The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-10-24
KINNEY AGAIN
ROASTS CARTER
DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN QUOTES
WEBSTER AND DISCUSSES TIA
UNDATED RESERVATIONS.

pheum on saturday evening was us
small to the party man /
ayers. When Chairman w. A. Kinney !
took the platform and began the ad- /
dress Of the evening, the center of the
hall was well filed, but there was a
gloomy space of empty seats in the
rear and here and there throughout the
body of the hall During Kinney's ad-
dress the audience slowly increased,
but the Orpheum was never nearly full
and the audience was easily seen to be
half Republican. Kinney gave care
fully prepared address, devoted to Car
ter's undated designations policy" as
it is known, and was here and there
applauded for some of his concise
statements The Democratic chairman
stated Carriers alleged policy as fol-
lows:
"The law provides that these officers
shall be removed by the Governor with
the consent of the Senate. Under the
Governors methods of administration,
they are now removable by the Cover
nor alone even though such removal
may be in direct opposition to the
wishes of our Senate. Thus the Sc
curity and the independence carefully
by the Congress of the United States
has been directly set aside by the Exc
cutive of this Territory, who in taking
office made oath to uphold and carry
out the laws of the land as he found
them.
Governor Carter is running this Ter
ritory on the theory that all power
should be centered n the Governor and
| he IN turn should be responsible to
| the President for the welfare and pro-
per administration of the Territory.
| We find no justification for this in the
| Organic Act, which, while vesting the
executive power of the government of
| the Territory in the Governor holding
| him responsible for the execution of the
laws, breaks up and subdivides this
| executive power into various depart
ments, each independent of the other
and all independent of the Governor"
After quoting from the Organic Act
| to show that the executive right of re-
moval is by and with the consent OF
the Senate, Kinney made many quota
i lions from the works of Webster and
others, showing the danger to free
government of executive encroach
ments. He said further:
Since writing the above three thing!
have happened to which I wish to re
fer, namely the removal of Messrs
= Brown and Chillngworth, an editOria
in The Star of October goth entitled
Undated designations" and an inter
view by the Governor appearing in tn
Star of yesterday.
= And first as to the removal of thu
Tigh Sheriff and his Deputy. This i
an incident that is at present FLINT
the public mind. Up to this time tn
! facts are not before us, and until the!
are, no final decision or judgment up
r on the question as to whether Brow
: and Chillingworth are right or wron
y or are guilty of misconduct justifyin
e their removal can be reached. Their
. are certain phases of that question
t however, which have reached poin
r where they can be publicly discussed
Ell The incident serves to illustrate tina
G the Democrats have been right in con
e tending from the first that the power
of the Governor and the extent of hi
d authority are vital issues in this can
. paign and must be met and discusse
II by any party laying claim to the cor
fdence of the people.
4 how thoroughly misguided the Reput
: lican or executive mach'ne has been
: its attempts to contend that GovernC
Carter is not and cannot be an issu
: this campaign, and that any attemI
\ to do so is factious, senseless and III
businesSlike.
The Democratic party has foresee
the disorder that would inevitably gro
2 out of the adoption of mistaken con
n ceptions of executive power and /
limitations, and has sounded the alar
!. seasonably. and led the community
- understand and appreciate the stu
. ton while the executive machine h;
- = been proclaiming loudly that neith
- the Governor nor his acts are To
considered an issue this coming ele
; ton. 1t may be said by those who b
ID lieve that Brown and ChillingwOrth "A
u in the wrong that the incident illu
trates the wisdom of demanding u
dated designations from the heads
,iil departments.
20 Our reply as Democrats is, first, tn
"a whether it would be best to have the
;, heads of departments hold office at Il
N will of the Governor or not the la
does not permit it. An evasion of 4
- law is a violation of it, and we stal
- for the enforcement of law viii
90 i'm this instance requires that the
DO officials shall hold office for 70
q years, and shall be removed from ON
only by the Governor with the conse
: of our local Senate. In the second pla
lei the Democrats say that If the issue
u raised whether the law shall be chan
ed so that the Governor may la
NJ fully have absolute control of the
% powers which he now unlawful
n usurps, the Democratic party "
stand first, last and all the time
=, gainst the enlargement of his powt
over and above what is now allow
him by the Organic Act. They belle
that Congress was right in subdividi
on the executive power and making
rd heads of departments independent
OF the Governor and of each other tn
res decline to decide the question on
al more expediency of the hour or by CO
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