The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-02-20
SUGGEST BASIS
FOR HARMONY
Kuhio Crowd Turns Suspicious
Gaze Upon Plans Advanced
by Taft League Leaders.

Suggestions advanced by the Frear.
Taft adherents among the local pol
iticians, ms basis upon which "real
harmony can be obtained are so lib
eral that the Kuhio-Taft crowd has
been turning a questioning and suspi-
cious gaze upon them, as if asking
rwhere's the niger in this wood
pile'" The Frear people are, on the
other hand, showing the cards they
claim to hold with great apparent
frankness and saying, "come on in,
the water is fine"
That is the way matters stand at
present. The suggestions for char
mony" were made at secret meeting
of the Frear crowd Saturday morning at
which practically all of the 'Ieaders :"
were present and talking. The need of
the elimination of the controversy be.
tween the Delegate and the Governor
at the territorial convention was
brought so prominently before the
gathering that plan was outlined and
the ways and means of securing the
harmony so much talked about and
seen so little, put into hard and fast
words.
The keynote of the meeting was
compromise. The only trouble now
is that the Kuhio faction is unable to
credit the frankness and sincerity OF
the opposite segment of the Republican
party. 1t is turning over in its mind
just what the Frearites are plotting
when they suggest the grounds fol
meeting and harmonious action they
! have done.
The first thing that sticks in the
craws of the Kuhioites who took the
suggestions up Saturday afternoon
Mt an equally secret meeting is the
plan to have the Delegate nominate
himself and two other delegates to
Chicago for the national convention
the remaining three to be selected by
the convention. That the opposition
has something up its sleeve is not to be
disbelieved, they affirm, but what that
something is, they can not max,
ont. The suggestion is too good to b'
! true,
More Suspicion
Then.the other suggestions submitted
to them for consideration also bother
them. After Kuhio IS last pronouncia
mento to the effect that he is "A Taft
man, they can not understand why
suspicion as to the good faith of theil
| leader should be thrown into the mat
ter by the introduction of proviso thai
the whole delegation, Kuhio's three
and the Others selected at large, should
be sent to Chicago with the command
that all vote for President Taft I
nomination to succeed himself
AS for Cupid himself, he is bothered
| He is not quite certain how he stands
himself. He is befogged with opinions
given him as his own by other 'tlead
ersh of his faction. He is disinelinec
to accept any of the advances made by
the other side, as he is still firm in hi
conviction he can carry the convention
here as pleases him.
Plans of Attack.
Indeed it is not unknown that hi
plans for attacking the Governor oil
tht HOOT VI Inc bcIIltOIlhl Rdtutflul
have been talked over and to some ex
tent always provided of course tina
nothing better comes to hand in tn,
fmean tiine-they have been completed
rounded off and laid away for SAT,
keeping until the time comes to us'
them.
For instance authentic report has il
that he has already selected the mar
who will introduce resolution en-
dorsing the administration of Frear and
thus give the Delegate a chance tt
knock, and knock hard, where it viii
do the greatest amount of harm Il
J Frear and Frear's plans and ambitions
In the mean time the politicians OF
| the street are looking wise and sayine
just as little as possible, until the fac
! tional lines have Strengthened them
| selves ont little and the plain maj
can know whore he better stand il
order to get the most butter on his
political bread. Most of them are Of
the general belief that the best plar
TO be followed lies in the straightfor
ward one of fighting the quarrel Out
at the primaries and letting the mar
win who can gather in the most votes
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