The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-08-13


by members of the committee and will
run. You will notice that there are
more than enough to fill all the places
on the ticket. We believed it wiser
to do that and to leave it to tine con.
vention to judge.
:" As regards myself, was, it is true,
the chairman of the committee, and as
such l concur with the selection which
that body made. On my own behalf 1
wish to thank the committee for hav-
ing named me. / never desired or as.
pired to the place, but L am willing to
do my best should / be nominated to
win. want it fully understood that
reserve to myself the right to retire
from the race at any time / feel that
the full and hearty support of the bust.
ness community is being withdrawn
from me. also wish to say that nv
relations with Prince Cupid have been
friendly and / trust that personally
they will continue to be so. / certain.
ly shall not conduct campaign of per.
sonalities in any sense of that word.
Need for Work.
To w. o. Smith the need for imme
date and unceasing work appeared to
be the greatest of all necessities now
confronting the city. Mr.. Smith said
that "too many of our citizens are
accustomed to sit still until the day
of the election, and after going to the
polls and voting console themselves
that they have done their full duty to
the state and city. As a matter of
fact the real work of the election and
ha IL.
for good government is done at the
precinct meetings Results that are
worth while can only be attained
through the hardest of hard work. for
the matter of government will not take
care of itself. -
In speaking of the results attained
by the legislative machinery of the
Territory, Mr.. Smith said that as a
rule they had been for the good of Ha-
wall, and a deal of credit for that was
due to the Hawaiian members of the
legislature. He referred to the censure
which has been heaped upon the city
government and declared that it will
never better itself "but must be i'm.
proved, if improved at all, from with
ont. Business interests must get out
and improve them before we can avoid
the blame.n
Mr.. Smith also urged harmony and
team work on the part of the business
men in selecting and electing a ticket
composed of sound, honest and efficient
men.
Cohen's Kick.
At this point Cohen rose and asked
what the sense of the meeting was TO-
wards avowed candidates whose names
did not appear upon the list. He. he
said, Is candidate and he wanted to
know. To this Mr. Spalding replied
that the list is not an Z" exclusive list''
or a "hmited ticket"
George w. Smith of the firm of Ben.
son, Smith, made a motion to adopt
the report of the committee as read.
and include resolution asking the
convention to consider the Ist of can.
didates in view of the endorsement of
the meeting. He declared that the
meeting 'should agree here and now
to back mn the men named on that list
who might be selected as candidates
by the convention.
As Mr.. Smith finished and sat down
a voice from the vicinity of the seat
in which Jack Lncas was sitting was
heard Damn fool" il muttered.
In neat little speech Senator
Dickey came TO the defense, of Charlie
Achi, and Cohen bobbed up again
with an unslaked thirst for informn.
ton anent the unlisted candidates. w.
o. Smith asserted that the vote for the
Of the committee = list of
names did not In any way bind a man, |
or restrict his personal liberty. Won
liamm clarified the situation by saying /
that while the committee was com.
posed Of Republicans and consequently |
selected none but Republicans that I
was no reason why Democrats or Pro.
should not go ahead aud do
as The Republicans had done.
The report, which follows, WAS then
adopted
Follows the report Of tho committee,
In fuili
" Honolulu, Y, H., August o, 1919
~, !, Shading, Fsq, Honolulu
hiff--The committee appointed al