The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-07
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for any of the county offices have ad
yaneed any reason why the voter
should prefer them to anyone else
Friends of Jarrett boost him because
ne has street-eerner following
friends of Wise say that he needs the
| Job; Billy Aylett has been PLAYING il
the county band and wants a change
and Willie Crawford thinks it will be
easier to lobby from the inside than
the outside. There is not a business
man IN the city who would give Char.
ley Clark, Nahora Hipa and some of
the others in the waiting line charge
OF any business transaction that
amounted to more than twenty-five dol
las, yet these are the ones who expect
&c be elected to pass appropriations for
running the Territory and the county.
And the appearances are, at present,
that the ones who pay the great bulk
of the taxes are too Indifferent to the
welfare of the coanty to either accept
office or attend The precinct primaries
tc see that resntrsible men are nomi-
mated for the Offices.
JUST EER INSTANCE.
The Portuguese vote is being re-
garded among the active ones as a
va Inc hla ballot how aoao4 80 A. ~
end that it is worth while coddiing
along scheme is in play to corral the
voters early, rope them and sink the
branding iron in deep, so that there
will be no mistaking the ranch they
belong TO. The drive will not be well
on until after the primaries, but just
the same the political cowboys are al
ready rounding up the strays from the
valleys and byways and gradually the
entire drive will be under way. At the
head of the string of political cowboy
rustlers, directing movements and
preventing a stampede, are at least
three prominent men, but the dust of
LfC uAiNt HOS 50 LAT IdLHSI
obscured their identity. But occasions
ally a rift in the dust clouds reveals
the old-time countenances of A. NJ
Brown and John Cathcart, who have
participated in former drives. John, it
appears, likes the saddle he is now rid
ing in, saddle belonging to the office
of County Attorney, and Brown has
got out his old, time-worn Shrievalty
saddle for the roundup.
With these leaders is Enos Vincent,
a Portuguese lawyer who, it is said
has been added to their ranks with
the idea of using him to swing the
Portuguese vote for Cathcart and
Brown, he in turn to be rewarded with
the gift of the job Brown now holds,
that of police court prosecuting attor
ney.
While Brown has said he is not a
candidate for office, and particularly
disclaims any designs on the office of
sheriff, yet the clans are gathering and
the deal to place Vincent in Brown s
present office is regarded as direct
trade to get votes for Brown.
And here is where the niger shoves
his head up from the woodpile. The
primary nominations will be turned in
August % and the vote on the candi-
dates so presented will take place Sep
TENDER s. Those elected go to the
Territorial convention and the County
the elections coming in at
the same time IF the Cathcart-Brown
forces can work quietly along until the
day and gloss over their in.
tentions until September 5, the pre-
sumption is that they can swing the |
for Brown for Sheriff and |
Cathcart for County Attorney. Ii is |
4 sort of eleventh hour coup, and would |
possibly work but for the fact that too |
many are being let in on the secret. |
The newest phase, that of giving Vim
cent hope for job in the police court |
n return for the delivery of Portu'
yuese votes, to strengthen the host
by yierra of Aala park base
pail fame, serves to indicate the secre-
" with which the work is being car
led on. In despite of repeated denials
" both Brown and his closest friends
hat he will not run for Office again,
he politicians with their ears to thef
ground state positively that they can
lear Brown $ footsteps padding 1t in
he direction of the convention hall.
With Brown as Sheriff and Catheart
S prosecuting officer, good times would
ONE back with rush, even If they
id smell a little of punk.