The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-07-27
TOWN TALK
BY THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.

An organization of quite a unique
kind exists among certain gangs OF
Hawaiian water front laborers. 1t is
nothing more than a society for the
Regulation and Equalization of the
Right to Booze. The members are "a
gang who do not make very large sal
aries, and have decided that they can
not very often acquire jags, for finan-
cial reasons. But by clubbing together
it is possible for one member of the
party every week to have a real Jag
not merely a few drinks or nearly
enough to feel good on, but real,
thorough don't-know-where-I- lam land
in-jail, three-and-costs Bun. And so
they take turns. All that can be spar
ed above the necessaries of life is pool
ed every week, and it is turned over
to one envied member of the bunch.
who Immediately leaves his Job.
pockets bullying and tongue burning,
and proceeds to exchange the wealth
for the stuff that makes police courts
necessary. When it is all over he
returns to work, and to chip in for the
next man, and so on through the
rounds of the membership.
Nice arrangement, isn't it?
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Speaking of liquor reminds me of
the situation on Kauai and how it is
being met. The garden island has
been absolutely closed up since the
of July. Travellers coming from there
tell me that money cannot buy liquor
anywhere on that island But there
is no law to prevent residents of the
islands sending to Honolulu. The re-
suit has been an extraordinary number
of small orders, for bottles of Scotch,
ETC., to be sent to thirsty Kauai peo-
pie from this city.
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On Thursday night, walking along
Hotel street, 1 was struck by a remark
able coincidence. On the roof of the
Young Hotel the Hawaiian band was
playing The Star Spangled Banner
while from the hall of the Y. M. c. A.
came the voices of many men singing
My Country 'Tis of Thee.
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Il see, remarked a friend of mine
this week, that the cost of costumes
OF woman being presented at court, is
about $3.50. Well, at that rate 1 could
not get into the kitchen. Gee but these
are hard times"
The Oahu County Republican party
is in danger OF going to the bow-wows.
and there is feeling of elacion among
the Home Rulers and Democrats. 1t
seems that the split which elected a
Democrat at the head of the ticket
last time is only Widening split
between the Independent element in
the party and those whose only argu-
ment is vote the straight ticket"
than which no more absurd doctrine
was ever preached. The last conven-
ton, it will be remembered, nominal
ed Brown without fight and put up
a ticket which contained several
names for which it might have been
guessed that the community would
not stand if it could help it. On
Brown the party organization undoub-
tedly had a right to make a fight, and
it came near enough to winning to
show that there was at least no glar-
ing political error in naming him.
Then the convention proceeded to sc.
lect managing committees and here is
where the present trouble lies. The
committee Is a committee of the fac
tion which went down to defeat at
the polls, and that faction is weaker
now that it ever was. Moreover 1t
has no chance of regaining strength.
This is why, am told, there is to
be another three-cornered fight in the
next election, losing to the Republi-
cans their natural preponderance of
the voting population,-or if not a
fight, a heavy boiling
faction of Republicans. This is the
sentiment of the business element"
The reason? The managers of the
party which assumes the right
to administer the affairs of the
county as shown by attendance at
are Harry Murray, James
H. Boyd,-the genial ex-superinten.
dent of Public Works,-N. Fernandez,
E. Buffandeau, Charley Clark of Kali
hi camp fame, Harry Klemme and
c. W. Booth.
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We have never had a bad automobile
accident due to high speeding yet, but