The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-05-09

MAY y ioli ASSEM-. WEE
sr'seean
usetv. oi Kew Fork. who made frse
trade Vftth fm BIZ maiden fliafi.
thtfthy Attracting much hitcation 90
himself ard mating thr Democrats Wv
cum fufiahloi William Kent. Of n0Rh
nfn California, who was cheated AZ
Republican and has been cinrhhticaliy
Announcing be Independence Of view
ever since he reached Washington, aud
Victor Bcrrcr. the only Socialist ever
elected 90 congress
Kent il decidedly interesting char.
hctcr and his Independence Il Of tho
brand that IL rapidly becoming more
and more popular Ito would not vpte
for representative Mann, ~ minority
leader, and neither would he vote with
the Republicans on purely obstructive
motions He announces that he does
not believe in Obstructive tactics He
e a NQlc graduate, possesses n large
fortune, and is virtually n tarif.fof-
revenue Republican. Around the Cap
itol. he never hangs up his hat, AZ
does nearly everybody else. He keeps
his head gear within reach. When the
house is'in session, the queer little hat
he wears generally reposcs upon his
mahogany desk.
The only One.
Representative Berger is the object
of much attention, but it is due in no
small measure to the fact that he is
"A Socialist. He rather enjoys the
notoriety, although, like Henry George
and William Kent, he wants TO be
useful and to accomplish something
during his stay at Washington. Berger
sits much upon the Republican side OF
the house, but has voted with the
Democrats, whose legislative reform
program is to his liking
Both Berger and George we're put
upon the District of Columbia commit
tee, where they will have a voice in
shaping legislation for Washington.
Berger has spent lot of time looking
the city over and getting an idea OF
its condition. Among other things he
has been visiting the city's slums, The
Republicans assigned Kent to work
with Representative. Gillett, of Mass
achusetts. on the committee to reform
the civil service But if n movement
to legislate in behalf of the army of
government clerks in Washington gets
Roadway there will be large opportun-
tiles in that committee for constructive
Legislation, worthy of any representa-
tive's effort
Name Nick for Everything.
Representative Nicholas Longworth
of Ohio, an ex-President S son in-law
has become one of our most men
toned citizens. If their is big plum
to the speculation in official prospects
enter his name promptly So it was
when DR.. David Jayne Hill, or am
bassador to Berlin, resigned. 1t was
probably not "Nick So fault that
overzealous friends entered him at
once. He might make, it is true, a
very good ambassador to Berlin and
possibly, he has the "pull" to get 1t.
He is fellow townsman of President
Taft, who thinks highly of him. AL
though his distinguished father-in-law
has occasionally been in anything but
cordial cooperation with the President
g Nick' has always been most "loil
to the administration.
They like out in Ohio, also, to men
ton "Nick" much for high places
When the Republican party last year
was casting about in desperation for q
gubeTnatorial candidate, there came Q
rush. of talk, for which the Cincinnati
CONGRESSMAN was apparently not re
1sponsible, about grooming him for the
1 race. Nothing came of it, OF course
but the campaign was hardly under
way before a senatorial boom fol
"Nick' bulged into prominence and
was heard of again and again before
the November voting. What might
have happened to this senatorial boom
had the Ohio legislature been Republi
can can not, of course, be told, but
the legislature was overwhelmingly
democratic and it was Senator Atlet
Pomefene instead of Senator Nicholas
Longworth.
Ohio always would keep in the pub
lie eye at Washington, however, anC
that has been SO of recent days witt
the booming of Representative Long
worth for ambassador and the forma
launching of presidential boom TO
Governor Judson Harmon. To date tn,
Ohio Governor S boom is the only on,
afield, unless one considers the presl
Dental boom of that other eminen
Gincinnatian, w. IL. Taft, in such
category. Presumably President Tai
viii not send up any balloons to an
nounce his candidacy, but the Whit,
House has already given the sign
which the workers regard as eonvinc
ing.
Perhaps there are too many skeptica
folks at Washington not properly il
touch with sentiment out in the prov
inees where the voters live, but tn
wise ones keep on saying that the Har
mon boom was and is perceptibly wan
ing and that the action of the Obi
} Democrats in congress, formal,
launching it, was in fact desperate tao
: ties undertaken with view to infu:
, ing new life into the movement.
SIGNALS OF DISTRESS