Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-20
HENRY I.LYMAN
FOR ROOSEVELT,
But WILL waive
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This is correct If il Is understood
IN the propeF sense. Roosevelt has
stood fer more good American ideas
than any president since Lincoln.
When he Mas in the White House he
gave Hawaii the best government
since annexation He is cowboy in
TACT as we'll as in spirit and this
makes him a faVoFite Q? the pahioios
in these islands, II he came TO Ha-
MaH Re would 20 straight TO the big
ranches and take part in roping con
tests. He has made good IN every
thing he ever started out 10 do. lie
was . good governor i'll New YoEA, a
coed soldier in Cuba a good president
in Washington and good sport ev-
erywhere, Al present the AeNsaes
are killing our citizens Oh the border
and our people are being drowned ia
the war zone. II ever We needed a
president with lots of sand and ginger
we need him now, ] believe that the
country at large ana Hawaii in par
ticular needs Roosevelt; in this seasa.
am a Roosevelt man
Il want to go to the Chicago con.
yention as a citizen and take part in
the biggest thing any American eiti
zen can do, that is, the selection of
q candidate for president; but If
am sent | do not want TO 30 as our
delegates did four years ago In the
March convention OF 1912 our dele
gates took a very solemn and very
foolish oath TO support Mr. Taft as
long as his name was before the con,
VentiDn. At that time Dir, Taft was
the only man whose name was prom
inently before the people, Between
March aud June Roosevelt and half a
dozen others came TO the front as
possible candidates, any one of whom
might have been president Our dele
gates were tied hand and foot and
sent on TO Chicago in much the same
way as cattle are sent with the ship
ping tag showing the name of the
owner. Our six men sat in their
seats and watched the big fight, but
took no part. On the choice for chair
man Root was the candidate of the
Taft forces, and when our men voted
McGoYern there was q howl which
was heard out on Wabash avenue.
That was the last ever heard from
the Hawaii delegation.
The Democratic delegation in
1912 were wiser than ours. They went
uninstructed. On the early ballots
they stood 3, 2 and for various can
didates. AS Clark, Underwood or VIII
son seemed to gain strength the votes
were switched, and in the finals all
were for Wilson, with the result that
ever since laval has stood well with
the administration.
sAfy own choice would be Roosevelt,
but in this matter shall have Hawaii
in mind and If any other candidate
seems to be more favorable to cur ter
ritorial interests ] would support him
as against my Own choice. =. II
Thanking you for your space. .<.s.
Yours truly, ..-.-.,.:....::
HENRY J. LYMAN"
Politics Warm Up. ..-.-....
Both Republican and Democratic
politics are warming up. Republican
primary nominations last week
launched the spring-summer-fall cam
paign in which the free and untram
meled electorate of Hawaii will in
dulge ,
From Maui comes word that Harold
H. Rice may be put forward by the
Valley Isle as its choice for delegate
TO Chicago Col. Harry A. Baldwin,
who was strongly favored by Repub-
lican leaders couple of weeks ago
and who is popular with the voters at
large, may not care to accept, Says
word from Maui, and Rice will be a
logical choice. Charles Wilcox is
spoken of as a possibility for alter.
nate. ... =. I'LL. III. -.
The first formal Democratic move
will be next Saturday, when nominal
ing petitions for six delegates to go to
st. Louis must be filed. The Demo
Gratis elect their delegation by direct
primary, the primary election being
held April Is. DIR. ]. H. Raymond is
most prominently mentioned as
Maui's candidate, with Eugene
Murphy, T. b. Lyons and Morris Keo-
hokale as candidates for alternate.
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