The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-09-08
Announces Readiness to Run
as Delegate 10
Congress.
AN ANTI FREAR MOVE
Washington Report Says Fair
child Wants to Be
Governor.

Robert W. Single has announced
himself as candidate for the Repab.
lican nomination as Delegate to con.
gress, in the probable event of Prince
Kuhio sticking to his threat not to
run again if Governor Frear be reap.
pointed by President Taft. Mr.. Shingle
makes his announcement In San Fran.
cisco, in an interview with one of the
Coast papers, although it has beel
known here for many weeks that his
candidacy was a part of the general
political stratagem being evolved.
At the present time, John Wise is
drawing a salary of $3.50 month from
the Republican territorial committee,
his duties being to keep the Hawaiiaa
voters on Oahu in line to support
Shingle when the time comes Colonel
Parker and Prince Kuho are supposed
TO be strong eno1gh to swing the Ha-
waiian vote of the other islands to
haole candidate
The point to be made through the
election of Shingle is to offer Washing
ton proof that Governor Frear, should
he be reappointed, is not the man want
ed as Governor, the election of Shingle
TO be fought out on an anti-administra-
tiOn platform, while an effort will be
made at the same time to elect legis-
lat1re as much anti-Frear as possible.
The whole thing is part of the fight
against the Governor and the whole eff
:. fort Of great deal of the recent
maneuvering has been to create
smOoth-working machine to do up the
executive, a small part of the plan be-
ing the recent appointment of Wilson
and Clark to the city road department.
Just how the latest announced can
didate for the highest elective office
in his party loves the Governor is inti-
mated by Judge Davis, his companion
on the present trip to the Coast. Includ
ed in the interview with Mr.. Single
is this:
The political situation in the ISL
and is critical, according to Judge
George A. Davis, who is also
a passenger on the Sierra. "Gov.
ernor Frear's administrator has
aroused dissatisfaction in all quar-.
ters," said he, "and the people
do not want him again"
Fairchild for Governor.
Private information received by The
Advertiser from Washington is to the
effect that some hefty wire palling is
being dome in the interests of Senator
George H. Fairchild for the governor
ship. 1t is believed among those il
Washington who take an interest in
affairs Hawaiian that the Garden ISL
and senator, who has lost his legisla-
tive seat through the fate of redistri-
button, is a willing candidate for Gov
erlOr Frear s position, in spite of the
denials that have been given olt in
the Islands.
Several efforts were made yesterday
afternoon and evening to locate the
Senator in order that he might be
heard from in regard to the Washing
ton information, but without success.
He is now in Honolulu, registered at
the Alexander Young, but was not in
his room during last evening.
The Coast Interview.
The interview with Mr.. Shingle, an
nOuncing his candidacy, which appears
in the San Francisco Chronicle, is:
"Robert w. Shingle, city and Conn
ty Treasurer of Honolulu, whom the
Republican leaders of the Islands have
been trying to prevail upon to accept
the candidacy for Governor of Hawaii,
arrived here yesterday ON the Oceanic
liner Sierra. Shingle reiterated his
statments published in tine island press
that he would not accept the respon
sible position even if it were offered
to him by President Taft at the in
stance of his constituents.
~ 1t is true that my name has been
mentioned as possible candidate for
the Office, said Shingle, bat l am not
in the running. Prince Cupid, the Ha-
waiian Delegate to Congress, who, with
others, has been opposing the reap
pointment of Governor Frear, has stat
ed that he will not accept denomination
ms representative if Frear is con
tinned in Office. l was asked if, un'
der these circumstance, / would enter
the election as Cupid Is successor and
have said that / would do so.
sThe political situation in the Isl
ands is critical, according to Judge
George A. Davis, who was also pas
senger on the Sierra. Governor Frear's S
administration has aroused dissatisfac
tion in all quarters, said he, and the
people do not want him again.
'Judge DAVIS said that Colonel Sam
Parker, the well known Hawaiian, who
was another passenger ON the Sierra,
had been asked TO accept the eandl-
daey. II is said that Prince Cupid
could get the appointment from the
President, but would not take II on
account Of the bitter fight he has
waged against Frear.
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