The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-06-13

Hlb W give tue snow last, nlNnNst a.
Failure 20 secure blcachers in time
was one Of the reasons given for the
postponement, but the main cause was
that tho crowd was so much larger
than had been anticipated that Il simp-
y took possession of the situation. The
bleachers which were placed on the
grounds were very quickly occupied
by people who hadn Y paid for tickets
and when the people who had paid
began TO arrive with their tickets there
was no chance for them to get the
seats for which they had paid.
In the meantime work was being
rushed on the erection Of more bleach
ers,and IN effort was made tosget rid
Of the "squatters, who had taken
possession of the best seats already
placed on the grounds. In the attempt
to clear these bleachers, Mr.. John WiIe
made n speech which met with more
frosty reception than any he has made
IN the course of a somewhat active pc.
.litical career. .--... .rE-sr..
They Ignore John Wise GH.1
'Those seats have all been paid
fol" he yelled at the crowds In bleach.
er number one, "and all those not
holding tickets must leave and make
wav- for the holders of tickets.v
There was quite a large crowd Of
ticket'hOlders back of Wise when he
spoke, but the closely packed bleacher
showed not q sign of responding TO the
appeal. Not che among the many hold.
ers of choice seats unpaid for seemed
to feel conscience stricken. All sat
silent. John Wise passed on to the next
bleacher, repeated the speech and got
the same reception. Then he gave il
up. .|'~< ~
In the mea ntime the crowd was In
creasing, aud tickets were fast being
sold for seats that there was no chance
OF supplying, unless the police simply
jumped in and cleared the bleachers.
The rapidly growing crowd spread all
over the grounds, and all seat reserva-
hOns quickly became a mere joke. At
the ticket offices outside the grounds,
II was impossible to look after the
line of people anxious to buy seats
which-as they did not know-they
couldn't have occupied If they bought
them.
Decided to Postpone Show \.
Those in charge Of the affair were
in quandary as to whether to at
tempt to clear the bleachers of the
many persons who had no tickets, or
to postpone the show, 1t appeared to
be clearly impractical to clear the
bleachers, for the crowd was too large,
and not all the police Of Honolulu
could have done the job. More bleach.
ers were being put up, but more people
were arriving much faster than seats
were being provided.
1t was finally DECIDED by Mayor
Lane, chairman of the executive com
mittee in charge of the affair, Edgar
Henriques, chairman of the committee
at large, and John Wise, who was gen.
eral manager of the pageant, that there
was nothing to do but postpone the
celebration.
Mayor Lane made the announcement
of the postponement, and the crowd,
with few shouts of disapproval,
quietly dispersed. Thus were hun
dreds of squatters on seats they had
not paid for, deprived of free show
and of seats for which other people
had paid, and tonight, when the pa
geant will be given as originally plan.
ned, there will be police arrangements
which will make it certain that ticket
holders will get the places to which
they are entitled.
A hundred and fifty men and women
had dressed themselves for their parts
in the pageant, and were prepared to
carry through their roles. They were
the ones who had the biggest com
plant to make, when the news came
that the show was postponed, for they
had worked hard to prepare themselves,
and had spent the early part of the
evening in costuming.
Bleachers Arrive Late
The main cause of the trouble, ac.
cordimg to those in charge of the ar
rangements, was the latcness of the
arrival of the bleachers, owned by the
kamehameha Day celebration commit
tee and loaned to the jockey and polo
club. However, the blcachers which
did arrive early and which were in
place before eight O'Clock were all Oc.
cupied by crowds in which there was
only small percentage of people who
had paid for seats.
visit to the tent dressing rooms of
the performers, and an inspection of
the arrangements made for the per
Torrance, showed that it would have
been very striking spectacle. 1t will
be tonight. There were 200 singers on
hand to give the chorus "Kaahu
manu." and brightly costumcd men
and women were all ready to stage
the representation of an ancient Ha-
waiian legend, under strong search
lights from the grandstand in front of
the capital. The program will be car.
ried out this evening
Make Good All Tickets
"The committee is prepared to NIKE
good on all sales of tickets" said
Mayor Lane last night.
1--WE regret the unavoidable post
ponement, but it will not in any way
impair the performance. All tickets
that were sold will be honOred. If it
happens that any buyers of tickets
have not kept their coupons they need
not worry We will take the word of
honor of anyone who had a ticket
which he or she may have thrown
away, and see that the seats paid for
are provided"
Innr Nannr.ao ,I0