The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-03
LIKES TnE.CLIMATE
IN HONOLULU

The only representative of the Sow
ereign Grand Lodge of odd Fellows of
the world, Mr.. James G.. Aydelotte, of
Tennessee, who has ever been in Homo
lulu, was latey the guest Of r. H. Trent
of Pacific Heights. Mr. Aydelotte, who
is also high in the Masonic craft, a
director Of the Nashville, Chattanooga
& st. Louis railway. a member of the
Democratic State Central Committee of
his state, which latter position he has
held for sixteen years, a member of the
county court of his home county, and
president of the Middle Southern Ten
nessee Farmers Institute, which takes
in the agriculturists of twenty-one
counties, has been a sufferer from an
asthmatic trouble for a few years past
and a sufferer, likewise from overwork.
II am delighted with the climate of
the place." Mr.. Aydelotte said yester-
day 1T is all that 1 expected of it,
and the people are among the most hos
pitable 1 have ever met. You have
beautiful city here, and delightful
climate. 1 am surprised, moreover, at
the ease with which one can get around.
The electric car lines would be a credit
to a much LARGER place than Honolulu,
and are being steadily improved, 1 am
glad to see. But it is a surprising thing
how little is known of the climate and
of Honolulu on the main
land, and how little effort is put forth |
to make the attractions of the place |
known. I came here on a venture. not
knowing whether the winter climate |
would agree with me or not. 1t has, |
but that is to the credit of the climate. |
at all is known on the main |
land of the climate here at various sea-
sons, as compared with the conditions !
in other places. If anything were
known, if there were statistics open to !
tourists, many a man who suffers
through the long, cold winter fogs of |
the Pacific Coast would come to this
delightful place and get relief That is
what you need, a spreading abroad in
an intelligent way of a proper knowl-
edge of your climatic and other adj
Mr.. Aydelotte has been in politics for
a long time in Tennessee. where poll
tics is a science, and he talked inter
estingly of the experiences that had
been his during sixteen years in the
harness. 80 the story of Major Rich
ardson's last nomination for Congress
rom the Fifth District has followed me,
has it?'' he asked. well, it is a good
story. You know he did not have any
1 have managed his fights
for many years as chairman of the
District Committee, and ne has only
had opposition twice, seriously. But
they said 1 nominated him by myself,
asst time, and some of the boys made
! Stn Of - fT,s
We have a primary law in our state,
but it is an expensive law to put in mo-
lion. and so as there was no opposition
% Richardson we concluded to have the
Central Committee meet and make the
The law requires that there
shall be thirty days notice for a meet
ng like that, so I put an advertise
nent in the papers that the Central
Committee would meet to nominate on
he Sth of August. and calling upon all
who wanted to be candidates for Con-
yress to be present at that time and
present their claims for nomination.
10 not remember the wording. exactly.
'ut that was the substance. There was
never anybody in it but Richardson.
md enough members of the Central
Committee sent me their proxies to en-
lble me to meet by myself Well, on
hat day there was a meeting of the
BOARD OF railway directors of which I
I'm a member, and I had to go to that
20 it was late when I got back, after
o'clock in the evening. I went to
ny office and as no candidates present.
d any claims I declared Mr.. Richard
on the nominee for Congress. And he
vas elected without opposition"
Mr.. Aydelotte leaves today for the
cast on the Sierra. having been called
Na hoI I
ended to go.