The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-06-19
PEOPLE AND
POLITICAL LEADERS
S. B. DOLE w. o. SMITH AND ]. P.
COOKE AS AGAINST CARTER,
RICHARDS AND THURSTON.

EDITOR STAR:-What leaders are
church people going to follow in this
election? Are they going to follow $.
b. Dole, w. o. Smith, j. p. Cooke and
such men, or George r. Carter, Theo-
dore Richards and Lorrin Thurston2
The first three are undoubtedly gong
to vote for Brown, TIE last three are
undoubtedly going to vote for William
Henry. Sanford b. Dole has just opens
ly reiterated his opinion that Arthur
Brown is still what he was when serv-
ing under Mr.. Dole for many years, to
wit one of the most efficient, faithful
and conscientious officers in the ISL
ands.. w. O. Smih has publicly an
nounced that he is going to vote 70"
Mr. Brown, and we understand that
Joe Cooke has announced that he is go
ing to 90 likewise. On the one nand
we have S. b. Dole, whose breadth CT
comprehension and fairness of judg-
ment tried in Thousand fires OF pubic
passion and dlssenslon have become q,
matter of pubic history and VINO mas
added immeasurably to the prestige
and abiding influence of the mission
airy party and well nigh dissipated the
anti-missionary feeling; w. q. Smith
tried by twenty years experience in
public life a model of conservatism and
with keen appreciation of the wide
spreading, mischiefs coming from such
radical outbursts as Governor Carriers
assault upon A. NJ. Brown, and Joe
Cooke the model of the sagacious young
business men who is well able, in 4
common sense way to judge how much
real merit and justification there is in
the contention that Brown is so bad as
to call for the setting aside of party
lines.
We have all these three on the one
side and George Carter, reckless and
arbitrary, as he unquestiona by is, last
year coercing men to vote the straight
party ticket including Mahelona an
open advocate of gambling, and this
year not only freely jumping the party
ticket himself, but using the same CO.
ercion to compel others to do likewise.
Theodore Richards, so fanaticaI as to
be absolutely unsafe as a leader, and
Lorrin Thurston so partisan, that while
assaulting the personal character and
equation OF Arthur Brown, he is sup
pressing the denials and explanations
of his victim, and deliberately keeping
them from the public eye, and barring
a few feeble remonstrances has been
winking at the entire course of George
Carriers administration from start to
finish. Which of these sets of leaders
of thought is it best to follow? Rich
ards unquestionably is sincere in be-
lleYing the fight upon Brown to be a
nght against vice. The fight by Thurs
ton and Carter on Brown was mani
testify begun and carried on because
they think Brown is anti-administra-
tion dn the sense that he has no use for
Governor Carriers vagaries and don't
propose to become his creature and
surrender his discretion into his hands
me issue of administration or anti-ad-
ministration Is up before the people
put the trouble is that Thurston and
Carter to win on that point have raised
the cry against Brown that he promot-
ed vice and crime. Having made the
accusation in blast of CONGRATULATIONS
they are now shying off from a careful
ana searching investigation of these
accusations, but If Brown is beaten
tuesday at the polls, the verdict will be
taken as a verdict against the inte-
gritty and honesty of Mr.. Brown that
VIII follow him for the balance of his
life. Men like Dole, Smith and Cooke.
unquestionably believe in the integrity
OF Mr. Brown and are going to vote ac-
cordlngly' As matter of fact Carter
and Thurston believe in the integrity
Of Mr.. Brown, Mr.. Richards probably
does not. neither in the integrity of
any one else probably who doesn't
think his way We submit to the con-