The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1916-07-21
Quick Work Is Made
OF Party Platform
Local Taxation And Revision OF Land
Laws Two Radical PlankS -
Suffrage Gets Through

HONOLULU, July 19- Closing its
work at II o'clock last night the re-
publican territorial platform convent
ion adjourned after adopting a plat
form for the next November elections,
and electing a central executive com
mittee to conduct the campaign. This
committee has elected Emil A
Berndt, chairman, Harry e. Murray,
vice-chairman: G.. p. Wilder, treasur-
er; and Eli Crawford, secretary. The
personnel of the committee is as fol-
lows:
First District Hawaii-John T. Moir
II. S. Rickard, S L Desha,A M Cabrin-
ha; executive committee, II S Rick
ard
Second District Hawaii-H. L. Hol-
stein, E. S. Goodhue, E. X. Iona, G. w.
A. Hapai; executive committee, H. l..
Holstein
Third District Maui-R. A. Drum
mond, Edward Waiahole, D. T. Flem-
ing, w. A. Clark, H. A. Baldwin, J. W.
Kalua; executive committee, d. T.
Fleming and H. "A. Baldwin.
Fourth District Oahu--G. P. Wilder,
E. A. Berndt, G. A. Long, J. Vasconcel-
los, ] .Ault H. E. Murray; executive
committee, H. e. Murray and G. A.
Long
Fifth District Oahu-S. Keliinoi, r.
M. Duncan, w. s. Kaka, William Lane,
Jack Motley, Eli ]. Crawford; eXecu-
tive committee Eli ]. Crawford and r.
M. Duncan
Sixth District Kauai-A. Menefoglio,
c. H. Spitz. J. M. Kaneakua, G. A.
Rice; executive committee, G. A. Rice,
A Compromise Platform
The platform committee which re-
ported a platform that was adopted
without modification was made up of
the following members:
First district-H L. Holstein, Dr. e.
S. Goodhue.
Second district-Rev. S. L. Desha,
John T. Moir
Third district p. ]. Goodness,
Judge ]. w. Kalua, R. A. Drummond.
H. A. Baldwin.
Fourth district-H. e. Murray, r. G.
Brown, William Thompson
Fifth district-A. D. Cooper, c. N.
N. Arnold, w. c. Achi
Sixth district-C. A. Rice.
The work of the convention was
pushed through in a hurry. No real
fight developed throughout and evil
dence was not wanting that the whole
platform was in the nature of the
new style ready made house-all franz
ed at the factory ready to be fitted to-
gether by common labor
National Party Endorsement
After endorsing Hughes for presi-
dent and throwing bouquets at Roose-
rfx of
form proceeds to set forth what the
republican party has done in the past
by citing the following accomplish
ments:
Workmens' Compensation Act.
Settlement upon Queen Lilioukalani.
Public Utilities Act.
Liberal provision for the afflicted at
Molokai.
An advanced educational program.
Many permanent public improve
ments
Protection of the public against mis-
representation of merchandise, stocks,
and bonds
Judicial and prison reform.
Regulation of liquor traffic
Improvement in sanitation.
Liberal assistance in the anti-tuber-
culosis campaign
Aids to the small farmer through es-
tablishment and maintenance of the
Territorial Marketing Division.
National Guard Armory and funds.
Encouragement of American shipping.
Faith In kuhio
The platform then "again reaffirms
our faith in our delegate to congress-,
and gives him all credit for what the
Islands have received at the hands of
congress.
Home Rule
The policy of the democratic party
in sending carpetbaggers to hold office
in Hawaii is condemned and a larger
measure of self-government urged up
on the Congress
Woman Suffrage
The woman suffrage plank of 1912
and 1914 was again thought good en-
ough, and it slipped through without
any fuss, although Harry Baldwin OF
Maui, led fight against it in commit
tee. Baldwin didn't believe women of
the Islands want to vote, or that the
present electorate wants them to have
the ballot. He was voted down. The
Congress is to be urged to give the
legislature the power to grant women
equal suffrage.
Tariff
The tariff plan urges the voters
not to be misled into thinking that
the high prices of sugar of the past
two years is due to anything save the
European war, and points out that
had not the war changed the situ-
alton, Hawaii at the present time
would be in sorest straits under demo
cratic free sugar.
Shipping
The democratic party is condemned
for driving shipping from the Pacific,
and urges national laws to encourage
the creation of a merchant marine.
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