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TIIR WKBKLY 1111,0 TRIHUNK, HILO, HAWAII, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1903.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
Twelve Good Men Who Are Presented to the Voters of the County of East Hawaii
for County Offices.
These Are the Best Men to Entrust With the Responsibilities of Office for the First Year Under County Government The
Story of Their Official and Private Lives Is the Best Evidence of Their Fitness Brief Biographical Sketches
of the Men for Whom Supporters of a First-Class Business Administration Should Vote.
The gentlemen whose pictures
adorn this page are nine of the Re
publican candidates ior county
offices in tliis county. There are
three good men on the ticket whose
photographs could not he procured,
hut whose names make the ticket
.strong. The absent ones aie K. N
Holmes and W. G. Walker, nomi
nees for members of the Hoard ol
Supervisors, and Norman K Ly
man, candidate for County Clerk
Mr. Holmes is one of the solid mer
chants of Hilo and through a resi
dence on this island of a long term
of years has established u reputa
tion for business capacity and in
tegrity that should elect him.
W. G. Walker, manager of the
Ookala plantation, is one of the
staunch characters of the Hamakua
district and is always called into
counsel where good piaetical judg
ment is required. Mr. Walkei re
ceived the unanimous vole of the
delegates at the Republican conven
tion and, if merit counts, he with
his colleagues will command a ma
jority of the votes on election day.
Norman K. Lyman is a Hilo boy.
Kducated in Hawaii and trained by
experience in arious responsible
positions, he has proved his worth
and fitness to be entrusted with
larger responsibilities
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L. A. Andrews, th Republican
candidate lor Sheriff, is known as
the man who early in lite was t nigh
to ride, to shoot and to tell tlu
truth. He carries those early ac
quired qualities with him today
He comes fiom one of the In si
families in Hawaii and was bo: 1
in I.ahaiua 011 Maui in i8S7- H
wan icared and educated in iIk-i
islands, and since the death f J 1 ik
Wilcox in "Honolulu leeei tlv im
is, perhaps, not n all Haw 11 1 in o.
who better understands the cli n 1
ter of the Hawaiian people than
I.orrin A. Andrews. While still
young man he held several impor
tant positions on his native island
and at the time ol the revolution
was invited by Matshal Iluchcuik
to go to Honolulu, where he was
made a captain of police. For
"meritorious conduct and efficient
service" he was promoted to the
office of Sheriff of Maui. Seven
or eight years ago Mr. Andrews
was transferred to this island and
has been at the head of the police
department here ever since. Dur
ing all his public career L. A. An
drews has never asked for office
until the present time, when ns the
nominee of the Republican party
he expects the voters of this county
to honor him with their support.
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W. II. Smith, whom me Ret u
licaus have named for the nllm
County Attorney, is a hum
otighly equipped for the p- u
He acquired a classical erlu i
at Aiuheist College and mine 10
practice ol law vv ith the bi ! .
foundations of education and
perieuce. He was bom in Ma s,
chusetts and comes Iroin the best
New Kugland slock. He came to
Hawaii ten or twelve years ago,
after having successfully held a
prominent chair in the faculty of a
leading Kastern college. Here he
engaged in coffee planting under
' the firm name of Smith & Amber
crombic. After his essay with
tropical farming he turned his at
tention to the moie congenial pur
suits of journalism. He was at
one tune editoi of the Hilo Herald
and as managing editor of the Ililo
Tril'tine, he brought this paper to
the fore as the exponent of good
go .i uueiil lor Hawaii. Retiring
fro 1 1 tin- newspaper field, Mr. Smith
to k up the study ol law and in
Ap 1 1902, was admitted to prac
tice bv the Supreme Court of the
Terrr -rv of Hawaii He associated
hiuis li in a partnership with Chas.
M v.H!.uid and has taken a place
nit I1 out ranks of the Ililo bar.
Mr "smith bears his attainments
mod -;l , but old lawyers pay him
u ri compliment of having dis
tinguished himself at Mie bar and
in law in Lou Dillon time, which is
the record clip. Such ability is
needed lv tlu County ot Kast Ha
waii 1 it 1 11 u hi s into histnry
UlAKI.l S A. slolill
Charles A. Stobie, the Rt publi
can nominee for Treasurer of the
County of Kast Hawaii, and who
will bring into that office, if elected,
qualities and capabilities superior
to nny bond, was born in Quiucy,
111., in January, 1S50. Ho was a
Republican before he was old
enough to vote and celebrated his
majority by voting for Gen. U. S.
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1 Grant for President. He has been
an active Republican woiker all his
life, and while opportunity to hold
office was many times his for the
asking, he has never been aeandi
d ite until the present time. Mr.
Stobie's life career has been that of
a Innkcr. lie has had thirty -five
yea is' experience in banking and
other financial institutions, and has
been connected with some of the
strongest financial houses in the
St ites.
Mr. Stobie has been in Hawaii
.llmci-l five years anil bus been cou
iKVfd with the Fiist Hank of Hilo
snue its organization. A better
man for Treasurer cannot be found
in the limits of th- county
v. 11. I.AM in RT.
When asked to tell something
about himself W II. Lambert, a
Republican nominee for Member of
the Hoard of Supervisors, submitted
the following interesting facts:
"I was born in Rochester, N. Y.,
August 15, 1S49, and went to Min
nesota August 19, 1862. Theie I
went through the Indian massicre
and was shot by the Indians. He
tween that time and 1S6S I learned
the carpenter trade, and in 1869
went into the construction depart
ment of the C. ei. N. W. U. R.
For three years I was purchasing
agent fot this company. I have
taken an active part in the con
struction of neai ly all ot the North
western roads between Chicago and
the Pacific Coast, and saw the first
locomotive landed west of the Mis
sissippi river. In 1892 I built a
sawmill 011 Puget Sound and shipped
the first cargo ot cedar luniber and
the first cedar shingles used in the
Hawaiian Islands. I came to the
islands in 1894 and built the rail
road foi Hrewer & Co. on the Wai
luku plantation on Maui. I was
master mechanic for the Kabul in
railroad for Wilder tV Co., and for
three years was roadmaster for the
O R. iS: L Co. at Honolulu. Since
uvjb. I have been connected with
the H. R. R. us .superintendent. In
politics I have always been a Re
publican, and while always taking
an active part in politics have never
aspired to office. I took part in the
organization of two new counties,
one of which, in Minnesota, was
organied and run on business
principles. Today it stands finan
cially at the head of the leading
counties in the State and does not
owe one dollar. The other, in
Washington, fell into bad hands,
and was run on the boodle system.
I know the contrasts between good
and bad county government.
"Mv only object in entering the
field as Supervisor is to help to the
best of my ability in promoting the
interests of ICast Hawaii, and shall
insist, if elected, on a clean admin
istration that will leave the county
at the end of our first 3 car with a
record not to be ashamed of. I
promise positively no lavors will be
granted, but equal justice will be
meted out to rich and poor alike.
I am not and will not be committed 1
I to any individual or corporation. J
I &sk the people at the polls on 1
election day to see that they vote
for the very best men who will sup-,
port these principles, and I have
everv confidence to thit.k that tin-.
can Ix-st be done by supporting tin
1 straight Republican tuket All tin
jnian on the ticket an- will qualified
I to fill the different posim is Mi
which the are m mm 1 '
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Joseph Vierra lauded in Hono
lulu in 1872, then a lad but 15
years of age. Like a good many
other wide awake boys, "Joe," as
1 e is familiarly known to his
f iends, and their name is legion,
one day in old Flores, Azores, went
iboard a whaling Inrk and forgot
to go ashore again. When he
lauded in Honolulu he was cabin
boy on the whaler Onward. His
love of adventure was again proven
for bete he went ashore and forgot
to return though the bark left a
few dajs afterwards for the Arctic.
Young and alone Joe vvi s taken
into the family of old man Pereira,
father of Associate Justice Antonio
Ferry of the Supreme Court of the
Territory. Mr. Yieira after attend
ing school in Honolulu for a vcar
01 two, in 1874 came to Ililo and
here and hereabouts he has re
mained, excepting for a short so
journ some years ago in th capital
city, vvheie he was running the cele
brated old While House on Nuiiaini
avenue. For some yeais he was a
cane planter and sugar boikr ior
the old 1'aukaa plantation, now a
part of the Oiiomea Sugar Co. The
Hilo Hotel was fust opened up bv
him, and though his line hotel
building on Waianuenue street was
burnt to the ground one night,
still he' persevered and went into
the old hotel building on Pitman
street. He later sold out toother
parties. Mr. Vierra married one of
Hawaii's fairest daughters and she,
together with a large number of
fine healthy lads and one lassie,
form an interesting family. His
sons Frank and George are now at
tending Whipple Academy in
Jacksonville, 111.
In 1893 Mr. Vierra wasappointd
Road Supervisor, for this d strict
and from a number of crooked and
rough trails, under his supervision
the road system of this district has
been brought up to such a state
that, considering the few "crumbs"
allowed Hilo by our centralized
government, it is a ciedit to us and
speaks well for Mr. Vierra's gemus
and enterprising ability. Mr. Vierra
as a member of our County Hoard
of Supervisors will be in a position
to give the Hnaid all the figures
and data it will tequiie in the cmi
sideratiou of road matters.
Joseph Vierta has for his main
years of hard work amassed con
siderable propettv, all in this (lis
trict, and is today considered one
of the most solid of our citizens
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Geo gc II Wit 1 on ., Repub'icau
candidate for the office ot Ta As
sessor ior the County of Kist Ha
waii, is an old-timer in the Islands.
For a number of years previous to
1S90 he held lesponsible positions
with plantations 011 this and other
islands. In 1892 he was made
Deputy Sheriff on this island and
subsequently held the office of Sher
iff. During the pa.st four yeais Mr.
Williams has held the office of Tax
Collectot and has 111 ide a commend
able record. He has been strict in
following the Hues of his duty, but
has also been one of the most lib
eral and accommodating ol men
when the tax he had tocollect came
from the light poeketbook ol the
poor. Mr. Williams is perh ips the
most painstaking official in the em
ploy of the Territory of Hawaii
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Thos. lv. Cook, Republican nom
inee for the office of Surveyor of
the County of Ivist Hawaii, was
bom thirty-four years ago on the
Island of Molokai. He was edu
catedat lolani College. Alterleav
ing school he was a student ot sur
veying under M. D. Monsarrat and
worked for a few years at his pro
fession in Honolulu. Five years
ago he came to Hilo as assistant to
R. D. Haldwiu, Government Sur
veyor in charge of the Ililo office.
Mr. Cook has filled this position
with credit nml holds it now. Three
years ago the first surveyor of the
County of Ivast Hawaii was mar
ried. He has a sturdy sou who
already knows how to shoot the
transit,
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Na'lnn C illtnug. Republican
c 1 nd ida te for the office ot Auditor,
was born m the Hawaiian Island1,
and foi f-itthlitluess in the public
service has a record that cannot be
assailed or discredited. Mr. Will
foti combines the best peisonal
vi lues with thoiough official com
petency, and with th- people of
Han lii, among whom he is well
known, theie will be little hesita
tion as to how to vote on the ques
tion of the Auditorship.
He was Deputy Assessot for
North and South Ililo Districts
I Irom 1891 to 189S. Since the latter
I date he has held the office of Asses
l sor for the Third Division, which
I embraces the entire Island of Ha
waii. His work has brought him
not only into close touch with the
people, but has enabled him to ac
cumulate a fund of knowledge of
the affairs of the ( uintv which will
make him an almost indispensable
1 officer.
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I 1 '1 1 1 ii1 He 011
. in in ',. t ioi Mi ruber
0 ihe Hoard of Supervisor, vvns
lull at Luhnina, Wain, in July,
1 .u -live veais a o, and is known
't'oiij'liout the islands for hm en
erg;, in work in behalf ol the Ha
waiian people Mr. Desho, tvhilo
dvoicl to tne ministry, has ever
taken on active interest in secular
I affnis, espethllv 111 rill uitioii.s
1 alTi'cuugthe niteu-sts of II iwaiiaus.
His HnquiTiCL, lor whi' li he is
noted, h is been heard in every
town and hamlet ol the islands in
I behalf of good life and good gov-
'eminent.
I His fathei was a Keiituckiau,
1 who located in these Islands in the
practice of medicine and the tireless
Stephen L. possesses the iudoini-
1 table traits of the Kentucky public
ists combined with the sympathy
of the Hawaiian. He was educated
in Hawaiian schools and entered
I the ministry when a very young
man. He lived iu Koua a number
of yeais and fourteen years ago
came to Hilo. The Haili church
is a monument to his influential
labors. He stands for fair and
honest government.
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