Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-04
EDITOR
Z "WHAT CANDIDATE SHALL I SUPPORT ?'
NO. 6.-THE COUNTY OFFICES

and one that should be the deciding point is
that his successful experience is in recent years
when he has had full charge of and responsible.
lty for the police department. If he is elected
the department will be capably, honestly, fairly
run by man who has greater active and res
ponsibe experience than any of his rivals
James Bicknell, candidate for reelection as
auditor, is, like Kalauokalani, a veteran in of
flee and one who has consistently made good
Like Kalauokalan, he was elected when county
government was established in 1905 and has
been returned to office at each successive cleo
ton. There is no reason why he should be dis
placed now. He has given faithful and emerge
tic service; no suspicion of inefficiency, no
breath of scandal, has ever attached to his of
flee. His rival for the nomination. Edward
Woodward is good man. As clerk of the
House he has a fine record. But here again is
case where long experience in the office in
question counts heavily. Bieknell viii be given
a big vote and he deserves it. =.
Another case where long experience and a
consistently good record point out to the voters
the man they should elect is that of the treas
urer. r.. II.
d. l.. Conkling is retiring from The territorial
treasurer's office-or rather it would be more
exact to say that he is retired from the terri
torial treasurer's office--on account of partisan
politics. He is Republican and the territorial
administration is Democratic that is the
only reason the administration has given for
.dismissing him
Gonkling's ability has been shown not only
in his several years in the territorial office, but
in the fact that he has been sent twice to the
mainland to handle the negotiation Of terri
,torial bonds He is absent now arranging for
the floating of big issue. He has not
been able to enter the local campaign, for he
is doing the task assigned to him and sacrifc-
ing not one whit Of ii to politics Conkling
should be nominated on September II. Some
good men are running against him; the fight
is fair one and al open one. But Conkling's
ability and his experience together make him
the most available candidate for this office that
has grown until it carries very large response
bilities
John w Cathcart, fearless prosecutor, un-
firing worker, a man of intellectual ability, rec
.ognized force, Judgment and of standing in
us pTUIeSSlOI, S1Oulu De Teelecleu W Tie OI1co
of city and county attorney. Opposed to him
there is a veteran Republican of great energy
and man who has given long service to the
Republican party. He has many friends men
who are friends of both. But the duty of the
voters, irrespective of personal friendship, is
quite plain. Mr.. Cathcart has conducted his
difficult and responsible office well. Every
word of singing criticism directed against him
has but strengthened him with the voters. John
Catheart is needed in the city and county attor-
ney S office
The people of Oahu are fortunate indeed in
being able to select men on the basis of proved
ability, tried character tested energy. So long
as public officials stand up to their work, with
out quitting, without growing indolent from
long office.holding, they should be reelected
In this way the people of Honolulu can prove
that they appreciate faithful service that a
city has gratitude for those men in whom has
been feposed public trust and who have
guarded that trust wisely and we'll as
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Delegate Kuhio denies that he is raising the
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