The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-10-29
GOVERNOR STILL
PLAYS LONE
HAND

Conditions are getting 40 here that
man who IL not willing 20 submit to
control cannot even breathe, - declares
w. W. Harris, once leader in the
local Republican ranks, only few
weeks ago the candidate put forward
by the Frear faction in n test of
strength with the Kuhio faction in the
convention TO nominate delegates 20
Chicago and twice n Republican mem
Der of the legislature, who yesterday
bolted his party in sensational fashion,
from the soaphox urging everyone to
vote the straight Democratic ticket
"Governor Frear is so self.centered
that fair-mnded man cannot submit
to what he does he says. "Secre-
tary Fisher, in the closing hearing of
the investigation, said to the Governor:
DO not play n lone hand; and he said
to the people of Hawaii: Do not let
Frear play a lone hand But Frear
not only keeps on playing his lone
hand, but he has the cards stacked.
Bishop Appointment.
"Take the recent appointment Of II.
X. Bishop as superintendent of public
works. Some short time ago, as rep
resentative of the firm for which /
work-Catton, Neil & CO. called on
the Governor and urged the appoint
ment of a successor to Mr.. Campbell.
Mr.. Campbell was holding the position
and was at the same time with the Ho.
nolulu Iron Works, our strongest com
petitor in the contra cts we were bid
ding for with the government. The
Governor told me that his own uncer
tain tenure of Office prevented an ap-
pointmcnt. At that interview with the
Governor | told him that he might con-
slider me candidate for the position,
and that he ought to make an oppoint-
ment at once, of me or somebody else.
However, he waited until Mr.. Bishop
had been year in Hawaii and was
qualified under the law, and then an
nounced his appointment. / tell you,
the Governor had Bishop picked out
months ago and was only waiting until
he could appoint him. Now, that is one
of the things that makes the blood of
every kamaaina boil.
Mr.. Bishop is in every way quail
fed, in his own line. But he is not
the only man in Hawaii fit to be super
intendent of public works, and do not
it was, was right.
IAN Controlled"
"Take the other appointments the
Governor has made. Every man on
every commission is known to be at
the beck and call of the interests. If
he were not he could not get his posi-
tion. In selecting his officials and com
missioners, the Governor doesn't show
the discrimination of cow.
"There is going to be big awaken
ing in Hawaii politically in the next
two years. said Mr. Harris, conclud-
ling his interview. "This year the Re
publicans will make a showing at the
polls, but two years from now, look
out! The Democrats, if they use good
Judgment in the selection of candidates,
will sweep the Islands and take every
thing, from Delegate to Congress down
/, myself, am Republican and intend
to stick by the principles of the Re
publican party, but it seems to me that
the time has already come when nc
man of independence, one who will not
submit to being ordered about and told
, what to do in every instance, can stay
with the Republican party as it is con
stituted in Hawaii today
His Soapbox Declaration.
Pale, but with a determined look in
his face, w. w. Harris mounted the
, soapbox yesterday at noon, after Bar
ron, McCandless and other great and
near-great orators had been entertaining
the MONDAY crowd. Everybody pres
cnt looked for a ringing Republican
!, heart toheart talk from Harris, but
they soon gathered his was an out-of
the-ordinary speech, Barron had intro
duced him as Zone of the Republican
a campaign leaders,"
The speaker opened up by stating he
: had been chairman of the April Repub
! lican territorial convention which Sc
/ lected delegates to the Chicago presi
I Dental gathering; that he was and has
always been n Republican, 'but the
' time has come, gentlemen, as it comes
|. often in the life of an organization
f when one must come out and take issu'
4 IwitE the party bosses. The same thing
i happened with Roosevelt. The time
. came when he had to ieave the Repub
. lican party to head the Progressive
l. movement.
"An From Same Circle"
n Harris next sailed in strongly into
e the attitude of the Governor in regard
o to the appointing of the members of the
s different public boards and commissions
;, He read the lists which constituted sew
u eral boards and stated it was the sam,
S thing; the men were all from the sam,
g circle; could not find a Hawaiian il
e any of them. Those in control wanted
n majority of Republicans in the senat,
l. so-these could confirm the Governor
appointments; they controlled the Ter
ritory and wanted to control the mum
cipal government, too. The recent ap
pointment of II. X. Bishop, by the Gov
ernor, came in for hot roast at tn,
hands of Mr.. Harris. Frear had hin
l selected months ago and only waite,