The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-08-16
MR.. FAIRBANKS
MAY COME HERE
Especial to the Advertiser.)

BOSTON, August 3.-vice President
Fairbanks has expressed to the Adver-
tiser correspondent his interest in Ha-
wall and a wish that he may be able
to visit the Paradise of the Pacific be-
fore long. Seated in an open carriage
with Mayor Fitzgerald, the Vice Pres
ident chatted freely with a little group
of newspaper men who gathered
around him as the parade halted for a
ten-minute rest The Advertiser repre-
sentative extended an invitation to
visit Hawaii and Mr.. Fairbanks re-
sponded with enthusiasm:
Thank you, very much. I would
like TO do so and possibly it may be
arranged later
On political subjects the Tall Syca-
more of the Wabash" was as mum as
the proverbial oyster, but actions often
speak louder than words, and in this
case the actions of the Hon. Charles
Warren Fairbanks proclaimed in no
uncertain tones, Il am in the Presiden- |
tiaI race to stay" There is no doubt |
that the Vice President has Immensely |
popularized himself by his participation
in Boston's Old Home Week. Before |
his arrival Fairbanks stock was on
the bargain counter with no takers, |
but now he can count his friends by !
the score Boston has failed to find a
frigid icicIe in the long-drawn-out can
didate- Something cooling would have
been appreciated on some of the hot |
days of the past week, but there was
no drop in temperature as the Vice
Presidential carriage went by.
True, there was the Fairbanks dig
nifty, but of a brand scarcely to be
called frigidity, for the candidate was |
on hand with bow and wave of the |
hat at every semblance of a cheer, |
while he rose in the carriage and fair
Iy beamed at the ovation he received
along most of the parade's route. At
each pause by the way he called the
little children to the side of the car
riage and in Castle Square greeted
sympathetically a crippled lad whom
the Mayor called. The scoffers will say
these things were done for political eff
feet. Perish the thought But any
way, they have had an effect and the
vision of a certain tall Indianan in the
White House has entered the minds
of many New Englanders who didn't
give the Fairbanks boom a second
thought a week ago. A month or so
ago Fairbanks couldn't summon a cor
poral's guard in test vote on fayorite
candidates taken by the Republicans of
the Legislature. Today the possibility
of a New England delegation in 1908,
with Fairbanks as the second choice
at least, is not remote. Fairbanks
conservatism will appeal to that large
class of New Englanders who are tired
of what they term unwarranted inter-
ference with the business interests Of
the country. Should the Vice President
whisper confidentially that the sacred
protective tariff might some day be
modified so as to favor the importation
of raw materials used in New England
manufacturers there is no telling how |
the New England vote might go in
1908
OLD HOME WEEK A SUCCESS.
Cloudless weather greeted Old Home
Week and brought out crowds which |
lined the sidewalks of Boston for the
parades and promenaded through the
parks. The Examinations were partic-
ularly striking. The Public Gardens
and Common were lined with immense
gas torches of Roman pattern, while
scores of business houses were bril-
liant with electric globes. Wednes-
by General Nelson A. Miles, was Bos-
toms biggest pageant for years, and
today the entire State militia of Mas
sachusetts, led by Governor Guild, pass
ed through crowded streets. Quite a
number of Honolulans are in town for
the festivities, but only one, w. E.
Shaw of Honolulu, placed his name on
the register in the Old State House.
NOTES.
Manager Smith of the Manufacturers
Shoe Co spent few days in this city
last week.
Designs for the Hawaiian yacht for
the transpacifi race of 1908 have been
exhibited to some of the yachting fra
ternity here
Boston papers have been paying con-
siderable attention to the visit of Sec
rotary Straus and the japanese Com
M :ssioner to Hawaii.
LEONARD WILMINGTON.
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