The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-22
VERDICT GIVEN
BY THE CIVIC
FEDERATION
judgment on Candidates --- "Prostitution o.
Police Force So Complete 1t No Longer
Stands for Public Service"

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
tickets in the field Inasmuch as the
Federation is in no sense a political
party. it's duty is not to submit a list
of candidates of it's own. Only in the
extreme case where no party has
named a nominee worthy of the fran
chises of the people is such an Or
sanization as the Federation justifie1 in
proposing an alternative independent
candidate for office. AS it's name i'm
plies. the Federation is a purely civic
organization; its aim is to advance the
interests of civic righteousness. Law
enforcement, public health, educational
advance, better civic conditions, the
city beautiful, improved public service
and a higher grade of public servants,
reforms in criminal administration,
parks, peoples Fairgrounds, legislation
demanded by the public conscience-all
of these are within its 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 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
democracy like ours is seen to rest
,nora and more with the independent
voter who will cast his ballot only LOT
candidates who will be true 10 the
common veal Inasmuch as it is prac-
fically impossible for the average citl-
zen to choose out of several tickets lie
men who fill this requirement, because
of necessity he is personally uhac-
ouainted with a large number OF the
nominees. the demand is imperative for
a strictly non-partisan Municip'i
league or Civic Federation when can
command the sources Of information
and will give the time required 1or
s,cb investigation. The American
mainland knows many such orsailiA''
tions and their efficient services Oh
bebalf of good government nave peei'
reeistered in the widespread ovefthro"
of political bosses and of machiile HIS
rule.
Tho civic Federation of Honolulu mas
not shfrked its duty IN TINS resai0'
and as a result of its care1ul lilFe@t
,,o+;o, # has divided into three classes
the candidates for county ana oiS
offices in oahu to be voted upon at the
election OF November o.
Tho first class includes those no1n-
os whose ascartainable private ana
,,,,h1;, records seem to justify the eH-
notation of faithful public service anu
whom accordingly the Federat'oi' e'
dorsas on this approved list in sew
aral instances two candidates are en-
aorsad for the same office. Thls is pc
,,,so e;ther of the two nominees Is
deemed worthy Of the franchises OF MS
follow citizens. In a number of cases
the endorsement of the Feueralioh -
given TO a man. who though OF ques-
tionable promise as an efficient puoIlc
servant. is relatively good; that Is, he
is SO much better than those running
against him that il seems wiser to ap-
prove his candidacy than by making
an indepenaent nomination to run the
chance Of his opponents election
CANDIDATES ENDORSED BY THE
CIVIC FEDERATION.
For the Territorial Senate-D. IA
lauokaIani, c. J. Mccarthy, W. u
Smith.
For Representative - Fourth DIS
trict. A. D Castro, John A. Hughes
Ed Ingham. f. A c. Long, l.. w.
Quinn, w. T. Rawlins. Fifth Dlstr'c''