The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-08-03

The Registration Board Of the sec
ond representative district began
its labors on Monday, July 30th,
and closed the day with fifty-four
names on the registration roll, a
verv good days work. The proper
ton of the various nationallties Is
similar to that of the Conventional
election in MAY last. But there
are signs of an increasing desire to
register on the part of the natives.
Many of them are only waiting for
a start to be made. As far as one
can Judge on the first day of regis
tration, there seems a much greater
inclination to register among all
our people than existed in May.
Everyone realizes that the Republic
Is an accomplished fact. Every
one has awakened up from the
nightmare of an impending mon
archy. And even ardent roy
alists feel it is rather trying to re-
main in rapt ecstacy kneeling be-
fore an empty pedestal in the back
ward of the nation. They might
as well acknowledge the Republic
openly as they have already tacitly
acknowledged it, and it will be
easier now than it viii ever be
again. We can and viii 90 on with
out the minority, if necessary, but
il would be better to have 1t unanl-
nous. The opposition of the mi
nority has not been an unmixed
evil. 1t has inspired the builders
of the Republic with a life and
spirit that otherwise might have
been lacking in some degree. They
have struggled against the inevita-
Die while there was a shadow of a
hope, and the gracious acknowl-
edgment Of their mistaken adhe-
sion to a lost cause, would at this
time have less of bitterness in it
than it will after they have Rugged
their hopeless delusion to their
breasts, and mourned their unhap-
DIV fortune for months or years. 1t
IS no discredit to anyone to ac-
knowledge and take part cheerfully
in the fortunes of the Government
de facto. The election in May, and
the coming election in November,
constitute the real beginning of the
Republic of Hawaii. The noble
structure will be complete when the
first Legislature meets. Ali on the
outside will then be aliens.
Our social life in Kohala is at
fiood-tide. Hardly a day passes
but at some hospitable home there
Is sound of revelry. Afternoon teas,
tennis parties, literaries, dances,
follow one another SO rapidly that
one would almost think the main
business of life was to eat, drink
and be merry. One especially en-
iovable evening was spent at DR..
Bonds residence, where each of the
guests represented a book. The
popular vote gave a deserved tri-
umph to Nicholas Nickelby mick
els. nickel-b) Mr.. J. Hind, though
many others had their admirers.
The honors in the guessing contest
were divided between Mrs. E.
c. Bond and Miss Mollie Hind.
It Is needless to say there was
a warm competition for the BOBBY
prize. But true merit is not al
wavs rewarded. Another feature
of the evening was q series to
twenty-one questions to be an
swered on an American cent. The
most ingenious of the question
were "both sides of q vote"-the
aves and the noes and ''the union
ef youth and age'-eighteen and
seventy. Miss Paulding carried
Of the prize with nineteen answers.
But We all had so good g time
that we want another similar even
ing.
The japanese recently had a
grand theatrical performance that
lasted for two days. 1t was held
st Kohala plantation, and is said
10 have cost $500. A festival
accompanied it.
We have quite colony of visit
ors in Kohala. Misses Pope and
Dice are guests Of Mrs. II. Renton,
Miss Walker is a guest at Mr..
Nights at Mahukona, Misses
Denjer and Sears are guests at the
seminary. Mr.. F. Snow was with
us for day or two on his way to
Honolulu. The Misses Bicknell
are spending their vacation with
Miss Bond. Mrs. R. r. Hind and
Miss Mollie Hind have decided to
prolong their visit for few weeks
more. Miss Mist is spending the
summer with her friends here.
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