The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-16
.HAWA||ANS SCENT
A SCHEME To DOWN
PRESENT DELEGATE
Fear White Combination---Cupid Laughs at
Foolish Sensation---Week End Crop
of Political Gossip.

There is a persistent rumor among
the Hawaiian voters unjustifed by any
aseertainable facts, that a widespread
conspiracy is on foot among the whites
to down Prince Cupid for the delegate
ship The rumor, which had wide cir
culation yesterday, with the fishmarket
as disseminating center, was to the
effect that the Democrats were about
to nominate McCandless for the race,
then the Republicans would come in
few days later and in their conven-
tion outvote Cupid and put George b.
Mcclellan at the head of the Terrific
rial ticket Thus, when it would be
too late for the Democratic friends of
Cupid to come to has rescue and place
him in nomination, he would be turn
ed down by his own party, leaving the
fight to be made between two haoles.
The reasons given by the Hawaiians
who believe this for arriving at this
conclusion are curious. In the first
place, the sudden switching of the
change of date for the Democratic
Territorial Convention, bringing it in
ahead of the Republican gathering, is
the first chain in the link of evidence.
Then come reports from all over the
Territory that the plantation managers
and the prominent whites are. playing
for election as delegates to the Terri
torial convention of the Republicans,
letting the county convention delegate
ship 90, a reversal of the usual policy.
Next the report is circulated that Nc
Clellan has notified Cupid that he win
no longer be his Washington secretary.
This completed the chain. The whites
wanted to secure control of the Re-
publican convention to down the Prince
and elevate his secretary, while the
chance for the Democrats to put Cupid
on their ticket would be forever lost.
This was putting the color line on
another basis. and, while the response
BILE Hawaiians do not credit any stories
of white plotters, the fishmarket vot-
ers, whether nominally Republican,
Democratic. Home Rule, Labor or what
not, are seething with indignation.
Numerous messages of warning were
sent to the Delegate, bidding him be-
ware of a tall, fair man. Cupid, or
course. places no credence in the re-
mort. but can not but be well satisfied
at what it has shown him, that on his
side will be ranged the majority of all
the voters. however much. they may
shout in party sympathy in matters OF
the local Legislature or the county.
ACHI OUT FOR HUSTACE.
Achi openly announced that he was
behind Charley Hustace for the may
orally yesterday, stating that the whole
weight of his particular party vote
would 90 to the present chairman OF
fbe Board of Supervisors. Heretofore,
although it was noted that there were
daily conferences between Hustaee ana
tbe Labor leader in the early morning
hours in the lobby of the county office
building. conferences in which no one
else was invited to join, Achi has been
wary OF committing himself before a
4hirdt party. There was no mistake
about his announcement yesterday,
made to an Advertiser reporter.
"'I intend to support Hustace, Ger
tainly. Why shouldn t L? Ism { ne
the best man for the jobY lie mas
the fight won already. He is just as
sure of the nomination as If the con
vention had already met. Hell beat
Lucas all TO pieces, see if he doesn t. -
This is Aehi s straight tip.
BATTLE OF THE ALUMNIS.
In the meanwhile Lane still has
hopes. He realizes now very fully that
he helped stir up a hornet s nest when
the little coterie of st. Louis alumni
members sent Bill Aylett out to boost
for them and Aylett did his job with
such coarseness that Wise and his
brother Kams saw it afar off and start
ed little backtire of their own. In
vain did Lane get busy contradicting
reports of trouble, in vain were the
Kams allowed to triumph at the pedro
tables. uselessly were oveVtures OF
friendship made and olive branches IN
four-foot Ieis passed around. The Kams
are still on the warpath, and now, so
runs the report, Lane, as last resort,
intends to resign from the st. Louis
fraternity and offer himself as
hostage.
CORREA UP FOR DENOMINATION.
s. P. Correa, who was one OF the
members from the Fifth to sit IN the
last House, has announced that he IS
out again for Republican nomination
for his old seat. Correa was one of
the thinking members of the last House
and came out of the session with
creditable record for good, consistent
work.