The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-07-12
Precinct Clubs Endorse Him and
Want Fern and Rose to
Run Again.
CONFIDENT FOR McANDLEss
Believe Kuhio Has Spoiled His
Chance by Playing a
Double Game.
lFrom SUNDAY, Adrerti,or.l

(From Sundays Advertiser.)
-Four of the Democratic precinct
clubs, which met on Thursday to nom
mate the officers they will vote for next
Thursday night, passed rousing endorse
ments of the administration of Mayor
Fern, Sheriff jarrett and Deputy Sheriff
Rose, and urged their denomination on
the party ticket. Jarrett especially
was praised and his name was prom
inently mentioned in many of the pre-
cincts where no formal action in his
favor was taken.
Strange to say no endorsements of
the candidacy of Link McCandless were
passed or offered. One explanation of
this is given, perhaps, in the words of
prominent Hawaiian politician of
Democratic persuasion, who was asked
why the silence.
"What for we want waste time en-
Idorsing LinkS What needi Who else
we got with money to run9'
That explains, possibly. Link is the
foregone conclusion and the Democrats
realize that there is no escape.
His Followers Confident.
The Democrats, rank and file and
leaders, all profess the belief that Link
is not only sure of the Democratic
nomination, but of the election as well.
"This is the time that Cupid gets
bumped" remarked a white Democrat,
discussing the situation yesterday.
" McCandless will be elected. His ma.
jority may not be large, but it will be
large enough to carry him to Washing
ton.
"Cupid has played very stupid
game lately and it would not surprise
me to see the Republicans wake up and
nominate someone else in his place at
the head of their ticket. Before he
left Washington, Cupid made the liquor
men sore by the letters he wrote to the
Governor and to others that he intend
ed to come back here and work for pro-
hibition. He wrote that to Joe Cooke
and to others and he cabled to put his
name on the committee of one hundred
"That made the liquor men sore at
him, although they tried to hide it and
began at once to work on him to stay
in the East or go to Europe or do any
thing but come back. They were afraid
that he would come and that his pres
ence here would hurt them. The pro-
hibitionists knew the effort being made
and thought they had the laugh on the
liquor men.
"Now, Cupid, after making the
liquor men mad by his interviews, his
letters and his promises to the prohi.
bitionists, has turned the other side
down. Without writing to explain,
without sending any word that they
could use in the campaign in his abb
sence and without expressing any hope
that the plebiscite would carry or any
regret that he would not be here to
carry out his promises, he decides to
stay on the Coast and skip the fight.
NATURALLY the prohibitionists are
sore and naturally they will retain a
part of that soreness when the election
comes.
''To my way of thinking, Cupid has
tried to play both sides of the game
and has lost in both. McCandless will
get a big number of the prohibitionists
to vote for him and he already has the
support of the liquor men. If Cupid
is his opponent, it will be Link for the
Capitol"
Logan for the House.
Among the Republican circles there
is feeling that Dan Logan, who has
been the watchdog of the treasury in
the city board, ought to be promoted
to the house this fall. The Fourth will
have to be represented by good men
and it is thought that Logan is certain
of election and splendid material.
Another Star man is being freely
talked of, that being Kamanoulu, who
made good last session and deserves, in
the opinion of the majority, another
term. Between him and Logan, the
Star would have a regular constellation
in the lower chamber.
The boom for Judd for the senate is
| growing, although there are some who
believe that w. o. Smith should be
given another term before he is allow.
ed to retire on his laurels. Naturally
! if Smith should be nominated, Judd
would have to wait as he and the pres.
| ident of the senate are in the same
precinct, from which precinct also, il
is expected TO run Correa again for the
house. The Paikuli boom, 1t is explain
ed, is a joke.
Hustace for Mayor.
II appears TO be Hustaee just now
for the Republican nomination for
mayor. Lane has evaporated so far as
l'apy talk of him is concerned and Lu
cas- is regarded as Hustaee's only rival