Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-03-29
REPUBLICAN DELEGATES.


Editor Star-Bulletin:
! Sir-I have recently seen your edi-
torial. More Enlightenment in which
yCu score Chairman Andrews ior
| something ne said regarding your
/ legitimate. office OF publishing the
news"
! MIR, Andrews reference to you may
/ have been careless, but. in the main,
his critisim was we'll based, believe
He said he did not know who the
! delegates to the Chicago national Re-
| publican convention are gong to be
Who does? He shouldn't know, Or
| anybody else d
There may be prettyIgood reason to
| suspect, and it is quite right to plan
nominations; the final election ~
these candidates rests with the assem-
bIed delegates at the territorial con.
| vention. .'..
If there is, there shouldn't be any-
thing cut and dried about the matter.
You SPEAK OF the real leaders" 9f
the G. o. r. IN Hawaii.
Who are they? Not necessarily the
active" politicians or members Of
county and territorial central commit
tess, by any means.
1t doesn't matter who is "recog-
nized" or not recognized; one is no
more eligible than the other. There
is nobody here who has a right 20
recognize or not recognize.
The real leaders are intrins.cally
and ought to be actively those Ameri-
cans who have been loyal supporters
! of the Ideals and policies of the Re,
Publican party y -"
have nothing against Mr.. Hol
stein, but ] am sure he is not vain
enough 70 cali himself a 'leader"
here. a. 4. H..
Delegate Kuhio-is he even a Re-
publican?
If so, why should he have opposed
the appointment OF Republican gov
ernor?
And, in the name of the ten thou
sand gods, why should our good dele
gate to Congress be foisted upon West
Hawaii as its delegate to the, Repub-
lican convention. ~ .....>q ....
Mr.. Beers has held political office
and may command, votes, but is no
sense is he a. representative RepuhE-
can; nor is, he, constituted to3 be enc
Why should he 60 instead of some
other? s-a,t, aI.c,t In. r.
Why should only a few "inside"o
rlstlsrss-for personal politics be IT.:
vited to the Honolulu stating aconfe--
aneeS2 .4-s-s 10 g-st:4..:..r esag.&L ..:~s.k !
Here is Bowman of Hilo who would
much better represent East Hawaii.
or West, either We have 2Frana
Greenwelli TIC. White, Up Curtis
or L. s. Aungst all, good Republicans,
who would giye our delegation char
acter. s,,,% = .=s-.:l.7. stps5stES. t..t.
You says that there has; been no Of
position TO the six men than picked
out" slr ,er ...,.tE ..r, fs5r -.
Why should there be, if, gaslyou say
further on the Star.BulletiR repeats
that the names l.ehosen last Tuesday,
and published by the Star-Bulletin On
Wednesday; are the Names of the men
who will 80 to. Chicago, as,the .situa-
ticn now rests The slate is definite.
and it will not be changed unless one
or another of the six does not wish
to go to Chicago, or there is an en-
tirely unexpected change in the
political lineup" ~: '-....s.~z
That sounds final enough. But is
it fair play, is 1t good politics.? Is it
the sort of politics we want at the
national Republican convention? Not
by a jug or a convention full.
Who shall go should rest with the
meeting of the territorial delegates,
and while ] ian American. citizen
fully qualified and authorized by vir-
tue Of my citizenship and residence
here to meddle in this matterI believe
that We should try to adjust things
amicably and with the least friction
and agree upon aIwise delegation, I
acknowledge that we should even
fight against an appearance of politi
cal hiGh-handedness.
We've come to a. time in Hawaii
when political bosses can't boss The
real Republicans are waking up to a
sense of their political duty and &C.
tiyity and our support should be given
to them t@s5s -. ,sN9 a. IT,,
It's our business: to see that some
things are done here and not others
If We do, there'll be no danger of hav.
ing all our. offices filled by outsiders,
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