Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-11-06
Dwight HANDS 1T
BACK TO NAGARAN
4 ernendez Inlerfered, H !,
Says, With His
Precinct

Sam Dwight. against whom Maya
ran Fernando directed his call-down
yesterday afternoon, wants To he
clearly understood that he does aot
want to be dictated to by any one,
especially N. Fernandez, relative to
the running of the affairs of his pro.
cinct, of which he DwishU Is presi-
| dent.
"The whole trouble began with the
| appointment of an outsider as clerk
| for the Judges of the Eleventh Pre-
cinct of the Fifth" said Dwight to
! day. The appointment OF Edwin Fer.
nandcz as clerk Of my precinct made
me sore. Fernandez does not belong
to my precinct. but according to my
information, his appointment was rec
commended and urged by Nagaran Fer.
nandez and other Republican leaders,
as a result of which he was given the
Job as clerk. There are many com
petcnt mon in my precinct to perform
| the duty of election clerk; but they
were ignored entirely, and Edwin Fer,
nandez, an outsider, was appointed in
stead
"In this connection. |, as president
of the precinct, recommended that
Harry Aud or Benjamin Kane he APP
pointed as clerk This matter was re.
ported to Frank Fernandez. a member
of the County Committee, with in
structions to get the approval az the
committee. When tho matter was
discussed by the committee. it Is said
Frank Fernandez was made to with
lrnw Itg npt Ia, nr ala a
Kane and approve the appointment
OF Edwin Fernandez as clerk"
I Nagaran Fernandez, II is said, was
responsible for Edwin's appointment
Other Republican leaders. at the re
quest of N. Fernandez, also took {
hand in this appointment and henc,
Edwin Fernandez got the PLAN. Har
ny Aud and Benjamin Kane were
greatly disappointed and so wa,
| II would have been satisfied" con
tinued Dwight. "Lhad one of the mer
from my precinct been appointed II!
clerk. ] am opposed to appointing al
outsider, no matter who he Is, wher
there are men here who can do tn,
work equally as well as Edwin. As
Republican, for | have been AMI an
still n Republican, believe in t"eat
ing man right. &
IN. Fernandez evidently Thought a
the time that he could run my pre-
cinCt as he saw fit, but |, for one, d,
not want to be taken as a mere figure
head. He was greatly mistaken II
that connection. In order TO even NJ
with him, | decided to knife the, ma,
he was backing in order to show hin
that | had some influence over tn,
men of my precinct. got down {,
business and did the knitting, resultin.
In the defeat of his man, Lane.
THE trouble with ~ Fernandez 4
that he thinks that he is the only maj
In the Fifth that can do politics. Iii
work with the Republican party so IA
as politics are concerned was not sat
isfactory, although he thought he wa
doing Il lot of good. He has beef
very. careful to see that his relatives
were given some kind of job. Thos,
who worked hard for, the party, in m,
precinct We're, through his Interior
ence, prevented from getting anythIn,
to do. That was the trouble with Nag
aran In this connection. Had he onn
hattended to his own affairs withou
Interfering with the affairs of Others
there would have been no trouble Owe
the election Of Lane, so far as | wa
concerned"