The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-02-03
TOWN TALK
By The Man About Town.

liam?" / asked him.
We'll l see that the Advertiser is
roasting me-" he replied with an ex-
pansive grin "and that puts me in the
same class with Rev. DR.. Kincaid,
Sheriff Brown and President Pinkham
of the Board of Health. I'm travelling
in pretty good company, eh?"
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Far be It from me to say anything
that would offend my good friend wal
ter G.. Smith of the Advertiser but at
the risk of breaking that friendship l
feel it my duty to accuse him of
disappearing his own creed and so do
l now accuse him.
Who has not read from time to time
his scolarly editorials on the question
dieting and of the absolute necessity
thereof if one would enjoy health. He
has descanted learnedly and with tell
ing effect on the wisdom of getting back
to the simple life and the real reason
that l have refused his many pressing
invitations to dinner is because l have
pictured him as subsisting entirely on
health foods and predigested milk. But
I made a very bad guess as 1 gathered
from the tale told me by one of the
Advertisers staff.
Sunday week Walter G. gave a Ger
man luau-imagine it-a German luau!
The members of the staff were invited
and from what 1 can gather, the menu
consisted of sauerkraut, beer, pumper-
nickel nit limburger, more beer, frank
furtsrwurst, wortzberger, braunkOhl
init pinkel, black radishes al suppe,
Bismarcker herringe, beer, rotherkohl
eidenkase anheuser- busch, bloemkohl,
gruenebonner, picked eggs and-there
was something else, but 1 have for
gotten what it was-Oh, yes, some more
beer still and a little kirsche wasser.
The groans of the staff are said to
have been fearsome during the night
but all was atoned for when the
thought of Dan Logan singing "Scots
Wha Haze" in German was brought to
mind.
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The Robinson case furnishes a
good example of how NOT to do, to
strengthen ourselves at Washington.
The way to settle our disputes about
appointments is to settle them right
at home Some political give and take
must be had before this can be the rule,
but it is the good American way and
it will help us at Washington. Let us
scrap here all we want, but when a
fight has been fought and won locally,
it is time for the defeated faction to
accept defeat except in rare instances.
do RI
be troubled with our local quarrels If
the day ever comes when we move
unanimously in Washington in our own
affairs we shall find ourselves enjoying
greatly increased strength.
Our constant quarelling at Washing
ton was reported as largely responsible
for the Presidents decision to consult
only one man here. That policy, shown
to be so utterly obnoxious to all the
community, would never be thought of
if we were manful enough in a political
sense to come together, fight matters
out and accept the result.
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why" said Breckons when talked
with him on this subject. 1T is the
only way to handle such propositions.
We used to have plenty of hard fights
in my old home state, Wyoming, but
none of them got to Washington We
fought over appointments at home and
the losers accepted the issue and quit.
Perhaps l quote Wyoming a good deal,
but as matter of fact she gets pro-
portionately more than any other state,
so she is a good example for us to
follow. Iowa does the same as Wyom-
ing and her influence at Washington is
VIGOROUSLY strong. The principle of
getting together and settling disputes
at home would greatly add to Hawaii's
influence at Washington. She would
get more ready attention under such a
PLAN"
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l bel eve the Grand Jury will find a
lot of gambling indictments and pos
sibly che ia will receive quite a setback
as a result The energy with which
the jurors have gone into the matter
has brought results which show that at
any rate, whether convictions can be
had or not, a great deal of evidence
can be unearthed, which means an in
terruption to the games and also means
that instead of the profits going into the
hands of the willy bankers they find
their way into the hands of counsel tC
defend them. This is better than al
lowing the games to go unmolested. ]
have not a great deal of confidence in
convictions on trial under the indict-
m5nts believed to be forthcoming, but
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