The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-10-09
TO
NAIL ALL LIES
frrom rhursday.s Aayertlser.,

Campaign lies are to be promptly
hunted down and nailed by the Repub.
licans, special committee being put
on the trail of one batch last night
and the general policy adopted at the
meeting of the chairmen of the various
clubs and the County Executive Com
mittee last night. The particular lies
that are to be traced back to their
source are those going around to the
effect that eight Republicans were fred
from the county employment because
they did not appear to shout at the
rally on Monday night.
Another thing of Importance that
was brought before last nights meet
ing was the part the Board of Super.
yisors was playing in laying off the
road workers on Saturdays, the day
when half days work meant whole
days pay. This was brought up by
Charley Chillingworth, who thought the
County and Territorial Executive COM
mittees should see the Supervisors and
find out why this was being done. The
law had been made for the bepefit of
the road workers and there was no
good reason why the Supervisors now
should act against the spirit and in
tent of the law, especially as the Re.
publican party would be blamed for IL.
| 1t was decided to have the members
of the board interviewed in the mat.
ter.
The report of the firing of Kalua
and seven other Republicans from the
road work was also brought up by Chill
| lingworth. He had not had time to
locate the matter absolutely, but had
| traced the firing back to the road su-
pervisor. He asked if Republicans were
to be fred and report circulated that
it was not for attending Republican
rally, what should he done with those
workers who had attended the Home
Rule convention as delegates and were
now on the Home Rule ticket as can
didatesi
"This is period of rumors,' said
Chairman Judd, in reply. "From now
on until the campaign closes you may
expect that rumors will crop up every
day. The thing to do is to hunt them
back to their source and nail them as
| lies at once.'
Judd told how that very day he had
heard four different rumors to the eff
feet that the candidates on the ticket
were not playing fair with each other.
He knew that such reports were lies
and only circulated to breed dissen-
sion among the candidates. "We have
many enemies now,' he said, "and if
you will hunt back on the trail of
these reports you can always trace
them to one enemy's camp or another +"
Charley Coster, as a representative
of the road department, denied the re-
port that non-attendance at the rally
could have had anything to do with
the firing of any road men, while a
road luna present said that they had
been let out because of changes in the
work. This did not explain why the
whole eight happened to be Repub-
/ licans, however, and the matter will be
further pursued, Chillingworth repeat.
ing his warning that the rumors going
around were hurting the party. 1t de-
veloped in the course of discussion that
Sam Macy was the luna who had fired
the men.
| Chillingworth stated that this was a
poor time to be firing Republicans,
when according to the estimates there
would be $4,000 of the road tax money
left at the end of the year. He thought
that more Republicans ought to be put
to work.
Chairman Judd said that Coster, in
the position he was in, could do much
wanted, by tracing the reports down
and mailing them as campaingn lies
The various precinct presidents re.
ported that good work in the regis.
tration line was going on in their dis
tricts, A. L. C. Atkinson making an
address of especial earnestness to all
to get in and work in the remaining
days; not to neglect an opportunity
of registering every voter. He explain
cd his own method of working and
urged personal effort on the part OF
all other workers.
81 dom believe the people of this
county and Territory want any change
in the government" he said. 81 dom
believe that either of the other partie!
could get the support necessary to
carry on a responsible government
We are now on the way to success
Let us all pull together and we will
soon reach the shore"
Chairman Judd called a meeting OF
the executive, committee for today, al
noon.
| Republican Rally in Kakaako.
The first Republican precinct rally
that held last night in Kakaako, was
a successful meeting in practically
every respect, the crowd being out t.
the number of between three and foul
hundred, the party orators making
good impressions and being generously
applauded, and the maiden speeches o.
one or two of the candidates promising
some good speeches from the newly
fedged candidates later on in the cam
paign.
Chairman Kealoha made a hit al
presiding officer, his Introductory ad
dresses being given with flow of ges
lures that took the crowd. He frs
introduced John Wise, candidate TO
sheriff.
Wise repeated his pledge of loyalt.
to the ticket and his promise to carr,
out the duties of his department, i
elected. He referred to his own polit
zeal history and his general record a
an assurance of what might be expect