The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-12-17
"mmunicRte
STREET TALK.
BY Don.
IMMIGRArIoN.

IMMIGRATION.
REvERED EDrroR,-I've had a rheumatic touch
during the late season of rain and mud, and stop
ped singing my pen for the papers, but a point
or two l got lately on immigration has started me
again.
1 dropped in on the King Street man, who as
| told you before, is laying for the Legislature !;
and he was blowing a blast on the state Of the
nation-said he
Don, have you read the long report OF our
immigration man, who lowered round the world2"
"Yes, and 1 think it is rather a big thing
1t knocks the wind clean out Of the Hindoo Coo
lie question"
Now, Don, there's where you're green
This blow out will only set up our Hindooites
stronger than eyer-And I'll tell you why-This
report amt got up to set forth information, but as
a political blast-It's not n report on the ground;
but "A get up at home and trimmed TO c-Ger--
And you can see in it, how he and "A chum are
playing into each others hands.
But lookee here old fellow" / said, ait
strikes me you're on a wrong scent-Why, his
ckums in the Government bungalow, are all on
it with him-and following up his lead, are going
to send'our ." only plenipotentiary" after more
Portuguese"-
"By the jumping.Jeh Don, that sets. me 20
thinking,-of n good old time in '76, when this
same ''only plenipotentiary, " was a lively toad in
the political puddle-A fellow, who is n consid-
cradle of an ink singer, had started n memorial,
along with this same plenipo. setting forth that
we must have Hindoos and that there was no
political salvation for Highwayan pastures unless
we preached the vast and pOpulOuB Aslatic
hive. This plenipo along With a big crowd OF
clericos and others, was dead on il and he had
a red hot set to with two of his present chums on
the subject, telling one, in n double header, that
he was jolly green, and couldn't understand tho
rights of the then great CooIie cure-aIl-He's dead
away on another tack now-of course we must mako
allowances for n switch of once in a while in a
mans life.-But this plenipo, this leading d-
plomat and statesman" has boxed the political
compass pretty lively of late years-In rs il was
well understood, that the go on the Hindoo, WAS a
go for the Ministry, and he got it-Then he want
ed to go to Berlin and dodge a law-making crowd
that wanted To haul him over the Goals and 10 go
and get a brass Eagle on his left lapel, and he
went and got it. And now he wants TO run the
POrtugee as the dark horse, because there is
money in shipping him and he il bound for
Lisbon and another tag ON his lapel, and tears
himself away again from the prospective endear-
ments of n Highwayan Legislature. -
"Well, " / said, q don't blame n fellow 10 get
an easy job whenever he can
Nor do !, Don, - said King Street, 'fbut I
don't want to give IA man the credit Of being a
martyr, -sacrifcing his wishes TO duty, as his fu-
gleman said, when i'm fact he's of on a soft thing,
that he's maneuvred for, and got other folks To
foot the bill"
Well one good turn deserves another-Ho
gave the immigration man n chance for his tow
er, and now he takes his'n''-
That's sO,-and when he gets back the other
starts for Washington TO work up the treaty.