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 Ad-
miniSration Are Defeated
in Secret Session

In contradiction 10 all previous
statements and promises that Gov
ernor Pinkham's administration would
not be touched upon in the Democrat.
&c territorial platform, a plank was in.
trodneed 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 Press.
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" Il
was assorted that the governors ap,
pointmcnt 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 oSpr TO heir side TO pu,
through, the plank OF criticism.
The plank as adopted last night Is
a compromise between no rention of
the governor at all and the flre-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
ffre-brand was Killed in executive ses.
sion, but not until the compromise
plank had been agreed upoa.
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 mas,
tarity members desired to 60 on nc !
cord rs 10 their feelings toward the
chief executive.
I'VE state that the appointment OF
Governor Pinkham was q deplorablc
event 70 the Denocratlc party, and
that the expectations of the party
here have not been fsefilled. We
state also that his appointment was
serious mistake, and denoance his
administration as undesirable"
Several members OF the committee,
questioned this morning en- this and
other planks IN the platform. refused
20 rake any statement. saving that
until the document is finally passed
they are not at liberty TO discuss t.
New Tack on rsritt
A new tack was taken IN the treat
ment OF the sugar tariff situation. In
place Of expressly blaming the Re
publioans Cor the tariff legislation. on
the ground that they refused q com
promise. the point Is made that the
tariff act is new. that 1t 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 l5 years. Through the Dem
ocrats the nation has been given
new tariff act which affects all parts
Of the country. This act cannot be
judged at once. Il 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 "open port" for
Honolulu. The platform contains Ss
planks and Is about 5000 words long.