The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-01
THE HAWAII
REPUBLICANS
Lively Scrap Over the
Nomination for
Senator.
Especial to the Advertiser)

HILO, September %. 1906.-The Re
publican convention with all of its eX-
citement marks an epoch in the his
tory of this place. It was battle be
tween the common people and the
plantations and the people seem TO
have won a victory. The holering
will not come until after the election
in November and even then it may not
be heard from the throats of the Re
publicans for there were nominations
made against the wishes of those who,
in the past, have been credited with
the pull of this district.
There was a caucus held Wednesday
night and the states fixed so that when
the delegates convened on Thursday
John D. Paris was boosted into the
chair as a temporary officer and Noah
w. AIuli, deputy county attorney, was
elected temporary secretary In the
formation of a permanent organization
Judge Kaulukou was the chairman and
AIuli the secretary.
There was a little scrap over the
nominations for Senator. Representa-
tive Lewis was nominated by acclama-
ton but when the second man was put
up there was a hitch. East Hawaii
named Eben Low and the nomination
was contested by ex-Sheriff Andrews
who had a candidate from kohala,
Robert Hind. In pleading for the
votes for his man Andrews referred
to Low as a NONRESIDENT, claiming his
home and voting place is Honolulu.
Andrews is the manager of the Parker
ranch and some of the relics of that
celebrated case may have been in his
mind when he was helping Hind, who,
by the way. was a one time partner
of Lows. In order that he might have
chance to refute the charges made by
Andrews, Low was called to the floor
and told to turn loose which he did
until Andrews was thoroughly roasted.
The plantation interests backed Hind,
and lost for the vote, which was by
ayes and noes, showed Low IS and
Sam Kauhane, for treasurer, both from
the west side of the island were nom
mated by reclamation.
The next was the nomination for the
office of county attorney and there
were three men in the field, w. S. Wise,
defeated at the last county election,
Z. Smith, elected county attorney on
the Home Rule ticket at the first coun-
ty election and Carl 5. Smith, a Repre-
sentative during the last session of the
House. He was the choice of the plant
ers but was strongly opposed by the
DeSha interests. On the first ballot
Waiakea, Puma and Hilo went in a bunch
for Wise: the planters began their
votes at PapaikOu and from there to
Waipio the vote was solid for Carl
Smith, John U. getting little support
from the west side. On the count Carl
Smith had 43, John L. IA and Wise 81,
not enough to decide, and the chair
asked the two highest to be counted
again, John L. Smith having seen the
futility of his running. On the second
ballot Wise had 81 ad Smith 81. Wise
was declared the nominee. John L.
was good loser for he called on Wise
the same night and congratulated him.
During the evening session there was
a scrap over the nominations for Rep
resentatives. Norman Lyman, the
present road supervisor for this dis
trict, who had been put in office
through the instrumentality of Desha
made an attempt to defeat his patron
for the nomination of Supervisor and
stating him for the House. But it
did not go with the delegates and there
was evidence of the waning of the
Lyman star. The choice was made in
caucus and as it did not suit some of
the delegates they demanded that it
be left to the convention on the ground
that their names had not been called.
Just here the lie was passed again
Those making the claim We're Lyman,
Aluli and Thomas Cooke. the latter
elected surveyor on the Home Rule
ticket at the first county election. The