The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-03-13
LANE MEN



to pass.
KUHIO WILL RUN ANYHOW.
For It is fact, not alone that
Kuhio Is "a candidate for reelection.
but that he viii be candidate whether
he Is nominated by the Republicans
or not. He will ask the Republicans
for nomination. Not doubt of II.
And II the Lane virtuous outfit cap
lures the convention, he will probably
get il. But. If he does not, he will
run anyway. And this is not a proph-
ecy. 1t is an appalling fact uncov-
cred by the search of the Lane Sun
day school class camped on the track
OF the bad. wicked Achi. 1t has been
found, indeed. that the trail of the
serpent is over the whole mess.
And. indeed. why should Kuhio hest
tate, If 1t comes to the last point? 1t
is an open anu notorious fact that he
promised to step aside for Alex. Rob
ertson at this, coming election. That
was a political bargain, as fairly made
as any political bargain ever was.
Never mind its aspect in the public
eye, nor the interest of the people In
bargain is a bargain. in politics az in
anything else. 1t is because he bolted
the convention that Achi is being fol-
lowed as the man who has committed
the objectionable sin How much
worse Achi's sin is than the one 1t
| is said Kuhio purposes to commit, and
the Lane Sunny school scholars pur-
pose to uphold him in committing, is
question i'm ethics for the Sunday
/ school scholars. Maybe Charley Clarke
! will lend enlightenment when he leads
| the next meeting of the class. If you
will tell Charley what ethics means
he will tell you all about it,
NEVER RECONSTRUCTED.
| As for Kuhio-well, Kuhio is Kuhio.
/ He was taken out of a Home Rule
caucus, almost literally. to run for
Congress on the Republican ticket, and
would go back into Home Rule eau
Gus, without doubt, and feel quite as
muhh at home as he ever did. AS
matter of fact. nobody who knows him
has ever claimed that Kuhio was recon-
structed. Least of all has Kuhio ever
claimed It for himself. He has said
more or less openly, in more or less
public places, that he regretted the old
order. And why should not he? He
was much greater man under the
old order than he ever will he under
I the new, in despite of the accident of
an election to Congress.
! Kuhio will turn as many times as
/ any Lane in the Sunday school class.
and with as easy facility-so long as
the turn is to his own advantage But
| there Is reason to doubt the truth of
the statement published yesterday aft
| ernoon that Jack Lucas has been an,
: nexed by the Lane crowd. Jack is not
so easily caught and he is not a man
apt to yield to anybody's leadership
/ but his owr. Especially since he has
Sam Johnson and all that push behind
him. Sam inherits the Lorrin An
drews traditions, and they are about
the most valuable asset the county or
ganization has.
| NOT JACK LUCAS.
Moreover, Jack Lucas is about as
close to Link McCandless as one poll
: tician can be TO another. and while
Jack may not love Achi, he Is consist
!
| pledge breaker to take up another. In
effect, Jack Lucas has the virtue of
consistency-and in the past has been
credited with the other virtue of stay
ing by his friends. So when that
shrill, small voice comes believing
through the Pail gap, from Kaneohe
! il is even betting that Jack Lucas and
Sam johnson will be found each with
an ear pretty close to the ground.
Achi is not the only sand crab on the
beach,
AS TO the Territorial administration
getting in behind Kuhio, Well, it is
to laugh!
BY the way, if Alex. Robertson
managed the last county compaign
against the Civic Federation. where
does that leave the talented Fred. Il.
y Waterhouse, otherwise and more
popularity known as the Mark Hanna
of Hawaiian politics." You remem-
Der, of course, how Lorrin Andrews
got out from under in that county
campaign? 1t was a very clever bit of
political side stepping. And how
Freddy Warehouse put both feet in
TO the breach right gallantly and be-
came known thereafter by the name
which his fond friends still bestow
upon him In moments of fervent af-
lection? Well, then, is Alex. Robert
son going to take that poor honor
! away from him. too, after 1t has uevh
charged that he has failed to hold the
county committee together?
ALEXANDER THE UNHAPPY.
Perish the thought! Alex. has trou-
bles of his own, without charging the
Sheriff OF Oahu and the rest of them
up TO his account II is enough, sure
/ ly, for one man TO be knocked out OF
his chance for glory by overtrustfui-
ness, without burdening him with all
the sins in the calendar
Ned Adams, IL was said yesterday,
wants TO give Dickon Trent run for
his money, too, being tired OF the bur
den OF the supervisoral job. but II is
wen To bear In mind that IL viii per-
haps be harder 10 beat Trent than to
knock seven distinct and particular
kinds Of spots of Achi. For there is
not "A wicked thing about Trent. A
blanket warrant may be made 20 cover
a salary list, but IL can not be spread
| 10 cover the entire county treasury,
| The Sherin OF oahu continues 10
| edit the police force In his crude way
m his own political Interest, but II