The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-15
Governor CHOOSES
COLONEL MCCARTHY
IOlEAD DEMOCRATS
Political Pot Begins To Simmer
and Bourbons Whet Knives
For fractional Fray
COUNTY COMMITTEE WILL
HAVE BIG CoNFAB TONIGHT
Party Patronage and Delegation
TO National Convention Come
Up For Consideration

The political pot is simmering and
the party leaders are getting busy with
plans for the coming campaign, which
will be in full blast in about two
months, From indications it looks as If
Here would be a very long campaign,
especially on the part of the Democrats
IN this city TO try and take up the
fupRing where they were counted out
~ the last municipal election, and
Me get'together powwows which have
begun will be continued by the bour
bons indefinitely until It is finally
shown whether the Unaffected factions
can be brought together in a harmo.
Nous cohesion, or whether there will
be the same old pull hauling Of faction
against faction for the control.
Committee meets Tonight
y, N. Kahalepuna, secretary of the
Democratic county committee, has is.
sued call for a meeting to take place
ms evening at half.past seven
O'Clock at room Kapiolani Building.
The call states that "the object of the
meeting Is to determine ways and means
whereby the so-called fractional ele-
ments existing in our ranks may come
iogether and promote the interest and
the welfare Of the party that will
bring good results to the greatest nun.
,ber.n
=. J, McCandless will preside as
eh9irman, and those specially invited
to attend are Lester Petrie, W. H. Ne
'Glellan, Jesse P. Makainai, Joseph
Lightfoot, Solomon Meheula, Glenn k.
Quinn, Thomas McVeagh, E. II. F. VOL
Ter, Jack s. Kalakiela, John H. Wilson,
John Markham, Charles J. Mccarthy,
Y. i. McCandless, B. G. Rivenburgh,
Palmer p. Woods, Z. @. Duisenberg and
several others. ~
Patronage To Be Topic
The matter of party patronage will
be discussed and as the Governor is to
come in for severe criticism it is ex.
peeled that the meeting win be a merry
onetyag Q. j. Mccarthy, who is stated
oJhaye received the appointment as
campaign manager for the Governor,
Will BE present. II is anticipated that
pc viii not stand for a too harsh crit.
fism Of his chief.
y The announcement of the handling
Of the political affairs of the Governor
~ MeCs,.Fthy was made in a recent in. |
tqEyiewA between the chief Executive |
and Harry Irwin, the leading Democra-
We booster of the Big Island. The lat |
ter called on the Governor and advised
NJ. Pinkham that as the Governor was
the head Of the Democratic party in
the TerTitory he should be calling the
Rnt-together meetings which are being
held and not stand aside to let the
york be done by smaller men. The
governor is said to have replied that
ne knew that to be 80 but as he was
not politician he had appointed Treas
urer Mccarthy as his representative in
political
The words "hell" and "dam" are
said to have been used by the Cover
nor several times during the course of
the conference, but whether they were
IN reference to politics or the eternal
fitness Of things is not reported.
Z There are rumors of budding candi.
dRcies for the trip to the national Dem
ocratic convention to be held at st.
Louis in June. Already DR.. J. H. Ray
mond of Maui and Ollie Shipman of
Hawaii are in the running and Palmer
z. Woods and John Effinger are men
Toned as candidates from this island.
The Democrats will have the privilege
Df electing six delegates to st. Louis,
aaeh with a vote, and there is a prob
ability that they will go pledged to the
denomination of President Wilson