Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-28
CHAS. BARRON
HASCHALLENGE
TO A DEBATE
'Soapbox' Takes Issue with the
Action of Territorial
Committee

Following the action OF the terri
torial Democratic central committee
Monday night, in its proposal to do
away with the county Democratic COM
mittee. as told in detail in the Star
Bulletin yesterday, Charles CSoapbox)
Barron makes the following state
ment:
An attempt will be made by :,
certain invisible clique of the Demo
cratic territorial committee, through
its tool and mOuthpiece, NJ. c. Pache- .
CO, to abolish the Democratic county
committee of the city and county OF
Honolulu, committee which 1t can
not control or bluff. T. J. Ryan Is the
chairman of the special committee to
| revise rules to abolish the county COM /
mittee. In the first place, T. J. Ryan ,
| is not a member of the Democratic ,
| territorial committee. With him is
Gabriel Keawehaku. another tool.
will not indulge further in persOnalf- !
| ties. but proceed to discuss the issue:
! The county committee was first
asked by l.. l.. McCandless to en- /,
dorse him as governor in December
1912, and l.. L. McCandless asked all
ether county committees to endorse
him He certainly recognized the
county committees right to endorse
for territorial positions, When John
i Wilson, the national committeeman.
sent a cable for the territorial and
county committees to withdraw en-
dcrsement CT James L. Coke, our first
differences began. The territorial COM
mittee behind closed doors, with no
means to discover whether a quorum
was present, in the dead dark OF
night. followed the command of the
| invisible clique. Two nights later the
county committee held snecial called
meeting Mr.. Pacheco, Mr.. Gumpfer,
Mr. Ryan and other territorial CON-
mitteemen, attempted to influence the
members of the county committee to
do as they had done, but we unani-
mously re-endorsed Hon. James l..
Coke. and this in an open meeting.
when President Wilson had made
known his choice as governor Of the
territory in l.. E. Pinkham,, the invisl-
BILE clique commanded its henchmen
TO procure affidaVits and protests
against L. E. Pinkham They came
before the committee with all kinds Of
promises and demanded the county
committee to protest against l.. E.
Pinkham's confirmation in the u. S.
senate. ! then said that the presi-
Edent's choice was our choice and was
final; the committee refused to pro
4 test "a &,
I'VE have always, been actuated in
ftransacting cur business along the
Times of the democracy of President
j WiIson-for the betterment Of the
/ community and to receive the APP
proval of the people who have the in
terest of Hawaii at heart.
| las the committee, is responsible to
all the people requiring efficiency as
its standard, the county committee at
the last election conducted the cam
paign in the city and county Of Homo
lulu; results were: There were elected
"a out of possible 80. L. l.. McCand-
less received 1888 votes on Oahu. The
territorial e91nmittee conducted his
campaign on the other islands, he re-
ceived 1900 votes. So on this island
he received two-thirds of all his vote.
1t shows results.
My Pacheco says that due to my
activity there has been so much con-
flict that he felt it best to wipe the
county committee off the map. M.
c. Pacheco also says that he has in
structed the committee to eliminate
US.
The county committee Is RESPONSE
BILE to the broad Democracy of Wood
row Wilson, and will proceed calmly
en- it's way, performing the duties en-
trusted to them by the Democratic
county convention of September, 1912,
which elected US for two years from
September, 1912 All elected commit
tees shall serve for two years and
until their successors are elected and
have duly qualified.
Il challenge any member of the
Democratic territorial committee to a
debate in Aala park or elsewhere. the
issue to be Democracy as conducted
by the territorial committee VS.. De-
mocracy as conducted by the county
. committee; and want The people to
know facts.
Does Mr.. PachecO or any other per
son for one moment dream that they
can abolish the principles upon which
this government is founded? The prin-
ciple of fair play. Of honest, open,
manly combat in the political arena,
where men can debate so the people
I can hear, choose and decide. In dark
I est Russia, in the Wilds of Africa, that
: method has ceased
In conclusion | leave my case in
I the hands Of the people of Oahu, and
the territory of Hawaii, knowing that
3 honor and justice must and shall pre-,
j vail, and the principles Of liberty, JUS
!: tice. and DatriOtism cOnStitutn the lif1