The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-07-13
THE GOOD MEN
MUST TAKE
INTEREST

That II to say. every man In politics Is
not bad for that reason alone. although
perhaps the burden OF proof Is on him.
Which would not be the case II good
men would take the interest that they
should In every day practical politics.
Instead OF waiting for the tar babies to
lachieve results and then standing
| around on the street corners and kick
ing at what had been done through
their neglect of their plain public duty.
| Take. for example the Twelfth Pre-
cinct Of the Fourth District on this
island. That precinct runs up into Ma
noa valley and takes IN the College
Hills district. and so has a great many
Of the most respectable Peep e In Homo
lulu within its boundaries. And yet. at
the meeting of the precinct club held
last Friday night. there were present
twelve white men and fifty-sx natives,
every one of these last political work
er. OF course the machine has a ticket
In that precinct And, II the reputa BILE
voters in the precinct do not turn out,
the machine ticket for delegates TO the
conventions will be elected. Then the
respectable people will rear up because
of the kind of ticket these delegates
nominate. And who will be to blame
for that?
| DECENT MEN WANTED.
There is going to be a meeting Of the
Iclub next Friday night to elect precinct
officers, and there Is no earthly reason
why the respectable voters should not
carry the meeting II they will turn out
at the meeting. On the following week
the club Will nominate its ticket for
delegates. and there is no reason why
the respectable people should not carry
that election, either But, IL the men
of substance will not turn out, the tar
babies will run things-and run them
to public disaster, as they always do.
BY the way, there has been no date
set yet for the County Convention, and
there is no date put down in the party
rules as printed. There is a date for
the primaries. That comes on the
fourth Friday in August. Approximate
lly there is a date set for the Territorial
Convention, called this year to meet at
Waikiki. Maui. But concerning the
date when the County Convention shall
meet, there is nothing said anywhere.
so 1t would seem to be up to the County
.
WHO IS AFRAID?
Now, then, who is afraid? John Lane
says that he is not. The wicked Mr..
Achi says that he is not So both these
gentlemen are to be candidates for
delegate to their convention in their
preclnct-and when the smoke of the
primary battle clears away there will
be one factor the less to account for in
the politics of Hawaii.
In the meantime, Senator Lane is get
ting a committee together to welcome
Delegate Kuhio home when the Siberia
gets into port next Friday, and Mr..
Achi has gone up to the Big Island, but
whether on a foraging expedition or
not, no man is able to say The man
who says just what Mr.. Achi does any
particular thing for will be a shining
wonder
For instance, why should Achi under
take to down Sam Johnson in his own
precinct of Kakaako? Yet that Is what
he is said to be trying for. A meet
ing is to be held on Thursday night for
that particular purpose. And 1t would
seem to be pretty nearly an impossible
thing to do.
/ MAKE AN ALLIANCE.
sam Johnson, by the way, is said to
have entered into an alliance with the
forces of Sheriff Brown-and yet,
even in this amicable arrangement mat
tiers are not altogether as harmonious
as they would appear on the surface
For instance, the ticket agreed upon in
the seventh of the Fifth District is like
to strike "A snag before the primaries.
The road department luna In charge Of
politics in that precinct has heard that
the Brown men on the ticket are not
going to stand as they should In the
Supervisoral fight-for Harris and
Lucas, that Island has openly repudl-
ated the agreement. And that gives
promise of an interesting time.
Sam Johnson and Jack Lucas OF
course, have been driven into the Sher-
MS camp by the Achi-Crabbe move
ment, nevertheless there are signs all
about that tne allies are not as COM
Portable as they might be. The Labor
for-Achl party has made n lot OF prom
ises 10 road department men. raise
OF wages and the increase OF the taxes
OF the rich being among these, and
these promises are said to have charm
ed away some OF Sam Johnson's men.
ALL is NOT HARMONY.
Then, there Is the complication OF the
fortunes OF Brother Jim Quinn. OF
course the Lane men win try 10 take
care OF Quinn, He wants 10 be chair
man Of his precinct, II II said, and sam
johnson Is not at all inclined 10 stand
for that Also, Brother Jim would still
accept place on the Board OF Super
Visors, and there are some people who
would not stand for that, either, SIN,
Brother Jim may succeed IN oompromis-
Ing himself into the convention, at least
How much farther be VIII go remains
% be seen, Brother Jim has many
latent elements of strength,
As 10 the other offices Fred Water
house and Bob shingle are said 90 be
SIN IN the field Tor County Treasurer
Frank Andrade has no opposition for
the Republican nomination Tor County
Attorney Ana, concerning other oitces
there Is no change noted Ola Prince
lllkalAnl however u hrushlng up a
holdoNer boom foy the senate.
y am candidate for np nihnr ON e
faii y. H. wilmington yesterday "ihan