The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-17
TAYLOR EXPRESSES HIS
LOYALTY TO |AUKEA AND
DENIES CAND|DATE TESH|P
"Brains of the Department. Are Not All in His
Head---Achi Declares HIMSELF
Others Saying Little.

Supervisor Harvey, when he was ap-
preached. 81 have nothing to say at
all. If L did say anything you would
go and make a whole lot more out
of it,
Neither of the Democratic Supervi-
sors would talk, refusing to even deny
or affirm the truth of the Advertiser'S
article concerning their afiliation with
the Achi crowd.
ACHI AND HIS LETTER.
With Achi himself it was different.
He talked all day yesterday, talked
even while he composed his open letter
to Sheriff Iaukea, accusing him of
political ingratitude, of being turn
coat, of being a job chaser and ask
ing in more than one way if he were
not the spokesman he had stated Achi
was. He stated that Iaukea was am
bilious to be Mayor of Honolulu and
questioned his sincerity in advocating
the union of good citizens for political
purposes. Here is the letter:
AN OPEN LETTER TO SHERIFF
IAUKEA.
My Dear Sheriff Iaukea.
Sir: In the P. C. Advertiser of this
y
and the class l stand for are spoils-
men, pure and simple" etc.
I admire you for your declaration,
and half believe that you are not a
spokesman. / only wish that you had
declared that before the last election.
Did not you come to my house on
several occa sions before the last cleo
tion and in the presence of my friends,
who are the people you now say that
you would not have around you, and
to whom you yourself made promises
which I believed you would carry out?
Did not you on those occasions prom
Use me and my friends, that in case we
should give you our support, and If
you would be elected. you would ap-
point those whom I might recommend
on the police force? Did not you make
those promises without any request
from me?
Did not you come to my Office after
your election. in the presence of some
of my friends, and told me to prepare
my list?
Am I a spokesman, or are you not a
spokesman?
Were you not a Republican, and be-
cause you failed to get the position of
Treasurer of the Territory, which posi-
ton | earnestly worked hard for you,
you withdrew from the Republican
party, and became a Home Ruler?
Did 1 try to get any salary Office in
the Territory. or any other government
job in the Hawaiian Islands?
Did not you, after knowing that you
had no chance to get an office in the
Home Rule party, withdraw from 1t, |
and become Democrat?
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party with the idea that it was the
first step for you to get an office?
Now at this late day, while you are
enjoying the fat office of Sheriff of
the County of Oahu, through the
Democratic party. 1 believe you know
in your mind that your Democratic |
friends have no further use for you,
because you know that instead of YOU
taking advice from your Democratic |
friends you threw them out, and fol-
lowed the advice of the p. C. A.
Now you propose to start a Good
Government League. Why?
Are you not thinking of getting the
nomination for Mayor for yourself,
and the nomination for Sheriff for
your friend, the P. c. A. of Hawaii?
Is Achi the Spokesman or Sheriff Iau-
kea? The echo cries: Iaukea! Tau
kea.!
Is it an abomination to You for me
or my friends to be around you? If
so. your body must be holy one.
To my belief the American polite is |
that when you promise something to |
your workers, you should carry it out. |
Very respectfully yours,
W. c. ACHL
In response to the open letter, Sheriff |
Iaukea had little to say.
Nothing that Achi can say bothers !
me. What I have done in the way of
conducting affairs of my office and in |
the appointments 1 have made to the |
force speak for themselves. AS I have
said. I realize that 1 have made enc |
mics of the Achi crowd and of those
of my own party who, wanted to make |
the appointments among the police |
politically. irrespective of the fitness of !
the appointees for the work for which /
the public would have to pay them. |
But I do not believe, as some have
stated. that I have lost all the friend |
ship of the. Hawaiians. If the Ha-
waiian voters would turn down Ha-
waiian for being honest and for filing |
a position to the best of his ability, |
then all I can say is that the Hawai- |
ians are mighty queer people.
IAJTKEA'S STAND APPLAUDED. |
Aroung the city yesterday were
heard a great many favorable COM |
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