The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-03-08
ISSUE PLAIN TO
BIG islanders
Kuhio Forces There win Make an
Attack Upon Frear Their
Main Effort.
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HIL0, March g. Whatever else may
happen politically during the next few
weeks it seems absolutely certain that
Hilo win send to the convention in
Honolulu, which is to pick out the six
delegates who are to 60 to the national
convention in Chicago, representatives
strongly opposed to the proposition of
sending delegation Taft-instructed to
Chicago. t.Hss
Incorporation of the local politicians
appears to be due mainly to three
things: first, a desire to express dis
approval of the administration second,
a wish to support the Delegate in his
fight against the executive, and third,
to the good missionary work which
Jack Atkinson did for George II. Carter
and the uninstructod delegation, when
he visited Hilo short time ago.
.at uotN Insist on Scrap.
The politicians, with the single ex-
.ception of G. s. Carlsinith, utterly de-
cline to recognize any attempt to bring
about harmony. No matter how, strong
-iy they may be opposed ON other mat
ters, they agree on this one thing, that
it Is best to get the scrap fought out
No matter what may be done in Homo
lulu, the Hawaii men are determined
TO fight the battle on the Kuhio versus
Frear issue. No one is particularly in
terested in the intrinsic merits of the
question as to whether an instructed
or an uninstructed delegation should be
sent to Chicago, but the politicians are,
after their long period of Information,
spelling for fight, and they think
they see pretty one in sight.
Jack "Saw' Them All.
II is significant that those who are
hoping to so to the convention have,
practically all of them, been seen by
Atkinson and state frankly that they
are going as Kuhio men, to fight for
the sending of an uninstructed delcga-
ton to Chicago. Among those who arc
mentioned ms intending to. try for the
convention in Honolulu are Stephen
Desha, Vasco Osorio, A. M. Cabrinha,
County Attorney Beers, County Clerk
Kai, Keeaumoku, road worker; Ma
haiula and Carlsmith. These are in the
Hilo precinct alone, where there are
five delegates to be selected. II is
likely that there will be about dozen
candidates nominated from which to
select the FIVE. T.
i. Carlsmith Hesitating.
All the above mentioned are for Ku-
hio and against an instructed Taft
delegation, with the exception Of
Earlap,sth x,,hN For f,k
developments before he will commit
himself definitely.
Carsmith said last week that he ex-
pected to 90 to the convention, as he
was an executive commit eeman, but
that it was, of course, no life and
death matter, and he was not going to
break his neck to get elected
He was told that Atkinson had told
various Hilo men that he (Carlsmith)
had become Gone of us,' meaning,
presumably, the Carter -Kuhio combina-
ton, and asked whether he still favored
sending an instructed Taft delegation
to Chicago.
"I would not like to make any state
ment at present. answered Carlsmith.
1.-THE situation has changed consider
ably since last Monday when Roosevelt
jumped into the ring. l still believe
that this Territory should show its
loyalty to Taft, but there is room for
doubt as to what should be done at
the convention. That depends to n
great extent on what occurs in eastern
politics during the next few weeks"
The Waiakea precinct, which is en-
titled to send four delegates to the
Honolulu convention, does not appear,
at least on the surface, to be so much
interested in the fight. So far only
two names have been prominently men.
toned for delegates to the convention,
namely those Of Otto Rose and Jas. ID.
Lewis. Both Of these are Kuhio men.
coelho Has the Dope.
The Kuhio men do not intend to
drop the attack made by Desha, in the
Hoku, against Frear, on the basis of
the deciding, for 81, to the Hilo r. r.
Co., of the postofiice site in Hilo and
on the allegation that Frear had
refused to grant to Hawaiian petition
ers the lands at Haiku, which were re-
Gently given to mainland settlers.
81 am going to take up the Hilo
matter in my next issue of the Hoku
and show the weakness of the Gov
ernor's reply" said Desha last Fri
day. "Coelho has all the data in regard
to the Haiku matter, and I-have written
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