The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-08-28
AcH| PLOTS
and SCHEMES
tFrom rhursday,s Adyertlser.,

city, but beneath the surface much
of interest is happening. "There is
more politics doing in Honolulu today
than there was the day before the
election two years ago." is the opin
ion of one active worker, who follow
the maneuvering of all the cliques and
factions very closely. And from the
reports that leak out, his sise.up 81
the political situation just now is
correct one.
AT the present time, according to
fairly good authority, there is well
developed plot on hand to give Char
ley Hustace the grand double-cross and
land in the mayoralty chair for tho
next two years no less an exalted citi-
zen than Charley Achi. This is not
joke as the taxpayers will find to their
great sorrow unless the willy schemer,
who gathers his precinct followers in
his stable tomorrow might for the
primary nominations, is eireumvented.
1t is not likely that Hustace knows
the grave that is dug for him, becaus,
if he did he would not be playing int,
Achi Is hand as he did recently when
he instructed Road Supervisor Cum
minis to fire team luna Kealoha and
substitute Willie Rathburn in his place.
Hustaee burned his own fingers right
there, but the burn hash t begun to
smart yet.
The idea is this. Achi, lying low.
sized up the situation and decided
that Hustace was the weakest candi-
date among the Hawaiians talked of
for nomination by the Republicans.
either Lucas or Lane standing better
show to pull Hawaiian votes. He re-
solved therefore to come out and back
Hustace for the nomination, thus put.
| ting Lucas and Lane out of it. Then,
with Hustace in the field and whoever
the Democrats put up to divide the
fourth district vote with him, Achi
himself will be nominated by the La
Dor party. endorsed if possible by the
Home Rulers, and the whole strength
of the Hawaiian vote will be polled. for
him. His idea is, if possible, to i'm.
press Hustace even after his own
nomination, with the idea that his
(Achi 's) nomination is only to keep
his men in line and that at the crucial
time, Just before the polling, he will
withdraw in Hustace's favor. When
the time comes he will forget to with
draw, however, and he hopes in this
way to land himself in the position of
first authority in the county.
This may sound ridiculous to those
who minimize Achi's strength, but from
more than one reputable source comes
evidence substantiating the plot as
above reported. On the Koolau side,
for instance. the voters almost to man
are prepared to back Achi and follow
his lead, while among the ishmarket
workers and the runners along the wa
terfront are those who are accepting
wages from candidates in the open and
are secretly working up the Achi SEN
timent.
Tommy Cummins is of the idea that
he has the old road machine grinding
away in favor of Hustace, who got him
his job, and Tommy is probably sincere
in thinking that he thinks right. Only
he has another think coming. Philips
Rivers is the one who is doing the real
work among the road gangs and he is
for Achi, while Rathburn, Just on the
payroll, is getting in some might swipes
for the hapapake whose lieutenant
he is.
1t is said that Hnstace is in great
disfavor with the Hawaiians. For the
past several months, ever since it be-
came evident that ambition was stir
ring around under his hatband, those
who are preparing to knife him have
been collecting material against him.
Every time he dropped remark against
the Hawaiian race-and in his moments
of anger Hustaee is apt to say almost
anything-the remark was duly noted
| for future use; every time he stepped
on the corns of a Hawaiian. that was
recorded, and every time he put on the
brake and stopped some expenditure on
the board, that was noted as something
to use against him. Thus it is, so the
reports go, that although he may land
! the nomination and have a majority of
the Hawaiian delegates at the conven.
ton in his favor, he will be down and
out at the voring so far as the Ha-
waiians are concerned
Putting Wise Wise.
Wise, of course, is in on Achi IS game,
and the two of them are in with Cath
cart. Friends of Wise are trying to
persuade him from making the cam
paign, however, either as Achi Is lieut.
enant or otherwise. 1t is repeatedly
pointed out to him that the hundred he
draws down now as easy money ought
to satisfy him and he had better keep
the bone and let the shadow be grabbed
for by someone else. The party lead
ers have bunch that Jarrett will beat
the man with the coat of many colors
and they want to get him out of the
running. Even those who are on to
Achi's little game fear that Wise is a
| dead one politically.
There is some talk now of John Lane
coming out for sheriff, relinquishing
what hopes he may harbor for the
mayoralty in Hustace IS favor. This is
regarded as good political move, Lane
being a man whom many would get be-
hind in his running if the sheriff s
office was his objective. He would stand
a better show, in the general opinion,
to beat Jarrett than Wise would, at any
rate.
Archer for Treasurer.
Archer is in earnest m his desire to
be the County Treasurer. He has been
chairman of the finance committee In
the present board and has dealt with
big fgures-with Hustace's help-and
now he wants to handle the actual
cash. In this he will also get Achrs
support and II is stated that he has