The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-12

or MS pOlcN as Il member OIL the I3nI
board. 1t has been repeatedly charged
that the Deacon is using his position as
a member of the board to play politics.
and though be has virtuously denied the
truth of the charges, they still continue
TO be made.
Over Barrel.
But the worst of il is, from a Demo
cratic standpoint, that Trent is playing
politics rather for his own benefit than
for that of his party. At least, such
is the claim made by some Of the Dem
ocrats. And it is further said that last
week the Deacon was tenderly laid over
a barrel and a stave vigorously applied
to him as a gentle reminder that he is
not the whole Democratic party. He
IS said to have been Informed that the
land board is no place for him to play
personal politics and that, if he wants
the support of the party, he must see
the error of his WAYS and reform.
OF all these things the Democrats are
exceedingly loathe to talk. An attempt
made yesterday afternoon to extract
information from them directly along
the above lines resulted about as fol
! lows:
Raymond Is Cautious.
By courtesy of the automatic phone,
number 2460 answered and Doctor Ray
mond's voice uttered " Hello!'
There must be something wonderfully
sympathetic or telepathic in the auto
| matte. for as soon as Doctor Raymond
| was informed that a reporter of The
Advertiser wished to see him, if the
scribe might call, the worthy doctor
refrigerativelv declared that he could
| be seen at his office in the morning.
The reporter might have been III, fol
| all the doctor was presumed to know
| but there was no presumption in this
| case. the doctor seeming to be on his
| guard against questions as to the eau
| Gus. or whatever was held by the Demo
Gratis, or the leading Democrats, on Sat
urdav, at which, so all the talk wa:
Yesterday, there was something of {
pretty row over Trent, immigration
] Link McCandless and other interesting
people and things.
Likewise the Colonel.
This was not the only wonderful ex
| hibition of mental telepathy over The
marvellous automatic.
Number 24S0 was secured, ant
Colonel Mccarthy, another big Demo
crat. sweetly said: "Well?'
"Was there Democratic caucus yes
terday?" inquired the reporter.
Greatly, prefer to say nothing
out it said the colonel, or senator
Il was about to ask what happened
| to TT began the reporter, bu
Senator Mccarthy broke in with: az
rather YOU would ask somebody else
for | don't care to say anything
about it.
The Democrats have been laughing il
their sleeves at the troublous times o.
| the Republicans with their Manoa in
surgents and the like, so now it is no
unnatural that they should yearn t.
have any disagreement in their ranks
especially among the leaders, kept ou
of the public press. As a matter Of
fact, they expect to smooth off all tb,
rough edges before their convention
this week.
Trent, not having a phone at hi:
residence, could not he communicated
/ with, though doubtless he would have
| been glad to state the facts of the case
Whether the misunderstanding among
leaders will result in fight over tht
nomination for city treasurer on the
Democratic ticket remains to be seen
though, as above stated, there is a pro
| digous effort being made to settle al
disputes before the day of the conven
| ton.
so there you have it: McCandles:
and Mccarthy in a mixup, and Tren
buffeted in between, as it were.
Judge Edings, the silent but observ
ant adviser Of the Democratic party
with the assistance Of ". \. Kinney
when he is here, was interrogated yes
terday relative to the alleged fighting
caucus, but beyond showing emharrass
ment he had nothing to say.