The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-04-01
HARVEY WILL NOT
OPPOSE KUH|O
Democrats Wait to See What
the Republicans
viii Do.
LIQUOR IS CAUSE OF TROUBLE
II Kuhio Is Not Nominated Harvey
Will Run-Link Kuhio's
Opponent.
LIQUOR is CAUSE OF TROUBLE

The Harvey candidacy for delegate
to Congress depends upon the Kuhio
candidacy. If Kuhio runs again, Link
McCandless will oppose him, for Link
has laid foundation for campaign
on the land question, which the Demo
Gratis think will enable him to make
better fight than any other man they
| have. But if the Republicans desert
Kuhio and put up new candidate,
Frank Harvey will be brought forward
to try and beat him.
This is the present Democratic sit
uation, though, like the Republican
situation, it is a bit complicated by the
| liquor question. The Democratic or
ganization is sidestepping the issue just
as niftily as are the Republicans. Nc
Candless will discuss lands till the
cows come home on all his farms, but
when liquor is mentioned he is as
talkative as the Sphinx Roosevelt
leaned up against the other day.
Here is where Harvey shines-or
sounds-for it can be said at least that
everyone knows what Harvey has to
say. Harvey can put the liquor vote
in his political safe deposit box now.
and use it when the fateful day comes.
| 1t is said by some that Link will
not run on liquor platform. If the
Republicans come out for prohibition,
4 or prohibition, as they are likely
to do, a lot of the Democrats will want
! Il
clare for wide open town. But Link
is known to be about as strongly anti
lliquor as he is pro-land, and if the liq-
uor side captures the Democratic con-
vention he may voluntarily, though
with deep regret, fade away and leave
the spotlight position to Harvey.
AS to other candidates., few
things have been practically settled by
recent discussions. One is that Char
ley Hustace IS friends-he still modestly
declines to announce himself as can
didate-will have him run for mayor
or nothing, and will scrap to the last
convention vote to have him run for
mayor. Another is that Cox will op-
pose Jarrett for sheriff.
A lot of Republicans have been urg-
ing that Harry Won Holt run for treas
urer against Trent. Won Holt ran
once, and the Trent non-partisan fol-
lowing beat him. This time, the Re-
pnblicans, say, Trent ism t so much of
Samson. But the Trent camp ism It
worrying, for it sees little sign of any
lessening of his hold on the independ
ent vote.
Although officially and strenuously
denied, it is fact nevertheless that
the delegate-to-congress bee is buzzing
around Senator Frank Harvey's head
so persistently these days that it dis
turbs his sleep. Harvey is ambitious
He is also cautious. Worst of all, he is
not wealthy. Now, Link McCandless
is both ambitious and wealthy and this
is where the complications, for Harvey,
come in.
Harvey has taken some Of his inti-
mates into his confidence. These have
taken their intimates into their con-
| fidence, and thus the story has circu-
lated throughout political circles that
Harvey is ambitious for power but re-
! luctant to bump up against the an BIZ
| tions of McCandless plus McCandless ,
money.
Now, also, it is fairly well known
| that the Democrats are aware of the
fact that they can not elect McCand
less, while they have an idea that they
could elect Harvey. They are thus on
the horns of dilemma, anxious to
have a candidate they may win with
| and anxious at the same time not to
do anything that will dry up the foun-
| tain of wealth that has been spouting
party funds SO regularly for the past
three years.
Holstein Laughs at Report.
II. L. Holstein, Republican national
committeeman, speaker of the house of
Z representatives and representative from
Kohala, left Honolulu yesterday for
home. He states that the report from
Kohala that his political scalp is prac-
tically as good as hung out to dry is
quite long way from being correct.
"Not thing in it, he stated yes
terday. coupling this with the announce
ment that he was stronger politically
among his constituents than he had
ever been.
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