The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-11-06
SCENES
LAST NIGHT
tFrom Wednesdays Advertiser.l

AFIOm NeuHtoud1 . AAuNOitFNhD
Tho biggest election crowds ever
known in Honolulu gathered on King
street last night to get the election
news from the bulletins displayed from
the newspaper offices. The principal
crowds were in front Of the Advertiser
Office. where bulletins both of the local
and of the national elections were dis
played, and where Bonine's moving
pictures entertained the tremendous
concourse during the intervals between
the posting OF bulletins, which were
put out as quickly as the returns they
announced were received.
Bonine's pictures made great hit
with the crowd. He did not display
any of his local films, but he put sew
eral miles of entertaining, humorous
and instructive scenes through his ma
chine, and in addition a number of
lantern slides. There were lantern
slides Of most of the candidates and
then there was one of Roosevelt on
horseback, in the uniform of Rough
Rider, and it caught the crowd. There
was another one of Mark Twain, taken
in the famous white suit with which
he astonished Washington, and gave as
his reason for wearing it that when a
man was seventy years of age he could
do as he liked.
Humor was rife in the crowd. 1t
seemed as though the bulletins showed
only pleasing figures for everybody and
each new set was loudly cheered.
Between nine and ten O'Clock bull
letin was displayed stating that Kuhio
had 2526 votes, McCandless 1909, and
Motley III. First there were loud
cheers at the Prince IS lead and then
somebody said in a loud voice: "Gec,
whizz; he's matched 'em. Cupid has
exactly as many votes as Motley and
McCandless put together" A glance
at the figures will show this to be
correct. 1t went through the crowd
like wildfire and soon there was an
other outburst of cheering.
Along the street-car tracks, where
an occasional car coming along King
street forced the crowd to compress it.
self and make room, the humorists
seemed to have taken their stand. The
motormen came in for plenty of good
natured Joking, the which they took
smilingly, sometimes giving as good as
they were given.
sHere comes Cathcart," shouted
Young Hawaiian as a car came slowly
down the tracks; "breaking through
the whole bunch and winning easily.
The motorman turned to the joker an'
said in clear voice: 81 don't ow
you anything, do II" Then the maj
with the josh subsided.
Prince Cupid was standing on TN
outskirts of the crowd in his shirt
sleeves. He was talking to groul
of friends and he was smiling. VI
came a man with loud voice and
prominent funny streak. "Lend th'
Prince a coat, somebody" he shout
ed; s'he left his on Hawaii" Quicl
as a fash Kuhio turned and said
uNo, it wasn't my coat / left, onl!
nv mark Then the crowd laughed
again and there was another joker sen
to discontinue.
The entire population of Honolul
seemed to have congregated in from
of the Advertiser office. Between For
and Bethel streets humanity had pack
ed itself to the limit and the only wa.
to get through was to wait for ca
and stand on the step until 1t ma
bored its careful way through tn
crowd. Hotel street was absolutely dc
serted. Up till O'Clock the moving
picture shows and saloons in tina
neighborhood might as well have bee
ont of business. The proprietor of on
of the former stood on the curb an
gazed greedily down towards Kin
street. Presently he sighed and said
1oh, if only / were newspaper t.
night
betting was brisker than it has bee
81 far. No large amounts were wage
ell, but there were great many spor
rampant who had FIVE or ten dollars
place on their favorites. Most of Il
betting was done on the race betwe'
Hughes and Moore. Cathcart WI
hardly mentioned and the congressio
al struggle was referred to only
the light of past wagers.
The broker who put up $4,000 again
$4,000 that Kuhio would win, ran l
against the Prince in the crowd al
banded few joking words with hil
"If / lose," said the broker, "w
you pay my fare to San Francis'
CupidG" Kuhio smiled. "No,"
said, ''I won't be able to pay yo
fare, but have stand-in at bef