The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-30
BY ERNEST q. WALKER
(NIail Special to The Advertiser. J

| WASHINGTON, June 15-A tumult
of excitement over President king
possesses the world of Official authority
At Washington. Little else is thought
of but the rival candidates and their
contest. No matter that it viii be the
November next when the issue is de
cided and that quite four hot weather
months intervene. The edge of OK
pectancy is keen for the clash, even
though for more than half year there
has been gossip about favOrites for
the nominations and viewing over the
| election of convention delegates Now.
however, the preliminaries are as good
as completed. A Republican for Presi-
dent and his running mate, which is one
of several colloquiGlisms for n vice
presidential nominee, ere aield. Presi-
dent Wilson knows whom he has to face
in the struggle for another four years
occupancy of the White House. Here,
tofore interest in the big QuadrcnHial
campaign has been chiefly with the
1 professional politicians. Now the peo-
pie are supposed to wake up to what is
going on. And be that all us it mDy,
there is mighty interest at Washing
ton, and apparently throughout the
country, at the real start of the race.
Congress In Long Session
Congress is always in its long session
of a presidential year and in those
later times, with a tremendous volume
of public business to transact, congress
IL never adjourned by June or Jury.
| which is the national convention seas
ION. Both cow entions democrat and
| Republican, are meccas for the pGIiti-
clans of note, which, of course, includes
a goodly proportion of senators and rep,
resentatives serving at Washington.
Consequently congress in both its
branches is sidetracked, rs it were,
1 while the big conventions are IN Sos
sion. Thus it has been this year
] There was the greater interest in the
! Republican convention, which has inst
adjourned in Chicago. While the nom.
| ination of Associate Justice Charles f..
Hughes former governor Of New York,
was generally expected, there was un-
certainty as to the nomination, as to
the part former President Roosevelt,
leading Progressive, would play. and as
to the attitude of the progressive ma
tional convention, in session simultan-
eously at Chicago, would take in CO.
operating with Republicans.
4 Nothing Is Being Done
Congress has been doing next to
nothing for a fortnight. 1t may be
nearly another fortnight before poIiti-
cal excitement is out of the blood r
at least abated. The senate has been
adiOurning for three days at a time,
the extreme allowed un Ter the Cnnsti-
tuition without the consent Of the CO.
ordinate body. Senators wanted to at
tend the conventions. There was un-
Ct3er good reason that the house was
behind with its work and the senate
was waiting for bills, especially the APP
preparations. But the political pro
ceedings were disconcerting generally
to Washington and little else than
politics and candidates have been
thought of or discussed
Both the big standard bearers reside
officially at the Federal Seat and both
from this time on will be more or less
absorbed in the campaign. Justice
Hughes, about whose acceptance Of the
nomination there was supposed to be
considerable doubt, made dramatic
coup, which will be long remembered
| here. AS a member If the highest court
in the land he was reserved and inacces.
sihle, not the kind Of man one feels
like speaking to, albeit man of very
great ability and unimpeachnble in
tcgrity. But when the permanent
chairman of the Chicago conVe ntiOn
autographed him of his nomination, the
Justice suddenly threw off official
robes, sent Il messenger to President
Wilson with his resignation, emerged
from his SeclusiOn to shake hands cor
Italy with the reporters waiting in his
drawing rooms, and handed out a size
able letter accepting the nomination
md scoring the Democratic admi mist IN
ton.
Puts On Harness Quickly
| Candidates for office in the United
States must keep in the public eve f"'
the time being as much and az well n
they can. Nominee Hughes has STARED
n successfully in that regard. he put
n his harness in "A twinkhng and ono
| would almost infer that he had beer
eager for the moment to arrive. Furth
'rmUrc he hGstpncd away to New YORK
his old time political stamping grouud
10 confer with Republican leaders re
turning from the Chicago convention
md is giving the appearance of can
ldate ready to conduct the most Wig
'rous kind Of campaign for the of
lee that is sometimes called the great
st honor in the world. President WI
son has naturally been more reserved
for a President is not supposed In GO
| down into the thick # politics Al
readily as rival aspirant. But it il
n"t"worthy that this very week %hcI
attention is likely to be focused upo>
she nrw Republican candidate, thu
rr.-I"nt went away to West Point t.
!rII."r an address to the graduating
fjahs ~ future generals at the militar!
aead"my there and promised to marcl
in Tremendous preparedness parade II
Washington CITY on Flag Day Wednes
day. There are other addresses sched
ulcd for the President in the next ten