The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-12

hold out as long as the session continued.
1t will be the same if another session is
called, and it will probably end with the
same result as the last two sessions. The
ma jority of men in the Legislature went
there with a kick against the Dole Of
ficials. and that was all they had in their
bonnets; they wanted to make it unpleas-
ant for them, no matter what the cost to
the public That is one reason why !
kick; their interests were selfish, they
were vindictive, and the idea of public
! good in their mind consisted in kicking
against a stone wall. 1t may be that
some day they will realize their mistake.
as the voters who have sent them there
have realized It,"
1T was a case of j will with every
one of them" said the Early Riser, and
when they went there with that sort of
button in their coat 1t meant that they
would bounce the government whether
! President Mckinley would have 1t SO or
not. What was the result? Ask Repre-
sentative Beckley, who went to Frisco
to interview the President. Why, he
didn't stay over there long enough to
wait for a regular steamer; he came
/ back deadhead On a transport, and Pres
; ident Mckinley sent him. They say that
| his tail was gracefully curved between
his legs as he left the Scott mansion.
| where the President was sojourning
| Take the other proposition, Statehood.
which consider the quintessence Of fool
ishness. Delegate Wilcox left the Islands
! for Washington with the idea firmly root
ed that he could have the Territory made
a State and this, too, after the dis
graceful session. He, too. came back
with the statement that the president
wouldn't stand for It, and that he could
get no encouragement from Congress 1t
was another case of I win until a more
powerful body came along and complet-
| ed the sentence with not If the Legis-
lature had been of a better makeup we
might have had show, but the election
spoilt it; Washington was kept we'll ad-
vised OF the affairs of Hawaii by men of
influence, and the result is what every
sane man might have expected
| And it will take another Noah and
another food to convince some of the
Hone Rule members that they are can
didates for the queer ward in the Terri
torial bug house" said the Cheerful Liar
Some of them actually believe that they
were inspired by Divine power to do as
they did. To my mind 1t was a case OF
white chicken. roast pig and ii leaves
If they were living down South everyone
of them would be wearing rabbits foot
to keep off the hoodoo that is bound &c
follow them the rest of their lives
And Mr. Dole remains Governor
asked the Kicker. Has anyone heard
from him lately?"
II believe he is somewhere on Mauna
Kea" said the Early Riser. The last
heard was that with several others h,
was coming from Lows place over th'
trail. The cool atmosphere of the noun
: tain has helped him very much, and h,
will soon be ready for official duties. H,
has been hunting wild hogs and wild cat
! tie in a neighborhood away from thu
telephone anc wireless telegraph, 81
that dis mind has been free from
office cares. 1t was the best medicin,
, The could have. and he is improvin.
under the treatment. Acting Governo
Cooper, in the meantime, is ploddini
| along, taking a full nights rest and no
, bothering himself very much over tn
attacks made upon him by some of tn
newspapers. And after all. he Is film,
the office about well as any unpret
udiced man could ask for. You will fin,
, that Mr.. Cooper Is all right whereve
you put him. "-Huo Herald.