The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-20

not waver in its friendship to the Unit
ed States whatever happened. "-Bulle-
tin, December s, 1893.
ACT II.
(Same scene as in Act /. First and
Second Citizens Of Honolulu approach on
The rising Of the curtain. nusic. 1heU
listen. COOn-cat hand plays the Special
Agents 1Cdr cry: TWW be hot time
IN torn for Dole tonigbt.'D Small ne'cS-
boy holding copy Of the Bulletin in his |
teeth, comes to the front IN q pdntomtne |
Turns (p0ttticdD somersets on stage icih |
great rdpidity. 'IFinks at audience. But |
Ietin Clique in gallery Kisses. Boy repeats
and ye.ires.
First Citizen (has recovered his tenn |
per)-Well, supposing the coon-cats OF
the Bulletin, not knowing that Dole
had abandoned neutrality on May 10Th,
did say on that day that it was in i'm
pertinance' to ask Mckinley to put up
the flag here, and use the Islands for
war purposes-and now damn him for
hesitating about it-that's what we call
campaign politics on the mainland.
Second Citizen wonder they don't
saw Dole is an escaped convict from
New Caledonia, and that a link of the
convict's chain is on his ankle now.
Its good campaign journalism.
First Cirizen-But the annexation
party. the rank and file was all right
ON May 10th, wasn't it? Just caught
that shifting, cringing" government,
and stood it up to abandoning neutra-
1ity? Just kicked Dole into doing it,
ehe
Second Citizen-What did the rank
and file do at that time? "Opens Bulle-
tin of May 9Th, and day news of actual
war was received, and four days before
dispatch was sent abandoning neu-
traIity). The Bulletin interviewed the
leaders and rank and file that day. III
read substance and give some exact
language. (Reads). General Hartwel
thought that declaring neutrality
would have no effect. P. C. Jones said
".let things stand as they are. j. q
Spencer said do not think it advisable
for the government to take any actor
at present" Cecil Brown said "stant
as we are" w w. Hall said "th'
President should proclaim neutrality.
BIZ. Dillingham; said (raises his voice
81 think We should wait until the nee
essity for declaring neutrality be prov
ed" j. S. Martin, priest of the lnne
temple of the Earnest Patriots, said g
say we ought to act as if strictly indie
pendent" j. B. Atherton said lit i
nv opinion that the government
should declare its neutrality" Senator
Waterhouse and Mr.. John Ena saio
wait till notice of war is received.
Senator McCandless said --.
First Citizen-Who's he? I'm
stranger you know
Second Citizen-Why he was and
rank and file, captain and color beare
of the Earnest Patriots that were pusf
ing the shifting and cringing' Do
to do his duty at that time. He was
leading Senator too. Well when he VIZ
asked about neutrality, he said -
Goes to blackboard on stage, talk
chalk and writes in big letters) IN
Is what Senator McCandleSs Sa
(copies from Bulletin in his hant
Think zee should stand as ace are
Turns to the audience)-This is one
the men who is now furnishing brain
10 the set that are accusing Dole I
bringing and wavering about neutra
itv. That's what he said four days b
fore Dole turned the Islands over
the United States. He never contr
dicted it.
Audience rises. freshman in gale
shouts: Let the dayvil invite him
support Cockney in front row:
h'imposture, by Jove." Germa
..Ausgespielt!" Native: "LapuwaI los
Yankee: 81 guess that fellow has be
in the circus business and knows NJ
10 change coats three times minute
Coon-cat band unconsciously strik
up: "Are we making it hot Tor Dole
night?' Curtain drops. Side snow
the Monkey and the Razor" closes
The critic of the Advertiser calls I
attention of its readers to the slngul
felicity of this Farce from real life,
depicting the utter insincerity OF CO
tain order of politicians, who adopt
motto: Anything to beat Dole.
doubt Senator McCandless reads alo
with patriotic fervor in the Iallo
Shop, TO his rank and file the y"
words he partially inspires in MI Sc
aIl's organ, accusing the Dole Cover
nent of cowardice, of wayerlns a
shifting. at the time he said, and
entirely forgotten his own WORDS u
we "a a nation, should stand as