The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-08-27
AUSTIN SBIGPROCESS|ON HALL IS A SPENDTHRFT
ARRANGED IMPOSING ORDER OF
PARADE.
The Only Trouble With It Seems to be
That Most of the People Billed Say
They Won't Play.

Franklin Austin has arranged great
torchlight procession for tonight in
honor of Francis Murphy-on paper.
He has made conspicuous announce
ment of a large number of organiza-
tons which will be in line, and told
the high sheriff and others that he eX-
pected fully one thousand people in the
procession. Probably there will be that
many if only half of the organiza-
lions he announces will turn out in
any numbers. But all efforts to find
out whether those announced will turn
out or not are met by disclaimers of
any intention to do so.
At the Saturday night entertain
ment at Murphy hall, Austin an
nounced that High Sheriff Brown
will head the procession with the
mounted police; that the letter car
riers in uniform and other civil service
employees, will be in line; that delega-
tions from the churches will join a de-
legation from the Young Mems Chris
tan Association with the Murphy
pledge signers in the procession;
that the Young Mems Institute
escorted by the Concordia band
will take part, as will also the
Kalaiaina and Aloha Alma societies;
Artillery from Camp Mckinley, and
thai government officials and employees
will turn out.
At Austins request similar announce
| ments were made Sunday evening at
some of the churches or church society
meetings.
In TINS mornings papers the order
of parade reiterating the statement
that all these organizations and others
will take part, is published, though
evidently neither of the morning papers
had any great amount of confidence
| that they would, for each paper care
| fully stated that it was published on
the authority of e. j. Wilson the grand
marshal, and the committee of the
Francis Murphy club, who is Austin.
High Sheriff Brown says emphatical-
ly that neither he nor a platoon of po-
lice will form part of the parade, and
that he told Franklin Austin so; that
he said that if the procession was as
big as Austin claimed it would be
there would be sufficient police under
command either of himself or of Dep
uty High Sheriff Chillingworth, to pre-
serve order. Acting Governor Cooper
in response to Austin's request for the
government band, told Captain Berger
that If the band had no other engage
ment it could play for the procession
if it wanted to. Captain Berger says
that the band will play the China off
in the afternoon and so consented to
play in the procession in the evening in
lieu of giving an evening concert.
The post office officials said that any
employe of the post office not on duty
at the time could join the procession
if he wanted to- but that there was no
obligation on him as an employee to do
so. Inquiry at the post office dis
closes no interest in the matter, and no
KNOWLEDGE that any employe is going to
take part.
The secretary of the Young Mems
Institute says he was asked if the In
stitute would turn out, and could
only reply that he would extend the
invitation to do so, but he did not think
many, If any, would turn out
At the Y. M. c. A. it was said that
it was not thought many would turn
out, though the invitation to do SC
had been given.
The business manager of the Concor-
dia band said he had not even beer
requested to have the band out, and II
! would not turn out. The Catholic
Mission band though invited will not
turn out.
Col. Jones said no companies of the
National Guard of Hawaii would be ir
the procession. Individual members
of it might; he did not know. The
United States Troops" and the "com.
pany of Artillery from Camp McKin-
ley" resolves itself into permission OF
the commandant of the post that such
enlisted men as wanted to join in the
procession MIGHT do so.
None of the church organizations as
organizations will take part. No one
connected with the Aloha Alma or Ka.
laiaina seems to know that they are
expected to turn out.
So it looks like the torchlight pro-
cession would resolve itself down tc
the Hawaiian band. with Franklin
Austin in carriage.