Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-09-01
INTERRUPTED INTERVIEW
Talk With Former Governor HOSS Of
Texas Broken Into.
The Damage Not So Great After All-Snag.
shots Of a Conversation on Hotel
Veranda.

Texas, received a BULLETIN re-
lporter with frank Southern cordi.
atty on the veranda Of the Hawai-
ian hotel. The distinguished vi
sitor is man of very stout build.
A massive head with towering
forehead, the whole countenance
beaming and benevolent in aspect,
gives forth the impression of in
tellectual force and magnetism.
"You have lovely place here"
said he with wave of the hand
toward the varied foliage in front.
What would you like me to
talk about ?"
He had been asked for his views
on things relating to Hawaii, and
that was his first snswer-borrow.
ed from the Scotch mode. 1t was
suggested that the great local mat q.
ter OF interest, at this particular
time, was the form of future gov
erument for Hawaii, and that from
his large experience in affairs it
was hoped he might have valuable
Suggestions to offer.
Il have only been here a few
days." Mr.. Hogg replied, land could
hardly be expected to have enough
knowledge of the conditions Of
the country to qualify me as an
expert upon your needs. Although
L have not come here upon any
political mission whatever, l feel
so interested in your beautiful
country as to have a desire to
learn all L can about it for my
own information"
II ference was made by the in
terviewer to an eclectic publica-
ton here OF one of Mr.. Hogg's
home fulminations against lyn.
ching, which reproduction gave
"the last word" to the anarchist"
who replied thereto anonymously.
Lawl essness has been pretty
we'll suppressed" the champion Of
law and order answered, smiling
at the reference to the anarchist"
" Yes. Texas has advanced rap
idly in prosperity the past few
years. Some small manufactures
have been started there. The
principal sources of wealth are
cattle, cotton, corn, ETC."
Governor Hogg, however, prov.
ed to have become too popular,
thus early in Honolulu, to be sue
cessfully interviewed in the open
air. ....-'
DR.. McGrew came along and
greeted him with the patriarchal
suavity that sits we'll on the gen
ial father of annexation" Chief
Justice Judd diverged from his
way to another friend to give the
gentleman from Texas a morning
sulutation. Captain Nevins, the
Chief of Customs designate at
Manila, hailed him as a recent
fellow traveller and stayed for a
chat. 1t must all have recalled a
gubernatorial leyee at Austin.
Anyone Of the coterie would
have been good for a column in
the paper il he had been cornered
singly. But there was no more a
chance at the special object of the
detail. The reporter therefore had
nothing but to postpone the duty,
at the same time taking advantage
OF his welc ,me to listen to the
sages. 1t turned out that the con.
versation was such as to justify
taking few memory snapshots at
it, which both may avert che edl
tors frown and earn the approval
OF the gentle reader.
81 am out of politics now, but
l enjoy seeing the frollc." Mr..
Hogg said this to a remark on
Hawaiian affairs.
The last time l voted was for
Stephen A. Douglas in 1860" was
the unabashed confession of DIR.
McGrew. N."N..
II grew these myself" the Chief
Justice boosted pardonably, as he
displayed papayas as big as
pumpkins in a basket he had
logged up the steps.
II have read about those times"
the Governor could only say to
the Doctors personal reminis-
ceDces of General Harrison's
presidential campaign. IL was
only born in 1851, although l have
gone through a hard lot of work."
The Dncfnr had NV ploinad. ct