The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-16
SAM JOHNSON
KEEPS QUE 7
Friends of Both Brown
and Crabbe Make
Large Claims.

Sheriff of Oahu. Last night there X
y was a caucus of the biggest Il
y delegation. to the convention, 4
y that of the Fourth Precinct of y
X the Fourth District. 1t consists 4
* of twelve delegates and every Il
u man of them was present at the 4
caucus in a private house at X
X 1880. A d. Castro was elected *
II chairman and A H. Moore sec X
X retary. The unit rule was adopt X
4 ed and Clarence L. Crabbe *
X unanimously endorsed for Sheriff. X
There was not note of dissent, y
r everybody being heartily in 4
@ Crabbe's favor. %
90 % o
@ @ @ tt* Xxx Xxx X q 0 q
The pulling and hauling among the
candidates for county offices or rather
between the rival Republican candi-
dates for the nomination for, Sheriff,
set in fairly yesterday, and will con-
tinue during this entire week. The
friends of Crabbe claimed. on Satur-
day night. that he would have not less
than eighty delegates in the conven-
tion--in fact. rather more than less.
The friends of Brown claimed yester-
day that he would have eighty seven
delegates. They deal in more exact
numbers than the Crabbe men, it will
be noted
Now. there will be 146 delegates in
the county convention of Oahu. 1t is
of
number. Crabbe should have eighty and
Brown eighty-seven for the same nom
ination- And SO it is apparent that
somebody is claiming too much. In
the meantime. Sam Johnson. whose
will is very likely to be the determin-
ik,g factor in the contest, is officially
Keeping hands off. and personally
Keeping mighty quiet. Sam is coy
when his own name is mentioned for
the place. too. but possibly he should
be regarded as in line.
There is. in fact, still decided
dearth OF material to fill the various
offices The salaries are too small say
the statesmen. to begin with. and there
is the dread shadow of the County Act
litigation. But a new Richmond has
entered the field in the person of Geo.
Davis candidate for district attorney
in opposition to the aspirations of Ed
die Douthitt, who has been heretofore
conceded the nomination. 1t is al
legged. TO be sure. that Mr.. Davis some
he hJ-id he
himself and the Republican party-but
he has probably repaired them again.
by now Anyway he clearly hopes that
they will carry him over.
For the purely honorary position of
Chairman of the Cenvention-honorary,
that is, excepting for its bearing upon
the organiZation-Mr. Harris is still in
tiustriously claimed by both sides as
friend. while saying he is pledged to
neither the Brown nor the Crabbe in
terest. and a new candidate has ap- |
peared in the person of E r. Adams, /
of the Fifth District. for whom
strength Is claimed also in the Fourth.
ItNis likely that Harris will have to
fight for the honor. but he probably
anticipated that.
There was renewed talk yesterday OF
Senator McCandless for Supervisor
from Eva. And ii is said that other
members of the legislature banker for
county office. but it is question as
to whether any sitting member is eligi-
BILE. Anyway, the Republicans of Oahu
want candidates for Auditor. and for
several other jobs.
The Democrats will hold their coun-
ty convention one week from next
Tuesday made up of the same dele
gates who sat in the last convention
Oahu. There is little
talk of candidates among them, though
Col. Iaukea might run.
The delegates from the Third Pre-
cinct of the Fifth District met last |
night and discussed various matters,
among them the precinct organization
Also they endorsed Charles Booth for
County Treasurer. and agreed to stand
solidIy by him in the convention
Rooth is very popular in the precinct
A. wing polled a heavy vote for delegate
II the primaries. The caucus took no :
action upon the fight for sheriff. j