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| HILO, HAWAII, May 7.-Polttics Is
Seething once more On this island ,apH
the rapid approach Of the primaries is
stirring people up and making them
even forget the war for brief period.
There are signs that the voting at the
primary election on May IS will be
heavy and that there will be a good
fight In some instances for the nOmi'
nation.
For the position Of supervisor at
large there are quite a number in the
running, but the only real fight will be
that between Samuel Kauhane, the
present incumbent, and Norman K.
Lyman when they meet at the prim-
aries, both being on the Republican
ticket. The winner between these
two candidates will have the honor OF
tackling David Ewaliko, who is sure
to be the choice Of the Democrats at
the primaries.
While those behind Kauhane de-
clare that he will win easily enough
at the primaries, there are hundreds
who pin their faith on Lyman and
swear that he will get the Republican
nomination.
II IL difficult to see how Lyman can
poll anything like as many votes as
Kauhane on West Hawaii but, on this
side Of the island, he is acknowledged
to be very strong.
All Seek ReeleetioEf
For ordinary supervisors, all the
present officials seek rejection and,
TO the ordinary man on the street, 1t
would seem only right that they
should all be again returned to office.
The present board has done good
work and 1t has taken care of the fl
nances Of the county. In Messrs Cab
rinha, Todd and Eugene Lyman, East
Hawaii has men who can take care OF
themselves and the taxpayers. A
change Of any sort could not be for
the better, says most of the voters.
The West Hawai-; voters have the
opportunity to return to office the
present supervisors, Messrs Ako,
Naipo and Yates. They have worked
well with the supervisors from East
Hawaii and deserve reelection. In
fact, as one man said last week. 1T
Is good to have few scrappers on the
board and also watchdog or two, for
then our money is cafeguarded, so l
want to see the whole board re-
elected"
Two Sheriff Candidates
For the sheriffship there are only
two candidates Samuel X. Pua and
William X. Keolanui-and they both
are republicans. The incumbent,
Sheriff Pua, has done excellent work
| In his department for two terms now
and he deserves reelection. The pre-.
sent police force has had an opportu-
nifty to be properly broken IN and
Deputy Sheriff Martin Is . tower Of
strength to the department. To de-
feat Sheriff Pua would not only re.
ward q good man for his hard work by
throwing him out Of office, but would
also disrupt the whole Of the police
administration of the county Of Ha-
vail. .gs. ~
In the case OK the sneriffshel the
primary election win decide the whole
matter and there will be no need for
another election. Whoever wins at
the primary will be elected as sheriff.
For the position OF county clerk
there Is only one man who has q
chance, and that Is the present very
efficient clerk, Archie Hapai. He
poIled more votes at the last election
than any candidate for any office and
he deserves to repeat the feat this
year.
County Treasurer Swain. County
Attorney Beers and County Auditor
Spencer are again IN office for two
years, as there was no opposition to
them In any way.
The real excitement viii be aroused
BY the voting for the supervisor-at-
large and the sheriffship. The others
ali seem cut and dry and = lot Of as
piring and would-0e supervisors viii.
without doubt, find that the voters be-
lieve IN the men they have had
office for the past two years.
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