Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-06
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After an animated joint session of
/ the Republican county committee and
the candidates for office last night at
headquarters, it was declared by
Chairman Coombs that substantial
progress had been made toward an
understanding on the question Of en-
! plcying runners. This was in reply
to candidate who thought nothing
had been accomplished by the confer
! ence.
All Of the candidates had been asked
for their views, and most of them be-
Iieyed that runners should be engaged
for difficult precincts at least, John
H Wise, the managing secretary,
while supporting this opinion, related
instances where runners had worked
against the party employing them,
therefore suggested the necessity Of
care in the selection of the men. With
regard to a rumor that businessmen
were declining to contribute to the
campaign fund unless with the stipu-
lation that runners be not employed,
he spoke strongly against dictation to
the committee of that sort He said
that businessmen controlling the con-
ventions had prescribed a legislative
and county platform by which the
candidates were bound, and that when
the legislature assembled the same.
people would be found lobbying for
particular measures. Therefore they
ought to put up the money for the
campaign without strings on 1t.
Both the chairman and George G.
Guild denied that there was any gem
eral stipulation OF the kind mentioned,
several Individuals corporations be-
ing barred by law-haying subscribed |
Internationally to the fund since the
canvass began at o'clock that after
noon.
A collateral topic was the matter of |
contributions by the candidates them
selves. While a few expressed their |
willingness to give something to the |
fund, several said they had gone to
the limit of their resources in fighting |
for nomination at the primaries, and |
that it was now up to the
party organization to see them
through the main campaign as the /
choice of a majority of the party
voters.
As an alternative to paving runners,
The policy of promising them employ /
ment in the event of party success
was another point discussed. Senator
chillingworth attacked this policy as
futile, saying that the supervisors
elected six years ago ignored the
county committee in thtl matter Of
choosing to islild a ma
thine of their own, James C. Quinn
vigorously denied the imputation on
behalf Of the board of which he was
/ member. saying that the supervisors
mder the direction of the county at
orney fought the party's battle to the
itch, giving up only under oenpul-
ZION Of a supreme court decisiLn that
gave the entire patronage to the may
,r. Later. when the legislature trans
erred patronage from the mayor to
he supervisors, he went on to say,
he supervisors made efficiency the
supreme test in the appointment of
party workers to positions as result I
of which he pointed to the many miles
II belt road built by that beard which
had outlasted the work done within
me past two years. D. Logan con-
irmed the statements Of Mr.. Quinn,
mentioning the additional fact that Il
he county committee Of the period in
luesicn had deigned to confer. with
he supervisors en- but one solitary
secession
Finally, the chairman intimated that L
lie county committee. having been
asked by the candidates to conduct
he campaign. was going to do the
best 1t could with such financial re-
sources as would be available, and il
'andidates chose 20 contribute to the
und it must be without stipulation as