The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-09-18
POLIT IClANS
ALL. UP IN
THE AIR
eFrom Thursday.s AdvertIser.,

(From Thursdays Advertiser.)
With only forty-eight hours between
now and the day upon which the Sc
lection of candidates for the County |
and Territorial offices will be made and |
with not even one of the precinct dele
cations agreed upon any one candidate,
the political situation in Oahu can be /;
fairly described as seething. Never /
before in the history of the city has
there been so much politics in the air
and so much uncertainty as to the re-
suits of a close-at-hand convention.
With only two or three exceptions
there is no certainty as to who will be
the important offices.
The Mayoralty is up in the air, with
each Of three candidates claiming to-
have cinch. The race, according to
general agreement, however, lies be-
tween Lucas and Lane as yet. Hus-
tace is working hard Just the same,
and some of his pledged supporters will
stand with him until after the first
ballot at least. Tommy Cummins is
standing to win or lose by Hustace,
and yesterday it was stated on the
streets with great deal of heat that
length of warning all the delegates
among the road workers-and there
are a good many of them-that they
would be fred at once unless they
pledged themselves to vote for the
chairman of the supervisors. Cummins
positively denies that he issued any
such warning, however.
81 told the boys that was for Hus-
thnr m do
me,'' he said yesterday. explaining his
position; tbut / can t make them vote
4 the way they don't want to. / can It
kill any of them, can II 1 asked them
to tell me who they were for, and not
promise me to vote for Hustace and
then 90 and vote for Lane or Lucas
l want to know how things are going,
of course. But I never said would
fire any of them.''
Lane and Lucas are figuring, on
much the same vote, and their calcu-
lations overlap about a hundred. If
anything, Lucas shaded up little in
favor yesterday among the street
guessers, some unexpected strength
having been discovered for him in the
Fifth. With at least two-thirds of the
delegates pledged up to the ears, how
not be foretold by anyone until after
the caucus called for Friday night.
There was some talk yesterday of
Fred Beckley being sprung on the con-
vention as q dark horse, with the idea
that there will be enough puzzled dele
gates ready to grasp at any chance Of
getting out of the dilemma they have
4 pledged themselves into to bring him
the nomination, especially if the Hus-
tace faction refuses to get in line in
support of either Lucas or Lane.
Taylor, Long or Wise.
Wise no longer has the field to him
self for Sheriff, A. P. Taylor having
announced himself as candidate for
the nomination and there being great
deal of pressure being brought to bear
on Carlos Long to allow his name to
be used. Long is hesitating, however,
between the Sheriffship and the Coun.
ty Attorneyship, it being regarded now
as almost certain that Cathcart will
see the folly of disrupting the ticket by
persisting in his candidacy against the
hostile opposition of big wing of the
Republicans. Long would be accept
able to the majority and would poll
the party vote, although there is a
good deal of head-shaking at the idea
of his close personal relations with
two or three prominent members of the
Democratic party.
Taylor's candidacy, while he himself
is making no particular effort to secure
support, is endorsed by the business
community almost unanimously. His
police record is being referred to as
lax - - o.. A.
ton of Sheriff and an earnest of the
fact that should he be elected the po.
lice affairs of the county would be in
safe hands. His nomination would be
thoroughly satisfactory to those who
\ are looked to for the campaign funds
and it is generally agreed that if he
can land the nomination he would be
supported by the big majority of Re,
publicans and many independent Demo
Gratis, although there would be bitter
flight made against him in some quar-
tiers, quarters where opposition would
be complimentary.
Wise is by no means cast down, how
ever, at the storm of opposition that
his persistent candidacy has evoked.
He is at work buttonholing delegates
and telling his tale of woe, even the
important duties he has to perform
among the archives scarcely dragging
him away from his canvass The danger
of having him for two years at the
head of the county police is appreci.
ably LESS every day now, although he
still has a following jostIing him from
behind.
Single for Treasurer.
1t was announced yesterday that the
leaders of the party had decided upon
strong candidate to contest for the
Treasurership with Trent, Robert w.
Shingie being the man. Single has
not as yet promised to make the run.
but the matter is being put up TO him
in the light of duty to the party and
there are strong hopes that he will ae.
cept. 1t is certain that he could be
elected to the House if he wanted to |
run and it is recognized that in fore.
going such nomination and taking up
a fight with as strong man as the |
present Treasurer he yyonld ha doino HE