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

The Democratic meeting at the or
pheum on Saturday evening was dis
appOintingly small TO the party man
ayers. When Chairman w. A. Kinney
took the platform and began the adj
dress of the evening, the center of the
hall was well filled, but there was a
gloomy space of empty seats i'm 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 a 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
vouchsafed to the heads of departments
by the Congress of the United States
has been directly set aside by the Exc
cutive of this Territory, who I'm 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 IN 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
tons 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 things
have happened to which I wish to re-
fer namely the removal of Messrs.
Brown and Chillingworth, an editorial
in The Star of October goth entitled
Undated designations" and an inter-
view by the Governor appearing in the
Star of yesterday.
And first as to the removal of the
Tigh Sheriff and his Deputy. This is
an incident that is at present filling
the public mind. Up to this time the
facts are not before us, and until they
are, no final decision or judgment up
on the question as to whether Brown
and Chillingworth are right or wrong
or are guilty of misconduct justifying
| their removal can be reached. There
are certain phases Of that question
however, which have reached a point
where they can be publicly discussed.
| The incident serves to illustrate that
| the Democrats have been right in con-
tending from the first that the powers
of the Governor and the extent of his
authority are vital issues i'm this cam
paign and must be met and discussed
by any party laying claim to the con-
fdence of the people.
And this incident illustrates again
how thoroughly misguided the Repub-
| lican or executive machin" has been in
it's attempts to contend that Governor
Carter is not and cannot be an issue
this campaign, and that any attempt
to do so is factious, senseless and I'M
| businesslike
The Democratic party has foreseen
the disorder that would inevitably grow
out of the adoption of mistaken con-
ceptions of executive power and it's
| limitations, and has sounded the alarm
seasonably, and led the community to
| understand and appreciate the situa-
ton while the executive machine has
been proclaiming loudly that neither
| the Governor nor his acts are to be
considered an issue this coming cleo
ton. 1t may be said by those who be-
| lieve that Brown and ChiHingworth are
in the wrong that the incident illus
trates the wisdom of demanding un-
dated designations from the heads of
/ departments.
Our reply as Democrats is, first, that
whether it would be best to have these
heads of departments hold Office at the
will of the Governor or not the law
does not permit it. An evasion Of the
law is a violation of it, and we stand
for the enforcement of law which
i'm this instance requires that these
officials shall hold office for four
years, and shall be removed from office
only by the Governor with the consent
of our local Senate. In the second place
the Democrats say that If the issue is
raised whether the law shall be chang
ed so that the Governor may law
| fully have absolute control of these
powers which he now unlawfully
usurps, the Democratic party will
stand first, last and all the time A.
gainst the enlargement of his powers
over and above what is now allowed
him by the Organic Act. They believe
that Congress was right in subdividing
the executive power and making the
heads of departments Independent Of
the Governor and OF each other. They
decline to decide the question on the