The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-05
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NEXT MONDAY
Mr.. hishton Preparing
Papers in County
Act Fight.

81 will not begin the County Act
proceedings before next Monday"
said Attorney Henry Highton yesrer-
day. 81 find that it will be impossi-
bic to make a move before that time
and it may even be a few days later
than that.
And so ends the hope some of the
polite politicians had begun to cher
ish of avoiding the antagonisms that
always come from a fight in the pri-
maries. For the boys will have to
come out in the open and declare them
selves, to an extent, at least, and the
men of ambition who are declared
against will naturally whet their
knives and put them away for the next
time.
As for the County Act litigation,
there seems to be some doubt whether
it will be carried to the Supreme Court
of the United States, after all. How
ever, it is extremely probable that it
will be, as neither side would be salts
fed with anything less than final de-
termination of the validity of the act
by the highest court in the land. And,
if it is carried to the United States
Supreme Court, there may and there
may not be a decision in time to avoid
the expense of an election-and it's
final antagonisms.
The effort to have the Legislature
appropriate $4,000 to pay the cost of
the legal battle for the act, however.
is not meeting with a great deal of
encoura cement. The matter of econ
omy stands in the way, for one thing.
The Governor is believed to stand in
the way, for another. And, lastly,
statesmen are asking what is to be
gained by this lavish expenditure of
money? Both the Commissioners who
have been asked to aid the Attorney
Generals Department in the defense
of the act have expressed their entire
willingness to serve without pay. They
were told when asked to serve that
there was no money available to pay
them for their work, and acquiesced
in the arrangement then made. The
Territory needs all the money that it
has, and more, and while the attor-
neys would without doubt accept a
handsome fee if it were forced upon
them, it is neither good business poll
icy nor good sense to pay them when
they are willing to work for nothing.
In the meantime, candidates and the
talk of candidates go on bravely.
The last was a rumor, current yester-
IL
would accept nomination for Super
visor from Eva, and Senator Achi a
nomination for Supervisor Large, II
the honor was seen coming and neither
could dodge it.
"No!' said Senator McCandless,
with some emphasis, when asked about
the matter yesterday. ''Who told you
that3"
mo, no." protested Achi, who was
with his colleague at the time, and as
sumed to speak for both of them at
first. "We are not candidates. We
could not get the delegations. No, /
am not a candidate at large. But,
you ask the delegates. Well, if the
people try to force a nomination upon
me- / suppose | would serve. But
am not a candidate. And dom you
put that in the paper
30, that is the way the th1ng stands. |
McCandless is emphatieally coy-and
Achi is coy without so much emphasis. |
And if you are in politics, you know
what that means.
Political interest, in the main, con-
tinues to center in the fight for the
shrievalty, and it is believed by men
in the know that Clarence Crabbe has
the inside track, although Arthur |
Rroyrn 10 yerv confident Eddio Dou+h |
lit will be the Republican nominee for |
County Attorney, it is likely, and |
there is a report that George w. Smith |
of Benson, Smith & Co., would make |
the run for Supervisor for Oahu. Also, |
an afternoon paper yesterday said that |
ex-Judge Gear was coming back-ap- |
parently having failed to get his drag !
into Mr.. Herrin IS Southern Pacific |
pond and that he would go into poll
ties to the extent of making the race
for Supervisor.