The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-09-22
DEMOCRATS
IN LINE
Supervisor Ticket
Nominated Last
Night.
.Testa, at Large, Nc
Carthy and Harvey
for Districts.
New Platform is Adopted Without
a Bryan Plank k-Ashford
New Platform is Adopted Without
a Bryan PIank-Ashford
Raises Question.

The spirit or Tom JenerSon anu
Tammany pervaded the council of
Democrats in the Waverley wigwam
last night. 1t was good old-time
meeting of the unterrified. A big crowd
of the followers of Jefferson were pres
ent.
A new platform with the usual Bryan
Supervisors ticket nominated, as fol-
lows:
Fourth District-Col. c. ]. Mccarthy.
Fifth District-Frank Harvey.
At Large-F. ]. Testa.
Fred Turrill of the Democratic Cen
trail Committee brought the unwashed
to order and stated at once that the
SEentral Committee after thoroughly
sxfanvassing the political situation, had
Maecided that if the Democrats nom
mated for Supervisors, one candidate
in the Fourth District, one candidate in
the Fifth District, and one at large,
the Democrats would stand an excellent
chance for getting all three men elect
ed
C. w. Ashford wanted to know the
committees reasons for outlining the
campaign in this wise. He advocated
nominating two Supervisors in tue
Fourth District and two at large.
at don't think the Home Rulers have
a ghost of a chance east fWaikiki) of
Nuuanu street." he said, land l think
they would be willing to adopt any
suggestions of the Democratic party to
help them out of the slough in the
Fourth District. 1 don't think the
Home Rule party should object to this.
There is to be no fusion, as such. of
Democrats and Home Rulers. l, ner-
sonally, would not be favorable to it.
1t is not necessary. 1t will be sufficient
If our party shall make up g. party
ticket, depending on the Home Rulers
to support it. and if we don't try to hog
the whole business we may get the
whole Home Rule support. l don't see
why we should not have as good a show
with two men in the Fourth District as
one. We ought to say to them, as a
general understanding, that they
(Home Rulers) don't do anything in the
Fourth and we won't do anything in
- the Fifth. We are all opposed to the
T&epublicans If the Home Rulers will
lot meet our views it will mean a Re-
publican Board of Supervisors. I
would like to see the four candidates
in the field"
Mr.. Ashford then proceeded to state
y that there were certain sections of the
election law which led him to believe
that the Fourth Representative District
was not entitled to two Supervisors,
and two in the Fifth Representative
District. The County Act had rpovided
five representative districts for Oahu
and he thought the legislature had
made a grand mistake in it's intentions
and failed to carry them out. He be-
lieved that body meant to assign two
to the Fourth Representative District.
but assigned them to the Fourth Dis
trict instead, and the same was true
for the other district.
81 think there will be litigation over
the matter" he added THE imDres-
sion seems to have gone abroad that,
presume it will go to the polls as two
S for each district, when the trainers of
4 the act really meant to apply them TO
the representative districts.
s If our own candidates are elected we
4 need not raise the question, but if the
others are elected then we will GER
tainly raise any objection"
Col. Mccarthy said that one of the
4 arguments of the committee in putting
out only three candidates was that GER
tain Republicans were disgruntled over
the nominations of Hooking and Gil
s man, and if the Democrats put UP one
candidate in the Fourth District, there
q was a likelihood that these disgruntled
SFfepublicans would support such Demo-
sTSssdc nominee, thereby Strengthening
MS chances for election.
Mr.. Ashford's motion was voted down
by ,arge majority and the Democrats
agreed TO go into the field with but
e three men.
DR.. Noblitt moved that the perma-