The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-16
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sonaily selected Lane as a member o
the Board OF Health as one of the mos
likely young Hawaiians in the Terri,
| tory and because OF Lanes excellen
conduct when he was defeated in con
vention nearly year ago. The Cover
| nor has always looked favorably upor
Lane and has great hopes for his future
! career, so that IT is unjust to attribute
to him any of the antagonism that has
arisen IN the Ninth of the Fifth, es-
pecially when the Governor is absent
and ignorant of what is being done By
his own precinct delegates 1t is wei
known that he felt that there should. be
at least one Hawaiian on the senatorial
ticket as a representative of the Re-
publican party, and Lane. if elected
would always be valuable factor IN
harnonizing any difficulties that might
possibly occur in conference committee
work
Jack Atkinson, who is also on Maui
with the Governor, is another resident
OF the Ninth precinct of the Fifth dis
trict. but he has had no share in the
present prelirninaries. What has con-
tinued the Ninth precincts antagonism
to Lane more than anything elsehas been
the aspirations OF candidates for the
House of Representatives in the Fourth
district as well as the Robertson Thomp-
son campaign for Brown In the Fourth
precinct of the Fourth district, for in
stance, there was recently a new shuttle,
Quinn being elected president of the
club. Quinn at that time declared that
he had no political ambition whatever,
but was merely RESPONDING to call to
duty from the custom house men who
run the Fourth. But his first political
victory seems to have inspired Quinn
with higher ambitions, for he next felt
that duty called him TO a seat in the
Central Committee and then a voice
within him whispered Executive Com
mittee. Failing in both of these laud-
able aspirations Quinn's army of work
ers and his inner conscience have been
pushing him toward the House. a rapid
ascendency from his intention, avowed
a few weeks ago, of wanting nothing
more than the precinct presidency. But
in order to reach the House, Quinn has
found it necessary to trade his entire
precinct strength, which he claims to
hold in his waistcoat pocket, with sup
porters of Cecil Brown
Whether Quinn will throw down
Bishop or Dowsett for Brown is not yet
certain and it is said to be immaterial
to him so long as he can work off his
vest-pocket delegation in return for an
equal or larger number of votes from
other precincts, which he hopes will
land him in the House. This scheme is
attributed by some to Senator Crabbe,
who always had the support of the Gus
tom house men and is said to have
made temporary loan of it to the new
president of his precinct. Others aver
that Alex Robertson is responsible for
the whole scheme Be this as 1t may,
Delegate Quinn may find something de-
in the convention and see some
of his vest-pocket delegates ttirnbling
out upon the floor and standing upon
their own feet. Another precinct sup
porting Cecil Brown is the Eighth of
he Fourth and he also has friendly
stragglers in other quarters. Samuel
Chillingworth's friends do not take
kindly 10 his being forced into back
seat and Quinn may yet hear from some
IF the more independent of them.
Those who are figuring onsany skulk- |
ng among the delegates of the Ninth
precinct of the Fifth district will be dis |
and no seductive suggestions |
.or a trade will be listened to because |
he Ninth has decided to abide by the
-esult of this afternoons caucus II
-ane should be chosen leader of the
Fifth district then the Ninth precincts .
delegates would not firt with any of
he friends from Cecil Browns camp. .
The Hawaiian vote will be polled strong
or Lane and he will add materially to
he support given to Bishop and Dow /
eft for, at a late hour last night, the !
opinion was strongly gaining ground
hat the Brown boom had collapsed.
Those of his friends who realize this
viii naturally Jump into the band wagon,
o that tonight's convention is likely to
e harmonious unless some of the mare
trict Republican leaders think that
Quinn should be taught a lesson.
The story is going about that Nc
-ants Stewart aspires to succeed Gear
n the Judgeship and hopes for the joint
recommendation of Governor Carter and
he Republican National Committee.
Stewart expected. when he went away.
o speak in Minnesota and the adjacent
tates. but letter received yesterday
rom the National Committee headquar-
ers states that he will be sent among
he southern negroes.