The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-10-13

which is the District Improvement Tax law The
Republican platform very properly declares for the enforcement
of the law and pledges its candidates unequivocabe Good
faith to the party well good politics demands that the
didate declare themselves the stump this important issue
In opnion the the failure OF the spesoa ticket
depends upon this. 5@ 4NE... ts..., -. a.t.s 4
Republicans have in this issue one Of their strongest
claims upon the electorate Honolulu is divided into broad
divisions the of roads One division good roads
and is willing pay for them the other division plenty
read M done because che A as9Psy spent on roads goes
orcement Of the local Improvement law will give those sections
Of Honolulu who want them and willing pay for them the
good roads is the only way in which the
necessary good roads be band the enforcement will
the time demand for many road aboers
than possibly be employed under the system
Manoa Valley taxpayers at the present time stand ready and
anxious expend of their $275
sewers and other district improvements the greater part which
money OF necessity must find its way into the pockets Of citizen
aborers The Mandates want the improvements the aboere
want the work and the herefrom The Democratic policy
Of Of the law prevents the improvements being
made at the Of the would benefit from them and
distribution amongst
the greater part of the money
What better campaign material do the Republican candidates
for the board want The fourth district the roads the fifth
district the money The Republican frontage plank
forced through the election of Republican county ticket would
satisfy both No other way in sight be suggested
whereby enough money spent Honolulu give
the city the improvements ought and have with the in
cidental advantage OF providing the work for road abore
No other way be whereby the city will have
sufficient cash hand expense proper road main
tenance which makes for road economy. - .>aa,
The Democratic candidates have chosen adopt hostile
attitude towards the local Improvement district law and either
through ignorance of the actual meaning of the law through
desire to present it before heVoters perverted light busy
preaching throughout the fifth district that the law has been framed
district landowners pay own pockets
for their roads while the fourth district landowners pay nothing
because the roads in the fourth already good condition Such
argument in the face the Manoa attempt to expend $4,000
and the face Of actual conditions generally could be turned
against the Democrats in such to make their campaign
ridiculous and transform their attempts to arouse class feeling into
political boomerangs. sa 81 ~" 3"
However if the Republicans dodge this issue because they
eve that the fifth district do understand it, the Dem
ocat campaign Of misrepresentation and afuths will win just
their wholly mschvous banana Campaign lodged by Re
pubcan for them two years and their eproy
question: lies likewise yaded carried the fifth
Democrats the Legislative campaign -four years ago
The Republican candidates have right and progress
their side Are they going take advantage Of them
educational campaign among the Hawaiian voters they
going tag along after the Democrats in trucking what they
believe the nsumountabe ignorance mai6r This
paper has been attempting for publication the OF
Candidate Lane and Of those with him the Republican super
yisoa ticket regard road Honolulu
far have failed II Is high time however for these candidates
to make themselves heard if they intend to face the issue