The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-28
TOWN TALK
BY THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.

much angered at the result OF the SEES
sion, and he proceeded to tell Super
visor Cox what he thought of It. AS
he warmed up to the subject he shook
an eloquent fist in the face of the big
supervisor and talked seven hundred
words minute in a voice that could
be heard at the post office Cox was
grabbed by Harvey just as he was
about to accept what he thought looked
like challenge to fight.
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The secret is out. Nobody really be-
lieved that Jack" Atkinson really
meant what he said about dropping out
OF the lime light into the obscurity of
a general law practitioner, and now
the surmise has been verified Jack"
is to be Attorney General to Laysan.
and Prime Minister to King Max. The
only reason for his reticence in the
matter heretofore was that he did not
want to appear discourteous to the
Laysan Central Committee. but now
it is understood that the endorsement
of this body has been by unanimous
vote, therefore everything is lovely.
Hoch der Koenig Schaiemerer!
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The other day, l was very much
amused to read in The Star an account
of the STANDARD Oil" dinner given to
number of the members of the Legis-
lature. The affair was given at the
Hawaiian Hotel. but very carefully, it
was kept from the newspapers. While
the Solons were eating rare dishes
and drinking expensive booze, l can
hear Lionel Hart spelling about the
good points of the STANDARD Oil Ware
house BILL and, | am told his speech
was punctuated by the guests by yell
ing Sure Kela. Wela Ka Hao" and
other mysterious passwords. The men,
bers of the Legislature, who were for
tunate enough to be present, had a
good time and proved that they were
not ungrateful by passing the bill,
thereby depriving the Territory OF
revenue, and at the same time, putting
money in the pocket of the greatest
living octopus-The Standard Oil Com
pany. After hearing of this dinner
episode, am, more than ever, inclined
to believe that some one made some
easy money" out of the STANDARD OIL
Bill"
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| have much confidence in Governor
Frear and | do not believe that his
administration will be marred by any
infamous" land exchanges or Land
sales The latest scheme to give the
short end" to the people is the pro-
position of the Pacific Mail to purchase
the tishmarket property for 100000, but
the scheme probably will fail Among
people, who can call their souls their
own" there is much opposition The
people in charge of the deal were quite
brilliant at the start; they gave out
that the company would start repair
shop" would employ a number of
mechanics thereby assisting to make
an American community" of Honolulu.
That sort of stuff sounded good, but
little investigation proved that the
company had no such intention; they
want coal shed and nothing else. l
hope Governor Frear will not be a
party to this latest scheme to deprive
the Territory of one of it's most valua-
BILE assets.
The report that there was a poker
game in the home of the Rev. osborne
at Waikiki is denied on what diplo-
matte correspondents would call I'M
improbable authority Rumors of a
game gained wide circulation, and it
appears that they were not without
foundation, though considerable in
dignation is felt by those reported to
have been in the play. Mr.. Osborne
is absent which accounts in part for
rumors of a poker game in his house,
but l am authorized to deny in the
most emphatic terms that a single deal
was had 1t is true that there were
chips, a deck of cards, four gamboliery
Honolulu men with money in four suits
of clothes. 1t is true that a poker
game was proposed. In utter disregard
of the fact that Chief Taylor is raiding
gamblers every day, the four citizens
prepared to try the Great American
game. But they decided to have a
swim first. When they got back from
delicious dalliance with the soft salt
sea, they found that everything had
been stolen from all four suits of
clothes. They decided not to play
poker. It's a hoOdoo to play in a
minister's house anyhow.
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