The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-06-29
TOWN TALK
BY tbs MAN ABOUT TOWN.

Sam Johnson, colonel and John Mar
tin, generalissimo, FLASHED in the storm
of contention this week. 1t was not
any wordy argument whether liquor
was good, bad or different, but on an
entirely different subject. Martin pro-
tested against the noise of the target
practice that the Colonel's men in
dulge in. Martin claimed that the
noise of the reports disturbed a prayer
meeting at a place where John Off
cjates.
We'll, see here, john replied the
doughty colonel, You go on with
your praying and my men will go
with their shooting. But l guess when
any enemy is marching over the Pail
to take the town, the people would a
whole lot rather hear the singing of
the bullets from my regiment than
they would the singing of psalms
from your outfit"
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Justice and s. NJ. Ballou Associate JUS
tice, the President has acted wisely.
Several youths were proposed in Bal
LOUIS place, but | am glad their can
didacy only reached the mentioned
stage. do not want to see any more
boys placed on the Supreme Bench; we
want there only men who have matured
IN the law businessmen of wide
knowledge and experience. Hartwell
and Ballou are two such men. Hart
wells promotion is a logical one; he is
fine old gentleman and an able law
yer. If some youth had been placed
Hartwell would have resigned and the
Territory would have lost an able and
upright judge.
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Father Blessed certainly appears to
have made one convert to belief in
the glories of the good old days of the
Inquisition. Judging from the manner
in which Chairman Ballentyne at
tempted to conduct the sessions of the
liquor license commission, l should
say that he had thorough absorbed all
of the writings and sentiments of the
Rev. Father upon the merits of the
Inquisition and had decided that il
was just about the right sort of method
provided Ballentyne could be Head In.
quisitioner
One of the local newspapers stated
recently that Ballentyne would have
made an ideal chairman under some
autocratic form of government that
| hourished here some years ago. The
paper could have carried him backward
into the good old days of the sixteenth
century. But probably Ballentyne is
trying to make our new Spanish citi
lzens feel that they are at home; tina
their early teachings of the days wher
the Inuuisition flourished in Spain, may
be recalled and endear the stranger
to their new land. Ballentyne is the
right man but not the right man IL
the right place on that commission. III
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zition of rights of both contending in
terests to a controversy, should prevail
He belongs rather to the gumshoe bri
gade, that prefers to conduct its ses
sions behind closed doors, where thu
light of publicity can not penetrate
where facts which the public have tn
right to know, can be suppressed a
will, and where the public can not gail
as complete an idea of the sessions o
one Of it's public commissions as tn
law manifestly intends that is should.
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I notice that Stuart B. Dunbar, tn
ut" man denies that he is connecte,
in any manner with THE Referee.
His denial is timely one, for some
body connected with that delectabl
publication has given out word to tn
effect that Dunbar was the angel be
hind the enterprise; that he was put
ting up money enough to purchase
new press and other necessary plan
Now Dunbar disclaims all this and
appears that Ayres was making a bi
bluff, when he announced that he ha
ordered a press, etc. By the way,
think at is Said will be very tam
hereafter; every aggrieved person wi
feel at liberty to soak Ayres and late
= be declared mot guilty"
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The Seven Ages of an 1t is Said al
as follows: