Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-08
Star-BuIIetin'S California Cor
respondent Talks of Poll
tics and Humor
by &. N. SMITH.
cal star Bulletin Correspondents,

! q " dS IlOlu TIC CuJON luC1I OllC YAH SCI
! in listening TO the thrusts and gibes.
and smashes and verbal sledge ham
! Ter blows the stump speakers deal
out I've been attending a lot OF poff-
| tic al rallies lately, just to learn now
! marrow and how big my political be-
/ liefs were. I've been Jared to thin
! how small I've been, and I've smiled
with SNUG satisfaction to know that
Bryan, or Taft or Roosevelt thinks the
! way | do. I've blushed when a wOm-
On derided what | thought were sin
cere beliefs, and blushed again when
an equally illuStrous feminine COM
rnended some inward thoughts.
| If you're for Roosevelt you shrieked
aloud, as did many about me, when
lshe consigned an opposing Californian
&c the Ananias Club. Then along
comes Adam Bede and tells you With
Roosevelt lying isn't habit-it's. a
! gift
~ Armageddon.
I'VE stand at Armageddon and We
tiSht on the side of the Lord thunder
ed Roosevelt, while a blatant sur
rounding crew of illiterate politicians
looked wonderingly as though to ask
Where in hell is Armageddon and
whose the candidate from that dis
t,ict?" And then comes back the cry
night or two later from wit speak
err. This Bull Moose you know is l
per cent moose and SO per cent Bull.
Not bad you see, no matter where
your sympathies be. Taft is laige
body surrounded by men who know
exactly what they want" insinuated a
Bull Moose. And Adam Bede came
back Il organized company of boy
scouts back in minnesota, and the first
thing did was to provide them with
a gymnasium with wrestling mats and
boxing gloves and everything that
goes with the presidency"
Now Comes Berger.
Now comes Berger, the Socialist
Congressman, VINO spoke here night
before last TAFT is honest but unable
10 see anything but his own side. Will
son will be tool of the capitalists
and be another Cleveland. Roosevelt
thinks trusts are a natural outcome
Of conditions, but those that support
him are good trusts and those in OPP
position are bad" =
Believe that? Then you must be a
Socialist.
Now listen to John Harlan, son of
the former jurist Roosevelt bosses
his popularity on the crowds that turn
out to hear him. About the same sized
crowds attend Ringing Bros, circus.
The only differences between the two
Is that Ringling's have the greatest
show on earth and Roosevelt has no
show at ALL
Score for .-arlan.
You should vote for Taft. you peo-
pie. of California, if for no other .rea-
son than he gave you the Panama
Pacific Worlds fair" Great cheers
for Harlan and Taft.
Enter Frank Henry with this intro.
duction. II present to you Theodore
Roosevelt, the man who made the
worlds fair possible by building the
Panama Canal
Tremendous, noise from the Bull
Moses and the-"Mooserines."
As To Wilson.
Haven't heard much about Wilson
YET. have you? Well as Bryan ex-
planned it the other day in speech
in San Francisco. ITO proceed in a
logical manner | can discuss Wilson
who will serve a first term, if elected,
Taft who will serve a second term if
elected, and Roosevelt who will serve
as long as he can. The Chicago Re-
publican convention began as trag-
edy, ended as comedy. For while
| was alarmed lest the contending
factors die Of laughter"
Wilson stands for one term" de-
clared Bryan. What little forms there
are in the so-called third term move
ment is taken from the Democratic
platform. That platform is fostered
Ey Democratic ideals, and Woodrow
Wilson is the logical man to carry
out these ideals constructiyely and
Competently."
Professor Wilson" Sneers RooSe-
Welt, with the accent on the professor,
intimating to the common people
whom he loves. What can a Pro-
feFsor know of the practical things of
life" a clever bit of psychology, when
repeated and reiterated.
Wilson is an amiable and cultivat-
ed man, hut the theory of government
which he processes in a theory pro-
posed in few universities a genera
ton after it had been abandoned by
every man and woman engaged in
PRACTICAL work for social betterment"
Drawing 8ede.
Here comes Adam Bede with
Theodore yells for us to have big
families, and then the first thing he
does is to bring on panic so they
can t be clothed or fed.
And he continues apropos OF things
in general Talk about the high cost
OF living saw a sign in the New
York street cars calling attention to
fine of $500 for splitting on street
cars-and a few years ago We spit LOT
nothing
The Socialist party is the only one
that has recognized woman's suffrage
since 1850" declared Congressman
Eerger's wife from the local platform.
Here's Bryan again: Taft has
made so many mistakes that one more