Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-10
WOULD PUT
teeth" IN
LAW OF 1918
Republican Leaders Plan Plat
form Plank Strengthening
Utilities Commission
CONVENTION TO DISCUSS
MANY IMPORTANT ITEMS
Numerous Topics Proposed
Will Work Against Any
Kuhio-RiCe Fight

A score Of 'planks" dealing with
topics OF vital interest to Hawaii viii
be passed upon by the Republican ter.
ritorial Platform convention when the
G. o. p. delegates meet next Monday
morning in the Popular theater to
draft their political document.
Republican leaders today outlined
some OF the more important subjects
that will be taken up. One of the chic
planks I'm point OF territory-wide inter
est is the proposal that more teeth
be Iut into the public utilities law
Republican legislators and party work
ers say that the law passed by the last
Legislature is excellent So far as l.
gees but that IL does not go far enough
and that the experience Of the com
mission during the past year and p
half shows that for IL ID be effective
IL must be armed with more powers
Furthermore. they roint out that
such legislation ought TO be general,
favored by Hawaiian corporations be
cause it will prove the ability of tfi:
territory To handle its internal affairs
fully and impartially,.
One plank proposed recently will
desl with the attempt of certain con
for national home for lepers This
will be sharply criticised.
Several drafts are being made of q
plan severely condeuIning the Demo
cratic administration for fits free sugar,
policy. This will be one OF the fea
lures OF the territorial platform this
year. AI
Charter Revision Plans.
Another subject is that of revision
of the city charter of Honolulu and
the county acts of the various cotn
ties. II is probable that the legisla
ture will be asked to afford opportp
nifty for such revision by placing thu
issue before the voters in some defin
ite form
The subject OF education will receive
much attention. Vocational trainint
as part OF tho public school courses
will be taken up and discussed anf
the outlook Is now that it win be
strongly approved.
Hcmesteading and the handling
public lands, water rights and other
government assets will be gone int
thoroughly
Amendment Of the direct prlmar.
act is to be discussed
One plank ready to go before th'
convention will condemn the Demo
cratic party for Its disastrous slasi
in the duty on rice. resulting in a sc
we're blow to that industry in Hawaii
No Chairman Selected.
The convention will be called to or
der at 10 o'clock a. m. by Chairman
Robert w. Shingle of the territoria
central committee Chairman Shinglt
said today that he has heard no re
ports as TO the probable permsnen'
chairman of the convention. Amont
those mentioned by other Republican
leaders are Robert w. BrecKons anc
III. L. Holstein OF Hawaii Holster
may not be able TO attend the conven
ton.
Influential members OF the party de
clare that every effort will be made t
keep the rival candidates. for delegats
to Congress of Prince Kuhio and Sena
tor Charles A. Rice from becoming
convention issue.
ANY attempt to start a Kuhio-Rict
fight, or any effort to use the conven-
tion or its delegates to promote the
candidacy OF either the prince or
Senator Rice viii be frowned upon,
said a well-known Republican today.
"Such a fight would be disastrous to
party prospects, which now are sc
bright that we feel perfectly safe in
predicting a general Republican vic
tory both in the territory and in the
various counties"