Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-11-10
POLITICIANS SAY
BOSS IS Down
I= AND OUT
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Islands really gave McCapd!ess
worse defeat than the vRters OF
Oahu. While kuhio, the lRepubli.
can candidate, rolled up i larger
majority than he did two WARS ago,
McCandless got a pretty gpod vote
ON Oahu. His percentage Of loss
will probably be found to sbe much
heavier on Hawaii and Maui.
Tickets Strength Helped Hin.
This Is explained by the fact that
the Democratic county ticket on
oahu helped to pull the Boss up. The
Democrats had a strong hold ON the
offices of mayor, sheriff, deputy sher.
In and a member of the boarI OF
supervisors. and It was the, polltica!
strength of such men as Rern, Jar.
rett, Rose and Mcclellan that kcpt
the Boss from being completely
showed under on Oahu. Even as II
was, he ran miles In the rear Of his
county ticket.
The following flgures give an idea
of how badly the. Boss was dscred-
tied In his own party showins ss
they do that he did not fun any
where near the leaders on the Demo.
cratic ticket:
In 1908 McCandless carried three
precincts out of twenty seven then
on Oahu. all In the Fifth District.
He got u total vote on the island
of 2133, while Kuhio, with 2944,
led him by S11 votes.
In the same election, 1908, Fern
beat Lane by eight votes. Fern car
ried only twelve out of twenty-seven
precincts, but his total was SUM-
Client to elect him
Inl9l0 McCandless carried six
out OF twenty-nine precincts, the
number OF precincts having been in
creased by two sin last election.
Kuhio beats him on the Island of
oahu by l1O3 votes, gairing 1872
votes.
Fern Pulls Up. 2'stN
In 1910 Fern beat Lane by an
estimated majority of 525hnd car.
ries seventeen out of the twenty nine
precincts. ~
In the election Just held, Fern
carried the first. sixth, seventh.
eighth, tenth and twelfth precincts
of the Fourth District, and. the first,
second. ninth, tenth, Eleventh,
twelfth, thirteenth, fourtaenth, fr-
teenth. sixteenth ana serenteentn
precincts of the Fifth District.
While Fern was seven precincts
over his figures In 1908. McCandless
picked up only three precincts, and
every one Of those precincts was
also carried by. Fern, In most cases
by good majorities. Fern and the
other county officers helped pull Me-
Candless up.
McCandless ran well behind his
ticket In many precincts, In both
the Fourth and Fifth districts. The
figures show II beyond denial.
Own Party Repudia es Him.
1t Is the Overwhelming defeat OF
McCand!ess by the Republicans, cou-
pied with the manner In which his
own party failed him, that give
plenty of reasons for the political
wiscacres to argue that the little
Boss is down and out in politics.
However. YOU never call tell in Ha.
wall, and McCandless, though he will
, not admit 1t, Is probably planning
another of his abortive political
coups right now. He came down.
town early this morning to shake
hands all up and down Fort street.
smiling and declaring that he feels
! fine and cherishes no hard feelings.
However, before the bitterness OF de-
feat on Tuesday night had left him,
he declared that his own party
threw him down, and various re-
marks he has let out since have
given some OF his friends the Idea
that he Is looking for a ScaID or