The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-10-30
KUHIO AS SEEN
BY A MALIHINI
SENATOR THURSTON'S SECRE-
TARY TELLS THE MISSOURIANS
ABOUT STANDARD BEARER.

The ST. Louis Post Dispatch has the
following interview relating to Hawaii
and Hawaiian matters from Carroll
Purman, Senator Thurston's secretary
who was lately here:
Carol. Purman of Washington, bro
ther-in-law and secretary of John NJ.
Thurston, former United states senator
from Nebraska and member of the ma
tional Worlds Fair commission, is at
the Southern with Senator and Mrs.
Thurston en- route home from the Ha-
waiian 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" said Mr..
Purman. Not only because 1 am Re-
publican and he is running on the Re
publican platform, but because he is
the best type of the Hawaiian gentle
man.
His real name is Prince Kalaniana-
ole, but everybody on the island calls
him Prince Cupid. He acquired the
name while at college in California and
it stuck after his return home.
1T 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 black moustache. But he is good
looking. athletic, broad-shouldered and
polished and courteous to a degree. He
is about 80 years old.
while he is most courteous to al la
dies, he has already fallen a victim to
the shafts of the little god after whom
he is named. He married a Hawaiian
princess.
Prince Cupid is making a strenuous
campaign in the islands of the Hawaii
an group. 1 have some souvenirs Of
his political campaign.
"One OF them is large silk handher-
chief of a 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 intelligent,
and would represent the islands splen-
didly 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
Home Rule party. Wilcox has a hold
on the natives and is a resourcefui po-
litician. He tells the natives, am in
formed, that if he is elected again he
Will try to restore the monarchy for
them and makes other eXtravagant
claims.
His hold on them is strong and Gu
pid is about the only man on the island
who could defeat him."
Mr. PUrman brought back with MIN
many other souvenirs Of Hawaii in ad-
dition to Prince Cupid's handkerchief.
Notable among this collection are q
number of leis pronounced lays)
These are wreaths of paper of bright
colors, or of feathers, with which the
natives decorate visitors to the islands
as a mark of esteem. Photographs
which Mr.. Purman ha. 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 pro
vided with chairs. They eat and drink
sitting on the floor and the host usual
ly covers them plentifully with leis,
while the natives sing the native love
songs, or aloha" songs, as they are
called. Mullet cooked in tea leaves and
served at these "Iuaus' is, he says, a
dish for the gods.
Mr.. Purman is most eXtraYagaut in
his praise of the natural beauty of the
islands. He says Hawaii is also sup
piled with fine hotels and other conve-
niences for tourists.
Mr. Purman says the labor problem
is becoming serious in Hawaii owing
to the enforcement of the Chinese eX-
clusion avs since the islands passed
under the dominion of the stars and
stripes
They are the only men on earth, he
says, who can work in the Hawaiian
cane fields. The Porto Ricans imported
there have proved a failure, Mr.. Pur-
man declares, and many of them are III
jail for theft
In Honolulu Mr.. Purman says there
is a splendid colony of Americans, Eng
fish and Germans and most delightful
society of educated ladies and gentle.
men.
The Thurston party was royalty en-
tertainei while there.