Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-12-10
Trouble in Ranks Of B0ufb0nS
Appears to Hinge Around
Postmastership

Replying to the charges made by
Charles lSoapboxl Barron that M. g.
Pacheco. chairman Of the territorial
Democratic central committee, is
guilty Of misconduct of office. the
latter made his position clear this
morning, answering the charges Of
Barron. and incident 'ly throwing In
"a few comments on Nhe motives Of
aSoapbox" in the PROCEEDINGS for good
measure.
Yesterday Panheco did not wish to
go into the charges because Of conn-
pact reached after the committee
meeting Monday night when Barron
appeared to present, defend and urge
his accusations, but as 4Spapbox has
now given them publicity. Paeheco
was willing to make statement this
morning.
TO begin WITH he said, Barron
has no right whatever to come before
our committee with charges. He Is.
not member Of our body. But ! al
lowed him to appear and take the
floor because Ifelt that II he had any
thing to say the best thing for him to,
do was to get It said. He made three.
charges The first Is that T recon-
mended the appointment Of j. M.
souza for the postmastership OF Ko-
hala, Hawaii, knowing when I did that
he was an out-and-out Republican.
That is false. did not know until
after the recommendatio was made
that he was Republican and until
Iit was too late to stop his appoint
ment.
THE second charge is that / sent
in the names Of r. ]. Borges for post
master Of Schofeld Barracks, A. F.
Costa, for the same position at Wal
Iluku. and "A. III. sylvia for post
master Of Kahului. As matter Of
fact 1 did send in those names, and !
did so on receiving a cable from our
national committeeman requesting
that names for these positions be sent
Immediately. did not have time to.
call special meeting of the commit
tee. Time was snort / therefore pick
ed out these three men, men felt
the committee was In favor of, and
cabled them in. Later when the COM
.n1itfee met related what I had done,
and the COMMITTEES approved both Of
my action and the names of the men
sent in. That clears the second
charge. @4 a. -.
h -4The third is that failed to send
in the names of Z. D. Pringle, recon-
mended for collector of internal reye-
nue., and IL q. Duisenberg, for collec-.
tor Of customs. He charges that ]
sent in the names of r. w. Cathcart
for the first position and S. s. Paxson
for the second.
THAT. like the other charges, is
false. /: sent to Washington the
names of Pringle and Duisenberg for
their respective positions, and what
ever official obligations had toward
these men was ended there. AS chair
man of the committee it was my duty
to send in their names, which I did
with all dispatch,
"Taat is all there is to the charges
As for violating rule 16, there is moth
ing to it. The trouble with Barron
Is that he wants to get the postn1as-
tership of Honolulu, and he knows /
am the strongest man out for the juD.
He therefore wishes TO dlscredit me
in every way possible. But he will
have to go some to do that. He will
have. to get some other charges to do
it. Why, the way he was talking
about the street, one would think he.
had something OF real Importance in
them
Barron made the following state
ment:
) II charged Pacheco with having en-
dorsed and sent on to Washington
names OF men he favored for jobs.
These names he sent without the en-
dorsement of the committee, which is
a violation of section Is of the party
rules. This rule says that any mem
Der Of the party must receive the en-