The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-08-11

ARE TO BE HELD
ON SAME DAY

was only waiting for boom to be
headed past him TO hop on and ride
into Office.
His boosters are the members of the
Hawaiian Sons Voters hui, who claim
that Beckley Is the only man who can
go into the fight and beat Harvey at
his own game among the Labor party
voters. Harvey, by the way. is deny
ing that he has any idea of getting into
any contest with anybody for the big
civic job. being satisfied at the pros
pect of going back again as a Demo-
cratic supervisor.
In order, probably, to magnify Beck
ley's chances 1t was also talked around
yesterday that Beckley would be a can
didate as Delegate in the event of
Cupid withdrawing for any reason but
would not consider any nomination, no
matter how much the popular demand
for him to go to Washington, so long
as his friend the present Delegate.
wanted the post. This was referred
to as being particularly magnanimous
on his part.
In response to the story published
yesterday that A. NJ. Brown still har-
bored a shrievalty bee in his bonnet,
there were many denials from many
sources, various representatives of
various factions all uniting in their
statements of belief that Brown was
out of II entirely. The use that Vierra,
Vincent, Willie Crawford and Clark
and some others in the Fifth We're
making Of Browns name was declared
to be entirely without authority and
without the knowledge of the former
sheriff. All of which may be so. 1t
is a fact. anyway, that the ones in the
Republican party now looking for NOM
ination for the more important county
offices do not want Brown to run, how
ever much they may urge him to his
face, for while Brown has strength yet
in one or two precincts. in the county
as whole he would be a dead weight
for the party to carry.
LANES THOUSAND.
Getting back 90 the talk of Beckley
for mayor, it appears that those trying
to boost him have come to the coz -lu-
sion that Lane is definitely out OF the
running, the ambition he has nursed
ever since he snatched the municipal
bill from defeat in the House having
been stunned and put out of business
by the discovery of his thousand dollar
touch. 1t appears, however, that Lane
is only laying back on his oars for the
time being and expects to jump back
into the ring with a vindication in the
loan racket from no less a parsonage
than the Queen herself.
Such is the talk of his friends, who
claim that when the time comes to
best impress the Hawaiian delegates
at the Republican county convention
the Queen will issue a statement to
the effect that Lane is to be given
credit and not blame for accepting her
money. She will state that he was re-
1T when it was pointed out to him that
going to Chicago was his duty, a duty
owed by him as a leader among the
Hawaiians to his Queen and to his
people. 1t will be stated, IL the silence
is broken as is promised, that the
Queen insisted on Lane accepting her
money in spite of his own protests. Just
how much effect this will have is
problematical. If it comes at all it will
be made soon after the precinct nomin-
ations.
OPEN VOTING AT CONVENTIONS.
From many sides, the ones expected
to be elected as delegates to the Re-
publican county convention are being
urged not to make the mistake that
was made at the convention two years
ago and have a secret ballot. II is
acknowledged now by practically all
but those who had their own ends to
serve thereby, that the secret ballot
on the nominations was a mistake and
gave room for too much well-founded
criticism, The question or balloting will
probably be discussed in the precinct
! clubs prior to the election of delegate.