Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-20

HONOLULU, H. l., Sept. 12.-As the
steamer Alameda is just about to sail
for San Francisco I send you the latest
regarding the more than delightful ex-
ueriences of the Southern California
Editorial association, which left Los
Angeles August % on It's annual eXcur-
sion trip, this time to Honolulu, maxi
ing the first editorial party ever visit
ing the Hawaiian islands, but without
doubt not the last one by many, judg-
ing from the universal and exuberant
expressions of pleasure heard from
every member of the party of forty
nine And this includes even those who
occupied their berths and themselves
most of the rather smooth ocean trip,
their own occupation being an effort to
keep down the small portions of food
they were able to swallow.
The first days stop at San Francisco
included a trip around the city in car
riages furnished bv the San Francisco
promotion committee and a most de-
lightful journey by rail and ferry to
the top of Mount TamalpaiS.
The next day, September 1, we sailed
on the Alameda at noon for Honolulu
in care of a very courteous set OF Of
ficers, who did all that could be done
to make our trip pleasant. This is the
ship that the islanders set their clocks
by, as she is so prompt and reliable
as to time.
Have Redhot Time
Talk about redhot time on ship
board! This gang Of newspaper scrib-
blers certainly had 1t after they got
their sea legs on, but the first day out
most of them had thir. gs doing in
ternally that kept them thinking of
home and mother most of the time.
After that the trouble began with the
issuance of the Daily Tattler and it's
successor, the Harpoon, on different
days, supplemente by clever cartoons
by Springer and petty officer of the
ship. No one was safe from the shafts
of these scandalous publications, and
libel suits without number are threat
ened by the aggrieved parties who
were often the eultors themselves.
Then we had the most ludicrous and
mirth- producing mock trial that the
writer ever witnessed, growing out of
the arrest of James Davis, alias Jim,
the Wind Jammer," Id G. E. Ruddock,
alias FATTY Ruddock," of the Fuller
ton papers for stealing prunes from a
dago passenger and eating them. War.
rem Wilson of the Los Angeles Journal
was the supreme court judge and C. F.
Holland and Roy Horton of Los An
geles attorneys for the defense and
prosecution. Rev. j. d. H. Browne of
Santa Monica did credit to the judicial
ermine as city justice in the prelim-
mary examination.
In Honolulu
The arrival at Honolulu found every
one able to "sit up and take notice."
and 1t has been case of rubber neck"
ever since.
We passed the wreck of the Man
churia at a. m Friday, too early to
see more than her lights and dim out
line of the hull. She lies easily and
the weather is very favorable for her.
now that proper machinery is here for
that purpose.
The reception committee boarded the
Alameda from the custom house boat
at a. m. with leis of carnations for
the whole party, and it has been from
that moment to this an unceasing round
of hospitality from private citizens as
well as the public committee. No one
seems to think that he can do too much
for member of this party and it is
undoubtedly, with more than half its
program still to be completed, the
banner excursion of the Southern Cali
fornia Editorial association.
1t is useless to give details of the
excursions, dances, swimming parties,
luaus (native feasts) and the hundred
other ways that we have been enter
tained and instructed in the paradise
of the Pacific. We are still in it and
going strong. The party is made up
OF the following rel resentatives of the
Southern California press, about equally
divided between the Royal Hawaiian
and the Alexander Young hotels:
In the Party
D. G. Holt and wife. Evening Out
look of Santa Monica; Paul Moore and
Miss May Moore, Evening Facts of
Redlands; Miss Isabelle Morgan, Morn
ing Union, San Diego; G. F. Holland,
Evening Express, Los Angeles; Mrs.
H. G. Tinsley, Evening Review, Po-
mona; r. Springer (cartoonist), Ex-
aminer. Los Angeles; Edgar Johnson
and wife, Tribune Fullerton; Ray Hor-
ton and wife, Examiner, Los Angeles;