Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-12-30
OUR REPUBLICAN SUPERVISORS.

Much is expected Of the new Board of Supervisors for
Honolulu and the diSSensOn manifest in the ranks is
by no means gratifying to the average citizen who voted
straight Republican ticket as the result of the promise of
straightforward buSineSSike body of city legislators.
This is not uttered from the standpoint of Low men or
anti Low men, Murray or anti Murray men, Dwight men
, or anti-OWiglt men,
Ills the plain fact OF public sentiment among citizens who
are first and foremost for efficient local government bus
mess administration, with the least amount Of fuss and folly
and minimum of faCtona SquabbeS that reard the meas
llreS Tor the common good.
Representatives of the people who are also members of the
KepunCan party and Supervisors Of the City and County of
Honouu SoId not ta TO recall the practical possible n-
written, platform on which they secured their elecon-the
platform OF straight tcket and the superiority Of united
partizanShiD.
is well TO recall at this time and later necessary dur
ing the lite Of the present Board of Supervisors that great
many friends who believed in Pete and PacheCo and other
candidates on the Democratic ticket brought into line
Tor the Republicans now the Board under the plea that the
HepubCanS must have certain majority order to guar
antee the city the best possible administration and prevent
hodup OF city business by the chickering's Of extreme par
tzanshp The present Republican Supervisors were
voted for because they and the party they represented ap
peaed 10 the people on the ground that they constituted the
buSineSSmanS ticket They elected as progesSveS to
work out progressive ideas for the growing and progressive
city. ... . -. .. -.
Much that was promised in the campaign not in the
platform Of the party but the Supervisors and their party
will be held for more than the written pankS. !
Pcity UUlIISeu uTlleC 0OdTu OF
Supervisors They urged the independent voter and the per-
sona friend to forget their independence and the personal
friend and vote straight for the party because to do this
Z meant less quarreing and better government.
The independent voters will remember this feature of the
election when every regular platform plank has been for
gotten. ........ ..... ....
Consequently the Republican Supervisors of the CITY of
Honolulu have the fate of the Republican party the hollow
OF their hand.
these Supervisors prove by the eqIence of their quar-
reS and the bitterness OF their personal partzan bCker
ngS that Republican Board of Supervisors is not synonym
tor unity OF action and freedom from faCtionasm the party
man two years hence may talk partzanshp till he is black
from his natural desire to vote for whom he peaseS regard
less OF party
The bulletin does not attempt to place the blame
Tor the contest now going among the Supervisors elect
This paper is not inclined to believe that the friction has
reached point where the usefulness OF the Board is serious
~ impaired or public confidence broken We are certain
however that the early activities Of the members have made
many people dubious of the realities of Republican unity that
was promised on the stump.
lust one thing remains to be done. These rough spots
must be SmOothed out ..,. ...r .... 80 ~ .r .
The voters ofhe City of Honolulu will not view with ind-
ference continued fractional battle when there is so much
of public work to be done and such little time to do and
keep up with the rapid development of the city.
Another thing must be remembered The incoming Board
OF Supervisors and through them the Republican party, will
be Judged by the efficiency of the service they give the peo
pe The speed and degree Of perfection with which the public
work is DONE
II the Supervisors do not frame-up well under this stand
ard IT measurement they need foster no hope of reelection
and the Republican party no prospect OF success for the
great many things to happen and many changes 10 take
place, but there are certain lines Of development in public
thought and public sentiment that are obvious to any man