The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-01-05


lawyer the utmost esteem; for him as
an Hawaiian scholar l have hold the
highest regard; 1 have naught but
praise to give him for the energy with
which he engages upon any given prop
osition, but
am now considering his political
sagacity.
one of the most practical politicians
that the Democratic party ever pro-
duced was Boss Croker. But I am lay
ing dollars against some Of Kinneys
political promises, that if ever Croker
had to audit Kinney's political account,
the ak head of Tammany Hall would
mark big % at the bottom of it. Kin
ney is the Skidoo of Democratic poll
ties i'm Hawaii.
Two years ago it was Kinney who
made Governor Carter the tissue" of
the campaign. 1t was Kinney who de-
clared that the Democratic party ought
to support Arthur Brown for sheriff in
the subsequent County election, be-
cause it would be a slap" at Governor
Carter. And why? Kinney declared
that the one man power of the Cover
nor must stop, the despotc and I'M
American and unDemocratic and un-
everything that-was-right. policy of
Carter should be checked.
But as politics makes strange bed
fellows so does time work wondrous
changes of heart. And where two years
ago we had Kinney the scourge of the
! despotic, we had today Kinney the
Democratic despot. Accepting during
! the campaign the advices, the labor,
the honest effort of men who were
Democrats before Kinney even had the
! chance to become one, Kinney turns
upon them as they harken to the feast
of spoils and greets each not with the
warning smile of favor, but the frozen
| glance of contempt. 1 am told that to
the name of every Democrat that was
suggested at a recent meeting of the
committee for some office, Kinney rails
ed objection.
George Davis in a letter to some
Canadian paper referred to Kinney as
the prophet of Democracy in Hawaii.
The New York Sun also once referred
to a prominent Democrat as a prophet.
But with a certain qualification to the
prophet. 1t was Grover Cleveland and
the sun called him the stuffed prophet.
/ Davis might well have used the same
term with Kinney.
In this connection of Kinney as the
boss of the Democratic politics in Ha-
wall and the dictator of the disposi-
ton of the spoils at the police station,
l heard one very funny thing. This is
about the Tat job that is to be given
Fred Terrill. Now Fred Terrill has
been a Democrat since Abraham Lin
coin lived and he has been a Democrat
ever since. Terrilrs friends desired tc
4 see him secure some recognition for his
l services, as well as his example as a
sterling Democrat in Hawaii Had Ter
rill chosen during the last five years tc
sign a Republican precinct roll he could
have secured a good position in the
d public service. But he steadfastly re.
fused. Friends of Terril had hoped
that he might receive a decent job UNI
der the new sheriff. But under the mu-
nificent system of rewards adopted by
the Boss, Terrill has been promised the
job of armorer at the police station.
Think of it, if there was ever a case
of it ito laugh" this is one. Terrill ar
accountant, being given the job of ar.
morer, where his duties consist ii
cleaning rifles and revolvers, loading
cartridges and doing general carpen.
tering work The next thing I expec
to see is an ad like the following APP
pear in the Advertiser:
"Wanted-A stenographer, none blu
a blacksmith need apply. Apply to thu
Democratic Party in the office of W. A
Kinney"
hope Sheriff-elect Iaukea will hav,
nerve enough to bounce Sam Macy, tn,
so-called hack inspector. During tn
last campaign Macy was an active par
tisan; he took the stump for Brow
! and abused Iaukea. Besides, he is al
inefficient official. He has been a tax
eater for a generation and it is abou
time for him to be fired.
SSSS
I'm glad to see that my friend A. T
Taylor is happy in the prospect of con
Quoting the detective bureau Of tn
police department. All power to him
Taylor, as has very frequently appear
ed in his writings, is the man who con
veyed a very important message t.
3 Gomez during the little trouble i'm Gu
ba, and l want to say that there is n
truth in the SANDER that the messag
was conveyed over the telephone. No
on your life, for Taylor lodged bullet
to get that message to the man 70
whom it was intended, just as he will
dodge bulldogs to get at gambinl
dens I'm Honolulu.
SSSS
Hilo pricked up her ears when sh
heard that Uncle Sam was going T.
send $500 hundred troops to Hawaii t.
garrison the Islands against the pos