Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24


people, are naturally interested, and
read with avidity the various reports
now current.
& AS usual, the McCandless faction
Iand that includes a number Of re-
spectacle Democrats who are not in
dependent enough to abandon the
Pauahi principles as proclaimed at the
last famous luau) has put its foot in it.
& With fool preci pitancy and a
strange lack of sauoif faire, its mem
beers have disguised even the Demo
cratic congressman who evidently
came here with open minds.
- Insistent recommendation of par
ticular individuals without regard to
the interests of the territory, the I'M
9nitigated condemnation Of Mr.. Pink
ham and his administration, have
opened the eyes of at least a number
of the congressman, as the perfectly
disgraceful scramble for the governor
ship some years ago by local poll
ticians> here disguised the President,
Mr.. Lane and others in Washington.
8 The reticence and dignity which. Mr..
Pinkham has maintained while his in
4erests are at stake have impressed
the congressman, just as the same
qualities in him did the officials IN
washington four years ago.
4 Prof Bryan did not participate IN
the melee, but Messrs. Bryan, Trent,
Waller, Watson and others supposedly
Eligible have not withdrawn their sup
port from McCandless, and no man
who supports Mr.. McCandless and his
platform can ever hope to be governor
of Hawaii. The only political hope
for Mr.. McCandless and his friends is
to keep pegging away at the polls
where in time the peculiar influences
(which Mr.. McCandless can so well use
&c advantage may bring him victory.
= Judge Coke is already lodged. He
sought the judiciary with the peoples
approval, and got it. He is doing we'll
where he is, and 1 think he ought not
to be disturbed for job imagine he
Is not thinking about. That is, if he
has the dignity and good sense think
he has he will not think of accepting
anything but a reappointment when
the time comes.
Mr.. Huber-well, the same may be
said about him. He's good timber,
there's no doubt about that, but he's
busy at his own job doing it we'll, aid
Pm pretty sure he wouldn't think Of
scattering the fight. 49,
81 No Republican stands any chance
whatever.
81 DR.. Hobby, who is Democrat, and,
as know, persona grata in Washing
ton, wouldn't think of leaving his
practise for anything except the front.
G1'd pa1l him q fool If he did
All this talk about Senator Kings
approval of Mr.. McCandless' candi-t
dacy, because the latter has seen ana
entertained the senator and get friends
to see and entertain him, is rather IN.
thinking. Our senators are not blame
fools. And Senator King is pretty
markedly not a fool He is sizing up
the situation, and while he may be
very grateful to our local politicians
for their social favors and shake hands
with them when they call upon him in
Washington, he is not going to com.
promise his character as a public man
by recommending for office any indi-
yidual or individuals who would be
positive detriment to the territory at
large
r. Not much.
: And if you don't believe it, just
watch out!
e / regard the chances Of Mr.. Clinton
j. Hutchins for the governorship
about as good as / should those of
Prohibitionist for the presidency.
s Why should Mr.. Hutchins, who has
been a nonresident for several years,
be rewarded with the governorship
of Hawaii because he did some cam
paigning for Wilson in California?
: Mr.. Hutchins might be given a con-
sulship in South America, but / am
sure Mr.. Wilson has too much sense
of the fitness of things to use Hawaii
in this way. Without regard to the
ina n at all, the principle is wrong.
= Now as to Governor Pinkham him.
SELF, we must deal with facts as they
are.
z Mr.. Kent Of California stood sponsor
for him before he was appointed and
2 Mr.. Kent was in close touch with the
president and Mr.. Lane.
8 The latter, too, liked Mr.. Pinkham's
: personality and attitude as much as
s-he disliked that of several of the
Democrats who were trying to get a
hearing for their own personal inter
@ests.
: Nobody likes a persistent office
Seeker.
: Besides, Mr.. Pinkham went with
good recommendations from Republi-
cans and Democrats alike; and behind
him was a gooG record for honest ad-
administration as executive officer of
sfho hoard of health
81 I may say that my own recommen-
sdation of him was filed during Mr..
Roosevelt's administration, and again
during Mr.. Wilson's. i
81 1t evidently did him no good in the
first, and no harm in the last.
If the secretary of the interior
wasn't clear as to Mr. Pinkham's 10y.
salty to the Democratic party as
party, he considered him quite a man.
But the appointment wasn't confirmed
sfor a long time. There was an active
fight over it by Williams, a very cley-
Ter man, and others.
These men are not dead, and they
haven't withdrawn their opposition.
Finally, after a long hold-up and
characteristic obstinacy on the presi-
dents part, his preference was allow