Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-01

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! a't:i is:lr9-:i ne. by S:,.vc IIaura.ch.
| G;sh. x, ;i.is'ed ihngshifg!is. "yon
| could In lawyer Ter ihs ,1,mtstny. Ii
| hook ii!;r u farmers won't have much
say ii Ire business Id Ike To have
Sniile one on t!n inside wan co,l!d tell
! rs what's grin an
/ mo ehance az that. Ri Hampden
,locSiI'1 think much nf me- Tie did not
TELL tr:snShawe why he hail lost the
capitalists favor
Tie net result af his ,Hfxntism. he
Thought will S,me bitterness. was Ia
win Hampdcn's hostility and To put
| himself ont az The way of protecting
his f.,raier friends
And hate In octnber occurred his par.
| tCS rally
1t was necessary to marshal the
tadly shaken PARTY hosts. For into
Beilton eaGnty iiad marched Soua.
man who. iii i single opInsition speech.
| hrnke through the tecrnses 50 pains.
tadngiy reared hy Jeremy Apnleg;Ite
and his fellow soldiers None other
/ than Jerry Trent \ bic. ra~boned
/ honely fellow. uncoutil In manner and
sometimes in grammar but with
crude. passionate ploquence that al
ways carried his audience with him
He had been coal lIiner. II ,labnr
organizer. ana hid after struggle
so common that description stales
been admitted to the, practice of law
In all the thirtytive wars ut his life
| the charge of m:iterinI dishonesty had
never leen raised ;l:;linS. him: he WAS
! stIll poor And he was counted ris
Ing man in the opposition party. mi
with the connivanee Of his party
bosses. however They considered him
a radical. unsafe an1-,ar,!inal crime
in in honest aud Interchangeable snunc
Eaan-ambitious Respectable peupIe
sneered Mt his antics II WAS s;li,l
that his eyes We're fixed on the next
nomination for governor Even with
this suspicion ranking In their minds
the bosses dared not--so popular WAS
he among Llbor nen-refuse him on
nortnnity to speak during the cam
Daigfl
John. an inconspicuous listener.
heard Brent's BENTON county speech
1t troubled him. 1t seemed to him
unanswerabIe. Brent. it was true.
dealt in terms of suspicion. not OF
facts. bnt 1t was suspicion that
found swift echo in the hearts Of his
audience. He frankly said as much.
I'VE don't govern this state" said
Brent. Zone man. Murchell. picks out
our officers and tells 'em what TO do
while in Office. You people don't gov
ern Benton county. One man. Jim
Sheehan. Murchelfs tool. chooses your
commissioners. your treasurers. your
sherifrs. your district attorneys" John
WINGED "And ifs wrong, my God! les
wrongl" the orator cried passionately.
1T would be wrong. even II these
men were honest. And / blame yotl
for It. You haven't the right to shove
your responsibility on other mems
shoulders. and they haven't the right
to take the power" :
The mans hot. rough eioquence
found a Judgment where least expected
in Johns heart. already sensitized by
his own discoveries and questionings.
Jerry Brent was right.
The oldest inhabitant could not re-
member when the old party had been
so vigorously attacked. To stem the
tide of revolt-John felt It strongly In
his canvass-an old time rally was to
he held In the square. Sheehan In
structed John as to the part which the
latter was to play.
You're to speak. Hit 'er up hard.
Tell 'em all about US bein' the friend of
the farmer It's your chance Parrott
and Sherrnd1l be there. PARROTS no
slouch of speaker. but you can beat
him, Farmers like good speech"
81 don't know that care to make
Tic SpCcCA.
"Don't you want to be elected?"
Sheehan demanded.
81 guess so. Yes" with sudden vfgor
and a short laugh that Sheehan did
not understand. 81 do.
"Well. then. play up your indie
pendence. Tell 'em there's no strings
tied to you"
81 can tell them that-witb truth"
Sheehan looked long and hard at
him. Then he chuckled 'Of course
And don't forget the state ticket when
you're talkin'."
When he was alone John fairly
writhed in his self contempt and hat
red Of the boss.
He prepared a fine speech. and then
came the night Of the rally-the pomp
and panoply of war.
We stand with John under the big