The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1911-07-08
Honolulu
Newsletter
Racy Paragraphs From the Capitol On
Current Topics.
(By oscar Brenton.)

Honolulu is wave of the tri
colors today, more wavey than
have seen it since the first Fourth
of July after the Republic came in
to being. There has never been such
a sane and safe independence Day
in this country. Never a day when
the British jackies held their sanity
long enough to permit recognition
of the event. Now they are number
ed among real cousins of America
anda captain on one of the British
war ships in port says the absence
OF ship in the past was purely ac-
cidental. Today the guns on the
British ships are to boom in unison
with those on the Yankee boats and
the powder smoke will all blow in
the same direction. Good boys. Sa-
turday night | witnessed meeting
between a British sailor and and
American soldier in the squared cir
Gle. 1t was a glorious fight and as
clean as any | have ever looked up
on. The finish was cyclonic with
all :ction coming from the Johnny
Bull side. The American was out
classed. The feature of the meeting
came as the Yankee boy was leav-
ing the ring. Jackie called to him
and his seconds held him back un-
til the victor reached his side,
| threw his arm around him and kis-
sed him on the cheek. A century or
more ago the thing was reversed and
since then there has been lot of
bashfulness on the part of Uncle
Sam to enter into any osculatory
exercise. Now it is swept aside and
| expect to see the American ad-
miral, Cowles, and the captain of
H. B. M. S. Challenger smoothir
to beat the band on the night of the
big meet at the Young Hotel. In
the past that sort of thing has been
confined to people of opposite sex
you know, and some women here
will bless the change.
The Civic Feds had day-today.-
For a reason which has not been
made public the Feds. wanted to :
increase the membership five hund-
red and they boosted on the style
OF Feed the Babies" tag day q
year or more ago. | guess they got
more than the desired number and,
having used hypo shooter in the
infusion of blood, l expect to see an
activity that has not marked the
workings of the clan during the
past few years. have more faith in
the Central Improvement Club than
in the Civic Federation because it
has done things and will continue
to do things while the Feds" en-
joy their nap. Down here, where we
have ten minute car service, things
fairly hum and the men at the head
OF affairs have to be hummers or
quit fooling.
News reached here yesterday of
the death of fomer Senator Moore in
California. | believe he died from
anneurism of the heart and had
been sick for some months. When
he was last here he had an affection
of the throat He will be remember
ed his royalty to the liquor interests
while a member of the local senate
and in passing let it be said that
his was the worst attempt at legis-
lation of that nefarious traffic ever
attempted and it was upon him
that Editor Smith. then of the Adj
vertiser, trained his guns during
the session. think he was inte-
rested in a cemetery somewhere on
this island so he had no call to back
up booze unless it was for the part
liquor plays in life's drama and its
connection with the undertaking
fraternity. | believe his last act in
political career started here was the
signing of warrant for six hundred
dollars, Ills fee as senator, though
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