The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-01-09
POLITICS BUzz|NG
AROUND CITY HALL.
Candidates In the Field Overlook
Probability OF Election Day
Being Postponed ~. ~.

and states being rearranged. One
thing the politicians appear not to have
taken into consideration, however. The
chances are that the coming elections
will not be held on the scheduled dates.
In all probability they will 90 over for
one, Two or three months, with the
present city government having that
much longer lease on power.
The legislature will convene on
Thursday, February IL, and one of the
important measures before il will be
the creation of new system of munici
al government through the enactment
of bill to remodel the municipal
charter According to the existing
Municipal Act, the primaries for the
city Offices are TO be held in April and
the elections in May, which, If held on
these dates, will result in hopeless
tangle should the Municipal Act be
radically amended or wholly replaced
by a law providing new charter.
viii Clear the way %
According to the plans of some Of
the. Oahu Legislators, one of the hrs,
acts of the legislature will he to extend
the terms of the present oficehoIders
lntil date sufficiently late to allow
primaries and elections to he held un.
der whatever new Law he passed. -.
So far there are no announced Demo
cratic candidates for any Of the city
offices, Just why this may be can only
De guessed at. Probably the rank and
ale is waiting to see upon whom the
Jove of the party. the man with thu
coin, l.. l.. McCandless, will smile. II
IS reported that he is considering pla
cling himself in nom: nation for tht
mayoralty, encouraged by the vote b,
got in competition with Kuhiu in thu
delegateship race, although cold reason
should point out to him that the vote
he scored was not so much cast for him
cast against the Prince. Lacking
McCandless, the party will in all prob.
ability, nominate Joseph }. Fern, ono,
mayor, now city jailer, and always do
ing politics, .
For sheriff il is certainty that the
Incumbent, Charley Rose, will be re
dominated without opposition, as vii
lso his deputy, Julius Asch.
Further than that there are no
,nown Office seekers, setting aside for
he time being the axiom that all Dem
ocrats are Office seekers.
Many Willfng Republicans
| y In the ranks Of the q. o. P. it is diff
ferent. There there are candidates il
| plenty. So far for the mayoralty there
are only two avowed ambitious ones il
he feld-the incumbent, Mayor Lane
md J. G. Cohen. In many quarters j.
taken for granted that Wallace r
L - ~ 4 al, IL
! will spring his candidacy when thu
tine comes, to run on "good govern
ment" platform. The admonitions OF
the Star-Bulletin to its readers not t.
ledge themselves in too much of o
Iurry to either Lane or Cohen arr
AIKEN to give substance to the Far
cington talk. r.... .ly.. ...
| The fight for the Republican nomina
| ion for city attorney will be between
"A. NJ. Brown, who was placed in Office
1 ~, Mayor Lane, and w. r. Rawlins
2awlins will 90 into the melee with tn,
reputation of a man who has never ye
been beaten politically, while Brow,
has disastrous defeat to his tally
Iaukea beat him eight years ago TO
the sheriffship, since, which time Brow
has avoided the issue of the ballot boz
nd has held only apbointive Offices.
sheriffship Eagerly Sought
A warm contest for the nomination
sheriff is already promised. Men
toned prominently as candidates arr
.. L. Conkling, the present city treas
lrer; W. X. SimersOn, John Wise, o.
ar Cox, Pat Gleason and Manley Hop
4 ms.
RI" present city clerk and audito
will be on the Republican ticket with
out much question, while ConklimG' vii
IN for denomination as treasurer If h.
hould decide to drop out of the rae
| for the sherffship.
AT least six of the present superviS
RS will be in the race again If the per
| 'uasiOn of their hackers prevails, anF
/ My one of the six should have to fght
for his denomination. This is Robert
Iorncr. He is probably serving hi
My term in office.
4 All Promised On An "If"
All this is taking for granted that
he legislature will not radically amen,
he city charter, which It is, however
most likely TO do. The report Of tn
| harter convention is to be backed by
| majority Ol lnt YAM iueHDtEs hS I
basis for new charter, in which event
! if they succeed, there will be no sheriff
md tue duties of the other offices viii
We materially changed. There will still
be a board Of supervisors and mayor
however, to act as u legislative body
only. .....
One thing Mayor Lane believe
should be done, if nothing else is, an'
that Is to so amend the present act o
20 so frame the new act as to give sue
teeding boards Of supervisors a lOavru
ing Of holdover members. His idea j
hat there should. be three of the sever
members elected for four years, leavn!
four-a majority-to be elected ever,
two years thereafter. with three Of tn
eour for the long and the low man TO
the short term. The experience of tn
past is that 1t is not wise to have
complete new board come into being
he members of which have to lear,
COR themselves. Experience teaches
he mayor believes, even among super
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