The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-02
Political Joke, Laughed at All
Over the Fifth, Has Been
Sprung.
MOVE OF LIQUOR INTERESTS
AChi Throws His Whole Party of
Himself and Four Others
to John.

The announcement, apparently Sc
selected as "leader'' of the Repub-
licans for the fifth district is one of
the jokes of the season, but joke that
has annoyed the actual precinct leaders
of the fifth very much. That Charley
Achi, who was renegade two years
ago, and VINO came back to the party
with his tail between his legs, proper
~ whipped in his contest for the
mayoralty, should suddenly blossom out
as the district leader and then transfer
his mantle of authority to Wise, who
was the worst beaten man on the ticket
| last election, is certainly funny situa-
| ton, made all the funnier when it is
| known that the whole Achi partv-of
! six or seven votes-is considering a
proposal to sell out to the Democrats,
with the probability that they will ac-
| cept their price and become howlers for
McCandless, Fern and the liquor ticket
! in the elections.
! That Wise's ridiculous pretensions to
! leadership are not taken seriously was
quickly learned yesterday when a can
|
the fifth was made Not one of the
precinct leaders had ever heard of Wise
as their leader until the announcement
was made by Achi yesterday; not one
of them considered Achi as a leader or
as one who had any right to call meet
ings and allow himself to be ode
posed in favor of Wise or anyone
else: not one but cheerfufy announced
l. al or
from the fourth and man whom they
neither proposed to follow nor have
ANYTHING to do with. The men of the
fifth believe themselves quite capable
of having a leader OF their own, with
ont going to the fourth to have one
foisted on them who made such a mis-
cradle failure of campaign as Wise
did two years ago.
| The most serious part of the report
of there can be a serious side to it
consists in the fact that it corrobkrates
to "A very large extent the story in cir
culation that the liquor interests of Ho-
nolulu are not satisfied with the victory
gained on the twentv-sixth, but have
determined to go into politics. Their
first attempt-as was stated some time
ago-is to secure control of the Repub-
lican convention, failing in which they
Will go over to the Democrats, trading
their financial support for pledges Of
support in matter of amending the
present liquor law.
John Wise, flushed with the anti
prohibition victory and putfed up with
the idea that he "did it,; still rep
resents his recent employers and is
still under salary. He says so himself
and has held out promises of reward to
others to throw in their lot with him.
His little plot with Achi, cooked up at
Achi's house, is to grab what power he
can through an impudent assertion of
leadership and to use this between now
and the primary nominations on the
twentysixth of the present month to
have nominated delegates to the con
vention who Will be willing to wear
the liquor dealers collar as he does.
The idea that Achi would allow himself
to be "deposed,' if he had anything
left to be deposed of. is the last thing
he would do. Achi is not of that
stripe.
Yesterday. as the cream Of the joke.
Wise. with due solemnity, according to
an afternoon paper, 'when asked about
the candidates for mayor, would not
commit himself to any particular can
didate. He would not say anything
other than to remark that he was ready
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