The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-09-22
Town TALK

The Honolulu man who helped to en-
terrain the visiting editors at the Vol
cano house on the night of their dinner
there, entertained many Of them again
the next morning without knowing It.
1t appears that late i'm the evening
dispute arose i'm which the Honolulu
man was more vigorous than polite i'm
his expressions towards one of the visit
ors. with early dawning came r. e.
Morse and he told the Honolulu man
he had done wrong very wrong. As
a gentleman. he must apologize. To
this the Honolulu man agreed. But
to whom? There was the rub! With
an humble and a contrite heart he APP
preached the editor whom memory
suggested as the insulted one, and Of
fered a very complete apology He
didn't exactly recall he said what his
remarks had been. but he felt that
they had been insulting, and wanted
to express his keenest regrets for what
he had said during undue excitement
caused by the sulphur fumes from XII
| lauea. 90, that's all right said the
editor Certainly I'll accept an apology
Don lst it worry you at all. But,-say,
what you said to me was nothing, you
know, to your remarks to Mr.. Blank
over there. Your remarks to me were
merely a bit Of overheated argument,
you know,-mere heat cracks-but for
real, ripping, fight-o n-the-spot insults
torrid, red lava, I'll back what you
said to Blank against anything 1 ever
heard You'd better apologize to him,
never mind me" And the Honolulu
man apologized to Blank, and Blank
turned him over to Brown and Brown
to Jones and Jones to Smith. And so
the apologizing went on until, 1 am
told, most of the party had received
one. The Honolulu man will never
know until the great day when all
secrets are laid bare, just which editor
was really entitled to an apology.
@ O O Q
Probably few of the members of the
Republican convention know how near
they were to real scrap, with oratory
that would have made the wellSin ring
very loud. The trouble was the unit
rule and George A. Davis, who sat in
the midst of the delegation of the
Second of the Fourth, like lion bound
and at bay. 1t was all he could dc
to suppress a roar. Involuntary poll
teal servitude," he said after it was all
over. 81 sat there bound and fettered
and had no more to say that if 1 had
never been elected. Never again fol
me! won't go to any more conven-
tions where I can't control my owr
vote" AS to the subject on which
Davis so nearly broke forth, 1 will leave
y it to a guessing contest.
Q o Q o
The Hilo bones case brought out {
fine example of the Witness of tn,
heather Chinee when on the witness
stand. One of the matters to be prov
ed was that a body had been removed
;. from certain grave, and testimony
had been given as to the careful trans
ferring of bones piece by piece. Brec
kons was cross-examining and though
he could bring out the fact that no
! all of the body had been removed any
how, and he began questioning as t,
whether there were not some ashes lief
behind in the resting place from whicl
! the bones had been taken Ashes lef
- behind would mean the remains o
flesh The Chinese saw the point il
time. He didn't propose to be trappe
into admitting that the entire bod
had not been removed. He told tn
attorney that he had seen the corps
when it was inferred years ago. Their
was absolutely no flesh on it, he de
clared with all earnestness. 1t simpl
q consisted of the bones and skin,-an
there were no ashes left behind whe
the bones were so rudely disturbed.
Q O O Q
S I would like to know how far tn
hack regulations of Honolulu protec
those who hire hacks A friend {
mine took a hack some time ago, t
meet passengers from the wrecke
- transport Sheridan, who were comm
- ashore on the steamer Helene. Whe
- the Helene arrived he alighted with
=, friend and told the hackman to wa
I. for him. After finishing his bushes
:, on the Helene he returned to his hac