The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-24
By The Man About Town.

About Town
with it as the dominent and most
powerful as well as probably the best
paying newspaper institution Of the
west.
The reason that he has been sent to
Los Angeles, providing that the report
of the transfer is correct, is probably
to build up the Los Angeles Examiner.
That paper has a hard fight to wage in
southern California. The Los An
geles Times is so firmly entrenched in
that community that only the most
skillful adversary could make any ma
terial encroachments against It. That
Hearst considers Robert the man to
build up the Los Angeles Examiner is
morally certain. Robert has been
sent into a new field to build up a pa
per that has not perhaps come up to
the expectations of the founder. Men
of the stamp and ability Of Rob rt are
too difficult to find, for Hearst to risk
losing the services of the one who had
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sOrest trial.
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Il see they say l am out of politics
because | am an agent for parties who
want to get Japanese laborers from
here. thus Gripping the industry we
all live on" said Judge Gear. "Well.
| am out of politics as far as looking
Ii
isn't a. political lob in the islands |
would have" The Judge fondlsd a
little account book and intimated that
law practice was decidedly more pro-
fitable than iudgeships. But l don't
see" he said what the Japanese bust
n IS has to do with it i'll should want
to go into politics. feel that 1 must
be invincible in view of a statement in
the Advertiser that Standing by him
self in puris naturalibus, Judge Gear
has a host of friends and admirers.
How did that statement ever get into
the Advertiser?"
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do YOU know" exclaimed we'll
known liquor dealer 81 don't see how
we can hold an election this fall It
is. simply out of the question unless
some Of those belated cargoes of Palm
Tree show I'D at this mort We can
always tell when anv candidates are
around because for four months before
an election every candidate cuts out
every other liquor and drinks only ka-
naka gin Old time politicians here
are superstitious about that stuff. They
would no more think of drinking any
other liquor during a campaign than
they would of trying to elect a man
without votes. They probably think
that they will make a hit with the ma
tives if they drink the stuff.
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was along the Waterfront the Other
day and saw a number of interesting
things. Not one of the least interest.
ing was a group of Japanese fishermen
who were putting their sampan-a, good
sized one out into the water. pre-
paratory TO beginning their night of
labor The samp;fn was a new one M
at any rate newly painted. a male rob
bin's-egg blue. Apparently not salts
fled that this sincere flatterv of Gov
ernor Carter they had painted their
straw hats the same color. It was
really touching.
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I have bean asked to r,,, f,,. oe7oo
but though fuIIv reaIizina tbot 7 oo,,1d
probabIv fiji several birL oeioas ,,,i+t,
great distinction decline to 40 90
would rather take to tho tan ti,,ha.
Do Won know tbara is scorcoI,, , ,,,I,1ia
official I'm the local go,,arn,,,o,t ,,.ha &c
not charged win son,e tbiog or otbo,.o
Not nrhIicIv Of co,,,.so ana mot ,,.it,,
the insinuations of graft, the knowing