The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-08-12
THE PASSING ROUR.

The echo of Dewey's guns can be
heard here today.
1t will be today a case of mailing the
/ flag to the masthead.
You can't lick an American tar"
Is good enough statement to be pre-
served.
Anyhow there are no keep OF the
grass" signs in the Executive Building
Grounds.
II is a happy thing that a man can
relieve himself of the memory OF a
tooth pain.
II any man yells "rubberneck" at the
Executive Building grounds on Friday,
put him out.
Wheel racing in this town is now
about the deadest thing that ever hap
pened that way.
For list of the new officers under
the new dispensation, consult the pres
ent directory or roster.
There is a good. prospect that the
American Eagle will do Just Bit of
screaming soon after u m. today.
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Like good many who had gone
before" the soldiers aboard the St
Paul coveted the Honolulu assignment.
The coming occasion presents to
some individuals the gloomy oppor-
tunity or alternative of being men
without country.
| One of the evening papers has
Hoped" on the Governorship ques-
! ton. The process Is nothing new with
that particular paper.
pensation at this time. We don't have
to struggle with those Spanish names
every day in the week.
Perhaps now that the Diamond Head
lighthouse matter is presented to pub
lie notice, half-baked exporting on any
thing and everything will be practiced
less.
The men who think they know how
to make State will be in the fore
ground a good deal now. but the men
who really make a State will work
quietly and evenly.
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Pent-up State secrets will have full
high tide flow at noon today. II
skilful forecasting can be depended
upon to any extent there will be no re-
markable revelations.
1t was rough Judge in the rough
days of the rough West who once an
nounced or proclaimed in his court
that he wanted nothing but silence
there, and not too much of that.
Over in Hilo town the citizens took
time by the forelock and raised the
Stars and Stripes over the Court House
so soon as Annexation news was re-
ceived. And still they call Hilo slow.
The Hilo Herald Is out for Minister
Of Finance Damon for Governor When
the Herald ventures into the field of
politics edtorially it speaks for pref
ty good sized element on the Island
Of Hawaii.
1t seems odd that at this late day
some people should just be getting to-
gether their views on annexation.
They should reserve the mental energy
needed in this task to application on
future issues.
In these halycon days of develop
ment by leaps and bounds your Uncle
Benjamin Franklin Dillingham; isn't
saying a word, though no individual
Ia the community has better right
to remark Il told you So
Senator Mason, whose views on State
secrecy were given yesterday morning,
is the man who voted for the Annex
alton Joint Resolution because so re-
Quested by his Illinois constituents.
The young Drawn is just now study
ing Workmanship to the end that the
foremost sport of the Islands may be
properly exploited on two occasions
next month. The Myrtles, Healanis
and Leilanis show noble shell game.
Testimony of ships master to the
efficiency and industry OF the local
port or harbor officials is contained
in a communication. II is always a
pleasure to newspaper to be the me-
dunn OF noting deserved commenda-
tation.
There is probably ten times more
thoughtless expression in Honolulu
than in any other town ten times big
ger. The preachers would likely be
willing to preach about it, but most OF
the people who need speaking to are
seldom seen in church.
That pioneer Republican Club, the
one organized at Hilo, Is reported to
be enjoying lively growth. Repub-
lican clubs thrive that way in most
places, but 1t has been the rule OF
life up to date that the pioneer rarely
reaps the reward of his labors.