The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-11-06
MAYORE[RA DENIES
ELECTION RESULTS
CAUSE HIS SUICIDE.
Democratic Boardpf Supervisors
Meets In Gloom and Ap-
proves Payroll
PAcHEco STAYS AWAY q
BECAUSE He IS SORE
Pop Wolter Tries to Force
Through Two Dollars a Day
For Laborers

Mayor }. J. Fern can sustain his do.
feat for reelection in true sportsman
like style, but he refuses to stand by
and let rumor that he committee
p suicide 90 unanswered, though he may
have difficulty in disproving II, saw
he, TO certain dull.witted Republican,
who voted against him for some mys
tcrious reason. fs ft
He got in his automobile "a
, speak by the mark, the municipality 7,
-and drove TO q meeting Of the su.
pcryisors last night. Arriving there
he emphatically denied that he hac
committed suicide on either Tuesday
or Wednesday night He called on
VIII Miles, his private secretary, 60
corroborate him, which Miles did.
Eugene Buffandeau, clerk Of the
meeting, spread the mayor s unequiy.
ecal denial on the minutes, so that 1.
In any future day this rumor Is re
vived, il can be shot TO pieces by sim
ple reference to these Buffandeau min
utcs
Rur;or Absolutely Upfornded
do not object to being dofeatee
at the polls when my opponents vote
j. heavier than mine. But I do Oh.
iect to having rumor circulated thai
] committed suicide, when Il Il abso
lutely unfounded, so far as I know, Z.
said Mayor Fern, taking long-shoi
chance on a barely visible cnspidor.
t SCI know who started tilt came
from Republican headquarters.
Miles confirmed this
GA rotten trick, :, he commented.
Rather!' said His Honor.
ThOse OF the supervisors present
grouped around the mayor sympathet
ieally, and one or two of them volun
tecred that they were glad the rumor
had not started about them, for while
u would have been fguratively or
politically correct, in material OF
literal sense it would have been quite
wrong, as their presence bore witness
When It Rains It Pours' lux
~ The mayor has been subjected 70
many humlliating moments since Tues
day. First someone heaved a brici
through his Office window; ten some
one pinned a fake crepe on his door
AMI now this wretched rumor.
When il rains II pours, philos
ophized the for-two-months-more mayor
last nights meeting was the firsr
held since the election. II was not
held simply because the supervisors
wanted to face each other and talk Il
over. Though they did face. each
other and talk it over, the meeting was
called TO pass the payroll for tho out
tide districts r.s
Supervisor M. @. Pacheeo was not
there. 1,a'u
He's the sorest man in townp'
laughed one Of the board, "and he
cant bare to face us--yet, His defeat
WIS such surprise to him. He fei!
z certain that he would be elected
though the rest of us were dumped ~
Pacheco possibly had y valid reason
for not appearing, but he will have
some difficulty in convincing his Eel
ishness and shame-faced disappoint
mont that Kept him away.
Pop Wolter Busy Man ,st
Boys exclaimed 'Popn Wolter
whose defeat has but stimulated hi
bubbling oratory, rather than squelchec
it, boys, let US got this over quickly.
am a busy man. business calls me
and | am hungry. My soul Graves for
, a piece of ham and some Dublin
stoutlp ...,.5
Supervisors Mcclellan and Petrlc
showed themselves good losers
Now that II is all over, | mesi
people win say good word for us,
said Mcclellan.
Mayor Fern didn I have much to say
qffer his words on the suicide out
JnIf. He sat at his desk during the
epssion which followed VOTERS ex.i
ions, seriously and gioomliy
Et IS pictures-of republicans,
ftlt+ oers the Laborers
fl Wge, cried Wolter, bouncint
Wl'4t Y. that we keep faith with
.49f lklil by passing this resolution. I"
Ytq an nc resolution cxtompore.
Z ~ tlHnf reQs 1t is a well known fact
lhff ffq showed under in this cleo