Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-08

Of orator." nave dropped TO the dns,
just as 0mar's real ones GiG. and nd
morc-Io more is oraJoTy IN flower
Laws are somehow maze. Wltncut
II may Seemsrrpdirabie la these flf
teen days OF the senate the admoni-
ton OF Finniean who Wrote 10 Fanui-
gan: Make it short, Fanntgan, mas
beer followed - 49,. -.
FANCY BIZ! actually passed with
cut reference 20 the song or Tie birds,
Of the CaTeSs OF the sun. or. ;ae mus
muTing brook, In the seventeenth
century such a slight on nature would
never have Oeen tolerated .aw-mak-
ing was an art then. When a solon OF
sombody or other desired 70 introduce
2 bill he would rise slowly from his
seat, move near the wafer pitcher,
fondle his beard for a time and then
begin. II he were the representative
.Cf the minority he would begin with
Eketchy sentences about the blue, blue
sky. and the goodness Of good, then
he would switch over and give the
birds and trees and brooks their inn
ing. And .twenty-fOur hours later, or
tCrty-eight. if his narcotic words had
lot alread successfully put the opposi.
ton to sleep, he would close his speech
with triumphant demand for a. vote
20 be taken Oh his measure at once,
and the day would be won. ~....
But it's not like that now. And
this particular session of the senate
is emphasizing the value o. orevity,
Make it short, Fannigan.'' >~
Just the other day Senator Chilling.
worth introduced bill and only spoke
few, words in it's behalf lie didn't
say anything about the baimy air, or
blue, blue sky, and he didn't even
mention the brook when nnlrmurs
gently. All he said was: ~ believe
this bill 10 be of urgent need" Then
he quit. That was all of the speech
ne made! O, Art! etc. H.. ." ~.
Sans flowers, sans blue SKY, sans
brOoks-and yet his bill passed. 1t is
true there was something dynamic in
the words as he spoke them, some
thing nondescript which mace you feel
there was an urgent need for his bill
yet no flowers, no sky, no brooks!
Short Song. HI =...... .sa...~..
Who is going to write the Battle
Song OF the Senator" which IS a most
important thing in every we;i-orgali-
lied senate. 1t is what the simile is
to oratory, what feathers are 10 a
chicken-the finishing artistic touch
Who is going to write it? 1t is agreed
somebody must.
Senator Makekau says he will write
it if they sing it in Japanese, and Sen
ator Judd says he can understand Jap
anese if they speak good english. On
the other hand, Senator brown con-
siders ii should be composer under
the supervision of the military commit
tee. chat committee having TO do with
battles and such trifles Still it is
commended By Senator Chiilingworth
that it is properly the function of the
education committee. TO reoutt this
Senator Penhail0w, who IS the head of
the latter body, has urgec that as
teachers have more to do with pratt
thing than battlingy his committee
should be excused. '....,,.
Everybody can't be excused, the
solons agree Somebody must take
pen in hand.". it would be terrible if
the senate expired without battle
song, filled with the yeas and nays
of Republicans and democrats. And
It is of the utmost Importance that
the song be indited at once, while the
I'ody is i'll joyous convention aSsemb-
led and before the party bugle call is
sounded -. ".. :.
Before the session is over, and after
the Big Bills have been thrown into
The ring, and the call of to horse, to
horse is given, there may 1e an eiegyt
or two delivered over the bier of some
departed party, but first of all, looking
at it from both an artistic anc c;lrono-.
logical viewpoint, a Battle Song of
the Senate" should be forthcomAls
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