The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-16
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Hope Of Party Lies In Selecting
Good Men For Coming
3oa3 Legislature Car
FIVE DEMOCRATS TERMS
,lb EXPIRE IN PRESENT YEAR
StaIWarts Of Party Will Call
County Committee Into Earn
est Conference Soon

Some discussion has been caused by
the invitational meeting of the Repub-
licon county committee, with some OF
the members of the city administration
and others held last week and to which
none, of the members of the board of
supervisors were asked. Just what was
to have been accomplished at the meet.
ing is what is Ngitating the minds Of
the wise ones. There was little talk
by the mayor on the good of the party.
The matter Of party patronage was
brought up and touched on lightly and
it was suggested that an educational
campaign be started among the several
precinct clubs, telling what the present
administration had done for the city
not be done at this time.
Election Next November
There Is an election coming off in the
Territory in November of this year at
which a Delegate to Congress and mem
bers of the Legislature will be chosen.
The wise ones in the party, some of
whom are members, of the territorial
and county committees, are of the opin-
ion that on the election of the proper
men to the legislature from this city
depends the fate of the Republican
county administration. This election
will be for the selection of the men who
will have a good deal to do with the
passing of, a. new charter for the city
ind on thfm the hopes of the polite
ians are plhced.
The cOuaty committee is to have an
other meeting in the near future, it is
said, Which will not be called by its
members but they will be invited to
meet with the leaders of the party not
on the committee and some salient
truths of a political nature will be ex-
| pounded for the edifcatiOn of the com
mitteer msn1bers which will greatly en-
| tighten them as to the present cOndi-
ton Of ahaits) and the necessity for
getting busy at as early date as pos
sible to pick out the most promising
candidates for election to the senate
and house of representatives..
Three Vacancies In Oahu
In the senate there will be three
| vacancies 10 be filed from Oahu at
the coming election, as the terms of the
Democrats, j. l.. Coke, A. j. Wirtz and
G. L. Iaukea, expire. 1t is consid'
cred very necessary that three Republ.
cans be elected in their places and
| from oil accounts none of these men
| will make the race for the position
again. New timber must be gathered
from which to select senators and this
\ will be one of the matters that will be
taken up at the meeting to be called
The house members will be hard ia
pick this time, also, and only. tried and
true men of the party will be groOmed
for the primary election and the work
of hunting them out is about to begin
Several meetings have already been
held in the fourth and fifth districts
with a view to sounding some of those
with legislative bees in their bOnnets
and before long select list to pick
from will be presented to the commit
| tee with the recommended that the
members get busy and see what can
be done towards getting the downtown
| element in line behind the candidates
| for the primary election.
Situation In Other Islands
In Hawaii, two Democratic seats will
have to b. filed. They are those of
David X. Baker and D. f. Metzger
The former will likely run again but
Metzger has left the Islands not 70
! return. The term Of Charles Rice in
Kauai will expire this year and if
Erie Knudsen wants to run in his
place it is said that Rice will not make
the fight Two men from Maui, both
Republicans, will have to run again this
electioU or give way to other men. They
are H. A. Baldwin and H. B. Penhallow.
With fifteen members in the senate
of whom at the last session eight were
Democrats and seven Republicans, this
time there will be eight to be elected
and of that number whose terms ex-
| Miro this wear five are DemOcratA