The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-07-19
And He Promises That There
viii Be Some Tail
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CHARLIE HUsTACE MAY ALSO
1t May Be, Likewise, That John
Lane and Jim Quinn
win Enter.
(FrOm Mondays Advertiser.)
ok Lucas will run for mayor.

Jack Lucas will run for mayor
This is no idle prediction, no dog
day story. It's the hard cold fact,
vouched for by no less an authority
than Jack Lucas himself.
Sam 1 going to run for mayorl"
said Jack yesterday afternoon with
rising infection and an appearance of
great establishment that the question
should be asked at all. ''Why, Of
course, I'm going to run. That's
straight goods. And I'm going to run
hard, too. i want the election and I'm
going after it. RunS Say, just wait
until you see me in action if you want
to see what running is TIN beat any
Marathon ever pulled Off in this old
town since long before Anderson Grace
beat it and won out on the police. Me
run3 Well, yes, some. -
That means that there will be some
thing doing to keep the town from stag
mating after July 90. For when Jack
Lucas SHES his gloves into the ring,
throws his def into the teeth of Charlie
Hustace, invites John Lane to retire to
a secluded spot among the tail timbers
and challenges Jim Quinn to mortal com
bat, it means excitement galore.
And it may be taken for granted that
Jack will run a good race, whether he
wins or loses, and that If he loses, he
will lose as gracefully as he would win.
But Lucas win find himself up against
a stiff proposition, said proposition be-
ing no other than Charlie Hustace, once
unofficial mayor of Honolulu and now
aspirant for the real job now held down
by Joe Fern.
Hustace will have strong backing,
many of the most influential Repub-
Leans being already lined up on his
side. Moreover, there is feeling on
the part of some that the job really be-
longs to him, that, il ii is turned over
and the bottom carefully examined, his
initials will be found cut in it. Hustace
is sure he can identify the job if he
gets a chance to examine it close at
hand, and he intends to claim his prop
erty, Lucas and others to the contrary
Notwithstanding
And John Lane7 H-h.h-h. Don u dis
turb him now. Lane is thinking. In
fact, he is cogitating quite deeply and
he may have something to say by and
by.
It is hardly probable, though, that
if the mayoralty were handed TO John
Lane ON silver platter, he would dis
painfully wave it aside. In fact, the
probabilities are very strong that he
would accept with thanks,
But it is possible that Lane win de-
eide to leave it to Lucas and Hustace
TO fight it out between them. There is
seat in the senate which, to the eyes
of some of the experienced politicians,
looks from this distance as If John
Lfne might fill it just comfortably, pos
shy hanging over little on the sides.
Lane, il is said, has been examining
this seat rather closely Of late and may
make up his mind that the interests of
his party require him to sit in it, leav-
ing someone else to rattle around in
Joe FERNS chair.
Incidentally, it may be remarked that
Fern expects to have something to say
about who sits in that chair. He rather
likes it himself, with its three thousand
dollar cushion, and is by no means
eager to vacate in favor of some one
else who might not be able to pose in
it as gracefully and restfully as he does.
Consequently Fern looks with interest
but no favor on the aspirations Of the
other aspirants, and has announced that
he is willing to fight any or all of them,
preferably all, to keep from having to
move.
And Jim Qninn-well, "Barkis is
willin. f" "Sure, III take it If they
offer it to me-" says Quinn. But he
hash t said yet as to whether or not
he will come out in the open and oppose
the ambitions of Hustace, Lucas-and
possibly Lane.