The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-10-22

The Civic Federation has made pub
lie its report on candidates. 1t is sign
ed by f. b. McStocker, c. II. Dckey
and Doremus Scudder, committee on
candidates. and David L. wilmington,
acting president The report is as fol-
lows:
since the completion of the list of
nominees for election to public office,
the Executive Committee Of the Civic
Federation has carefully looked up the
records and qualifications Of the men
whose names appear upon the various
tickets in the field. Inzsmuch as the
Federation is i'm no sense a political
party. its duty is not to submit list
of candidates of its own. Only in the
extreme case where no party has nam
ed a nominee worthy of the franchises
of the people is such an organization
as the Federation justified i'm proposing
an alternative independent candidate,
for office As its nam" implies, the
Federation is a purely civic organlza-
ton: its aim is to advance the interests
of civic righteousness. Law enforce
ment, public health, educational ad-
vance. better civic conditions the city
beautiful, improved public service and
a higher grade of public servants re-
forms in criminal administration,
parks, peoples Fairgrounds, legislation
demanded by the public cOnscience-all
of these are within it's sphere. During
its short existence the Honolulu Civic
Federation has given careful attention
to questions involving all of these in
terests, and the results justify its or
! ganizatiOn.
Just preceding elections there is a
large public demand for a careful, i'm
partial investigation of all candidates
| for office, which shall clearly point out
to the voters the men whose private
and public records are such as fairly
to warrant that if they be elected they
will be faithful to the interests of the
people in the conduct of the public
business. All over the United States
the hope of good government in DEM
ocracy like ours is seen to rest more
and more with the independent voter
who will cast his ballot only for candi-
dates who will be true to the common
veal. Inasmuch as it is practically I'M
possible for the average citizen to
| choose out of several tickets the men
who fill this requirement, because OF
necessity he is personally unacquaint-
ed with a large number of the NOM
| inees, the demand is imperative for q
strictly non-partisan Municipal League
| or civic Federation which can COM
mand the sources of information and
will give the time required for such
, investigation. The American mainland
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their efficient services on behalf of
good government have been registered
in the widespread overthrow of politi-
cal bosses and of machine misrule.
"The Civic Federation of Honolulu
has not shirlIed it's duty in this regard,
and as a result of it's careful investi-
CATION it has divided into three class
es the candidates for county and dis
trict offices in Oahu to be voted upon
at the election of November 6.
"The first class includes those nomi-
nees whose ascertainable private and
public records seem to justify the eX-
pectation of faithful nuhlic service and
whom accordingly the Federation en-
dorses. On this approved list in sew
| eral instances two candidates are en-
dorsed for the same office. This is be-
cause either of the two nominees is
deemed worthy of the franchises of his
fellow citizens In a number of cases
the endorsement of the Federation is
given to a man, who, thought of ques-
tionable promise as an efficient public
servant. is relatively good; that is, he
is so much better than those running
against him that it seems wiser to APP
prove his candidacy than by making
an Independent nomination to run the
chance of his opponents election"
The following are the candidates
endorsed and opposed by the Civic
Federation, with their party Affiliations
For the Senate:
u. Kalauokalani, Sr. Home Rule-Dem
c. .McCarthy..... Democrat
w. O. Smith. .................R Republican
, For Representatives, 4th District.
!. A. d. Castro. .................R Republican
. John A. Hughes. .............R Republican
td. lnSham ....''..''''''' democrat
f. A. c. ong................Re Republican
f. w. Quinn. .................Re Republican
w. T. Rawlins. ...............Re Republican
For Representatives, 5th District.
5. p. Correa. .................R Republican
H. w. Leleiwi. Republican
Ed. L. Like. ...................D Democrat
j. L. Paoo................. Republican
j. NJ. Poepoe ................Ho Home Ruler
For County Sheriff:
c, p. laukea. ..................D emOcrat
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Otani, a japanese who pleaded guilty
of unlawful possession of a distillery