The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-08-18
'HAWA||AAS Scent
A SCHEME TO DOWN
PRESENT DELEGATE.
tFrom Sundays Advertiser,

There is a persistent rumor among
the Hawaiian voters, unipstifed by any
ascertainable 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 McCandiess for the race,
then the Republicans would come in a
few days later and in their conven.
ton outvote Cupid and put George b.
Mcclellan at the head of the Terrific.
rial ticket. Thus, when 1t would be
too late for the Democratic friends of
| Cupid to come to his 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 go, a reversal of the usual policy.
| Next the report is circulated that Nc.
Clellan has notified Cupid that he will
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,
not, are seething with indignation.
Numerous messages of warning were
sent to the Delegate, bidding him be.
ware of tall, fair man. Cupid, of
course. places no credence in the re-
port, 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
| SHOuU III party sympathy III hidItois VI
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 go to the present chairman of
the Board Of Supervisors. Heretofore,
although it was noted that there were
daily conferences between Hustace and
the Labor leader N 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 n
third party. There was no mistake
about his announcement yesterday,
made to an Advertiser reporter.
81 intend to support Hustace, GER
tainly. Why shouldn't 1! Isn't he
the best man for the jobf He has
the fight won already. He is just as
sure of the nomination as if the con-
vention had already met. He'll beat
Lucas all to pieces, see if he doesn It. "
This is Achi's straight tip.
BATTLE OF THE ALUMNIS.
In the meanwhile Lane still has
hopes. He realizes now very fully that
he helped stir up hornets nest when
the little coterie of st. Louis alumni
members sent Bill Aylett out to boost