The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-14
POLITICS ON THE
GARDEN ISLAND
Rice and COney Will Stand
Again for Election to
the House.

The political situation on Kauai, as
discussed in the Garden Island, is
torpid. Says that paper:
In spite of the nearness of the con.
vention, politics seem to be very quiet
throughout the island. Some of the
candidates are seen in earnest converse
ton with political leaders in the differ
ent districts but somehow or other the
great mass of the voters take but little
interest in the coming election.
Meanwhile new candidates make
their appearance and old ones with.
draw from the run. .Koloa district
alone presents no new feature, both the
former supervisor and deputy sheriff
are out for denomination, and nobody
else seems to desire these offices. Jas.
K Kula is announcing his candidacy
for place on the representative ticket.
In Lihue a new candidate for the
position of deputy sheriff has made his
appearance The former district magis
trate, Jas. III. K. Kaiwi, has announced
that he intends to make a try for the
nomination. Mr.. Kaiwi is a popular
person in the district and has a mum.
Der of friends who will be glad to give
him helping hand, and so has. Mr..
Ellis who at present holds the Office
A lively canvass by the friends of both
parties can therefore be looked for.
In Hawaiian Jas. Apollo, the present
supervisor, is reported to have with,
drawn from the race altogether. Ii
this is occasioned by his feeling that
the reelection of a Home Ruler cand1-
date from that district is more than
problematic, it is a sign that the
strength of that party has waned very
much in that part of the island 1t
was the only one that elected a Home
Rule official in face of the vigorous
Republican campaign two years ago.
The district will not suffer from lack
of candidates for that office, however,
as f. j. Morgan is still working for
the Republican nomination. In this
effort he is said to have a competitor
in the present road luna of the district,
l.. J. Mundon, while the Democrats
feel that they can elect P. NJ. Castro,
formerly wharfnger at Anahola There
has been some talk of two men from
but one of them has now
dropped out altogether and the other
has changed basis and wants another
position. S. w. Meheula. who holds the
office of deputy sheriff wants to retain
that position, but j. Cummings thinks
that he can beat him in the run and
is therefore making a bid for nominal
ton. Both are Republicans and will
come before the convention.
There are so far only two men who
have come out openly as aspiring for
legislative honors. AS mentioned above
Mr.. Kula is one of them, and this week
t. Brandt of Waimea has agreed to
have his name put before the conven,
ton among the representative candf
dates. The former representatives of
the island, Rice, Coney and Sheldon,
have not yet given their constituents
decisive answers to their inquiries but
the probability is that at least the two
Former will be on the ticket Nobody
las as yet declared himself as anxious
for the senatorships, although Geo. H.
Fairchild is said to be willing to take
up the burden should it be offered to
him.
The authorship is evidently the posi- |
ion which looks most attractive as
here seems to be more aspirapts for
hat Office than for any of the other
'nes. On the Republican ticket the
present incumbent, o. Omsted, IS en-, |