The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-03-29
KUHIO WORKED ON HAWAII FOR
UNRESTRICTED DELEGATION
81 don't want instructed delegations from your (4aWaiI
precincts. Send your men to Honolulu uninShucted All
want in Honolulu and all want in Chicago, is bunch of
delegates who will back me up."-KLlhio, in Hlo.

AS the time is nearing when the cam
paign will begin with the nomination
of delegates to the Honolulu Republican
convention interest in politics is warm
ing up,
The se-called states are being made
and unmade, patched and broken, Hilo
is playing its usual game of each man
looking out for himself with but little
thought for the hindermost. There is
one very significant feature about the
mess, and that is the harmony which
exists among the factions, usually fight
ing bitterly. Hilo political millennium
has come where one may see the lion
and the lamb, Jim Lewis and Stephen
Desha, John Kealoha and Otto Rose,
lying down together.
For one time in history they all want
the same thing, that is Kuhio delega-
ton. In Hilo there is no hairsplitting
over names. A spade is called a spade.
ne dlc ANuhlO lutu VI lCdk
men (if there be any such) and they
speak of themselves as such. They will
go to the convention in Honolulu to
fight for Kuhio or Frear, only it will
be the Kuhio men, with possible ex-
ception, who will go, mainly because
there are SO many of them. 1t is the
old story of Hilo being antiadministra-
| ton, not so much because it has any
well defined issue against the Governor,
but rather because of an underlined feed
ing that the people at large do not get
square deal from the territorial
powers
An Kuhio Wants.
GIVE are Kuhio men, all of us, i" said
| Waiakea leader. ''When Kuhio was
here he talked to us boys. He said i
don It want instructed delegations from
your precincts. Send your men to Homo
lulu uninstrneted. All want in Homo
lulu, and an i want in Chicago, is a
| bunch Of delegates who will back me
up That is what we are going to do. .
The fifth puecinct, Hilo proper, will
witness quite a contest. There are
various reports about states, but The
only one which has been at all well de
fined is one placed on the boards 10y
the fnonpoliticaa' labor union. The
names are Rev. Stephen Desha, County
Attorney Beers, Keamoku, ]. p. Oliver
and Joe Vierra. Other candidates arr
Carlsmith, Supervisor Austin, Vases
osorio and A. NJ. Cabrinha.
carismith Candidate.
1t was reported that Carlsmith was
making up slate, but this he denies.
cit is true that + am a candidate
for delegate TO the Honolulu conven-
tion, - said Carismith last Friday. al
am also candidate for the convention
in Chicago; but / am making no states
/ am running and hope to get enough
votes to elect me-"
AS a matter of fact, the general run
of the politicians, by and large, are
showing considerable anticipatory en-.
ioyment based on a prediction as to
"what we are going to do to Carlsmith
this time" when they are going to
" elect him to stay home The feeling
undoubtedly gets its impetus from the
fact that it is general belief that
Carlsmith is favorable towards Frear
but probably many of the minor
politicians are using the opportunity
to benefit by the sweeping Kuhio senti
ment to try swat at Carlsmith, whom
they would under ordinary cireum
stances consider it best not TO monkey
with.