The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-09
A LEADER Of
GOOD YOUNG
MEN
John Lanes War on Achi
and What 1t May
Mean.

Politicians about town are beginning
to be attracted to the leadership"
of Senator John Lane, not for the
reason that it promises to be any
thing of distinguished leadership
because it doesn t-but for the suspi-
cion aroused that some other things
may be behind it. The leadership
in question was conferred it will be
remembered, at a meeting held last
Sunday-it was said by a number of
young Republicans of the Fourth and
Fifth Districts who wanted to be led
away from wrong -doing"-and in par
ticular from Charley Achi who had
been in the Senate with Lane and
who is now an avowed candidate for
Supervlsor-at-large to the detriment of
Mr. Ned Adams and who flew the
straight ticket track in the last coun-
ty election.
just who was present at that meet
ing of virtuous young men neld on
Sunday has never appeared but with
out doubt Charley Clark was one or
them. He is a very virtuous young
man indeed. And there were others
there who were equally virtuous. They
might be, and not stagger under the
load.
vIRTUOUS YOUNG MEN.
The Lane leadership. however. if it
is not distinguished. will perhaps be
picturesque. Mr.. Lane. who was put
into the Territorial Senate by the grace
of Lorrin Andrews, former Attorney
General. was what came to be known
as "a McCandless Senator" before the
session ended. II. used to be funny
by the way to hear Attorney General
Andrews express his opinion of Lane
when bills for the benefit of the At
tornev Generals department We're un-
der consideration in the Senate. Lane,
it will be remembered, was likewise
one of the six signers To that now
celebrated McCandless petition against
the bond issue That petition came
back from Washington and was pub
lished here. signatures and all.
The virtuous young men who follow
Lane have had it announced for them'
in certain newspaper that is at
least their equal in virtue, that they
desire to have Lane steer them espe-
cially away from Achi-but there may
be more to the movement than that.
. delegate Kuhio as everybody knows,
Is a candidate for reelection. This IN
despite of compact under the terms
of which he agreed to step aside TINS
time to make room for A. G. M Rop-
ertson who is said to have had the
last convention corralled in his own
interest.
i AMBITION OF McCANDLEss.
= McCaudless is also known to
have been cherishing an ambition to
round out his career of public service
with a term in Congress and 1t IS
>whisuered among the lowly VINO taik
in the dark that that Sunday meeting
which chose Lane for the leadership
NAV have had it's inspiration IN the
fertile brain of the kaneohe states-
man This whisper gains credlollty
from, the fact that the Laneites are
.sepeciaIly wroth with Achi, VINO mas
or, his part declared in an offensive
snd nubIic manner that McCandless
has not a ghost of a show in the race
for delegate Il is not grateful TO
Mccandless to be told that he can
nor have the thing that he wants.
Another feature of the McCandIess
boon. not to be overlooked lies In the
fact that Jack Lucas was the nrm
friend of McCandless during the last
session of the Legislature, and with
the SAP, Johnson road machine at ms
back. Jack Lucas will be a real power
in Oahu County politics. The man VINO
is strongest in Oahu will come close
TO dominating the Territorial ConVen-
tics.
Go the Lane leadership movement, |
a1ttm,rha there are funny elements IN |
- will bear watching. 1t IS SAID !
..thst II is a long Lane that has no |
turning" but John is not long. And
I.orrin Andrews, now or Shafishai.
used 70 say that the Senator turned
,,,itb aItogether too much facility.
POLICE MACHINE.
The I,ucas-Johnson machine, now
ever will not be the only one 10 be
racl.oped with in Oahu county afralrs'
f,a.anse the Sheriff of Oahu. while IL
* tr,ueht that he would like 10 get
ont or politics if he could. is sun not
tak,1,r any chances on being thrown
ont and so is building a machine on
his own account. Incidentally TO TINS
f,,i,oIng there are said to be twenty
three noljcemen in the Eighth Preclhce
of the Fifth District who nave
ceived their appointment because |
were in politics in small way
with direct reference 10 1her
Influence upon the Achi poll,icai
times They are all ''agin Achl.
The construction of the police oe
pa artment, the whole depar tii1eh'' |
reference to politics. is interesting
There are eiehty-eight men, all toio'
on the force. OF these. thlrty-seeeh
live in The Fourth District and hfty-
r.,e in the Fifth. The Fourth DISTRICT
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