The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-25
BIG ROW OVER
SPLIT TICKET.
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not have the weight of a feather as
against the evidence that we have TO
the contrary.
Be it understood that the Governor
is in no respect an issue in this mat
ter-personally believe Governor Car
ter to be one of the most honest and
upright men that ever lived and that
his every act is the result of a firm
conviction that he is doing the right
thing and the best thing for the Terri
tory and for the people. That the Gov
ernor, like any of the rest of US, is liable
to an error of judgment goes without
SAYING, and there are many of US who
believe that the Governor could not
have given sufficient thought to the
matter when he stated in a newspaper
interview that he knew of no reason
why a government employee should not
take an active part in politics.
There has been some talk about ma
chine politics in this campaign and I
have never seen a campaign success
fully run without machine, but / tell
you, gentlemen, that you have got to.
keep your machine clean if you are go
ing to do successful politics III Ha-
waii-there can be no purity issue forth
from corruption and until the machine
of the Republican party Is cleaned and
the communicating elements removed.
you cannot expect to have the support
of intelligent rfght-minded citizens.
Mr.. BeaI then spoke in addition to
his written address: 81 am going to
vote for Mr.. Brown, and / am going to
work on this other matter until hell
freezes over"
. "A
Zeigler, jumping to his feet, that a
should talk like this"
Il have resigned from the committee
retorted Beal.
He resigned only this afternoon"
announced Sam Johnson
1T is certainly news to me-" con-
tinued Major Zeigler, that this precinct
is going to vote a split ticket, I don't
think so. 1 don't think I have heard
ten men at the outside say anything
about it,
MANY FOR SPLIT TICKETS.
Ollie Swain said, in part: 81 tell you,
gentlemen, I have heard a good deal
about scratching the ticket, but I am
very sorry it should exist. l have been
in politics 2 good many years, but this
is the first time have heard of men
who are saying they will scratch the
ticket. Among the natives it win be a
straight vote, but with our white COM
munity I have heard any number say
they will not vote the straight ticket.
ga good deal has been said about
government officials going into politics.
Perhaps it might be we'll if they were
not in this campaign and I propose this
next twenty-four hours issue an order
that no government official should take
part in politics until after the election.
THAT I believe will harmonic factions
and keep the white voters in line. 1t
will give the Governor 500 more votes.''
ARTHUR COYNE.
Arthur Coyne-''I think that is so, but
I am a Republican and will vote the
ticket
HARRY MURRAY.
IF you let the government officials
out of politics who are going to handle
the native voters? This is a Aght that
should have come up in the primaries or
the convention. L made the same fight
in the convention and could not get
any one to help me. I will, however,
vote the ticket
DOUTHITT FOR THE TICKET.
Attorney E. A. Douthitt made.
speech in favor of the ticket as a whole.
He said he thought the meeting was
making mountain out of a mole hill.
He asked what the activity of officials
had to do with the candidates. He did
not think the activity of officials gave
any sound reason for scratching the
ticket
"It is child's play. Government Off
Gals are not Invested of their individ-
uality because they are office-holders.
There is not a dollar in it for them. If
they have been good enough to work
for the interests of the Republican
party and do the actual hard work of
the campaign, why are you going to
throw down the Republican party. You
all aspire to be in politics. God knows
We have troubles enough of our own,
without Juggling in this plea. Because
Governor Carter received the resigna-
tions of Messrs. Brown and Chilling
worth, Republicans are whispering that
they will knife the ticket. Taught By
doing all these things We are playing
into the enemy's hands and putting
weapon in them to hurt. u.s."
George w. Smith then moved that
1T be the sense of the meeting that the,
ticket be voted straight. This was
adopted by rising vote, the only mega
tive being those of Messrs. Hustace,
Beal. Walker and Fred Damon.
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