The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-09-03
Three Of the Promoters Are Inter
viewed By a Reporter.
Honolulu is a Good Place for
Their Game-The First In
stafment of the Money
Painted on a Board.

lottery scheme have issued a paper
devoted to their interests, the first
number of which is overlooking
with offers Of money for Hawaii
nei and promises galore. The new
paper is called the Golden Era
and makes its debut by saying
that the ADVERTISER has hidden
reason for attacking the fleeing
lottery scheme.
The ADVERTISER is not aware
that it had an Interior purpose for
its course in the lottery affair, and
detailed reporter to see one of the
lottery men and learn the so-called
hidden reason.
Mr.. J. Robbem, one of the lottery
schemers, was seen near the Fish
Market, when the following dia-
logue took place:
Reporter: ''Mr. Robbem, there
appears in the first number of your
official organ or piano, or whatever
you may term it, a serious refec-
ton on the leading paper of the
kingdom, will you please make an
explanation regarding the same?"
Mr.. Robbem: eyes, sir; the rea-
son is plain, and it is simply this"
continued the speaker. "You peo-
pie are sore because we will not
promise you each $4,000 prize"
I 1.-THE next words were uttered in
very piano voice), "and the reason
we do not promise you capital
prize is because we will not have
any, or we would the last remark,
of course, is not for the news
paper" said Mr.. Robbem. "You
people," continued the schemer,
"must think we are a lot of In
oiaus not to see through your little
game, but we do"
The reporter, encouraged by the
very Opaque explanation of Mr..
Robbem, was pleased to see Mr..
Dothemup, another of the sche-
mers, coming along, and COM
menced Immediately to razoo him.
Reporter "Mr Dothemup, is it
a fact that the fleeing lottery
scheme will employ 1900 clerks?"
Mr.. Dothemup: eyes, sir, we
will, but this is in confidence. We
have made arrangements with
steamship company to import the
clerks, and of course they pay their
own fares. A share of that money
we will receive, and as we need but
an office boy to conduct our
business we will inform the
clerks on their arrival that
they must work on plantations or
starve." While Mr.. Dothemup was
telling this great scheme he in
wardly chuckled.
\ Reporter: "Did the ADVERTISER
print the proper scale as to the
chances player has against your
game p
Mr.. Dothemup: ono, sir, en-
phatically no. You people mis-
represented us entirely. You said
a man had one chance in 100000
Of winning a capital prize. In our
game he won't have one in bill
lion, and that is one more than he
deserves. Our motto, like my
name, is 'do-them-up,' and a cold
deck, a loaded dice box OR a shell
game won't be in it with u.s." At
this point Mr.. Robbem thought his
partner was a trife too confidential,
and told him to "kulikuli." which
he did in true Hawaiian fashion.
The reporter was about to with
draw when another member of the
fleeing band came along, in the
person of M. D. Surething, who
seemed inclined to talk.
Reporter: "Mr. Surething, is it
true that your scheme is merely to
get a lottery charter and then
peddle it around to the highest
bidder?"
NJ. D. Surething: "You ADvER-
TIsER people take the cake for
doubling the word of irresponsible
people, and I want to say now that
your question is a leading one, as
the lawyers say, and I decline to
answer"
Reporter "Then another ques-
ton, are you really in earnest
when you say that you will pay
the government $125,OG0 a quarter
for the privilege of robbing and de
grading the public?"
NJ. D. Surething: "Am l il
earnest? Well, I thought you knew
something, but I find you are jus
as big a jay as the - rage man
. of course, I am in earnest and i
you don't believe 1ne call around
to our Office at the Chinese Theatr
and I will show you the first in
stalment of money-painted on
6 board" he added.
, That question answered salts
factorily the reporter ventured this
: "what will you redeem the win
:, ming numbers with, gold or silver?
r NJ. D. Surething: There yo
go again, gold or silver; YOU mus