The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-27

viii Run for Senate
as Independent
Republican.

George A. Davis will be a candidat
for the Senate in the Third Senatoria
District He announced his candidacy
yesterday, and has issued an officia
announcement of the platform upor
which he win appeal to The voters. Hi
stand will be that of an Independent
Republican, and he has, cut all tht
strings that bind him to party organi
zation.
am going to run for the Senate ,
he says. q am goIne to run even if ]
could get no more than fifty votes, but ]
know that / can get enough to elect ]
have held many positions of trust in this
country. | have been a police magistrate
a United tates Commissioner, Deputy
Attorney General, and have occupied
other honorable Offices, and | cannot see
why / should not be Territorial Sen
ator. | am out to run anyhow and my
platform will be before the people, And
on the merits of that platform / ought
to be elected.
have made mistakes in my public
life, the same as others have made mis-
takes, but / am not a delinquent. I
have no charges to answer, and as /
was not here in the DAYS of the Reyo-
lutIon, ] have no sins to answer for.
lam L not as good a man as Kalama
and soelho and some of the others who
have been judged lit to legislate as
SENATOR'S | think / am, and when the
votes are counted you will see that
there are many more who think so
If | am defeated [ will not be any
worse off than | am now. I am out of
it, and | will only have to stay out
of it. -
Mr.. Davis platform, which is given
below in full, contains two principal
planks, one an attack on the present
liquor law and it's administration by
licensed commissioners, and the other
an attack on the system of penalizing
delinquent taxpayers SO heavily. The
announcement to the electors, prepared
by Nj. Davis for publication, is:
ANNOUNCEMENT.
To the Electors of the Third Senatorial
District of the Territory of Ha-
waii:
Gentlemen.--At the election to be
held in November / shall be a candi-
date for the office of Senator. If / am
returned at the polls, / shall endeavor
to redeem every POLITICAL pledge [
make TO the people SO far as / am able
One of the measures | shall demand
is the repeal of the acts providing for
a penalty of 10 per cent. and an addi-
tional 10 per cent interest upon all de-
linquent taxes, and 10 per cent. penalty
upon delinquent water rates payable in
advance. This damnaDle and unjust
legislation finds no precedent in any
State or Territory of the Union.
This unjust legislation bears heavily
upon the clerk, the laborer, and the Ha-a
wallans.
| viii introduce an act to amend the
present liquor law and provide therein
for the abolition of the present license
commissioners, and vest the power to
grant licenses in the mayor of the City
\ and County of Honolulu (limiting the
number), and also provide therein that
the mayor and the several boards of
supervisors shall issue all licenses in
the several counties, and shall issue to
any reputable person license to sell
liquor, wines and beer upon payment of
fee or $3.50 and furnishing a good and
sufficient bond to conduct an orderly
place, and the sheriffs of the several
counties shall be the chief inspectors
expenses at present incurred.
Iswill demand the passage of an act
giving full power to assess and levy
taxes by the several boards of super
visors upon the people for municipal
purposes, and viii urge other necessary
amendments to the County Act, SO that
the people shall have municipal gov
ernment in fact as well as in name.
From time to time between now and
election day, after careful study and
consideration, viii announce the sew
eral measures that I viii introduce and
urge the passage of by the Legislature
of this Territory. I shah go to the
people as an Independent Republican,
supporting any good measures intro
dueed by Republicans or Democrats. I
shall make no pledges or enter into any
political engagements that will in any
way impair my obligations TO the peo- |
pie of this constituency.
| am a firm believer in the future OF
this Territory, and in equal and exact
justice to the people as whole, and
will only support such legislation as [
believe win benefit the poor as well as
the rich. The business interests of the /
Country need have no fear that I will
wge legislation that viii impair the
rights of property holders and citizens.
solicit your support in the cam
palgn and your votes at the polls.
Yours respectfully,
GEO DAVIS