The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-09
TRIALS AND TROUBLES
OF THE BUSY ISLAND
POLITICAL WORKERS

The political storm center between
now and the day of the primaries prom
ises to be in the neighborhood of Eva
Frank Archer, who is in, threatens to
cross swords with Jim Low, who is out
and, it may be added, does not want tc
get in but would be tickled to have
John Defries get the billet in the
Board of Supervisors.
ARCHER AND LOW.
Archer feels sore. He said yesterday
that Low is against him for purely
personal reasons though he will not go
into details further than saying that
Low has given out to some of Archer S
friends that they must beat him because
he is a missionary. Just what Archer has
done as a churchman that would affect
one who is not is not stated. He will
upset the ground to beat me- said
Archer yesterday, "and he has started
in. When we wanted some stone for
the roads there was plenty on a field
belonging to the plantation and Low
was well satisfied to have us put the
crusher there and clear the lot After
ward when we had cleared the place
ready for plowing and moved the ma
chine to a piece of land across from
the courthouse, Low made a kick and
declared that it must be moved right
away. I do not know where the thing
will end but / am going to run for su-
pervisor just the same as if Mr. Low
and / were the best of friends.
''I believe Low looks upon the Eva
plantation as friendly to me and in con-
versations with his friends he speaks
of the place as a missionary corpora
ton May be it is, do not know, and
do not care. 1 am going about my
business Just the same. He beat me at
the primaries last year by Mr.. Wood
ward just at the last minute and he may
do it again. If he does I will run in
dependent and beat him at the polls.
Low has an agent here at work, ] am
told, recruiting Hawaiians for the jobs
on the plantation so as to secure votes
against me. He has fifty now and will
take fifty more, he says, if the first lot
is not enough. The plantation must
have plenty of money to spend to sat
isfy the spite of the manager when they
will allow that.
WHAT LINK THINKS.
And Link McCandless does not know
a thing about the affair for publica-
ion He will say that he believes af-
fairs in the Eva district have been
run rather extravagantly in the mat
er of roads. And it is said Manager
Low feels about the same since he has
lot the road machine to feed at a
ate per luna that would startle some
If the people up country.
Archer is held responsible by Low |
or having two such high priced men
Is Defries and Nawaakoa. Well, when |
LOW was at the head of the road !
BOARD he had the same two men and, |
t is said, at the same pay. Nawaakoa
vas regular at 1925 per month and
)efries got five dollars a day, except
7hen he was working at contracting,
nder Low. But that. as has been
emarked before, was when the ma
hine was working for Low and now
hat it is working for Archer, who
Gems to have been a really honest and
ctive supervisor, the thing has a diff
erent hue, it is the old adage about
he OK and the goring. This time II
oes not seem to be Archer's that is
eing priched.
A gentleman who knows McCandless
5 well as ne does himself says Low
i'll beat Archer at the primaries and