The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-07-18
Chairman Pacheco Calls Meeting
Of Territorial Central Com
rnittee For Purpose u 4. T. I
APPEAL WILL BE MADE II
TO POPULAR SENTIMENT
Governor Pinkham May Be At.
tackled and Repudlated by |.
henchmen Of MoCandIess

Having seen on what the ,Republi,
cans propose to come before the voters
in the next campaign as political
platform, the Democratic head ouartert
has sent out an announcement tina,
there win be meeting Of the terri
toriaI central committee of that party
for reorganization and platform max.
ing. The meeting win be held July 81.
So far the platform has been outlined
in only very general terms and the
party leaders say that nothing has beer
settled on definitely, perhaps one rea
son for this being that the leading
spirits among the local Democrats hav,
just returned from st. Louis and
Washington.
Pacheco Calls Meeting -.
1 The call for the meeting was made
by NJ. G. Pacheco as chairman of the
territorial central committee. The for.
nation Of the platform will be under
radically different conditions from tina,
Of the Republican,, the central com
mittee having full power to draw N,
the platform for the Democrats Will
the Republicans have theirs drafted
and, approved in a general conventions
While M. Q. Paeheco, L. L. McCand.
less, John H. Wilson, C. d. Prinpl,
and other torch-bearers Of the Demo
cratic party withhold from saying what
important planks will be suggested 70,
the platform, Others who are in toucI
with the movements of Pauabi street
assert there will be one or two, at least
Of considerable interest.
Some Bourbon Pledges
They homestead laws, especially M
they have been interpreted under I'll,
Governor Pinkhan regime, viii be &C.
verely dealt with and in all likelihood
the Democrats will make the direct
frontage tax an issus, taking the posi-
ton that the lay. n tsfpFesent stat
10 unfair, insquitebls md Il HARDSHIP
on. the poor residents Of SHonolulu.
The Democrats will doubtless pledge
themselves to statehood and to woman.
suffrage. Just what they viii have to
say on the revenue questionis a toss ur
but Il IL certain they will not be silent
on the subject. They will probably
recommend. along with the Republi.
cans, a radical change in the taxation
statutes TO give the county a better
split on the taxes.
May criticise Governor
If they want to they will criticise
governor Pinkham sharply, yet it is not
likely they win want to. Pacheeo has
said as much. A few Of his policies
especially the homestead poiicy-will
not be approved, but this is probably
as far as they win go.
Yet as far as the governor 3 control
over the central committee is concern
ed, they could go the limit, for he is
about as popular with the committee
men as typhus. II, they steer away
from Pinkham personalities, 1t viii not
be because they love him but because
it is risky adventure and unwise
Virtually every man on the
from Link McCandIess down
is as anti Pinkham as a stand pat Re.
publican, and maybe more so.
There is a difference between the
dislikes Of Pinkham suffered by the
and the Democratic cen
trail committee.
Governor Ignores Democrats
The Republicans don't like him be.
cause he is a Democrat, and eouldn 7
under any circumstances like him for
that reason. But with the central com
mittee it is different. They don 7 like
him because he has ignored them, re-
fused to abide by their suggestions in
passing out patronage, and has humili-
ated them in more ways than one.
When Pacheco returned from Wash
ington one of the first things. he said
was that bis party would not make g
fight against Governor Pink
ham in the November elections. It
would be inviting . split in the party.