Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-11
FREAR League TO
TEST ON HARRIS:



interested. II is pointed out that the !
activities Of F'rear League leaders to-
defeat personal friend Of the Prcsi. |
dent and followed up with orders that
men elected at the primaries shall not
attend the convention, Is MOI such a.
lovely bouquet TO present to the Pres.
dent of the United states as was first
supposed II might be.
Some of the things that have been
done by the sO.Callcd Taft League
now become The F'rCar League - in
tho last few days indicate that some
Of the leaders have mighty poor judg'
mont or they have completely lost
their heads.
Frear's Position.
In the first place, If they put Gov.
crnor Frcar before the convention and
have to fight his way through for him,
II viii he practically defeat for the
Governor, because the head of the ad-
ministration is not pleasantly placed
under such conditions.
Secondly, the money and the threats
and the manipulation Of proxies that
have been going the rounds exclusive
~ in the Frear League camp will not
be pleasant to spread on the record II
the controversy is carried TO Wash.
| ington. as personal reports of II Ger.
tainly will he conveyed direct to the
| President. who has always taken the
position that the people Of Hawaii will
have a square deal If II Is possible for
| him to give It. And he is willing to
take the time to listen.
One or two proxies ordered dcliv.
cred to another have been handed
! back. Now the question turns on the
secret ballot or not. Frcar League
men don't want it. The rumor has got
| abroad that Judge Dole Is not opposed
! to the secret ballot, hence the distrust
Of him by the Frcar League.
A Campaign Yarn.
John Wise appears to be busy cir
cuating stories that are intended to
arouse suspicion among the KuhiO
men. The report claimed to originate
| from him that was going the rounds
yesterday afternoon was that Coelho
had been promised the Republican
management of Maui bv the Bald.
| wins" and although Outwardly for Ku.
hio he would later turn against the
| Delegate. Wise is also getting the
reputation OF telling his friends inside
tips on the Frcar League operations
and the Frear League men give a
! knowing wink and say those tips are
| for the purpose OF misleading the Ell.
envy"
! The big fight Of the convention Is
likely to turn on the question of p.ON.
! les. unless the Frcar bcagucrs at
their conference Of insiders last night
i abandoned the fight they are making
/ to coerce the delegates into delivering
i proxies.
Frear men who have brought for
ward the Governors candidacy for
, Delegate to Chicago say that II is no
more than fair that they, having Civ.
en- notice that they will vote for Ku'
= hiO, should get some reciprocity In a
lrCtum vote for the Governor. AnOth'
or element comes into this. however
o The Kuhio men have no solid pha'
lanXes of CoCrccd voters to deliver.
They have hccn playing the game
. square and i'm the open. And good
} many people seem to have forgotten
| that, Ex-Governor Carter has been n
b, candidate for delegate to Chicago for
"A considerable time He Is natural
, Roosevelt man, but his precinct in
b. structed him by an overwhelming
. vote to support Mr.. Taft first, last and
Y always. Now Garter and his following
r constitute an clement that cannot be
"dcliyCrCd" or COcrCed into line ioi
. Frcar. though they have openly an
nOunced their support Of. kuhiO. Sc
there's another complication whei
!. Il comes 10 figuring out the results O
! the Frcar candidacy.
2 What Will Kauai Do?
i Back of all this is the part that Ia
$ uai will play in the coming cOnNcn
tion. Men from Kauai are believed Il
. be supporters of Kuhio on genera
principles and primarily for Kauai ant
Charlie Rice for National Committee
man. There is really no determined
opposition to Rice on any oth"l
ground than that of having the Ma
tional Committeeman on one of tho
other islands. Experience has PROVED
that much serious complication has
arisen as result Of not having the
National Committeeman where ne
could be easily gotten at and quickly
gain knowledge of exact conditions II
connection with Federal appointments
The ardent spirits OF the Freal
League claim to have the COnYen
ton" without Kauai If put to the
IpinCh. Tan-Kuhio men can't see II