elated to hear that his cx-excellency
has emerged from the obscurity which veiled
his movement. in San Francisco, where certain
evil disposed persons were lying in wait to
- III .-;umpi--. ---~--"-s ..'--- sn.nes IF
his diplomatic labors in behalf of Hawaii nei.
The last mail brought the intelligence that Sir
Celso having eluded the attention of the Cali
fornia police, had arrived safely at the beauti-
full city of Cleveland, Ohio, where he had
promptly resumed his favorite occupation of
trumpeting his own virtues and achievements,
through the convenient agency of an obiging
press reporter. The C2ereitind Leader, whose
editor is a profound believer in spiritualism,
and other occuk mysteries, was the favored
journal in which Sir Celso chronicled his re-
appearance in public. In a communication to
tho Ledl-r Of tie 10th ult, his ex-excellency
gave an airing to the limited stock of pet
phrases, whichie trots out on every occasion
which promisesto furnish readers or listeners,
and which have so often done duty in Honoln
lu. The point Of Sir Celsos screed in the
Leatie'', is Monno version of an all eyed visit
to General Garfield, the Republican candidate
for the Presidency Of the United States, who
lives few mile from Cleveland. 1t is rather
difficulty to doodle, with Moreno AZ the only
witness in the csc, whether the repor ted visit
was wholly mythical or otherwise. Men of
the world who ,ave heard Moreno discourse
npon the favorib topic Of his intimacy with
prominent individuals, have usually been pnz
zled to determine whether mendacity or i'm
pudence ia the predOm,nating trait in his
character, they seemed to be so evenly and
closely blended n his composition that some
times one, some mes the other (though always
one or the Othe) cameuppermost, and il was
often difiult tdecide whether he was lying
had really crricd him into the actual
presence Of tho distinguished per-
sonages who 70 claimed were his espe cial
friends. Whileit would be quite in Keeping
with Moreno's Dtorious mendacity, to wholly
invent the story,f his visit to General Garfield,
il is not improbbls that his brazen in,pudence
may have led hn'to force himself into Guneu-
81 Garfeld's pescnce at the risk Of being
shown the doc by an honest man whom he
had already gps,y insulted by claiming him
an a friend, MI who had explicitly denied all
acquaintance VIII him.
As Moreno Id a point to gain by forcing
himself upon G,eral Garfield with or without
the latters cu,xnt, il ia probably true that he
joined the God Of office-secking pilgrims
and visitors tht each day makes its way to
the home ofa presidential candidate, that as
one Of the cowi he was permitted to the Gen
erals prcsnce where he uttered some Of his
fulsone pltituies, paused on. aud was forgot
ten. Hc len returned to his hotel in Cleve-
Ian s,.xr snL -.
tated thciorid notice Of hs visit which ap- |
peared il tho Lsader. The incident has no |
importans OF significance whatever, beyond
Furnishing an itom Of additional evidence of |
the extraordinary impudencc, transparent
meniacii and utter absence Of houcst manly |
pride wch characterizes the detected and |
exi osed ,arlstan a,M fraud. Sir Celso Moreno.