The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-06-09
THRUM IS A
POSSIBILITY

! WIN regard 10 the position or Sher-
iff of the County of Oahu, your Com.
m,ttee finds that taking the records of
the ed ninistration of Mr.. Arthur NJ.
Brown and the record of Mr.. ]. NJ!
Poepoc, SO far as he has made one, the,
are compelled to recommend that this
Association does not endorse the candi-
dature of either As, however, there
is no other candidate and it seems an
illogical position to refuse endorsement
to either of the two candidates and
leave it for electors to east no vote at
all or vote for one or the other, your
Committee feels that an occasion has
arisen which demands action rather
than inaction from this Association
and after deliberation and discussion it
was decided not to ask this Associa-
ton 10 make any nomination but to
suggest that by motion you leave the
matter with your Executive Commit
tee to ascertain whether some suitable
person cannot be procured to stand as
candidate for that position, who can,
be recommended ~ the Committee and
, for whom it mav urge that you cast
your votes in the hope of thereby Sc.
curing such an administration of this
important department as shall be a
credit to the County of Oahu.
| Dated Honolulu, June Z, 1905.
| w. r. CASTLE,
President.
! On motion of Senator Dickey the re-
port was accepted. At this juncture
Judge Humphreys. a member of the
Federation, entered the hall, and was
shown the report. Theo. Richards
moved tha orrantanpa nf tba tanprt
Mr.. Weaver suggested that the portion
devoted to the sheriff be taken out
bodily and treated separately, which
was carried. Mr.. Westervelt moved
this suggestion be adopted so as to
get the matter properly before the
meeting.
At this moment Judge Humphreys
moved that the report except such
portions thereof as he would name, be
referred back to the committee. He then
stated that the report recommended
that the organization withhold its en-
dorsement of Mr.. Booth, j. c. Quinn,
j. A. Akina, NJ. Kupihea and Dick
Lane. He stated his objection to this
part of the report was that no reasons
for the objection were set forth.
These candidates must then have
committed some fragrant offense either
against the laws of the territory or
against society. In my judgment this
is most cowardly and unmanly. There
is no way in which these men, who are
charged with being unfit, can go before
the community to defend themselves.
Absolutely no charge is made against
either of these men-simply a general
statement that we should withhold our
endorsement of them. In my judgment
any one who would vote in favor of
that report would sandbag man in
the dark when no mounted policeman
the -impnuitati6n OF having commftfed
most serious crime. If they have
let us say so. We must have the cour-
age of our convictions If this organiza-
ton is to be of real weight in this
community. If Mr.. Booth has dis
graced himself in some way, and that
is the reason for Withholding an en-
dorsement of him, let us say so and
make an issue of the matter. If his
moral character is bad, II he is unfit
mentally. let us say so and use that
as a plank in our platform. 7 don't
believe in making sweeping charges
against man, without specifying"
Theodore Richards arose in reply and
said he did not believe the suggestions
made by Judge Humphreys were prac
tical. He saw no reason why the Fed
the absolute details of proof" He
said that perhaps fifty opinions might
be attached to the reimbursement OF
the men and some of them might be
libellous. The facts were that body
of men had brought in a report
(which is most charitable and it is
most practical. To say such and such
a man was unfit would be possible
without going into details, or without
the absolute details of proof" He
went on to say that the bringing In of
details into a report would not "be
brooleed by this body" He did not
consider Judge Humphreys's remarks
had any practical bearing on the re-
port
J. A. Hughes said there should be no
misunderstanding. He thought the or
ganization should go slow about at
lacking regulations.
Judge humphreys lnen arose TO re-
ply to Mr. Richards. He said that
some of the gentlemen who have been
deemed unworthy of holding public
office are largely identified with prop
erty interests in this community. Most
of them are children of the soil. They
were born and reared here. The graves
of their loved ones are here. Their
little children are growing up about
them and are mingling with the chill
dren of others, the makers of the re-
port, I'm the Sabbath and public
schools, and the federation should go
slow. The Organic Act sets forth that
those who are insane or who have COM
mitted crimes shall not hold office. The
report practically by innuendo says
that these men are not eligible for
Office and that left it open to public
| opinion that they might come under
the provis ions of the act. This was a
grave question which could not be
cried down. To have implied or stated
boldly that such and such man was