The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-21
MAUI To
THE FRONT
Republicans Gather at
Several Places.
READY FOR CONVENTION
Hawaiians Join the Ranks Of the
Grand Old Party--LocaI
Doings.
Especial Correspondence

met in the court house for the purpose
of electing three delegates to the Dis
trict convention. Hon. A. N. Kepoikai
was in the chair. The following were
chosen as delegates: Geo. Hons to rep
resent the Wailuku precinct, F. Church
the neutrality-suspicious. precinct.
and A. N. Kepoikai the Ulupalakua pre-
cinct. Twenty-four were enrolled. 1t
is stated that the foreigners of Wailu-
ku village are divided as to politics
| there being little coterie of Demo-
Gratis.
The same evening some of the Hama
citizens held a preliminary meeting in
the Hama church. They appointed an
enrolment committee and made other
arrangements for a large meeting of
Republicans on the 18th, during which
evening they will affect permanent or
ganiZation and choose three delegates
to the coming Island convention. H.
Howell was chairman and Benjamin X.
kaiwiaea secretary.
! Thursday evening, the 18th, the Re-
| publicans of Makawao district held
meeting in the Hamakuapoko native
4 church. II. A. Baldwin acting as tenn
! porary chairman and 7. 0. Aiken as
temporary secretary. Rev. John Kali
no, Messrs H. A Baldwin, D. c. Lind
say and f. W. Hardy were elected dele
! gates to the Island convention. The
following were chosen as permanent Of
/ ficers: d. c. Lindsay, president; F. w.
Hardy, Judge P. Noa and A F. Tavares
vice-presidents; w. o. Aiken, secre-
! tary, and Messrs. w. E. Beckwith, w. S.
NicOll, Edgar Morton, A. +. Tavares,
/ Henry Long and T. X. Pa, enrolment
committee Of the sixty enrolled, there
were twenty-six Hawaiians.
| Lahaina will also send two delegates,
and MOlokai two, to the Wailuku con-
vention. There will be fourteen dele
gates in all from the twelve precincts
/ of Maui, MOlokai and Lanai.
Makawao LIoeraay Club.
Tuesday evening, the 18th, the regu-
! lar monthly meeting of the Makawao
! Literary Society was he'd at the nome
/ of DR.. and Mrs. w. f. McConkey OF
! Paia. This social event was an unusu-
ally successful one, not only because of
a very large attendance OF Maui people,
| but also because OF a most interesting
and well executed entertainment. The
program was entitled, "A Plantation
/ Darby Evening Before the War;" and
| consisted OF a sketch OF darby pecu.iarl-
ties, his SuperStitlOns, stories, jokes
songs and dances. Old minstrel solos
and chOruses were sung before the rails
ing of the curtain and after the finale
of the piece, which was the old-timt
dance known as "Old Dan Tucker" The
scene of the play was the cabin of I'm
| Gle RaStuS, with its SmOke-StaineC
boards whose only adOrnment consist
ed of ears of yellow corn, strings o
dried apples, sundry pieces of harness
a gunstock, etc, etc. There was a coz,
fire in the mock fireplace, and alto
gether the stage setting was most real
stic. The following were the person
of the drama: Aunt Martha" Mis-
Hart; Celia" Mrs. Hair; Jimmie,
Miss Simpson; Polly" Miss Mosser
Uncle Rastus,' Mr.. George Baldwin
Thomas Jefferson" Mr.. Aiken; Sam
son. Mr.. c. w. Baldwin; "Littl
Aaron" Mr.. Lindsay.
The music was we'll rendered nd tn
cOstuming and makeup were most ex
cellent. The characters were withou
exception we'll executed, but the ladie
deserve especial compliment for thei
, vivacious acting and their fine dark
] accent"
On Saturday, the 18th, at a horse auc
tion held by Haleakala Ranch, at tn
cattle pen near Paia Mill, about $50
were realized for thirty-five horse!
mares and colts, for the most part III
broken. The japanese did the create
part of the buying.
= Some KUla natives, when recently II
terviewed as to their present positio
in politics, replied that they were ma
lanaini" to both Democratic and Reput
lican doctrines, and would wait a Will
and see.
On Thursday afternoon, the 18th, tn
Ladies' Thursday Club of Makawao me
at the residence of Mrs. +. c. Allen {
Spreckelsville.
Friday evening, the 18th, Mrs. F. v
Hardy OF Makawao gave a progressIv
forty-two' party as farewell compl
ment to Miss Schweizer, who is soon t
leave for her Wisconsin nome. Their
We're five tables of players.
Recently R. A. Wadsworth has con
ipleted his ice and soda water works O
some land IN Waikiki purchased frol
A. Enos & Co. The buildings are cor
Structed near the Wailuku- Waihe
crossroads, and not far distant frol
the beach.
Census Agent ]. w. Girvin has bee
busy instructing his deputies in Wa
luku and Makawao.
The japanese beetle has done and
stlll doing much harm in the Hamakus
loa region of Makawao district. 1t
not only roses they are destroying. bl
the coffee trees and grape vines. Thel
are no grapes whatever this season
Makawao, while last year the local ma
ket was almost over supplied
kahului-Arrived May 14th the bar
Hamilton, 60 days from Newcastle. wit
coal; and the schooner Dora Bluhm.
days from San Francisco. with a gel
. eral cargo. The steamer Manauense
expected to sail for San Francisco tn
afternoon. No prospective passenge
have as vet aDnlied for DaCcnortc TIL