The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-10-13
WALLER SAID
NOTHING TO
VIDA

81 made no reference whatever to
Mr.. McCandless' money in connection
with his nomination as the party can.
didate for Delegate to Congress, mol
stated that l was displeased at his
nomination, as is being stated on the
stump by Henry Vida. "-Gilbert j.
Waller.
~ do not believe that my money
was considered by the Democratic par.
| ty when the nomination at the head
of their ticket was offered to me.
believe that the Democrats nominated
me because l had taken up the land
question in the way that the party ap.
proved of and nominated me believ.
ing that | am sincere in that policy
and the general policy of Democracy. u
Il. L. McCandless.
These statements were made yester.
| day afternoon in answer to statements
made on the stump during the past
couple of days by Henry Vida, La
borula candidate for Supervisor, in
which he quotes G.. j. Waller to the
effect that McCandless was given a
Democratic nomination because he had
money that the party wanted, that Nc
Candless' nomination was not approved
by him (Waller) because he had not
been long enough in the party to ask
for party support for office. He further
quotes Mr.. Waller as saying that he did
not approve of the tactics at the Demo-
cratic county convention in jobbing
Vida out of a nomination and was dis
ca ticEnI tyith bn
a whole.
Vida repeated these statements to an
Advertiser reporter yesterday after.
noon, referring the reporter to Mr.. Wal.
Ter himself for confirmation.
81 asked Mr.. Waller, after he had
told me that i had not been in the
party long enough to seek nominal
tion, what about Link McCandless, who
had Joined the party the same time as
l had, and what about Joe Fern in the
last election, who went out beaten from
the Republican convention and got a
nomination right afterwards from the
Democratsf / asked him if McCand.
less nomination was not one of dollars
and cents.
"Waller hesitated and turned red.
Then he said: Il will tell you frankly,
Vida, McCandless did get his nomina-
tion because he had money and the par
ty needed it.. then said that under
those circumstances there was no use
of me trying to get a nomination, be.
cause L was poor man.
"After the county convention, Mr..
Waller came to me and explained that
he had had no part in the plot whereby
L was jobbed out of nomination, tell
ing me that that scheme had been de.
vised and put through by Watson. He
also told me that he was disgusted with
the way the nominations had all been
mixed at the last minute. He said it
has been arranged for Watson to run
as County Attorney, Harvey and Fern
as Supervisors and in other ways differ.
ent from the way the nomination went.
81 am not making any personal fight
in this campaign, but when they are
| saying that j want to be Supervisor be-
cause / am after a fat job, l have to
| answer back. Mr.. Waller also told me
| that he agreed with what / said in my
letter of resignation, sent to the Demo
cratic committee.
Waller Denies the Report.
~ advised Vida not to put himself
| forward as a candidate for nomination
on the party ticket, but / made no
statement to him whatever concerning
Mr.. McCandless or his nomination, in
the way he is stating. 1 made no
reference whatever to Mr.. McCandless
money in connection with his nomina.
tion as the party candidate for Dele.
gate to Congress, nor stated that l was
displeased at his nomination, as is be-
ing stated on the stump by Vida, -
said Mr.. Waller, when questioned as
to the accuracy of the Vida statements
which attracted considerable attention
yesterday and were discussed at length
at the street corner meetings.
81 did not tell Vida that Watson
had put up any job on him, nor did
discuss with him the makeup of the
party ticket. He has added that Oh
to any conversation L have had with
him. -
Mccandless Discredits Story.
l.. L. McCandless, the candidate in
question, scorned the idea that his new
party considered his dollars at all wher
selecting him to head their ticket. He
returned from Hawaii yesterday and
when seen was at the Democratic head
quarters, encircled by a score of party
workers, to whom he was relating hi
adventures ON his tour.
81 do not believe. that my none,
!, was considered by the members of tn,
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