The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-06-13
FEDERATION To
ENDORSE
HENRY
tFrom Saturdays Advertiser.)

High Sheriff William Henry for the
Office of Sheriff OF oahu, and Mr..
Henry will file his nomination papers
today. This has been determined up
on, and the official action of the execu-
tive committee of the Federation VIII
make the determination effective to-
day.
"The Federation has not been up
tree for Jack of good men to make the
race against Brown" said Mr.. With
ington yesterday. THE hesitation In
making the encouragement of its pur-
pose was because several gentlemen
were being considered for the place.
There was abundance of material. But
now that High Sheriff Henry has an
nounced his purpose TO run himself,
do not think that there can be any
doubt about his endorsement. His ad-
ministration of his office has been q
clean one"
1t is understood, by the way, that
among the names considered by the
Federation executive committee was
that of Jack McVeigh, Superintendent
of the Molokai Settlement. And he
would have been strong candidate,
without a doubt. However the High
Sheriff has himself relieved the situa-
ton.
II viii make the race said High
Sheriff Henry last night, 'if the Fed
Grafton endorsement of my candidacy
is given. l think it will be q good
race. We will give them a run for
their money!
And 1t will be a good race whether
Poepoe stays in it or whether he does
not. 81 do not care whether he stays
in or whether he gets out" said
Sheriff Henry.
Il do not care what course Poepoe
takes" said Mr.. Wilmington Of the
Federation yesterday. But l believe
the Brown people think it would be
better for them IL Poepoe got out
Il do not know really whether / want
Poepoe In or not" said Chairman An
drews of the county committee, speak
ing for the straight ticket, of course.
And so, II would seem that Poepoe is
not cutting q great deal of ice. In the
meantime, he has not filed his nomina-
tion papers, although he has until this
day is ended to do so. That is, Clerk
Buckland of the Territorial Secretary
office will accept nomination papers
for filing up to five o'clock this after
noon. There is a technical point here
however, because the claim Is made
that papers cannot be filed after the
noon hour. And So if a candidate
really wants to go on the ticket, ht
will take no chances.
Is PoEPoE OUT OF IT?
The failure of Poepoe to file his
papers has led to a new crop of ru-
mors concerning his position in the
race. 1t was said yesterday with
great particularly, that he would moi
be. 1t was even said that he had found
it TO his advantage not to be. And the
sum was mentioned. But there is nC
proof of this, absolutely, and nothing
to base the story upon beyond the fact
of the failure to file his papers. There
might be a hundred good reasons fol
that,
1t will be remembered that a story
was current several days ago to tht
effect that an offer had been made tC
Poepoe. The amount was mentioned
then, too, but no effort was made tC
follow up the story. Anyway, there
was no formal withdrawal OF the flu
sion nominee, and he has since spoken
at several meetings, notably at one
held at Aala Park on Thursday night
AS to where the money was to come
from, that is another story. 1t is true
that the Republican campaign collec-
tors did not meet with shining success
among the merchants, although Arthur
Brown himself was on the collection
committee In fact, it was currently
reported that the committee had Sc
cured only $500, although 1t was
doubtless more than that. But there
is a large element among the Chinese
who have an interest in the present
political situation and-well, it is an
element that is willing to pay and an
interest that is currently reported tc
be well worth paying for. And that
would give campaign fund.
Incidentally, it may be noted that eX.
Detective McDufIle has resigned his po.
sition as special policeman at Waipahu
and moved into town. And that means
what it means. But the clans are
gathering
BOTH ON TRIAL.
"A clean, straight race between Hen
ry and Brown is n race between the
present administration of police affairs
and the last one" said Civic Fedora
tion leader yesterday. High Sheriff
Henry has been somewhat handicap.
ped, it may be, by the inheritance OF
certain men who were not so loyal &
him as they were to old traditions, bu
his administration has been clean
straight and above board. And tn,
public is entirely and perfectly famil
lar with the other. This is the poin
that the Federation makes in the pres
ent race. And this is the reason tina
1t will stand behind Henry"
THE Brown men," said a we
known Republican, "have made tw
mistakes in this campaign. They hav
underestimated the strength of tn
Civic Federation, and they have ur
derestimated the fighting strength {
the Governor. While the Federatio
people are not making Carter's fight G
all. they are with him in the strue
gle for clean government"