The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-06-04
CANDIDATES
FOR ELECTION
REPRESENTATIVE ROBERTSON
MAY BE THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINEE.
WILCOX HAS NO OPPONENT IN
HIS PARTY.
Senator Achi Also Proposed As a
Candidate-Cupid to Run For The
Senate.


a. G.. NJ. Robertson, the well known
attorney, is among those talked of as a
candidate for delegate to Congress in
the next election, Robertson has been in
more than one Hawaiian legislature.
and was the leader of the Republicans
in the last house and many of those
who are prominent in the councils of
the party favor his nomination.
Robertson was elected last time from
the fourth district, where he polled
large vote. He has taken a prominent
part in political affairs for some years,
and is thought by many to be a strong
candidate. It is very likely that his
name will be before the convention.
Senator w. G. Achi is another man
who Will be up for the much coveted
nomination. In fact, it appears that
there are many men who would like to
run on the Republican ticket. With
Judge Humphreys, Superintendent of
Public Works Boyd Robertson and
Achi already named, and more to come,
the party is not lacking candidates to
make the run against WilcoX-or some
other man, if the Home Rulers do not
nominate him. Achi openly admits his
candidacv and he will make a try for
the nomination.
As far as the Home Rule nomination
is concerned, Wilcox may find himself
in trouble before the nomination 1t
is said that he has taken scare, and
that is the reason for his Fastening
home whether Congress adjourns or
not, in order TO be here before the Home
Rule primaries. The name of Wilcox is
not one to cOnjure with as it once was
for he has been to Congress and has
done practically nothing. The only
thing he will have to boast of when he
comes back is the passage of the SEN
atorial appOrtiOnment bill, which was
an act dealing with the matter which
it was universally admitted must be
settled at once
Recent reports of REORGANIZATION"
of the Home Rule party, of the turning
down of a number of the old war horses
who "queered" the party in the last
legislature, and the bringing forward of
a younger element, have frightened the
delegate. it is said. and he is beginning
to fear that he will lose his grip on the
Home Rule organization. For that rea-
son it is stated, he is fastening back
to try to regain his strengths which has
undoubtedly diminished in the Home
Rule executive committee.
In this connection the disappearance
of the Home Rule Republican, Theresa
WilcoX's paper, is commented on a good
| deal. The paper died of inanition, it is
| stated, but it is thought that if Wilcox
had regarded it as a benefit to him. he
would have seen that it kept up Mrs
Wilcox was a good deal of a free lance
and she was making enemies as well as
friends, and rumor has it that the dele
| gate came to the conclusion that the
I paper had better suspend At the same
! time Mrs. Wilcox has given up her po-
litical activity. She is no longer pro-
minent speaker at the Home Rule meet
| ings and little is heard from her.
Wilcox will be back it is expected, by
| the end of this month. or the beginning
of next. BY that time the primaries
| will be close at hand. Wilcox undoubt-
| edly expects a denomination, but he is
no unlikely to find himself in a fight to
/ get it..
The candidacy of Humphreys has
| been discussed among some Democrats
. and one or two of them have proposed
/ making him a Democrat if he wants to
run. This element has a platform of its
own, on which it would like To put the
circuit judge, but it might not har-
monize with the Republican and Home
| Rule nominations, at which the judge
is said to be making goOgOo eyes.
The Home Rulers will hold a meeting
tomorrow evening at which some ac-
tion will probably be taken toward car
rying out their plan of forming pre-
cinct clubs throughout the Islands. A
committee will probably be appointed
to visit the various districts, organic
ing the clubs.
The Home Rulers have a lot of cam
paign material but so far no one has
come forward to contest with Wilcox
the nomination for delegate to Con-
gress. Though Wilcox appears to be a
bit nervous over the proposition, none
of the members of the party have
made known an ambition to contest
the nomination with him.
Prince Cupid will probably run on
the senatorial ticket. Jose Wise and
probably John Bush will be on the tick
et for the house. Emmeluth will al
most certainly run again. Senator Ka-
nHha, Is said to have retired from the
field, like Speaker Akina of the House
and there is room for some one else tc
run in his place. The Home Ruler:
are far nearer to knowing who Will be
their men than the Republicans, for the
former have been holding meetings
regularly all along, and they have dis
cussed candidates for some time, while
the Republicans are waiting for the
approach of the primaries.
The resignation of A. V. Gear from
the craftsmanship of the Fourth Dis
trict Republican Committee was re-
[ garded by some as step towards ap'
Z pearing as a candidate. Gear stated
this morning, however, that his resign
. alton was simply due 70 the fact tha
the approaching campaign would make
the Chairmanship require more tim'
than he could give TO politics