The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-14


| meeting on Saturday night for every
thing passed off as quietly and order
| ly as could be expected. Among the
crowd was a sprinkling of Home Rulers
but in the main the assemblage was
| made up of Republicans.
RoBERTsoN's AID.
The remarks of Mr. Robertson have
been the cause of considerable COM
ment for the reason. mainly that there
seem to be others than those he men,
toned who are known to be candidates
for office and who are believed to be
friendly to him. These people say that
word from Robertson on occasion of
this sort was equivalent 70 an en-
dorsement and would have been of help
to them in the primaries. From this
remark it may be gathered that Rob
preliminary battle.
ARCHER FEELS SORRY.
archer told ME on Saturday" said
a man from the Eva district, that
when he said he would run independ-
emily of the party he did SO in the
heat of the moment and regretted that
he was forced into saying what he did.
1 do not get this from Archer and
there may not be a word of truth in
it but / would wager my hat that he
is about as sorry as he can be over
the affair. The charges to be brought
against him at the meeting of the Su-
pervisors on Tuesday night bear rela-
ton only to the extravaganza of his
administration. There are some people
who think he could have run things
with a more economical hand
There is another side to that ques-
tion ana when it is threshed out there
will he "a boss and a hoss Some
people Gown in the district say they
have been paying taxes there for
twelve years without getting satisfac-
tory returns and they feel that they
are entitled to some consideration from
the county for all they have done. Ar
cher seems to have the good wishes of
the people down there and he will have
their votes. There was a denial made
on Saturday that the men put to work
on Honolulu plantation were to go
against Archer: the man who denied it
saying that they could not vote. In
that he was wrong. If the laborers
are from the Fifth district they can
register there and vote. for the reason
that hey will have lived in the pre-
cinct the statutory time.
In the meantime both sides are work
ing; Archer's friends are with him and
he feels certain he will get both the
nomination and the election. Much |
will depend upon the number of new
residents in the precinct. There is a |
chance that there win not be enough |
of the new ones to affect the nomina-
tion in which case Archer will run.
CRABBE IS STILL OUT.
1t seems from statements being made. |
that Clarence Crabbe has not given
up the idea of running for sheriff. He |
is of the opinion, it is said, that If
Vida insists upon running that it will |
so weaken Brown that there viii be |
a chance for him to get in and find |
the nomination.
"And it is not a cinch that Vida will |
have a show for anything" said man
in the road department. I'VE are not
to work for him in the Fourth and
doubt very much if they will work for
him in the Fifth Sam Johnson is tied
up to Brown and will work for him
to the end. Lucas is for Brown but
he does not care for Vida so it looks
as though it will be the road machine
against the police machine at the pri-
maries. 1t is supposed the police will
work for Vida but it is not sure
thing: as a matter of fact the police
department. has no use for him and
would rather be without him. But with
the head of the sheriff's office it is
different. As was said the other day
Brown is under obligations to Vida and
-an not openly throw him over. 1t
will be a funny fight but Brown will
get the nomination on account of the
machine he has with him.