The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-31
San Francisco Induced Honolulu
To withdraw Bid For Repub-
Iican National Convention
THREE VOTES WERE CAST
FOR PARADISE or PACIFIC
Palmer Woods Seems To Be
Gaining Favor As Postmaster
Young'S Successor
By ERNEST G. WALKER

NMnli special to The AdveFtisCr.)
WASHINGTON, December 1G-A
few of the Honolulu folk so iourning at
Washington during the opening days of
the session of congress have DEPARTED.
Among them are National Committee
man Charles A. Rice and Mrs. Rice,
who wer1 here during the meeting of
the Republican National Committee.
Mr.. Rice arrived on the scene Just he
fore the committee assembled He
came 20 present the offer Of Honolulu
to entertain the Republican national
convention but withdrew the offer
after a little
81 did this, - said Mr.. Rice to The
Advertiser correspondent, "because
there was complaint from friends of
San Francisco. They thou: hit We were
prcjudicing the interests of that CITY
in seeking tn" national convention. We
had three votes for Honolulu" added
the national committeeman. 1.-TWO of
them were from West, m states" Mr..
Rice was unwilling to say what states
were for Honolulu. Probably one of
thee states was Wyoming. Mr. Rice
tai to a lot of the prominent Re-
"nhncans about the injustice of putting
delegates from Hawaii in the same
class with the Philippines and Porto
Rico under the new arrangements for
representation in the national conven.
ton.
Henry Holmes Returning
Henry Holmes, president of the bar
1nN. Lea
the way to Honolulu. He performed
earnest service here in behalf of Judge
Dole. The department of Justice Off
cials refused him any special assur-
ancPs regarding Judge Dole's reap
POlntment. 1t is understood he made
arrangements with Arthur A. Wilder
to continue at Washington for two, or
three weeks yet and to carry forward
the work in behalf of Judge Dole
After Mr.. Holmes departed word was
circulated that he would like to be dis
trict attorney in succession to McCarn.
All the influence here, however, as
stated in previous letter, seems to be
for james l.. Coke for that office.
There has been some talk, just how
responsible it is can not be stated, that
Horace w. Vaughan might be named
as district attorney in the event that
Judge Dole is permitted to serve Oh
the bench for a while after his term
expires. The purpose of permitting
this might be to facilitate the wish of
congress to bring him under We provi.
SlOnS of the retire III mt huf that Judge
Wilder is urging. If such an arrange
nent should seem probable Vaughan
uninhf ha
so the gossip runs, with a view to al
vancing him to the judgeship after
Judge Dole has gone upon the pro,
posed retired list. 1t should be said
that the retirement bill has been favor
ably reported out of the senate Judi
riaTy committee, which is very favor
able step. But at this time there is
no telling how such measure will fare
IN the house, especially when there ART
great demands for economy and much
cutlery against the large sums the gov
rrnment is paying for officials on the
retired list.
Coke Leads In Race
However, the impression for the
moment is that Coke leads in the race
for the district attOrneyship. The de
IdFlntht OF justice Toes not lndlcat(
how soon the selection will be male
| senator Ollie James of Kentucky il
expected to go to the attorney genera
in behalf of Coke. Judge Wibler, WHIT
is working industriously for Coke, ha
urged number of congressman to g
TO the front but has told them that h,
i0es not wish letters written. If the,
are willing to support Coke for the of
fee, the judge requests that they go il
person to the department and say 80.
Similarly, he is urging at the post
office department the selection of Pal
mer Woods and it is understood tina
Postmaster Young probably favor
Woods as a competent man for the i'm
pOrtant position,
Prince Kuhio has arrived for the SEES
sion and il cooperating with the Homo
lulu people who preceded him here il
! getting the various matters of propose,
legislation ready for the senate an,
The house.
Former Judge and Mrs. Ballou enter
taiutf Mt dinner last evening, wit
Secretary of the Interior and Mr.,
Lane as the guests of honor.
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