The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-06
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MEET BIC ONES
Representative Taylor Gives
Hawaiian Salute to County
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That a good Democrat cannot be held
down was clearly demonstrated on the
Congressional auto trip around the is
land on Saturday when the machine
carrying Representatives Houston and
Gambler and E. NJ, Watson, of this city,
met number of Hawaiians down in
Waikane. The machine was stopped
and Senator McCandless, of Honolulu,
introduced the Congressman to the
windward Oahu voters.
The visiting Congressman were as
tonished to learn that every voter in
Waikane section is a Democrat and
they insisted on being photographed
with the Hawaiians so that the picture
could be shown down in Mississippi,
and they will tell their constituents
that they found one place away down
in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
where not a Republican could be
located.
Representative Taylor not only had
good time on the trip, but he fur
nished considerable amusement to those
travelling with him. The representa-
tive, as all the Congressional party
knows, is a good taiker, a jolly good
fellow, trimming with true Southern
chivalry. The Alabama representative
has picked up a few Hawaiian words
and among them is aloha. On the auto
! trip he shouted aloha to residents along
the route, and whenever woman re-
! turned the salutation or bowed her
aloha, the representative beamed and
remarked how cordial the people were.
| At one place a young lady gave him a
very comprehensive response as the
auto sped by, and it is said she accom-
! panied her aloha with kiss blown
| from her finger tips. The Alabama
| Congressman was clearly enthusiastic
and when a very human looking scare
crow in a rice field was sighted the
/ representative, who is a little near.
sighted, waved his hand ard shouted
] aloha. and insisted afterwards that the
lady bowed almost as well as the young
/ lady who blew him the kiss.
At the Aala Park meeting, the repre-.
sentatives had their first experience
| with Interpreters. They started off in
their speeches and taking the bit in
| their mouths continued talking, obliv.
ious TO the presence of the interpre-
| tiers, who were vainly trying to memo
| rize all that was being said, particu-
larry arrays. of statistics, figures and
dates. Rev. Stephen Desha interpreted
for Representative Houston, and when
the latter said something nice about the
roads over which he had travelled, the
interpreter elaborated, much to the
amusement of the Hawaiians on the
platform, for he added: "But wait
until he gets over to Hilo and tries to
Itravel ON our roads. -
The interpreters could not withstand
the temptation to put in few words
of their own here and there, and often
times the Congressman would gaze in
almost open mouthed admiration of an
interpreter who talked several minutes
more than the lawmaker whose speech
he was interpreting. Finally the Con
gressmen got on to this new wrinkle and
concluded it was a pretty good sort
of way to do politics. Congressman
Taylor. after watching Mr.. Keawehaku
his interpreter, finally complimented
the Hawaiian, by saying: $50 on
you re saying what | said much better
than l could express it,