The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-06-08
REPUBLICANS OUT
. ANDDEMOCRATSIN
If FERN HAS WAY
Hungry Board Of Faithful Waits
Word To Rush For Best
Positions At Pie Counter

While Honolulu was rubbing its eyes
yesterday and wondering If IL had been
walking, or voting, in its sleep, and
trying to realize that IL was actually
to have the Honorable Joseph J. Fern
as its official head once more, the exul
tant Democrats were making plans 10
grab everything in sight while the
grabbing is good. ...., ..7
| The Elk Honorable William +. Miles
recently a member of the legislature,
who is expected TO resume his old posi-.
tion as elephant leader and keeper of
the royal teeth andNsit at the mayor Is
right hand as in days of yore TO tell
him what not to do, made a statement
yesterday, apparently sanctioned by
Mayor elect Fern, in which he said that
the mayor was going TO "ean'' all Re.
publicans holding appointive jobs in the
.ity government. ''To the victors be-
long the spoils. - 4. -....' ..... h
Applicants Aplenty Coming
so far as is known the jobs have not
yet been apportioned among the ode
serving Democrats,' but there is no
dearth Of material ANY old Democrat
after July | will be better than the best
Republican that ever connected with a
payroll, and there are quite a number
who failed of election TO Office who
would not disdain appointment to Jobs
that are commensurate with their abili-
ties-or ambitions. .,-
For instance, there s the Honorable
Jesse Uluihi. Jesse ran for the board
Of supervisors, but failed to connect
with enough votes TO land. He might
make n fine chief of the fire depart
ment, in Charlie Thurston' Is place, or he
could rattle around in Harry Murray i
shoes as head of the water works lie
partment and have first rate time.
And there is the other Jesse, sur
named Makainai, who must be provided
for, and Hugo Kanae and all the rest
of those who failed to get into the feed
pen. ..,.' ."l.. a... .
How About John Wiser
In addition, there are few deserv-
ing Republicans to be taken care of.
1t is expected that John WISE for his
great assistance to the cause of Fern,
Rose & Co, will be permitted to remain
at Kapiolani Park to take care of the
gnu. No. job has yet been provided
for Che Ia Willie Crawford, but it has
been suggested that he be made inspect.
or of gambling houses, TO see to il that
they obey the rules and regulations laid
down for them. The position should
pay good salary as it will be an i'm
pOrtant one.
OF course, Fern, Rose e. Co. have a
board of supervisors, the majority of
whom are Republicans, to reckon with,
but there is no use in crossing rivers
until they are reached, and perhaps q
way may be found to bridge that par
tieular stream.
Rose Can Ride Hard
Sheriff Rose is firmly settled in the sad.
die now with nothing to worry over for
the next two years at least, that is the
way he figures it. And he Is correspond
ingly confident. The voters of Honolulu
having placed the stamp of approval
upon the kind of police department
he runs, he proposes to run it just as be
fore, only more so. He announced YES
terday that he would make no changes
in the personnel of the department,
which means that Arthur McDufie will
:emain at the head of the detective
bureau.
Great interest was taken in the re-
suit of the election for sheriff by the
army and navy Tuesday night the
telephones wer" kept busy with inquir-
les on the part of soldiers and sailors
as to whether or not Rose had been de-
feated. They know now they may ex-
Pect for some time to come the same
KIND of treatment they have recently
been accorded by the police.