Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-11-10
NOVEMBER 10, 1916.
HAwAIrs CHIEF DUTY UNCHANGED.


President Wilson today seems certain Of another
four years in the White House The trend Of the
count by states has been for him since election night
and the Star-Bulletns Interpretation OF the early
election returns is proving correct 1t has been a
forlorn hope for Mr.. Hughes since New Works biz
Republican vote failed as barometer, and states
west Of the Mississippi began pouring in the Demo
cratic harvest.
Republicans should place particular hope on the
result OF a recount There is no TO suspect a
gigantic election fraud in any state. and the present
standing in whole states must be reversed to bring
a Hughes victory As the situation stands today,
President Wilson is reelected.
Naturally every resident of Hawaii thinks imme-
diatey of the effect which four years more Of Demo.
crary will have this territory. There is no ques
ton that the majority Of deliberate and Informed
opinion in Hawaii is against Mr.. Wilson on AT least
two issues-tle economic issue exemplifed in the
tariff and the Mexican issue Hawaii as Il whole
is also severely critical of his handling of European
matters but with little readiness TO say that he
should have adopted more bellgerent and less
pacificatory course.
The issue of the Adamson railroad act touched
Hawaii only by reelection from the mainland Opin,
ion here held against the president on this, but it
was almost entirely because Hughes made it a fight
lican viewpoint
Hawaii has email reason TO fear hostile tariff leg
islaton during the next four years. Senate ma
jofites in house and senate are exceedingly small
and as several of the states which went for Wilson
are cane growing or Sugarbeet- growing states the
bare congressional majority is not likely seriously
to-attempt change in the sugar tariff, which now
stands with the duty of 1.256 cents per pound on
foreign and 1004S cents on Cuban sugar indefinitely
extended.
As to The PRESIDENTS stand ON foreign policies
those which Hawaii does not like we must ''grin and
bear American government works on the vote Of
the majority, and that majority, even though extra
ordinarily small, has handed in verdict in favor
of retaining Mr.. Wilson in the White House.
During its term in office, Democracy has learned
lesson in preparedness. The late army and navy
appropriations large-probably as large as the
sentiment of the country last summer called for
There will no repetitions of the statement attr
buted to the president that the European war does
not touch American safety. We believe and trust
there will be no repetitons paraphrases of that
unfortunate utteranee, 'too proud TO fight
With the prospect of Democracy ascendant for
the next four years, Hawaii will have Democratic
federal and appointye territorial officials For the
sake of peace at home it is to be hoped that nagging
of the territorial administration will cease. 1t is
to be hoped also that local Democracy will come to
its senses in the matter of Endorsement for federal
appointments, and unite candidates of sufficient
worth to prevent Washington filling local places
with mainlanders.
No matter with what bitterness of spirit We may
view the national administrations handling of some
of its foreign affairs the chief business of Hawaii is
to make this great American commonwealth. The
chief work is not criticism of American diplomacy,
but citizen-building industry building, territory
building here at home. There is plenty of oppor.
tunity here for every ounce of patriotism possess
Wilson-that's ALL