The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-10-03
TOWN TALK
By THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.

Republican citizen:-"I think our
ticket is a good one, and"
Advertiser-"You're a CRATER"
Citizen-"But,-excu mel have
the interests of the community and the
party at heart, and think our political
convention did the best it could.
don't think Long
Advertiser-"You're allied with
Brown! Grafter!"
Really, l thought we might
discuss the situation. The breaking up
of the Republican organization by sore
heads knocking each individual can
didate they don't like, leaves but one
important line of cleavage for voters.
1t is that of race In American poll
tics, the rule of give and take,-"
Advertiser-"There you are, grating
again A. M. Brown
Citizen-"D Brown! Do you
think /, or any other considerable pro-
portion of the delegates to our conven-
ton take orders from Brown? If we
are going to have any party at ALL
advertiser" Crater, CRATER, graft
err! Che-Fa Crawford! Seven-eleven!
Piwi! Thwing! Bling! Yellow Dog!"
Citizen-'I don't exactly understand
but l imagine that your idea of a
municipal campaign in this city, is that
the Advertiser is on one side and Che
! Fa Crawford, with most of the rest Of
the citizens, on the other. l want you
to understand that | never saw this
Crawford, and don't care a whoop if he
plays piwi till the cows come home
and go out to pasture again. This in
discriminate abuse"
Notwithstanding, you are defending
Crawford! Graft! Graft! GRAFT! A.
M Brown"
Citizen-'I tell you A. M.
Brown! 1 am no more a CRATER than
you are. What the devil do you mean
by
Advertiser-"Gr CRATER! Political ring
ster! Brown, Crawford, Vida, Che Fa,
Seven-eleven,-Brow Crawford, Vida
Seven-eleven, Cathcart, Brown, Craw-
ford, Vida, thcart,-Cathcart, Vida,
Brown, Crawford, Crawford Br-'
Citizen-"O II"
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Soliloquy by the Admiral: "Repub-
lican, or Democrat? To run, or not
to run. That is the question. Whether
tits better to run for mayor as a De-
mocrat, or for treasurer as a Republi-
can, or to take arms against both sides
and be an independent. Who would
tariffs or trusts discuss, who talk oil
parties, organizations or square deals
but that the fear of not getting a JOB
the uncertainties as to what any OF
the blamed party titles mean, must give
us pause. Thus doth the wish for jobs
make turncoats of many if not of us
all, and thus the verdant hue of many
a budding politician, is sicklied o'er
with the pale cast of thought of jobs
and political principles of great mo-
ment are in their currents turned awry
and gain the name of jobchasing."
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Two or three Democratic party lead
ers were comforting with a new convert
to their party, who had an idea that
he ought to be given a high place or
the ticket They wanted to make him
see it differently. Don't you think,
said one of them, gently Git may have
been Waller) that before being no.
minated, you ought to do some work
for the party?" 1t was a delicate sort
of an effort to express the notion thai
the party should rather reward it's faith
full ones with nominations than give
them to new convert, whose party
loyalty was wholly untried. 1t wal
received with establishment, bewilder
ment. Why" said the recruit will
admirable simplicity and candor "Wh!
should l work for the party?'
AS Dooley would say, can there y,
. ar-re!"
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l never saw a Punchbowl ghost,
OaUar want m 600 ono.