The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-11-14
CHARLES R. FORBES
GETTING READY TO
GO TO WASHINGTON
Announcement Of His Trip Causes
Profound RustIing In Demo-
cratic Plum Tree
TRUE NO ONE KNOWS WHY
BUT MANY SUSPECT AIM
Remember National Capitol Is
Where Governors Are Made
and Unmade

Charles R. Forbes, heir apparent to
the throne now occupied by "YOur
Governor" Lucius f. Pinkham, is 60
ing to Washington.
Washington these days is the place
where kings and princes and kinglets
and princelets and governors of high
and low degree are created or, as the
case may be. dethrOned from their high
estate.
Just why Forbes is going to the ma
tional capital is question that is
bound to cause much guesswork on the
part of federal and Territorial officials,
and more than guesswork. Apprehen-
sion would be nearer the word to use
Forbes, who is alternately earessed
and spanked by "Your Governor -
Forbes who today basks in the oblique
smiles of Lucius Eugene and tomorrow
trembles under the displeasure of his
superior, and who at all times remem-
bers in fear and trembling that Gun.
dated resignation whereby his con-
duct may be regulated to the whims
and dyspeptic humors of his chief, will
soon be on his way, it was announced
last night.
What he will do when he reaches his
journeys end is another question. 1t
is doubtful if Forbes himself could an.
swer it. II he can, he's not saying
anything about it.
If Were Only King
1t is betraying no confidence to say
that Forbes, sitting at the foot of the
throne, has for many meek months cast
longing look aloft and kidded himself.
of I We're King" is volume the
title of which has alternately Knocked
and dazzled him.
Now, this is not to say that Charles
R. Forbes is going to Washington to
be measured for a-Pair of gubernatorial
trousers. Neither is il to say that he
is not. Perhaps there will be more to
be said when he returns, with his
shield or on it,
But this is not new; that Forbes has
been unofticially recognized by Pink
ham ms the heir apparent, and that
speaking as Of the past, for there is no
Knowing what changes may have taken
place in the executive mind recently
tn" TerrtOry's present chief executive
has intimated indirectly that if he him
self could not secure reappointment, he
would like to see his "policies" carried
out by the man whom he has so care
fully brought up in the way "Your
Governor would have him go.
Forbes Little Late
Forbes is a little bit late, if it be
true that he is suffering from the puber
material itch, for Maleomb Franklin,
collector of the port, is already on his
way to the national capital.
True, Franklin before his departure
said nothing whatever about having
been stung by the governorship bee.
But it may be noted that coincident
with his departure and the suggestion
in The Advertiser that he would not be
entirely displeased if he were rendered
the governOrship, there was a mighty
rustling in the leaves of the federal
plum tree
Sleepers suddenly awoke, rubbed
their eyes and said unpleasant things
Of themselves for having oversight
Territorial officials who had been
dreaming sweetly of four more years of
dreamy browsing in the pleasant pas
lures of official sinecures felt a sudden
chill that started in their feet and rose
rapidly toward the region Of their
hearts
Plum Tree Rustltng
That rustfng in the plum tree sug
gested unpleasantly to some who had
been thinking well of themselves and
their jobs that some interloper was
shaking 1t and that the fruit they
thought belonged to themselves was in
danger of being purloined by a thief.
And now Forbes is packing his grip
for a visit to the national capital
there may well be increased fear and
trembling. Truly, the way of the
office holder is hard and his path is
beset with pitfalls.