Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-10-22
NOW AND THEN.

AT q Special eltCtloH neId ~
1888 W. &. Wilder and H. W
Schmidt were opposing candi
dates for legislative honors. As
the two gentlemen are to the
front again. this time On the
same ticket it may be OF interest
to hear some extracts of what
Bumps told "Jinks' in the
Advertiser at that first election.
II it wasn't for the date on the
Advertiser the conversation might
as well have been believed to
have taken place at this inning;
Il say, Bumps" says Jinks.
what was that last lection they
bad in August, for! l thought
YOU told me the other day that
they 'lected the hull gang last
year, and besides, that measly
paper l was telling you about
only told about two fellers run
ming an one bein' lected."
Oh, l tell you how that was,
Jinks. You see the Legislature
lost one OF their mess-an' it was
a great loss too - an a man had
to be 'lected to FIJI his place So
a lot of covies was chosen as
delegates an they come together
in that same place where the
legislator an the Court meets,
an they had quite a spree. The
two men who was ruunin' was
Wilder and Schmidt. They was
both good men, our steemed
Teller citizens, as they was call
ed, an both was possessed uf
substantial bodies, an consider
able human natur'. Neither Nv
them was addicted to politics,
an at first neither Of them seem
ed to care much about it. But
after they began to think it over
an the papers told what great
men they was. an each found
out the other was runnin, they
began ter think if it wasn't their
duty to sacrifice their selves.
Schmidt seemed ter be the first
ter have realizing sense of his,
friends found that out, it seemed
to settle the matter all ter once,
an Wilder concluded ter sacrifice
his self too. 1t was hard to tell
which did sacrifice most. For it
was mighty inconvenient for
Wilder ter leave his biziniss.
an Schmidt had some beautiful
clo'es he used ter wear on big
occasions. If Wilder was 'lected
he'd have ter leave his biziniss,
an if Schmidt was lected he'd
have ter leave his clo'es. l tell
you Schmidt did look handsome
in Them clio es, an he had royal
step, an you'd think him an sum
King was twins. But Wilder was
an old dimicrat, an he smelled
powder. an he says by Gineral
Jackson an all the imps NV free
uade l don't want ter, but L got
ter. An Schmidt says donner-
wetter, somebody hold me, or
the cork II blow out an I'll spat.
ter all over As usual the vic
tins was wonderful porlite ter
each other all along till the con-
vontion met, An they was each
filled with anxious thoughts about
the condition nv the country; an
how they never could have con-
scented ter run had it not been
for the great crisis in the fairs
us the nation; an there wasn't
no body else ct ter run; an they
wondered they'd never preciated
before what a dignity it was to
be a Noble. an as they thought
it over they WAS surprised ter
find how unsuited the other was
for the office. Schmidt walked
about soft an quite like. an In
creased more an more; an Wild
er spent considerbul time leaning
up agin the house on the side
walk. with his hat over his eyes,
twisting his watch chain an list
ming 10 fellers on the inside who
didn't want ter interfere, but
jess tho't they'd mention it, yoa
know.
Wall, as / was about ter say.
the evening came. sacrifices
afore they left home. told their
wives they didn't care two pins
about it, an' they hoped they /
git 'lected. But some. |
how they wasn't hungry much at |
dinner. an was cross. an put on |
heir best clo'es an slicked their |
hair. an was an hour too early |
ior the show an as they set mo- |
iest-like in back seats they hitch
ID about an acted like young /
yals at their first party.
"A committee on revolutions
exported somethin' that iingled
pretty we'll bat didn't mean no.
hin, an then one Teller sed he
hat tho't lepers an Chinese was
90 prevalent An that fe.ler,
THAT has a billiard room down