Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-08
new POLITICAL
PARTY FORMED
FOR HAWAlIANS
Membership Now 1900 - Ex-
pected to Reach 5000 by
End of This Week
PLAN TO CONTROL NEXT
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
Democrats and Republicans
Admit II viii Be Power
To Reckon With

A new political party, SO far un.
named, has sprung into life and its
membership Is increasing with phc.
noTnenal rapidity. Springing up al
most over night, this new party,
which asks for the support Of the Ha-
waiians, Is reported to have secured
1000 members in FIVE days on this
island.
BY the end OF the week. the lead.
ers expect the membership to be in
creased to 1900, which would put
them in control of the next munich.
pal election When the 5000 mark is
reached the plan Is to organize for
mally, adopt a name for the party,
rules and regulations. and get ready
for the coming primary.
At this time the leaders, who are
two In number, are meeting twice a
week with Hawaiian supporters to
outline the continuance of the mem
bership campaign. For their ambi-
tion does not stop with Oahu, but
they expect to spread over the en-
tire territory.
A small pamphlet has been issued
and sent to almost every Hawaiian on
the island, except few who are
thought to be too closely identified
with the Republican or Democratic
party to be available for membership
in the new organization; and in this
pamphlet the origin, plans and deyel-
opments Of the new party are out
lined.
I'VE want to get for our member
ship all the Hawaiian Republicans
and Democrats, so that we can put
the best men In ofiice, and be given
square deal. says the pamphlet. lib
orally translated
Elsewhere In the same pamphlet, 4
is said that they will support white
men for ofiice. IL they are fit, and
have shown in the past a willingness
TO help and be friendly with the Ha-
waiians
II became known yesterday after
noon In political circles that the two
leaders are d. K Kahanielio and
David Kahaleaahu, both OF whom arc
described as being "of keen talent
and political sagacity"
One Of the peculiarities of their
proposed party Is the manner In
which patronage is to be distributed,
Preference for job is to be given to-
the man Of the largest family. Say
1--WE men are candidates for an ap.
pointiye place; they say the man Of
the largest family should get it.
The leaders regard the present time
as highly anspicious for launching
the party. With the Hawaiians and
whites for that matter, complaining
against the board of supervisors and
the mayor, particularly since the re-
trenchment movement started. they
say that their 1900 members were se.I
cured for the asking. Even with a
membership no larger than 1000. the,
new party promises to be power to
be reckoned with at the next election
and may put a few wrinkles in the
brow of His Honor. Mayor Fern.
One Of the men active in the party
has put the case in this wise:
We Hawaiians have had both Re,
publican and Democratic administra.
tions. and nothing has been done for
lis. The only thing we have left to
do, is to organize our own party, and
control the situation. We will put
men in office who will do the right
thing, and won't give a thought to
whether they were at one time Re
publicans or Democrats