The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-13
A BUSY DAY
IN ISLAND
POLITICS
Precinct Clubs Are to
Select Their Officers
Tonight.

This will be a busy day among tn
politicians. because all the Republica
Precinct Clubs are to meet this even
/ ing and nominate officers, and an ef
| fort is being made to get the decen
| men TO turn out and give the tar babie
| a battle for the control of the clubs
| Whether this effort will prove to b
successful or not. remains to be seen
| Heretofore, such efforts have no
| amounted to a great deaf for the reason
that, while decency might win once
through being aroused to action, it ha.
then become apathetic and permitted
| things to drop back into the old rut
whereas. the poIlies who make theil
living at it are busy all the time. And
they do not take one defeat as final
either.
Aside from this effort to get the re-
spectability of the community to take
an interest in politics, there are some
scores to settle among the politicians
themselves, and it is expected that
there will be deep growlings before
these matters are adjusted For in
stance there is the war in the Seventh
Precinct oe the Fifth District, where
Henry Vida has one club roll and Sol.
MaheIona has another, made up at the
County Committee.
Vida, who is a strict party disciple
marian for everybody but himself, has
his red helmet on, and Mahelona has
donned the yellow malo and sharpened
his spear. The two will walk around
each other on their toes, therefore, but
are not expected to do much more than
that because their meetings have been
called at different places in the pre-
rfnct and should not clash at ALL
1t is much handler to do battle with
a fellow who goes on his own fighting
ground while you stay on yours-and,
as a general average, much safer, too.
KUHIO COMES HOME.
Matters are expected to open out in
/ large way with the return home of
Delegate Kuhio today. Perhaps that |
s the reason for the temperance of |
he rumor that Alex. Robertson would |
consent to let himself be put in the
legislature as the possible leader of a
orlorn hope there. The Republican
managers have really begun to get a
it scared about the complexion of the
ext legislature. 1t is almost conceded
hat fusion will carry on Hawaii, and
here is no safe betting that it will not
AIRY on Maui.
OF course Kauai is safe enough for
ne party. but if Maui goes there is
kewise reason to fear for Oahu-and
lat in the face of the fact that strong
len like w. w Harris and Frank
ndrade and Fred Waterhouse are bit
N with the prevalent desire to shake
erritorial affairs and get down into
le county muss. Wherefore, it may )
. that Mr. Robertson is being press
10 save the situation-to dominate
e legislature if it is Republican, and I
steer it in the way that it should b
, if it is not. f
It should always be borne in mind, 5
this connection, that nobody has yet t
fciany explain ed away that much
lked-about promise that Kuhio is e
ia to have made to let Mr.. Robertson V
n for Congress this time, if the
airroan of the Territorial Committee IL
,uld step out of the way. It is true b
at there have been unofficial denials p
the passage of any promise, but b.
,stIv there have beer loud assertions b.
At promises counted for nothing in "
. face of the demand of his peo- fr
the inference being that a prom
to a mere haole. even a kamaaina,
: rather more to be honored in the ~
ZACH, anyhow. "
ALMOST \ PORTENT. Ia
+ is fact. that there will be no tn
wafian opposition to Kuhio this is
e. This has been admitted, SO far IT
Hawaii is concerned, and the same ev
mission has been made by eminent is
ders among the natives on Oahu oV
ase admissions being on the quiet,
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