The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-28
SINISTER AIMS
Of ACHI'S PARTY
Continued from Page one,

rage On6.1
ors tried to foist on the county pay
roll a short time ago, was there; Sam
Dwight, who declared he wouldn't
stand for Rathburn, was there, and
last but not least there was lots of
Link McCandless' money there, in the
pockets OF some of the workers. Har-
vey and Fern We're probably not at
the meeting, but as their actions have
shown them to be Achrs pawns, their
sympathy is probably with the Achi
movement now, and their open support
may be given to it later, unless expe-
diency shows that a secret support
will be better.
Just now there is an alliance be-
tween Achi and Link McCandless,
while the secession of Henry Vida from
the Republican ranks is hailed by the
hui with great acclaim. All that crowd
want of MeCandless, however, is the
money that he is Smelling out. Event
ually he will be dumped harder by his
present Labor friends than he was by
the Republicans in the last election,
d u
man after the next election if he con-
tinue to twirl the combination of his
safe until that grand awakening as
busily as he is doing at present. The
willy Achi has mesmerized the states
man from Kaneohe and the healers
are milking him properly.
Achi Is in great feather, however,
and fails to realize that he too is in
line to be dumped by the other leaders.
The Hawaiian leaders of both sides are
quite willing to allow him to do the
organizing now, willing TO let him
shoulder all the publicity that his
movement is going to entail, willing
that he should create the dust under
cover of which they will work together,
but they are not willing that any of
the spoils shall be his. They know
better than the self-blinded Achi that
the young Hawaiians won't stand for
him nor the portion of the electorate
that will be asked to contribute to-
the campaign funds of either party.
SO he will beN showed aside at the last
moment or bought off and the others
win sop up the fruits of victory.
With this scheme, which proposes to
swing into line the voting strength of
all the many fraternal huis organized
in the past year and which will call
into play every incident calculated to
arouse race prejudice that has occurred
or that can be invented, a great many
Hawaiians are not in sympathy. At the
present time the majority of the Ha-
waiian electors do not know that any
such a scheme is on foot, but at the
proper time the news will be sprung
and the bitterest campaign in the his
tory Of the Territory will be fought
out. Ia e. i@,'ss~
Achi has upwards of three hundred
names on the membership list of his
new party already, most of them gen.
uine signatures. With them as a club !
he has announced once more to Char
ley Hustace that he proposes to efface |
him politically, in spite of the fact that |
he apologized once for saying the same |
thing; he has succeeded in getting
some of his lieutenants on the county
payroll in the road department and
is campaigning there actively, and he |
has made his alliance with Link Nc
Candless.
McCandless is reported to be willing
to dip deep if only his name is men
toned often enough and loud enough |
as the probable Democratic candidate
for delegate to Congress. He has made
an offer for the controlling interest of
the Star, but his cali was not loud
enough. He is putting money into the
Aloha Alma and scattering largess
prodigally. He is also continuing his
missionary work among his late col
leagues, inviting them to hop the fence
and get on the sunny side, but the
only visible fruit so far has been
Henry Vida.
The dismissal of Holt from the as
SCISSORS office and the disposition on
the part of the Bar Association to re-
fuse endorsement for Kepoikai are be-
ing worked to the limit to induce race
rancor and other affairs of a like ma
ture VIII be harped on in private eau
cuses and canvasses from now on I'M
til next November. This election is
going to be fought in the dark and the
hardest struggles will be carried on
under the surface.