The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-14

Public rumor is determined to settle
Jack Atkinson in a new job. The
latest report has it that he is to be
collector of customs when Stackables
term expires. 1t is a nice, well-pay-
ing job of course and possibly it might
suit Jack, but l have not heard that
Stackable wants to lay it down, and
have heard that his standing with the
department in Washington is very
high AS for Atkinson a friend of
mine sprung the collectorship on him
the other day. Never heard of It.,
he said, land l wish this rumor busI-
ness would stop. It hurts my law
business to have such rumors all the
time being circulated. The law bust
ness is all right. l have clients al
ready and have got over my scare.
Do you know it makes a fellew nervous
to open an Office with no business in
sight? Well it does, but when he
sees expenses coming in it is all
right"
The Brown candidacy, or appoint
ment, for deputy county attorney is
the political topic of the week. It
has produced some violent dissensions
in Cunha's alley and has stirred the
public profoundly, for Brown is a man
who has aroused strong fractional feel
ings in Honolulu AS far as Cathcart
is concerned, the appointment was In
way natural one, for it is very
general custom for party to try to
look after its defeated candidates by
having its successful ones give them
jobs. But owing to the issues upon
which Brown was defeated and the ap-
parent impossibility of ever uniting
the local party upon him again, the
selection is a political mistake.
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Have you done any figuring on the
next campaign? For my part, l think
the Republicans are going to have an
even harder time than before, to main
tain their ascendency. They have lost
a lot of ground since Jack and George
and others organized a party that
swept the islands so completely that
Kaniho was the only non-Republican
in the House and Palmer Woods the
only one in the Senate, and the G. o.
P. had all the jobs. How did they
lose? Well, on the other islands there
was the collapse of the popularity OF
the Carter administration and in place
of it in some parts, especially on
Hawaii, Carter opposition of extra
ordinary fierceness. 1t caused De-
mocratic-Home Rule fusion ticket to
sweep the island last time, though the
ticket turned out to be all Home Rule
after it had been elected, and the De-
mocrats alternate between Mourning
lost jobs and foaming at the mouth
over political bad faith. In Honolulu
the party got under the control of a
crowd for which the Fourth district,
and large part of the Fifth, would
not stand, and will not stand next
time. The party quarreled over Brown
and Crabbe for long time and then
chose Brown and added several leaden
weights to help his enemies to beat
him. So the head of the ticket was
lost to Democracy, and the most gen
eral political prophecy l hear is that
the Republicans are unlikely to get
it back for very long time. / think
Iaukea so far is credited with giving
a pretty good administration, and this
will carry enough of the Fourth for
him against anyone whom | have so
far heard the Republicans suggest for
the job.
AS for Tie general ticket, locally, the
party is in no shape to fight. 1t
needs to get back the voters who bolt
ed and the present local committee
can never do it. 1t will require a real
representative committee with strong
and able leadership, and even then the
task will be hard.
So look out for more fusion and re-
newed hopes in Home Rule ranks.
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A number of officers of the cruiser
squadron now in port have expressed
their surprise at the rule which pre-
vents all smoking on street cars here.
1t is certainly an unusual rule, and [
don't understand the need for It.
Smokers are such a large proportion
of the male population of the city that
they should certainly have some con-
sideration. Why should not smoking
be allowed on a few of the rear end