The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-10-31
VIEWS Of
A VISITOR
Senator ThurStOn'S
Brother
Talks.

The st. Louis Post-Dispatch OF oc-
tober 16 says:
Carroll Purman OF Washington
brother-in-law and secretary to John
NJ. Thurston, former United States
Senator from Nebraska and member OF
the Worlds Fair commission, is at the
Southern with Senator and Mrs. Thurs
ton enroute home from the Hawaiian
islands.
While in Honolulu Mr.. Purman met
prince Cupid" the blue-blooded ma
tive who is a candidate for Congress
from the Hawaiian territory.
Il would like very much to see
Prince Cupid come to Washington, u
said Mr.. Purman. Not only because
am Republican and he Is running on
the Republican platform, but because
he is the best type of the Hawaiian
gentleman.
His real name is Prince Kalania-
naole, but every body on the island
calls him Prince Cupid. He acquired
the name while at college in California
and 1t stuck after his return home.
at was given him because of chubby
physical build. He does not look now
like the familiar pictures of the little
god. His complexion Is dark, and he
has a black mustache. But he is good
looking athletic, broad-shouldered, and
accomplished and courteous to a de-
gree. He is about 80 years old.
while he Is most courteous to all
ladies' he has already fallen victim
to the shafts of the little god after
whom he is named. He married Ha-
waiian princess.
prince Cupid is making strenuous
campaign in the islands Of the Hawaii
an group. ! have some souvenirs of
his political campaign.
zone of them is large silk hand
kerchief of bright yellow shade with
'Cupid's' likeness photographed in one
corner. These he is distributing among
the natives, yellow being the national
color.
/ prince Cupid is keen and intelli'
gent, and would represent the islands
, splendidly if elected.
But he has a contest on his hands
Wilcox, the present delegate to Con-
gress, is out for reelection. He is the
! candidate of a party known as the
I Home Rule party. Wilcox has a hold
on the natives, and is a resourceful
( politician. He tells the natives, ! am
| Informed, that if he is elected again
he will try to restore the monarchy for
! them and makes other eXtrayaganl
claims.
| His hold on them is strong, and Gu
pid is about the only mar on tho
islands who could defeat him
Mr.. Purman brought back with hin
many other souvenirs of Hawaii in ad
dition to Prince Cupid's handkerchief
| Notable among this collection are
number of leis pronounced lays).
! These are wreaths OF paper Oh bright
colors. or feathers, with which the ma
| tives decorate visitors to the island as
a mark of esteem. Photographs which
Mr.. Purman has show the Thurstor
party literally laden with these leis.
He also has photographs of several
| luaus," or native feasts. At these
! feasts the table is invariably spread on
the floor and the guests are not provid'
ed with chairs. They eat and drink
sitting on the floor and the host usu-
ally covers them plentifully with leis
while the natives sing the native love
songs, or aloha" songs, as they are
called. Mullet cooked in ii leaves and
served at these 'luaus" is, he says, a
dish for the gods.
Mr.. Purman is most eXtravagant In
his praise of the natural beauty OF the
islands. He says Hawaii is also sup
piled with fine hotels and other con-
veniences for the tourists.
Mr.. Purman says the labor problem
Is becoming serious in Hawaii, owing
to the enforcement of the Chinese eX-
clusion laws since the islands passed
under the domination of the Stars and
Stripes.
They are the only men on earth, he
says, who can work in the Hawaiian
cane fields. The Port Ricans i'm
ported there have proved failure Mr.,
Purman declares, and many of them
are in Jail for ,neft
In Honolulu Mr.. Purman says there
is n splendid colony OF Americans,
English and Germans and a most de-
lightful society of educated ladies and
gentlemen.
The Thurston party was royalty en-
tertained while there.