The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1911-05-20
Honolulu
Newsletter
Racy Paragraphs From the Capitol On
Current Topics.
(By Oscar Brenton.)

AhO oOiSoVioh VI eiiO Wcch ptob,
second, of course, to the Hilo affair,
is the evident break between Gov.
ernor Frear and Kuhio. From
what | can gather from the friends
OF the delegate he had the kick COM
ing and it was just, rather than
crouch. But Frear has the backing
of the business interests and the
men with the barrel. The opinion
seems to be that Kuhio has been
flattered by the press until his head
has gone abnormally out of shape.
Like the lamented Josh Billings he
swells up among those present and
murmurs "Of whom 1 am which. !"
What with congratulatory resolu-
tions, aattery from the press and
glad hands and idolatrous hero
worship from a large number Of
politicians he has come to believe
all he hears. Which is an error.
He is willing to sacrifice Mcclellan,
the real man, and imagine himself
responsible for the many benefits
Congress has showered upon Ha-
waii. They tell me that in Wash
ington he is made much of. I'll
wager a yellow dog that there is a
smile wherever he swells up on the
avenue From my point of view,
and my knowledge Of Washington
society, Kuhio is a mighty small
toad in the puddle. As for Frear,
he may not please the politicians.
Neither does Campbell but they do
the best they know how. No one
will doubt the statement that while
Campbell is dictatorial, that he has
been, and perhaps is, Pooh Bah,
his administration is cleaner than
that OF the man to whom he acted
as assistant in the days of the
Republic. Outside very few no
one will agree that an administra-
ton from the executive building,
with Kuhio in Office, as governor
would be as satisfactory as one with
Frear at the helm. 1t is ridiculous
to think about, and it will happen
only because Taft has no use for
Hawaii further than for the use it
may be to the United States as a
strategic point, and because the
appointment of Kuhio as chief exc
cutive would be about as heavy a
slap at the governor as was the ap-
pointment of Cottrill. With Jonah
at the helm, Jimmy Boyd in the
department of public works, John
Lane as secretary of the territory,
Tom Cooke as Surveyor and John
Wise as Treasurer revenge would be
sweet indeed.
The arrest of that man Howard
on the Manchuria seems to be pro-
life of good results to the customs
service here for the latest move is to
call on the Bank of Hawaii and the
First National Bank, through their
treasurers or cashiers, to produce to
the jury the accounts of the Union
Pacific and the City Transfer Com
Ipanies. AT first glance this does
not mean much but when one re.
members that these are the local
transportation companies of Homo
lulu and they haul more of the bag.
gage from the steamers than all OF
the other express handlers in the
city. And they are competitors.
Raven and Jacobsen were formerly
high in positions of trust in the Gus.
toms service and their company al
J one time had the contract which
gave their runners the right o.
boarding the steamers and getting
the baggage of the passengers
Later this ARRANGEMENT went Il
Love of the City Transfer Co
When there was an investigation in