Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-06
DEMOCRATS LOOK ON AT
REPUBLICAN SCRAP AT COLISEUM
SideI.ghts on Big Politics Civ
en- in Letter from M. C.
PaCheco
BY NJ. c. PAcHEco.
q A. M. (Dayiioht).

A. NJ. (Daytight).
CHICAGO. H.. June %. I9I2.-This
has been an exciting day 1t has been
excitement. rush, alarm. pandemonium
and pleasure. Mr. Effinger and my
self arrived in Chicago at 9:15 this
morning. after tiresome journey
across six States via the Southern Pa
cific Mr.. Waller went straight on
from Omaha Neb.. to Baltimore, while
Mr. Effinger and myself decided to have
"a look at the c. O. P. circus, in SEES
sion since the 18th inst And Mr. Eff
finger and myself are now congratu-
lating ourselves that we came on to
Chicago. for we have had the expert
ence of our lives here. The first thing
we did upon our arrival was to get into
taxicab and make Decline for a
good hotel We went to the Hotel La
Sahe, and were very agreeably sur
prised when we learned that Governor
Frear and the rest of the Republican
bunch had rooms on the same floor
the 'tenth-with Us.
We were literally and figuratively
members of the great unwashed," for
accumulation of alkali. dust and SCOT
of the States of California, Nevada.
Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois.
Excitement Starts.
The days excitement started as soon
as we had washed up bit. We heard
a band down in the street; and, look
ing down from the dizzy height of the
tenth story we saw the insurgent CAL
ifornia delegation parading on its way
TO the Coliseum, which is fourteen
blocks away from the La Sale. The
Johnson Heney bunch have band of
their own, and every man jack of them
wears a beaver hat and frock coat.
They cut quite an impressive figure,
believe me.
We left our cards for the Hawaiian
Republican contingent and started
down to the lobby, where separated
from Effinger, who went to see some
business friends
Spot Local People.
Looking around among the many
people in the lobby,I saw John Wise
and Albert Horner sitting side by
EACH and looking rather gloomy. Judge
Hartwell was sitting alone little dis
tance away After exchanging alohas
with the kamaainas, we engaged in a
general political discussion of Mr..
,Taft's chances for the nomination and
reelection, and both Mr.. Horner and
Mr. wise were of the opinion that Taft
has no earthly show at the polls in
Nnvemher- 1NiSe-ez spreesea-t3isgust at
the way the lnat16nal committee and.
the committee ON credentials had
robbed Roosevelt OF the contested deli
eg4tesnaaIlhes expressions of Taft's
political weakness and strong arm
methods conceded exactly with the, ex-,
prefsions I heard all the way from
California o'Chicago. i'iH ~" - IS,
Hit the Republicans it''a'i, IS g.,
All the way East we met people who
wen willing to talk on the political
situation, and they either said that if
nominated Taft did not have the ghost
of a chance, or that they would vote
for either one or the other. AmeFi-
cans. both Republicans and Democrats,
feel that both Taft and Roosevelt have
lowered the prestige and dignity of the
nation by their mutual determinations,
and their appeals to the
prejudice and violent emotions of the
common rabble. instead of appealing to
the judgment and intellect of the
thinking classes. 1t is the misfortune
of the Republican party to find its
in strong-arm methods,
trickery and knavery-a combination
that will. be found very difficult to