The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-19

see that my friend u. Lloyd Couk.
ling was the foreman OF the grand jury
at Eailua recently. The report which
was presented was much above the
average document turned i'm by such
bodies and plainly bore the imprint of
Conkling He is wideawake, fear
less little man. who is all grit and
nerve and ne is just the sort Of man
who would see things that ought to be
seen and to make them public. He
got a newspaper training i'm Homo
,ulu before he took to steamboatiug and
later to being a leading citizen of the
Koua section. 1t would not surprise
me to see him blossom out as poll
teal leader of considerable prominence
i'm his section As it is now he has
I believe. considerable influence, for he
understands the native character about
as well as any white man that / have
met here.
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Many humorous and weird things
happened i'm San Francisco during the
days that the fire demon reigned SUI
preme but the FUNNIEST thing that l
have heard yet was told to me the other
day by a friCuG of mine who received
a letter from his brother who went
through ne reign of terror. The let
ter read as follows:
Il was trying to find place where
/ could safely cross Market street and
lad stopped for a moment to watch
the hurr yiug thousands as they were
striving to reach a place of safety.
! Suddenly I saw coming a large fellow
| who was NOT over dressed and in 20 Il
of him he was cushing a baby carriage
| Nov what on earth do you suppose
! that fellow had in that carriage. Al
infant on, no! He had an enlarged
crayOu portrait Of himself"
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There are unique trials in some o
our country courts, where the magis
trates do not know any more law than
is necessary. The magistrate wht
| sternly informed an arguing attonel
that the Attorney Generals Depart
ment had decided a moot point aur
that this court takes it's law from thu
Attorney General" is only one O
many samples For promptness in do
ing justice as he saw it, a certain
country magistrate i'm whose court i
reported the following dialogue be
tween judge and defendant in for lar
Ceny, holds the record:
The court:-Hewa? (guilty0
The defendant:-Aoleh ewa.
The court :-Hewa.
| Whereupon sentence was pronounced
G G @ 9
l heard some stories about the Molo
I kans the other day from a friend VIII
had just returned from Kauai, and the.
seemed to me to throw some light OF
the Molokan situation. Evidently tn
Molokans don't like Col. Spaulding, ant
with characteristic peasant suspicious
ness they won't trust him, or anyOn
else. One of the stories is this. NJ,
friend said he was talking with tn
Molokans, through an interpreter, AM
was trying to find out what their griev
ances We're. Finally one of them said
God is up there (pointing toward tn
sky and Col. Spaulding is down her
| Cpointing toward the earth); if Col
| opciulAillS NlS u llltlN = anu NTOu uON
here, there would be no trouble"
My friend suggested that Col Spauld
ing might like the change the best o
the two.
The other story was to the effect tina
the MOlokans had been told that Col
Spaulding had said that it didn't maxi
any difference under what set of con
ditions the Molokans got the land
whether as a community or as indi
viduals, he Col Spaulding would even
tually get it all. l don't know tina
Col. Spaulding ever said this, nor die
my friend; but the Mookans believe H.
did, and so what can you do with them
For myself, I doubt very much whethe
Cob Spaulding ever said it, There wa!
no occasion to, that l know of, and Col
Spaulding hasn't often been accused
of giving his plans away.
But even if that were his thought. m!
friend Lorrin A. Thurston says tina
that is the instructive and perssten
policy of plantations and plantation
owners in general.
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An acquaintance of mine, who / thinl
must be more or less insane, think
that the new San Francisco should b
built of rubber Good substantial rub