Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-12-16

every measure. His own consummate
audacity and personal popularity Sc
cured for him recognition rarely ac-
corded first term man. The uncom-
promising stand was possible to him
as to few others, since with Bob's I'm.
dorsement his reelection was deemed
assured and he had no need to placate
powerful interests.
Bob's influence may not seem so un.
accountable when Il Is understood that
1t was dictated only by sbrcwd. far.
seeing policy. Bob knew that he who
enters the political race must run ns
lightly rs possible aud that even ut
that time support Of dishonest meas.
ures was apt to prove handicap to
the swiftcst runner, especially if the
goal were. as In Pauls case, advance.
ment In Office.
Never mind what they say, stick II
out" he explained TO Remington one
day after the latter had returned from
dinner with notorious lobbyist.
"Tlic railroad and the steel people ever
since the war have been lootihg this
state through us politicians. So far
the people have stood for 1t, but there's
bound TO be n change. The people
swing from one extreme to the other.
Therc are forces Mt work IN the state
now. lie had Dunmendc and MUIR
chcll In mind. "There'll be an earth.
quake hercabouts some day soon and
when It's over thcre'll he good many
poiiticai corpscs scattered around
don't suppose you're anxious to accom-
push premature demise. Ana. be
sizes ID 'ght pace the Kicker can
always GET more 'n'h tne ieiow VINO
eoes "'o"s'
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" Us, '"' "'e''' "H ior '"e r"p'er'
", ",s. nov "ou no 'es'e,S io'
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nr,u na Sn,,.,ns ,,,.. :, 80 ~
No. ,vm,,an, - ~,
cnn,r,c,inr Dom w,,s d,ss,,.n, VI" , Iu
tho Steel civ wos ,ro,,od % ,ho
s,r,nyo ,,oc,,c,o ~, ,,o ..,,,,',,,. ,,,,,,
cI,mon cons,s,ont,, ro,,,o onn,ns, ,r,r,
measures Roh w,s no, t,rn,nr ro,
former hy ,nv mo,ns n, ,,,o ,nn,ro
rv his mans for tho ru,rro ,,yo,y.d
the use OF some very questionable
means but he was unburtcpinr him.
self Of every unnecessary weight thnt
might prove n hindrancc I'm the battle
he foresaw. And he was learning 10
make concessions.
The bnttle that Rob had forcscen
came sooner than he expected. In
fact. before he was entirely ready.
In the second year of Paurs iegisla.
tive career and the last Of Dunmende's
first term opposition suddenly devel
oped 10 the latters denomination. An
obscure Judge from one of the western
counties announced himself MS n cnn.
dldate for the gubernatorinl nomina.
ton upon a platform the principal
plank of which was, Down With the
| Murcncll ring" AT first the announce
mcnt was treated MS a testify nil save
Murcheli, who knew the Judge to have
been put on the bench through rail.
road influence. But rs By mngic the
judges candidacy grew into formid.
able strength.
Six weeks before the convention Dun
meade was, so II seemed TO the public,
hopelessly beaten. Only few know.
Ing ones. among them Bob McAdoo,
refused to believe that Murchells no.
sources were exhausted.
Then the great boss executed a
stroke Of characteristic daring. A
month before the convention. like n
bolt out of clear sky. came the cover.
nors cnll for II special session of the
legislature to consider the passage Of
laws regulating freight rates and the
restriction of Relating and proyiding
for committee TO investigate the
methods of the railroads. The know.
ing ones chuckIcd Murc,c,I woi,oa
Tho lopisI,ture conv.,,d surrounded
bv n swarm or r,i,ro,d ,,bhv,sts M,r.
choI, was nr.son, ,r ,,r,nn A., ,n,
and os vel, d. Lii ,aJ TO-, go.
od no Tho s.n,,. Tra H.. -, .,,s
,hov ,,a,.,, ,.,.s.,,,,,
ra,i,r,,.. .,,.,',t,, ~" ~ Wv
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