The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-03-13

WIZ N" w wv NNHN NfHNNNNN fH""NNNN wv
for kuhio Indeed. ihs whoia taft 80
Inu contingent is Esiting in behind
Kuhio. which n shd and bitter hear.
Ink fpr Chairman AleN Hobertfun.
/ For What does n profit n man 10 b.
hartman OF the Territorial Commit
tee tlll the COWS come home n he can
never IN this world get chance 60
"a IN n chair ana look wise under the
dome Of the Capitol at Washington
ACHI AND KUHfO.
The connection between the war "
roprisal against Achi. and the move
incnt that has crushed the congress
sional aspirations OF Robertson is Gu
rivus and somewhat amusing. as all
the developments Of the Lane leader
| ship are The wicked Mr.. Achi was
! up and doing. He arose up early In
the morning and he retired late at
night. and he sharpened a knife for
the scalp OF Mr.. Ned Adams and pu;
out lines for fences that bade fair tn
become coral walls that would hem In
the entire Fourth District. and come
so close to holding the Fifth that not
. voter could by any possibility get
away.
Now. Mr.. Ned Adams prizes his
scalp. 1t is the only one he has. And
the Mark Hanna of Oahu" was not
getting his county committee together
and Lorrin Andrews was far away
in the Central Flowery Kingdom. And
what could a poor man do? What
was done. was that the Lane Sunday
school class was formed. And II pro-
ceeded to proclaim itself as the good
young men banded together to put
down the wicked Achi forever. The
wicked can not thrive. i'm Hawaii" n
politics--not unless they belong to the
right set.
Just here enters Kuhio. He belongs
to the right set. looking like win
ner, and he can break or keep a prom
Use, as suits him. The little Lane fell
lows have said 1t. and 1t must be true
They We're led to say 1t because, in
plugging around for recruits, they
discovered that every native who could
be brought to express himself on po-
litical matters, while he might or
might not have realizing sense OF
how very. very wicked Achi was
had the keenest possible appreciation
of the fact that Kuhio was going to
run again--and the strongest possible
, determination to support him.
! 1t was hard on the Lane fellows
who We're organization men. but 1t wal
a condition and not a theory.
so ho!" said the Lane men, wher
they found that they could not ge
away from II, 1--WE are for Cupid
also"
KANEOHE IS SILENT.
q And they have been for Cupid alst
2 for as much as three days past. Tn
announcements of Desha and Hol
stein will hold them for Cupid also 70
= few days more. In fact, the bull
OF them will continue to be held 70
u, him. They are the kind of politician
;, who are always for the winner. Blu
Just what Senator Lane himself viii
say when McCandless cracks the viii
:, is one of the things that no felloN
has yet ventured to speculate upor
McCandless has not cracked the Will
. When he does, you may be prepare
- to see Lane turn with a most amazin
70 suddenness, les. McCandless should g
one step farther and begin to crac
st heads. Because Link can do it, whe
rs he is aroused. And he always come
% through strong after one of his mas
terly silences.
& In the meantime, Alex Robertso
't juggles the precinct boundaries in a
e effort to make voters in the variou
districts come out even, and goe
IN about with a map and a most 'pensiN
ne expression in his eyes. That is, h
ne carries the map in his hand, Of cours
Not even the chairman of the TER
AZ torial Committee could carry ma
ty in his eye. although he has a boo
d. for Delegate to Congress there. A
of it. But there is q limit to the hol,
el ing capacity OF eyes.
IN CANDIDATES BOBBING UP.
The Lane leadership has had Il
90 effect of bringing a lot of people OF
T., from under cover, some of them m
people of the Lane kind at all and n
members of that Sunday school elias
For instance there is George Thiele
e' stock broker, Molokan pilot, capital
IT, and all round good fellow. who HI
aS been mentioned within day or tv
as very likely man to give Deac'
IL Trent run for his money, and t
ny cCuntys. Thielen has not come o
ne openly as a candidate. But he Is a pre-
ty shrewd and long-headed political
ns with many elements Of strength, a.
an his friends would be more than wi
ing to advance his candidacy II
would consent to make the run.
ell would give Trent much closer sha
than Charley Booth did, and when
DR. votes came to be counted would Pre-
ably be found on the long end of the
ma The Sheriff of Oahu County did !
In say yesterday that he would not be
lnd candidate-not so that anybody col
ny. hear IT. 1t is not true, either, II
at he was out of town. Still he may !
'as be a candidate. Politics is a most l
Pc certain game.