The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-05
THEIR LAST APPEAL.


Territory" continue to harp on the
Garter string of their political instru'
rnent, regardless of the fact that the
string is so lily worn that it gives
forth but a feeble wheeze.
This ignoring of the real issues OF
the campaign and basing their fight
entirely on false premises is evidence
that the Democrats realize the hope
lessness of their cause except as they
can blind the voters by creating
preiudice that will temporarily distract
attention from the real needs of the
Territory.
That the Governor is not an issue
has been - fully proven that the
Democratic statement to the contrary
really needs no further refutation but
not to seem to avoid even false issue
let us consider for a moment some OF
the final statements.
The Democrats claim first that the
leading issue is the direct absorption
nv the Governor of the entire execu-
tive power Where the absorption
comes in we fail to see. Is not the
f.overnor appointed by the President as
the executive and does not this carry
The power withou. any possibility OF It's
1,a,aa, modified by the Territorial cleo
tarate2 If it is not intended thai he
should WELD such power why shouid
the appointment of heads of depart
-,,,er,ts be placed entirely in his hands
.r.,sre can be but one answer to this
md that is that as the Governor alone
is held responsible for the admlnlstra->
tfon of affairs in Hawaii he and ne
alone should have the appointing OF
his aids and as he must be as mucn
responsible for their acts as though
committed by himself in person he must
a1so have the power OF removal. That
he should need to be specifically clothed
with such power of removal would seem
absurd in any other part of the United
States as no mainland community ceuid
conceive of an appointee refusing to
hand in his resignation when asked 10
de SO by his chief.
Following the Democratic advice the
Governor should be held responsible Tor
the acts of people over whom he would
he given absolutely no control.
Again. the Governor is accused OF
securing a pledge from every Republ-
can nominee to support the admins
tration. Why should any such pledge
ta necessary, the candidates being al
ready pledged by the nominating con-
vention to support the party and ITS
platform.. which platform carries with
It the support of Republican admins
tration that it unequivocally endorses?
Is it conceivable that the Democratic
nominees are not pledged to the sup.
port of their party and its platform!
,rhe Democrats also accuse the Gov
ernor of controlling the nominating
convention and offer in evidence the
dafeat of Cecil Brown, this too in spite
OF the fact that the same convention
which defeated Mr.. Brown also defeat
ed warm personal friends of the Gov
arnor. who would have been assured OF
his support had he been making any
effort to dictate. 1t has been previously
shown in answer to this attack that MI.
Brown was supported in part by gov
arrrnent employees and that he was
defeated by the votes of men over
whom it was impossible that the Gov
ernor could have exercised any con-
troll. Unquestionably the acts of Mr..
zsrovvn are alone responsible for his de-
feat.
This last appeal brands as silly the
,.anfention that Democratic nominees
win waste the time of the Legislature
in investigating the Governor While
they are basing their whole campaign
r.n nr,anises to do this very thing.
erotbing could be more inconsistent than
ss,a hedges of their candidates to the
voters and this implied claim in thelI
anal appeal. We say implied" advis-
edly as they carefully avoid saying
that it will not be done.
Posing here as Democrats they repu
date the tariff plank of the Nationa
Democratic platform which threaten
the destruction of our sole industry
ignoring the fact that that plank
really the foundation and the only hop
of the National organization.
Finally they close their appeal D
falsely attributing to the Republican
the sentiments, daily voiced by thei
oficial and subsidized organ, regrettin
that they are American citizens an
emphasizing the statement that the
are so by coercion and not by their ow
choice.
Their entire campaign up to and II
Guiding this Last Appeal outlines
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