The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-02-25
tCommunicated)
STREET TALK.
by Dou.
CABINET RuMoRs.

CABINET RUMoRs.
met the King Street man the other day.
under the Post Office balcony, and he held me
by the button hole for a quarter Of an hour, 20
prove that the nation was going TO the dogs.
Thinks L." what's up. He wanted n while
ago to save the nation in a seat in the Legisla-
turo. He slipp'd up on that. In what billet
does he want to save it now ~ SO I put it
thusly:
Eyes, that's so, Bob. Things arc in a snarl;
and somehow in these times, the bottom dog, is
generally the best cur. Men like you are
wanted to help run this Highwayan Ranch.
Plenipo abroad is now recognized, even by his
friends, as considerable of a humbug."
Just SO, Don. That mans played out. He's
been boosted up by family favor. He's merely
grown up in connection with an established bus
mess. He never originated "A measure or an en-
terprise. He has boued honors that don't be-
long to him. See how he came in At the death
on the reciprocity hunt, and carried off the
brush, whilst the real hunters that had borne
the heat and tug Of the day, got a bare mention.
And now he's of on a bender, with his pockets
full of the public s@ag, merely to get some rib
bons and rifles. A real worker for the public
welfare has no show"
"Well, Bob, why don't you cut in, and offer
to lend a hand p
I'm just on it, Don. I'm laying for a Cabi-
net billet
"Go ahead, Bob. But what are you working
on? You slipped up ON the Legislative move,-
that was to prove your strength among the peo-
pie. You couldn't shake up n constituency
90, damn n constituency, Don't What's that
got to do with any influence in the government
of this country? What constituencies have the
fellows that are in to back EN- 2 II goes here
by jobs; and I'm working in on n good thing or
two"
"Glad to hear it, Bob. Have you taken stock
in the Golokona Railroad or Bullion a. Co.'S
Getitifyoucan Goat Ranch?"
"Not exactly, Don; but I'm laying along that
way. I've got up a brand new scheme, 10 make
a Grand Royal Turnpike, by paving King Street,
down to Waikiki, with medicated concrete. IL
will make the most glorious drive known under
the sun. And what is more, IL will be particli-
larly sanitary and salubrious. So that this
country will be crowded with health seekers and
s~penders. There's millions in it; and yet it will
only take a quarter of a million subsidy TO do
the thing. Bonds to be issued. Bullion a.
Co. will take stock with me, we will work the
subsidy in cahoots, and that's where I'm look
ing for help in bossing the ranch"
"You're on the right lay, Bob; but you know
there's a lot Of fellows, that are around, and try
ing to get chalked up on the Government slate.
There's the Poor House Man, the Auctionoer,
the Brother of a Minister, the Schoolmaster,
and the Shepherd"
why, Don, I've got the dead wood on these
fellows. Three Of them are played out, trying
for a constituency; and the one that got such a
pile of votes, has raised up such n id jealousy,
that he would be better off with 1853 dums In
his pocket, than 1853 votes to his poll. And as
for the Schoolmaster, / know he is hobnobbing
around with Government folks. / saw him in
high links with one at the " All Howl, and Long
Talk " Chinese performance which he so flip
PANTY and poorly describes; but he's only on a
soft sawdering lay, that won't pan out anything,
and there's nothing in him..
"Well, Bob, how do You make mp the new
slate?'' He drew in his breath, buttoned up his
coat, and looked patronizingly around him.
"Look here, Don, 1t amt unreasonable to
put me down for the Interior. / think Bull
lion & Co., can help work that. Then we've
got a lawyer that's all right on the labor ques-
ton. for the law billet. Finance is TO be chalked
down as a native sop; and our Poola Man Opu-
pele, fills the bill; and as for Foreign Affairs, as
we have none; and as the billet is a soft thing;
II IS COuciuucu 10 nave u lhny IN the taDinet.'
"You don't say SO, Bob. Wen that would be
a striking, original, and acceptable make up.
But what has the --" Gerking my thumb
Palace wards as ] spoke) 'got to say about all
this?"
Bob puckered his mouth, winked one eye,
and lowered his face to mine as he said:
NUNS the word, on that, Don. The right
influences are at work, and we won't have any
bother"
At this moment, Uncle Jimmy stepped up,
saying:
Boys, have you heard that Moreno is e-
pected on the next steamer? My Jim, who is
around the Government Building, says that
news has come, that the Don will be here, either
in the next steamer; or ON a laundering big
iron-clad, and government folks are feeling
sha1 s."
"By the jumping Jehu!'' Exclaimed Bob.
You don't say SO! Then if the Don is on
hand, there is other fish to fry; and 1 rub out
the Cabinet slate
And Bob turned away to button hole a mem
Der of the firm of Bullion Il Co.