The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-26
HAS
NOW BEEN
BEGUN
The Political Swapping
Brings Cries of
Treachery.

Knives are out in the political game,
which has only just started in and the
fun is on. From now until November
there will be merry time and the
bushwhacker will be in it from the
drop of the hat. AT present there is
no noise of conflict but beneath the
surface, in both political camps, there
Is war and rumors of war, everybody
is out after everybody else and the
milestone is in constant demand.
John Wise, who is struggling to get
grasp on his party nomination for
sheriff, is one of the Republicans who
gets the glad hand from in front and
the meat axe whenever he looks an
other way Judge Edings, who is am
bilious to shine as the county attorney,
and who looks to his Jeffersonlan
brethren to bring him the job on a
silver charger, feels the knife in his
ribs and dares not turn around to see
whose hand it is that holds it for fear
he will further impale himself. R. H.
Trent is booked for the double cross
and Charley Hustace and Jack Lucas
are being showed against the wall.
Already there is a sweet mix-up
What will the harvest be2
Jarrett is strengthening himself ev
cry day for the Democratic nomination
for Iaukea s shoes and is smiIingly
happy because he is in the deal where
by Democratic votes will be snapped
to Carlos Long, for county attorney,
in exchange for Republican votes for
himself, the ebb in the G. o.. p.
strength in the sheriffship thus to leave
Wise stranded high and dry and kick
ing. Wise is on to this and is making
as big fuss over the treaehery as he
knows how, which is the reason there
is so little noise.
The whole thing is, as was predicted
in this paper would be the case,
combination of the Hawaiians, who in
tend to center their strength on one
candidate for each Office and land him,
irrespective of party. Jarrett is to get
the job he wants because he has prom
ised TO see that whatyer pap he will
have to distribute will go to the men,
bers of the political hui behind him
and fer that reason ready to dump
Wise. The same hui will attempt to,
elect Carlos Long as county attorney,
the Republican members to oppose any
attempt to renominate Catheart and
the Democratic members being ready
to scratch Edings when the election
day comes around.
Treasurer Trent is booked for retire,
ment, his place to go to his present
clerk, Manlev Hopkins, the contention
being that Hopkins does all the work
now and ought to get all the pay. Trent
is not as popular with his party now
as he has been, principally because he
advised Iaukea to put some men on
the force who We're good officers but
not good Democrats.
For the auditor s job, Charley Rose
is to be supported, the forces which
are to be rallied from all parties to
elect Jarrett and Long being counted
on to slam Bicknell when the time
comes. while the same force is counted
upon to put John Lane in the Mayor 5
chair, acting by force of making a
clean sweep of the haoles. rather than
because Lane himself is in the move
ment. This will put Hustaee and Lucas
out of it. Just what complications the
Democrats may make by nominating
their candidate for Mayor has not yet
been sized up. Iaukea was to have
been the man. but he has dropped out |
of the running, either for this office or |
any other, and the Democrats are still /
figuring. All of this has naturally |
stirred things up considerably. Wise /
is red headed in his protests; Edings |
wants to know where he stands and |
Trent is in the same boat as BiekneI, |
50 far kept pretty well on the outside |
of what IS going on.
1t is settled of course that Cupid is |
to beat MeCandiess. The Kaneohe |
convert to Democracy is still on his
pedestal, bnt the rope is already knot.
ted that is to jerk his support out from
under him and leave him wondering
what struck him. He is too good a
thing TO be awakened just now, how,
ever Without him politics would sud-
denly lose its charm for many an in
dustrious worker and there are thou
sand golden reasons why his name
should be in the columns of Aloha Alma
as the greatest thing that ever hap
pened.
Admiral Beckley. it is announced,
has offered his service to his party.
limiting that it was about time that
his work for the race should be reeog- :
nized. He has had himself measured
and finds that the mayoralty chair will
fit him. His modesty, however, has so
far prevented him from openly an,
nouncing his ambitions, but he IS