The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-04-23
HOW HILO COT
THE SAD NEWS
CONVENTION DELEGATES TOLD
HOW 1T ALL HAPPENED
AUSTIN JUMPED ON.
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HILO, April 19.-It was sad bunch
of politicians which returned to Hilo
last Wednesday after having attended
the Republican and the Democratic con-
ventions. The Republicans of whom
eight from Hilo and nine from Waiakea
were Kuhio men, felt the defeat Of
their cause bitterly They charged it
openly to unfair methods used by the
Frear faction. The Democrats had gone
to their convention with the hope that
! they might stave off the nomination of
a Delegate to Congress, and in this mis-
sion they had been unsuccessful. Their
sorrow was, however, greatly tempered
by the openly expressed hope that the
outcome of the Republican convention
will carry McCandless to victory.
Austin the Goat
The Republican delegation was very
bitter against Austin, who was de-
nounced as a traitor. Desha, Osorio,
Rose and others denounced him in bit
ter terms.
The fact that Austin voted for Frear,
after having declared many times that
he would not do so, is used as basis
for prophecy that his political grave
has been dug.
1.-The Hawaii Kuhio delegates stood
| together, and nothing could buy or
coerce them. They were compared with
the rock of Gibraltar said Desha
Comfy one delegate deserted; 1 suppose
you have heard who it was, Austin.''
Open Ballot Did 1t.
The other delegates corroborate the
statement that Austin, from the mo-
ment he landed in Honolulu, kept away
/ from the Kuhio delegation. They quote
him as saying that he favored Kuhio
] at heart, but that he was compelled to
i-cllange on account of the fact that
John T. Moir is the head of the Ha-
4 waii liquor commission, and he must
/ look out for his license. They say that
Austin said that he intended to stand
by them, for Kuhio, but that that was
before he new that NOR was slated to
be one of the delegates. He alse told
them, they say, that he would stick
I by them in case a secret ballot were
/ decided on, but that he must leave them
if the ballot were open.
Not Afraid for License.
Austin himself admits that he chang
ed his stand, but says that he did so
reluctantly. "It is not true that told
them that 1 would vote for Moir be-
cause he was on the liquor commits
! sion,o he said. "But Moir is a warm
personal friend of mine. 1 had not
expected that he would be in the race.
so when he met me in Honolulu and
asked me for my vote, what could I
do? Furthermore, l had no idea how
strong was the lineup of the business
interests for Frear. They were prac-
tically solid for him. Business men
came one after another to the store
in Honolulu asking what was the mat
ter with Austinf / voted twice against
the open ballot, and only then l gave
up. There is great virtue in staying
by sinking ship, but there is no
sense in drowning with her. One must
look after one 3 business, and there
was nothing gained by staying with
them.
GAS a matter of fact, was foolish
to run for the convention at all.
have made no friends, and the men
on both sides are mad with me. / am
through with politics. 1 will have
nothing to do with them again."
Austin was asked whether thai
! meant that he would not be candi
date for reelection as supervisor.
81 will not" he said decisively. 81
would not run for supervisor for {
Thousand dollars
Tale of the Caucus.
The returned delegates tell an inter
esting yarn concerning the dickerinl
. which took place during the eventfu
, recesses. Desha asked Kalama, tn,
Maui leader, whether he thought
good politics to have only one Hawai-
A ian on the slate. Kalama said it di
t not look fair. He would see the Bald
wins about it. Desha had conference
with the Frear men. He said he di
not care so much about the other dele
I. gates, but he wanted Holstein as Hs
e wall S delegate to Chicago, with Vase
Osorio for his alternate. The Frea
=, men had the power, and this conce'
sion would satisfy Desha.
d 1t looked as if this arrangement
e would go through, when the recess wa
. taken, and the Kuhio men met in car
Gus. Then it was that the Frear me
% offered compromise. They propose
y to sacrifice Moir in favor of HOLSTER
IS and Renton in favor of Single. Br
:, the majority of the Kuhio delegate
> stood out for fight unless they coul
get Frear off the delegation. The fini
message to the Frear camp was: 81
we can't get Frear off the delegatio
we will go forth to defeat with colo
flying" And they did. ,s
n Cooke Very Anxious.
The delegation was, very eager
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