The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-04-21
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MEXICAN VENTURE
Hawaiian Shareholders in lIidafgo
Plantation and Commercial
Company Fleeced.

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(From Saturday Advertiser.)
More than $sop,0UO invested in Mex.
leo has been lost to Hawaiian share
holders in the lfidaieo Plantation and
oommereinl Company as direct result
Of the revolution now in progress. This
is the information given out by one
Of the shareholders who has been cons
Quoting an independent investigation
into The affairs Of that concern from
the California end, and IL Is believed
that the reports which win be present
ed TO tho Hidslgo shareholders by
Charles @. Heiser Jr, next Monday
will confirm this statement.
IL is alleged that the manager Of the
concern, TO whom the Hidalgo SHIRE
holders had given full power Of attpr-
ney, hypothecatcd the company z prop,
crty aA security for loan Of sl,5oO,Oo0
and risked the entire sum in 4 private
\ venture II this venture had succeed
ed the manager stood to make a net
lproit on his own account Of about
$250,000. IL Is said that the PROPOSE.
1 tion was good one and was we'll I'M
der way at the, time the Mddero fevol-
4 ution injected an unforeseen factor into
the situation. Since the revolution be-
gan the manager has been constantly
harrassed, his plans overthrown, his
| prospective profits have vanished into
thin air, and his entire investment has
Edifappeared. Apparently the Hawaiian
investors have no recourse as they had
\ given him absolute control Of their
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ter, John Sharp went to the department
and told Postmaster General Bufleson
was the Democrat for postmaster OF
H0nolum. Now, how could John SHARP
have gone to the postmaster general on
this matter n had not made him
wiscl You see Wilder just butted IN
at the right time. ~
n Texan his Only Rival.
Il "weIl, i thought l had only to hill
4 Pacheco and he'postmastership would
4 be mine, ,, continued the vice chairman
Now / indI must also kill thai
Texan. If I don Il get that postmaster
ship nobody else in Hawnii will. IT.
mine, unless Il goes 20 Texas. Therei
going to be terrible Slaughter Of pc
! litical ambitions. Do you get that
I'm going TO throw my political influ
enee In there hard and i won't In,
down. l will carry my fight right int
the senate. They win hhd / am nj
|, tquitterp sifst8
J While frateruizing with 50 many SEP
ators and representatives in Washing
ton, Vico Chairman Barron is gettinl
fihe'fdea about personal qualities o
. the great. ~
eThy," no declared, ''they told m
, in Honolulu ! could not talk to 10
Of these people unless Izwas in dres
7 shit. Now, you know it's nothing o
|, the kind They are just the best sof
Of people ever met. They don Z dres
! iany better than You doA They haven
. time toss But there are many goo
serappers here and'that iswhat lilk,
: have many of them on my side. Sei
I lator Williams Is one of my scrappei
!, and he 'sa good one, too. ~
80 Byith way added the vice chat
: man, 81 almost forgot 10 tell y0l ths
the editor of the New Freedom out
Hawaii wants to be postmaster at III
2 nolulus Senator Thomas 81 COlorad
i was interested in him, but the edits
!. won't, get the job J have been to 81
7 Senator Thomas and npw he is openl
y for Barron. Get thatas 80 n
. Has Kent's support. !,
4 While he has sojourned by the Pot
4 mac Vice Chairman Barron has locke
q lup his old California Friends. II
!. steered straight for Rcpresentatiy
b Kent of California in whose distfi,
: Barron used to live. Kent gave him
q nice letter to Secretary Of the Intefis
Lane and il ought to have some weigh
for Kent is the man who made Pinl
ham Governor Of Hawaii. Kent 10 q
}, independent in politics with Democrat
leanings and possesses influence viii
the administration. Representatives. u
} ius Kahn, rabid Republicans, also b,
= written a letter for Vice Chairman Ba
ron, ono of those SO whom ID ma
2 eoneernn productions, but il speal
highly 9sof Barron y busihess abilil
;, while a resident Of San Fransisco an
should help him TO land heavily again
. that Texan whom Mr.. Bufleson
! struggling to make postmaster of Hon
lnlu. q IT, 81 ~
y Mr.. Barron discussed a wide fraDE
! Of topics today with Secretary Ian
y lie also went again TO see First Assis
!. ant Postmaster General Roper to asce
y tain whether the Texan. had gotten Il
: commission over night He is watcl
= ing with might and main for distrel
signals that note the loosening of Co
: trell, Stackable and other Hawaiian o
z ficials from their aalarfes.a
= 81 have recommended Democrats {,
: every one of these Jobs, = said the Viz
= Chairman today H1for collector Of Il
!, ternal revenue, for collector ,of custom
I Tor United States marshal and for cor
= missioner Of iinmigratiop. No, can
4 inform you whom i recommended. Vel
sorry. Senators, advise mesnOt TO tel
They say itswoald subject the cand
dates to unwarranted attacks fro
= home, But the people back IN Honohl
!, know whom ] have recomniehded
u least |, think the county commit,
does, They gave me carte blanche be-
! and they know all about what am q
y ing. Yes, | propose to stay right hei