The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-10-07
Lincoln MCCandIess Declares His
Attitude on Live Issues of
the Campaign.
NO TIME LOST GETTING BUSY
Consults With His Lieutenants
Regarding Disagreements
in the Ranks.
CFrom Thurgday,s Advertiser. }


candidate for delegate to congress, ar
rived yesterday morning after a tour
of the southern islands to take up &C
tive campaigning here.
When seen last night, he was already
hard at work with his aids and lieut.
enants, becoming further acquainted
with the events since his departure
In a statement made to The Advertiser
he took up most of the questions which
were editorially asked yesterday, ex'
planning that when The Advertiser
threw its columns open to him he was
just leaving and would not take advan'
tage of the offer, anyway, without the
consent of his party.
Regarding the question as to why he
advocated law to deprive the Punch
bowl Portuguese of the preference
rights granted them in the Organic Act
amendments, he said:
''There is no idea on the part OF
the Democrats to deprive the Port.
uguese of their homes on Punchbowl
What we did do was to strenuously OPP
pose the action of Kuhio in 1908 in not
getting through congress the bill which
would convey the lands to them. There
is no question in my mind but that they
are entitled to the lands. They have
made the Punchbowl what it is, chang
ing it from barren rock to a beauti.
full spot
"The reason we particularly speak
about Kuhio Is actions pertaining to his
aunt is that the Republicans are con.
tinually speaking to the people about
the many friends that Kuhio has in
Washington; so many, indeed, that if
he asked for breakwaters, federal build
ings, Notifications or anything else he
would get them. They claim he can tell
the United States what to do in a mill.
tary way and it will do it.
"If we didn't have a delegate to
congress we could have got those ap-
preparations anyway"
Referring to the statement made by
E. Faxon Bishop that he had suggested
in 1905 that the public lands ought all
to be sold to avoid the expense of the
upkeep of the land office, he said that
ne had heard that Mr. Bishop had cred
tied him with such a suggestion. He
could not remember having made any
such break, however. What he re.
membered was something quite differ
emit:
az believe I stated this" he said
"that the public, lands should be di
vided among the people. All the reve
nue. was going to the upkeep of useless
officeholders, and as far as the Terri.
tory was concerned it was reaping nc
benefit
The two last questions related to his
supposed desire to burden the indus.
triOus man with taxes and allow the
E'lazy landowner or the owner of great
untitled tracts to escape with fewer
taxes and to the money he is said to
have decided that he would spend to
be elected.
81 do not care to say anything about
these two" said Mr.. McCandless.
Afterwards he stated that it might be
said that he did not believe he was
spending one dollar where the Repub-
icans were spending ten.
Without a moment Is waste of time,
Mr.. MeCandless buckled down to work
as soon as he arrived. He spent the
entire day in consultation with his cam
paign, managers. An informal meeting
was held at Waverley Hall last night,
where the precinct leaders called to re-
ceive instructions and encouragement.
Mr.. McCandless was either too busy
or was disinclined to talk, for he said
little besides taking up the questions
which he was expected to answer. His
manner was strictly busip esslike, and
if he possessed any exuberant convie-
ton that he would win in his present
campaign for the delegateship he did
not show it in his face.
Bertram Rivenburgh, who is now man.
aging the Democratic party as well as
the mayor, was|one of those to consult
the head of the party last night, and
Mr.. McCandless will probably com
mence active campaigning at once, on
the advice of Rivenburgh and other
leaders.
According to a rumor current, the
members of the uniformed police will
be used actively in the campaign, TAX
ing up the two districts precinct by
precinct during their spare hours. Ten
men will canvass each precinct at once,
followed by ten others who will be pre-
pared to drive home the arguments of
the first ten.
These plans and Others were all up
for consideration last night. With his
southern tour shortened TO enable. him
10 return to Honolulu, Mr.. McCaRdless
intends 10 throw all his energies into
patching up the differences which have
ulNlutu tue lochi DehocFhtA into rae
tions.
Spelling Links Chances.
Chairman A. l.. c. Atkinson, Of the
Republican territorial central commit.
tee, left for Hilo yesterday ~ the
steamship Wilhelmina and viii return
on Saturday In time 20 watch the dnal
days rogialmtion Of voters HIS
mission 70 Hawaii Il IN the nature Of
a desire 10 personally slae up .tho stu,
alton on the Big Island The reports
from the Big Island, % the local head
quarters, haze been pesFimlsile. bul
Independent reports from Hawaii show
that knhlo y maklnF q splendid cam
paige ihef olloNlpf the trail OF huk
hft analeaai nnd andalnH ihe mischief
which link Ans made there Those
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