Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-09-18

The Republican convention which
meets tomorrow in this city has
more important duty to perform than
the Territorial convention that NAM
ed the Delegate to Congress and out
lined the program of the party.
The men whom this convention
will name are to make and admins
ter the local laws of the Territory.
They are the men whose acts will re-
fleet credit or dishonor on the good
name of the people as to their Capac-
ity for self-goyernment.
Our platforms may read well and
representatives of the controlling par
ty of the Territory are not able TO
secure men who are efficient and pa
triotic, the result will be Indifferent
success If not' disaster
County delegates will have a diff
cult task TO perform because of the
unusually large number of offices for
which they have TO select candidates.
In the contest that will he made for
one or two leading nominations, eX-
IRENE care should be exercised that
portions of the ticket shall not be
sighted so that the final slate will
show up with men of Indifferent Gu
pabilities in vital positions.
The Republican party of Oahu has
men Offering on the list of candidates
who will make up ticket of u very
high average. 1t Is impossible to get
all the best men" in any ticket be-
cause there are never enough to go
around If we use best men" in the
theoretical sense used by party crit
les.
A fair average should be struck.
The higher the average the better.
At the present time. the prospect
is very good. Men coming into the
lists are of "A type in whom the aver
age business man and the average
workingman has confidence. The re-
sponsibility is with the delegates of
the convention to see that the events
of the next forty-eight hours fulfill
with them to keep their heads. exer-
else judgment, and never lose sight
of the fact that sacrifices of self-re-
spect in political trades will jeopar-
die the party at the polls and may
retard the progress of the Territory
through the incompetence of weak
and possibly dishonest officials.
As the situation stands today the
danger line runs to the candidates
for legislative positions. The Repub-
on its Senatorial ticket who have
been tried in legislative work II pos
sible and found not wanting. 1t has
been the common custom to demand
that the Senatorial ticket shall meet
the approval of the business commu-
nifty, and this is quite proper because
the employees generally are as deeply
interested in high standards as the
employers. The approval of the bus
mess community, however, should not
be assumed to cease with the Sena-
torial slate.
The Territory should have men of
common sense, high purpose, and in
telligence in the House of Represen-
tatives. We don't want candidates
for the House whose chief purpose
in Office will be to create lot of
freak stuff which the upper house
and the Executive must waste time
heading of.
And finally in all the legislative
schedule there is none more impor-
tant to the cause of developing local
government than the candidates for
Supervisors OF the City and County
OF Honolulu. These positions must
not be used as pawns to be given
away in the game of landing some
nomination prize about which, for
one cause or another, public interest
temporarily centers.
The Supervisors, like the members
of the Legislature, will set the pace
of community progress.
Material for very strong Repub-
lican ticket has been marshalled
within the last few hours. The con-
vention delegates are depended upon
to select from this combination
that will strike the highest average.
If factional threats are taken into
serious consideration and unjust at
tack is to sway the result of the vot-
ing, the probabilities are that the
dissension will be carried into tho
oil nd
policy on the part of all who are not