The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-09
FERNANDEZ
TO DWIGHT

Vi no IiOlhShuouS power ana ln1uenCe
! over the men of our precinct, which is
the eleventh of the fifth. He states
/ that he knitted Lane in order to even
up with me for matters with which
Lane was in no way connected. I can
not understand why Lane should suffer
for my mistake, if l have made any
About three weeks ago, report was
circulated that Dwight was knitting
Lane for what had happened in the
last Republican convention when Lane
was nominated Mayor. But believing
at the time the report reached me that
Dwight was good Republican, and
knowing that he was President of the
Republican Club in my precinct l did
not take much stock in the report.
In order to show the fallacy Of Sam
Dwight's argument that his influence
over the men in this precinct had any
thing to do with Lanes defeat, l must
first analyze the voting strength OF
each party in this precinct There are
400 voters in the precinct, 1884 of whom
voted on election day. According to
the reports of the runners engaged by
the party to canvass the precinct, there
are so Republicans, 10 Democrats, and
the balance of the voters comprise
Home Rulers, Laborites and Non-par-
tizan voters. The election returns
show that Lane received 70 good Re-
publican votes, besides those votes cast
for him which were rejected.
According to the showing made, l am
satisfied that Lane received almost the
full Republican voting strength in the
precinct. If there was any knitting
done by Sam Dwight in this precinct,
as | am informed there was, am hap
py to say, it did not affect the result
to any extent, and 1 should think
Dwight would be a little sore to rea-
lie how small his influence was in his
home precinct.
Look at the number of votes received
by Daniel Logan, Norman Watkins,
William Aylett, Harry Won Holt and
Edgar Henriques. They all received
fair average of Republican votes
with the exception of Edgar Henri
ques, who was far below the Republi-
can voting strength. l wonder if Sam
Dwight would attribute Henriuues' de-
feat to his influence over the men in
this precinct.
workers, excepting one or two, and
they are not Republicans. If Sam
Dwight had done any knitting at all, it
must have been done in the precincts
where road workers had voted. I
admit that Sam Dwight has consider
able temporary influence over these
men, as he is the chairman of the road !
committe of the Board of Supervisors. !
l regret very much to know that
good Republican like Sam Dwight !
should cause injury to the party which |
honored him with high position for
a trivial matter. The trouble with |
Sam Dwight is that he thinks he is the |
great Il AM" in the precinct, and |
everything must be submitted to him
for approval or disapproval.
| believe that I, as chairman of the !
executive committee of our precinct |
club, and also as a members of the !
executive committee of the Territorial |
Central Committee of the Republican !
party from the Fifth District, have as |
much responsibility as Sam Dwight |
has in the management of the affairs
of the party in that precinct
Sam Dwight also stated that he re-
commended Harry Aud or Benjamin |
Kane for the position of clerk to the
inspectors of election in this precinct
He well knew or at least he was in
formed that the party REQUIRED on
election day the services of all the /
officers of a Republican clup at each !
polling place, and the two gentlemen
named being officers of the club in this |
precinct they were expected to give /
their services on that day at the poll
ing place in behalf Of the party, hence
their failure to receive the appointment !
recommended by Sam Dwight.
With reference to Edwin Fernandez |
l will say that he is just as good Re
publican as any of the gentlemen
named, and just as much entitled to |
recognition as any other good Repub-
lican. He may not be resident of /
this precinct, but he is a resident Of /
the district wherein this precinct is /
located. There are no rules of the
party combining the appointment OF a
clerk to the inspectors of election to
only residents of the precinct wherein
the appointment is made In this case
l was simply following out the prece-