Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-23
DEMOCRATS
IN PLATFORM
HIT PINkHAM
Faction InimicaI to Governor
Succeeds in Forcing
Plank Through
FINAL DRAFT NOT YET
READY TO ANNOUNCE
Those Who Would Ignore Adj
miniStration Are Defeated
in Secret Session

In contradiction to all previous
statements and promises that Gov
ernor Pinkham's administration would
not be touched upon in the Democrat
ic territorial platform,a plank was in
troduced and adopted. by the Demo
cratic territorial central committee
last night which denounces the gov
ernor and terms his appointment a
"deplorable event.
II the majority faction which fore.
ed the plank through last night in
executive session Is able to keep the
upper hand today the final draft of the
Democratic platform will contain an
attack on the administration OF Presi-
dent Wilson's appointee as governor
Leading Democrats declared up to
yesterday that whatever might be
their personal feelings. the platform
would not roast the governor" 1t
was asserted that the governors ap-
pointment and administration would
not be mentioned In the platform.
But behind closed doors last night
the enemies of Governor Pinkham
succeeded In getting enough commit
teemen OVER to their aide to put
through, the plank OF criticism.
The plank as adopted last night is
a compromise between no mention OF
the governor at all and the fire-brand
with its bitter accusations which some
of the committee members planned
to hurl at the chief executive through
the medium OF the platform. This
fire-brand was killed in executive ses-
sion, bu. not until the compromise
plank had been agreed upon.
One of the members of the COM
mittee who opposed bringing the gov
ernor,s name into the platform at all
on the ground that he was not an is
sue. said this morning that the ma
jority members desired to go on re-
cord as to their feelings toward the
chief executive.
'We state that the appointment O.
Governor Pinkham was a deplorable
event 10 the Democratic party. and
that the expectations Of the party
here have not been fulfilled. We
state also that his appointment was
serious mistake, and denounce his
administration as undesirable"
Several members of the committee.
questioned this morning en- this and
other planks in the platform, refused
to make any statement, saying that
until the document is finally passed
they are not at liberty to discuss it
New Tack on Tariff.
A new tack was taken n the treat
ment OF the sugar tariff situation. In
place of expressly blaming the Re
publicans for the tariff legislation, on
the ground that they refused COM
promise, the point is made that the
tariff act is new, that II cannot be cor
rectly judged now, and that judgment
should be suspended until it is given
q fair test
The same committeeman quoted
above, in speaking of this plank said:
''In an unusually short space o.
time the Democrats have enacted
more legislation than the Republicans
have in Is years. Through the Dem.
ocrats the nation has been given a
new tariff act, which affects all parts
OF the country. This act cannot be
judged at once. 1t should be given a
fair test. These are the points we
make on the sugar tariff plank"
There Is one more new plank of. in
terest, advocating an eopen port" for
Honolulu. The platform contains SS
planks and is about 5000 words long.