The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-03
P PO[IT |C|A A \ s
SWINGING
ROUND
Achi Throwing Strength
to HuStacc i'm His
Canvass.

John Lane, so far as the street-cor-
ner politicians have it, is now down
and out of the running for the mayor
atty, the growing publicity being given
to his thousand-dollar retaining fee
from the Queen, or his expense money
gift-whichever is right-having set
tied him so far as the Hawaiian voters
feel now. This, therefore, eliminates
third of the avowed candidates for
the Republican nomination, leaving
Charley Hustace and Jack Lucas to
face it out. The former is saying little
that can be heard very far, his work
being along the line OF quiet and per-
sistent canvas, but the latter is less
modest.
50 l am going to be declared the party
candidate on the first ballot,'' is the
way he has his own chances sized up.
1t was limited yesterday that Hustace
had come in for support that is of
doubtful value, while the reasons that
go with the giving are of even more
doubtful value to his cause. The re-
port is that Aehi has decided that there
will be more in 1t for him to swing his
cohorts into Hustace's train and help
In his nomination and election than it
would be to stand out for any office
himself. The reasoning is, according
to the reports, that Aehi does not love
Hustaee so much as he dislikes Lucas
more, having sized up the situation
and decided that with the present civic.
head back in office he can manipulate
L, l. = 4br,
chances for preferment are nil 1t is
not to be supposed that Hustace will
kill any fatted calf for an Aehi luau,
nor be particularly pleased at learning
that the willy one is holding out the
hand of friendship in order to get
stranglehold on something tangible with
the other
Both Lucas and Hustace have got
far enough along in their campaign to
induce their friends to urge that they
get together and effect some compro-
mise, lest dark horse slip in between
them.
Achi is the conundrum in the cam
paign in it's present opening chapter
There are those who believe that Achi s
following is joke, that the hapapake at
torney has no strength other than that
gained by the notoriety given him by
the English newspapers, and that 1t IS
only swelling the man up to mention
him at all seriously. Yet, on the other
hand, there are some men, who have
been following up the workings of the
Hawaiian mind. who will tell you that
today Achi is the strongest man po-
litically in the city. The truth of the
matter probably is that Achi has some
following. but realizes that this IS not
strong enough to land him anywhere
but in the consomme, but big enough
to make bluff with and get some share
of the political pork
report comes from the Koolau side
that the Labor party is being worked
up there. and that it is an understood
thing that in this election not a vote
shall be given by son of the soil to
any haole, no matter what his politics |
or promises. There, Achi is said to have |
some strength. The lantana statesman
himself is not tipping his hand any, |
and, unless in moment of excitement,
meets all questions with bland and |
childlike smile. referring the ques
tioner to the Advertiser article which |
credited him with nine faithful re-
tainers.
The Sheriffship situation remains un-
ChdnSeU, St1il "iSO
still resentful and looking for some
thing to land on. There has been a re-
vival of the talk of A. P. Taylor for
the job, more especially since the affairs
at the police headquarters have snarled
themselves up a bit. There is no
foundation for the talk, however, Tay-
lor stating positively that he has not
and never had any desire to be can
didate.
His successor, Kalakiela, is openly
out for the Democratic nomination for
the Deputy Sheriff job, which he held
with such an fnconspieuous brightness
during the last Brown regime.
The George Davis campaign for the
Senate is still in progress. and there are
some who profess to believe that Davis |
will make at least a respectable show
ing at the polls. There is one beauty
about Davis candidature, he does not
have to wait for any primaries nor !
party approval. so long as the nomina- {
ton paper can hold all the names
egally necessary. as this candidate has
that he viii run as an in
dependent if necessary
In the meanwhile the Hawaiian
Sons Voters Association is gaining in 8
according to the report of $
Mrs. Atcherlev. the organizer. A week q
,go the hui had ninety names on its '
'ol, now. according to the organizer s /
ally. there are three hundred and t
ixty-two.