The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-05-15
On
IN RANKS OF
B0URBONS
Governor Pinkham's Herculean
Efforts to Bring About a Truce
Among Warning Democrats
Meet with Opposition from DIFF
ferent Factions - Secretary
Miles Expresses Views.

serious trouble Is again brewing in
Democratic circles over the question Of
the new rules and regulations Of the
Bourbon Party unless the tronble,
which is already past the inripient
stage, II is claimed, is patched up soon,
the followers Of jefferson in the Ter
ritory are threatened with disruption,
political suicide and total oblivion. An
this according to the dissatisfied ones in
the six or seven factions which the
party Is now divided into, IL is alleged.
The new rules and regulations Of the
Democratic Party, revised and said to
have been brought, up to date to con
form with the changed conditions Of
affairs brought about through the pas
sage Of the direct primary law by the
last legislature aud which law will be
tried out next September, have been
recently published and promulgated by
the Territorial Democratic Central Com
mittee.
There are. those among the party who
claim that the committee in question
was fully empowered to revise the rules
and regulations and publish them as
the law OF the party. On the other
hand there are those who contend that
the members Of the committee have
gone far beyond their powers; that
they have become virtual usurpers and
7 dictators; that the committee is unlaw
fully attempting to ram down the
throats Of the faithful that which may
be questionable and indigestable. I
As to the question as to the right
Of the committees to do what il has the
Democratic Party is now divided into
two hostile and entirely un-econcilable
camps. Led by Supervisor Manuel
Caetano Pacheco, chairman of the ter.
ritorial committee, and Thomas Jeffer-
son Ryan, 1.-THE soul Of the party in
Hawaii, y as he is ,.fondly referred to-
by the brethren. of the faith, many are
there who stand for the rules and :e-'
gulations as they are, and who con.
tend that the committee. in question Is
tho supreme tribunal in the ease, or
something TO this effect. ~
Opposed TO this faction are Governor
ninkham, Will 4. Miles, private secre-
tary, to His Honor, Mayor J. J. Perm,
and, strangely enough, 1t is claimed,
l.. l.. McCandless, often unsuccessful
Democratic candidate for delegate to
congress and more recently likewise un-
successful candidatea for Governor of
Hawaii.
1t will be remembered that recently
Governor Pinkham. wrote to Chairman
Pacheco suggesting that the latter call
constitutional convention" for the
purpose of adopting set Of rules and
regulations conformable with present
.Is. walN Asrf Dsah tNa-
scented, in no uncertain manner, Gove--
nor Pinkham s kindly hint and replied
with a six.column printed letter in
which all the sins of commission and
omission Of the first Democratic admin.
istration of Hawaii were laid bare.
.,t Miles Held as an Oracle. y
Will Miles, who is held as an oracle
by many of the Bourbon faith, has not
read the rules and regulations as re-
Gently printed but he has not hesitated
10 pass his opinion on the question.
Miles never hesitates. He goes of full
cooked or half-cOeked, as the ease may
DO, and has his say.
81 have not yet read the new rules
and regulations Of my party Miles
is reported to have stated yesterday,
$50 think it would be manifestly I'M.
fair to have any one think that am
opposed TO anything or favor nothing.
, Whether / am for or 'agin them does
not matter, anyhow. What / believe
should be done is TO call a convention
and then slap the whole thing ON the
delegates and let them do some work
and thinking for the rest Of us. The
action Of the convention would be final
sxr hat 10 hn nj n
the party wonld take anything that
came from such high source. The
committee is not infallible and ] have
my serious doubts whether many will
swallow what is put up to them in
this fashion.
1.-THE Governor agrees with me, and
he has, as the recognized head of the
Democratic party in Hawaii, respect
fully asked to have a convention called.
What did he get for III a lot Of abuse.
My friend 'Link' McCandless is an
other big Democrat who agrees with
me, and in conversation yesterday he
said he believed all along that cen
vention should be called, just like the
Republicans had some time ago. Talk
ing about the Republicans reminds me
that they are getting along nicely now,
anu Ill bHlS ttcdubt IntN hdu CoH-
venfion which passed their new rules
and regulations, All good Democrats
feel the way ! do, and that is all there
is to it.n
1t required about 1900 words to EN-
body into the English language the
rules and regulations recently passed
Continued on Page Tenn i@
by the Democratic territorial commit
tee. The question of patronage, whieh
by the Democratic territorial central
committed The question Of patronage,
which has been hone Of contention
ever since the Bourbons assembled into
questionable power, is tritely covered
in the new rules as follows; @#.., ~
Patronage Question, E4 T.
cit shah be the duty Of the terrific
rial committee TO make reeommenda.
tions to the President Of the United
States and his cabinet officers of such