The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-20
OF BOB
E. c. Winston Chats of
Washington.
He Gives Some Interesting Notes Of
WiIcOx's Yagaries in the
Capital.

Z. c. Winston. back from an ex-
tensive tour OF the United states. gives
some interesting notes OF what he saw
and heard. He was in Washington
quite a while and talked with many
men Of note who are active figures on
the stage of politics. Winston had ex-
cellent sources OF information and
through the courtesy OF old friends
at the top Of the heap in the life OF the
capital, he got an inside view OF things
there.
About Bob Wilcox Winston has not
much to say. He smiled when asked
concerning the husband OF the .prin-
cess" When pressed TO tell the joke.
be intimated that there was no partic-
ular funny occurrence connected with
the pilgrimage TO Washington and the
/ squatung there OF the simple-hearted
Bob, but that it was the attitude OF the
| members OF the committees before
which Bob Frustrated himself that was
so lddicrOus as to make even the rec
collection excite a laugh.
| Bob, of course. takes himself Sc
riously," said Winston, but il is
hardly possible that anyone else does
unless il Is Celso Caesar Moreno. who
is his trainer and manager in his fight
for gold and recognition. Caesar II
will be recalled, is an Italian, and some
of the witty Congressman who have
viewed the spectacle OF Bob and him
together compare il to the familiar
ieorner sight of the organ grinder and
the monkey, where the avaricious Ro-
man invokes the animal TO 'climba de
pole and catcha de mon!' or course
the poor ape cannot spend the coppers
and don't get them TO spend, IL ne
could.
Bob impresses the committees as
being dead in earnest" says Winston
but fancy he believes they are duly
impressed by him. One member whC
asked him his wife's name was greet
ed with a long-drawn-out series o
IpOllysyllables that faxed him.
"'What?' he exclaimed, after Bob
mouth had ceased working. Is tina
lan% There was a merry underc1rren
of subdued grins and Bob drew himsel
up with the air of a man who ha
lachieved a victory. He is not living II
very extravagant style. l guess IT
lrather hard scratching while waitin
for an allotment of the treasury funds
and Bob is not getting fat on thi
ldIet.
Now that the Territorial Bill
through the Senate, l recall the rC
marks of Senators Cullom, Daniel
Mason and Martin, with whom / cha
ted about our prospects. They SCENE
to have had no doubts of the bill
passage. though Hartwell was less oI
timistic. 1 wanted particularly
meet some of the Democratic Tepr'
sentatives, so my friend, Marsh of III
nois, took me about and made me a.
quainted with most of the leaders
that party. Bailey OF Texas was il
Iterestlng.
"'Of course said he, you're to ST;
In now that you're in. We didn't wa
YOU. but we won't fuss over split mil
Wen help you to make the best of !
There are just as good America
fin the Islands as ever stood on soil
the States said !.
mo doubt replied the big Tcxa
but there are not many OF you
81 found intense interest in our
fairs and a fair knowledge Of the
among public men. Down in San a
tonic, Texas, where / dropped of dJ
ing a journey through the South,
heard the question of the Chief Justi'
ship OF the Islands discussed. BerI
lawyer OF San Antonio, told me II
he had reason TO know that Jud
Zane OF Salt Lake was the likeli'
candidate. Berry was close to Zane
a family way. and seemed to have
information from him. The plague $
uation here is much exaggerated
through the States. Through sen
tional reports, the people with VIII
talked were convinced that we vi
. in a very bad way. They remonstr
ed with me for thinking OF returni