Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-19
HOOGS FOUND
# IMPOSSIBLE
ASCANDIDATE
Committee of His Own Pre-
CinCt Told Him To Get
: Off Ticket

A committee consisting of John Wa
terhouse, George w Smith and Will
lard E Brown called on W. H. Hoogs
yesterday forenoon and notified him
that his nomination for supervisor
from the Fourth district was impos-
sible and as politely as possible told
him to get off the ticket.
Whether Hogs had given out his in
terview to the Advertiser before Or aft
er this interview is not known. The
candidate for the Fourth precinct of
the Fourth district is John H. Craig.
Hoogs, it is alleged by prominent Re
publicans, has been an impossibility
from the first. and the candidacy of
W. r.. Harrington has been merely for
the purpose of heading off the candi-
dacy of Hogs as against John Water
house or John Craig. -... f.
Mr.. Harrington in speaking this
morning of the incident of Tuesday
night which Hoogs and the Advertiser
garbled with apparent deliberation,
said, There is just one statement Of
fact in Billy Hogs presentation of
the situation through the columns of
the Advertiser. j did state that | re-
fused to longer continue as football
in the political play of businessmen
or anyone else, that l would refuse to
support Mr.. Hoogs in the convention
or in the election, and thought that
the Star-Bulletin would also oppose
him. .... g.. ~.f.- .t .-.s
1T is not true that the caucus re-
fan 20 erfy mo hn
ment which it gave Mr.. Hoogs.
"The caucus endorsed both Mr..
Hogs and myself, but in view OF Mr..
Craig being the actual candidate of
the precinct seconded his nominal
tion-the move was such unutterable
political folly that / refused to stand
for it. As | did not care to be bound
by any further action of the caucus, I
left it. ..-s.s., IT,
Il did not say and have not said at
any time that would not attend the
convention. ~.
sThat statement on the part of Billy
Hoogs is a fair sample of his ability
to state the truth and another evi-
dence of his unfitness for the office
of Supervisor.
81 have not at any time intended to
allow my name to go before the con,
vention for Supervisor I have allow
ed my name to be used in order that
we might develop candidate in our
precinct from the men who do not or
dinarily take part in politics but who
would be an element for municipal ef-s
ficiency If brought into public office.
The members of the steering commit
tee for our precinct knew this. At
least one member of that committee
knew that the Star Bulletin would not
support Hoogs under any circum-
stances, and at least two members of
that steering committee knew that
would leave the caucus If Hogs was
endorsed by the precinct.
81 could not possibly remain in a.
caucus and pretend to be bound by its
action, knowing all the while that /
should vote otherwise. ! don't do
politics on that plan. let people
know exactly where stand. If they.
don't like it, that's too bad, but that
does not change my position.
"If the members Of the Fourth pre-
cinct of the Fourth district agree with
Billy Hoogs that l am peeved and.
ought not to sit in the convention, or
should leave the party for having
bolted a caucus, l am perfectly will
ing to go, but you can bank on it first,
last and all the time that j shall con-
tinue the fight for municipal efficien-
cy, municipal decency, and a munici-
pal square deal for the taxpayers and
the people in season and out of sea-
son. ....
That is why am going to vote for
Emil Berndt of the Kaimuki precinct,
of what the caucus of the
Fourth of the Fourth did after l left it
on Tuesday evening.
81 admire the fight which the Kali
muki men are making for their candi-
date for Supervisor That's the
brand of politics which will eventual
ly win, though it may suffer temper
airy defeats