The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-04
STREET SCENES
LAST NIGHT
Continued from Page One

said in a clear voice: 81 don t ow
you anything, do II" Then the ma
with the josh subsidized.
Prince Cupid was standing on th
, outskirts of the crowd in his shirt
sleeves. He was talking to a grou
of friends and he was smiling. u
came a man with loud voice and
prominent funny streak. "Lend tn
Prince a coat, somebody" he shout
ed; fhe left his on Hawaii" Quicl
as a flash Kuhio turned and said
"No, it wasn't my coat L left, onl,
my mark. Then the crowd laughed
again and there was another joker SEN
to discontinue.
The entire population of Honolulu
seemed to have congregated in front
of the Advertiser office. Between Fort
and Bethel streets humanity had pack
ed itself to the limit and the only way
to get through was to wait for a car
and stand on the step until it had
bored its careful way through the
crowd. Hotel street was absolutely de-
serted. Up till 9 clock the moving
| picture shows and saloons in that
neighborhood might as well have been
out of business. The proprietor of one
of the former stood on the curb and
gazed greedily down towards King
street. Presently he sighed and said:
"Oh, if only l were newspaper to-
night. -
betting was brisker than it has been
So far. No large amounts were wager
ed, but there were great many sports
rampant who had FIVE or ten dollars to
place on their favorites Most of the
betting was done on the race between
Hughes and Moore. Catheart was
hardly mentioned and the congression-
al struggle was referred to only in
the light of past wagers.
The broker who put up $4,000 against
$4,000 that Kuhio would win, ran up
against the Prince in the crowd and
banded a few joking words with him
elf 1 lose," said the broker, twill
you pay my fare to San Francisco,
Cupidi'' Kuhio smiled. emo" he
said, CT won't be able to pay your
fare, but have stand-in at bean
cry"
Close into the crowd as far as posi-
bic were three automobiles at the Wal.
kiki end of the jam. Each of these ma
chimes was occupied by women sympa-
thizers of some of the candidates. They
watched the Advertiser bulletins very
carefully and, every now and then, one
could hear little gasps of relief or dis
appointment as the figures appeared be-
meath the electric lights on the balcony
Bob Single was here, there and ev.
erywhere and he was eheered at every
recognition. That good campaign smile
of his broadened and heightened until
one would think that he had gone
through a course of facial exercise for |
it. Somebody who had read the Ad- |
vertiser account of the polo games on
Maui produced a smile and shouted: |
" Here he comes fellers, here comes the |
White Knight Mr. Single smiled a |
little more sweetly than usual, if pos
sible, apparently not approaching the
allusion. Then. the original herald
shouted: "He didn't quite fall over his
horses neck, but we II fall over him,
you bet. :" And the crowd cheered lust
ily not quite knowing what it was
cheering about, but willing to make a
noise about anything.
A funny incident occurred early in
the evening before the sun had taken
away its kindly light from the tele-
grams posted in the windows of the Ad-
7ertlser office. Hughes of New York
was posted as being a probable winner
according to some big New York pcliti-
,ian' IS forecast. An old Irishman stop
ped to read the notice and then was
heard to remark in a very emphatic
one: "Oi don t know phwat the dick
ms Moo Yark knows about Honolulu,
'ut 1 voted for Hughes meself. They
must have heard about it."
There was a little group of satirists
standing comfortably near the crowd
where they could lean against a wall
md make opposite remarks about peo-
Die and politics. Somebody said some
hing about George Beckley. "Beck-
ey, " replied one of the epigrammatists.
Beekleya You know what he is going
% do don't you2 Treasurer this time, .
ure. Then Mayor, then Delegate to
Congress, then Governor and finally ,
President of the United States. Sure
hingf Well, 1 wonder.''
Up till the last returns came in the
interest was very intense. People
the figures as though they were
listening to the verdict of jury on j
'aeh individual Is accusation. Like all {
Americans they treated the matter ]
lightly, but there was an undercurrent !
hat proved how seriously the people {
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