The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-24
THE DEMOCRATIC wEATHERcocK.

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1904 should adopt the weathercock as a
symbol In most parts of the mainland
the weathercock changes rapidly and
frequently during each day, and fairly
represents a party that has slid off the
constitution. that is governed by its by
laws. which can be quickly amended
without a two-thirds vote, and that,
with its weather eye upon the SPOTS,
has no regard to its own historical con-
sistency and embraces a diversity of
antagonistic elements. only temporarily
held together by the cohesive attrac-
ton of public plumber With a respec-
table negative at the head, who prac-
: ticaTy endorses the leading features in
Republican administration, with plat
form largely stolen from the Repub-
licans. and with W. J. Bryan and his
numerous followers as the apostles of
American socialism. the dynamitica1
combination hardly needs match or
fuse to insure its explosion.
In this territory however, the wealth
ercock may be an inappropriate demo-
cratic emblem, for here the trade winds
at least blow with considerable steadi-
ness. Curtis P. Iaukeaz in his own
person. has been selected not only as
the standard bearer but as the stand
ard itself This is peculiarly. felicitous
He is the natural figure-head OF his
last political affiliations. A man may
be married three times in his life, and
yet retain certain business and So
cial position. 1t is possible even, IN
some communities, for him to hold up
his head, with his three spouses all
living at the same time, provided his /
divorces We're regularly obtained. But
for a man to marry three times in one
year and have his divorce proceedings
run into each other, would turn the
stomach OF a professional biganlist.
How could Curtis P. Iaukea tamper so
wantonly with political affection! Why, |
only a short year ago, there or there
en-. blushing in her modest conscious |
ness of his approach, in tones as sweet |
as the melodies of his native Hawaii. |
On his Bonded knees, with the doors |
of island flowers exhaling from his per-
son, his face suffused with tenderness,
and the crystal drops of love shower |
ing from his soft eyes, he vowed the
constancy of a bearded pard of the age
of chivalry. The moment the rites We're
performed, however, because the fair
young wife had a settlement, which he
had overlooked before marriage and
which she refused to divide, he left
her and she gladly consented to a dis
solution of the union.
His next was Miss, Home Rule, and
she was easily captured because Tau
kea had originated in her family, al
though he had repeatedly changed his
affections in his earlier life. With her
apparently he was at home. Their
voices blended in those ex-
quisite strains, in which tribe and
chief and monarch and republic were
sweetly delineated-and regretted. There
was a perfect diapason of the antique
and the superseded, and when the
was performed. the hearts of
Miss Home Rules numerous relations
literally glowed with anticipations of a
new regime, in which annexation would
be forgotten and Iaukea's rich baritone
lead the chorus of the past.
|
ation. The item of support had been !
forgotten, and the parties to the union
were poor in everything except senti-
ment. The fresh and roseate dream
was shattered. Another divorce be-
came inevitable and was procured
without the formality of service or
even the publication of summons. The
,act is that Miss Home Rule, deceived
Ind betrayed, consented gladly to the
;undering of a tie that is sometimes
hought to be indissoluble. Iaukea was
growing older and he could not live
without wife, and he also needed a
liked position and an income. There
ore, with a parting sigh comnlingled
With a hopeful smile, ne turned to the
antique dame of Hawaiian democracy.
Ind was speedily clasped in her arms,
while, for the third time within year, {
here or thereabouts. the marriage bells
we're sounded.
It was rare and an inspiring
scene. w. A. Kinney was the priest and /
he waxed eloquent over the perform
ance, which to every one but him was
I'D. He had been opposed to the
match, and thought it smelt of Lucifer, f
'ut meditation had set his fancy free,
md now he felt that such matches )
we're rnada in Heauan aud Ia i.los.Az ::