Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-03

o'clock dense throng Of people had as
sembled, mostly natives, Of course, but still no
an inconsidcrable number Of foreigners Of vari.
Gus nationalites were also present a large
number Of Chinese had come early to witness
the performance, probably with an idea Of Sc
curing "front seats, but it did not take them
long to understand that the farther away they
were from the motley crowd within the palace
gates the safer they would be, and only few
u the drawer kind remained behind to buffet
their way through the sccthing crowd 10 crafty
their curiosity 10 witness the libilinous per
fpmonccs being enacted in the center " the
canvas tent About 8 O'Clock the effects 81
gin and whisky, which had been freely dis.
nbutcd through the crowd, were becoming
apparent, as evidenced Wy the disorlcrly con.
duct ~ many of the natives present, and cs.
pccially so among the soldiers, band.boyt and
other, who felt themselves specially pri,ilogcd
about the palace grounds A drunken
crowd in the palace yard, upon an
occasion OF this sort, proved to bc no
exception to drunken crowds anywhere
'
is no wonder that the propensity to fight
should have been largely exhibited. As if to
start the "ball rolling" native captain OF
police twho had brought his squad forward
more with an eye to his own exhibition than
the observance Of his duty in the preservation
Of pcacc) blew his shrill whistle as a signal for
them to fall into line in front Of The palace.
This proved TO be n signal, not only to his own
ncu. but to the crowd in general, and a uni.
ycrsnl stampede cnsucd Surprising that the
signal given was indicative Of a row, and
arrest, every man rushed to see fair play with
his possible friend, and had il not been
for the prompt and energetic Interference Of
officers Mcrhtcns and Fehlber n general and
serious mcie might have ensued as a result Of
so ill.advised an action. The crowd, or rather
the large drunken portion Of the crowd, once
thus excited, their disposition to fight could
only be appeascd by indulgence in frequent,
but more limited spasmodic exhibitions, and
numerous smaller rows, became the "order.
| (The !. C.. Il. uttcrs deliberate falsehood in
saying there was not drunken native to be
seen in the palace grounds on the night of the
hula, or that the gathering was quiet and
orderly. But the most disgraceiul part to
record is the fact that almos, every row thai,
occurred was started by drunken soldiers and
palace servants. Several of these were promptly
arrested by Sentinel Baker and sent to the
guardhouse. The i'll blood Of these "army
men was especially manifested towards the
whites and hal-castcs present. One of the
latter, a clerk in one Of our most prominent
business houses, while standing in the yard
with friend, remarked that he saw no use in
staying there as there was no fun TO be seen,
when tipsy soldier Immediately stepped up,
and volunteering to supply the "iun, mme.
dately stripped OFF his coat and put himself
Sin attitude" The clerk however, "bested"
his very accommodating antagonist and carried
off his soldier coat as trophy Of the victory.
This is but one instance Of the disorderly con-
duct which was so common among the soldiers
on the night of the huas. In fact, there was
so much disorder on the occasion that the
hulas themselves became but an insignificant
part of the performances. These were Of their
usual character, but perhaps a little more
racy than usual; at least it would have been
next to impossible TO have gotten up an exhi-
biiion more thoroughly libidinous and indie
cent in character. To offer any description Of
the hulas which took place would be an insult
to any decent community, and, therefore, we
now close.