Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-10-26
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FROM THE NEVvSMAN'S NOTES


/ am afraid my large and genial |
/ friend Charlie Motley has pretty
/ stiff job cut out Tor him, and II he
succeeds in carryiV 1t to accom-
! plishmont he will be a wonder.
Charles x. has become the tail to
! the Wallach Kite, and Ii he succeeds
in balancing it ana keeping 1t in the
air until the next election, year
| from now, he will do more than 1t !
appears probable ne can do. For he
not only has to Keep WalaCh before !
the people for twelve long weary |
months, and In the good gracGs of
the Hawaiian voters, but he also has
to keep the worm specialist out OF
tail. The combination doesn't lookl
easy TO solve.
But it's case of die dog or eat
the Ratchet. It's Walach or moth
ing so far as Motley Is concerned. As
H. politician he's dead one. The
last election, when he was so deeply
snowcd under, showed that. Unless
he can find some sort of n star to
Hitch his wagon to there isn't the
ghost of "A show of his ever cutting
any figure again in the political ring.
so, like a drowning man clutching
at the prOverbial straw, Motley has
hitched his little red wagon to the
Nallach star and is trying to fly. But
the chances are that he will find that
Worm Wallach is only a shooting
star who will make n brilliant smear
across the sky for a brief instant and
then be extinguished in the darkness
OF the Has-lieen. A year is long
time.
Taken all in all the Rapid Transit
probably confers more benefits to the
public than any other concern in
honolulu, but for this very reason its
lapses become the more conspicuous
II appears that whenever the public
gets after the corporation that soul
less monster Immediately concern
trates its efforts on getting back at
the public, and in this It has always
shown remarkable ingenuity. Some
Years ago, when there was some agi.
tation against the speed of the cars,
the company, as will he well remem-
bered, cut down the speed all over It's
system to snail's pace. Now the
Liliha street people have managed 20
get the best of the concern in their
injunction suit, ana immedia-elS the
company has directed u backhanded
swat at the public.
This became apparent to those
celain. 1t stood about two and a half
haimuN to Liliha line this morning.
After the switch on Beretania street
OF the power house had been passed,
the car slowed down to the very
minimum speed, or rather slowness,
) and proceeded right to Fort street at
Il rate which taxed the patience of
all the passengers. II was no faster
than good, brisk walk. When the
cars crew was asked the reason, the
men explained that the orders were
now that eight minutes must be
consumed between the switch and
Fort street.
why?
/ CuSSednoSS.
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| When the members OF the Board OF
Health assembled last Thursday after
noon to Settle the Wallach matter. they
found standing in the Office of the
President q strange looking object
} which they all eyed with curiosity, al
most with suspicion.
, The thing seen ed to be made of por-
cclain II stoond about two and a half
feet high and looked very much like
soup plate set on IA while pole, eX-
Ccpt that there was little nickel jig
, Ger in the center that doesn't belong To