The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-02-01
UNDERSTANDING
,M'CANDLESS CLASP
I POLITICAL HANDS
sI
They Are Big Guns At Get-To-
gether Meeting Of Fact
\ ionaI Bourbons
FEDERAL AND TERRITORIAL
OFFICIALS MOSTLY ABSENT
Governor Pinkham Stays Away
and Consequently Does Not
i See Himself Barbecued

(, The Democratic get,together meeting
held at the Offices of lightfoot q Light.
foot, last night, with 4. A. Wilder Is
the host acting as TIE Democratic
Moses to lead the childrer of the faith
out of the wilderness Of the intermin-
able strife and chickering's, was not as
wen attended by the ''big, guns" Of
the party In Hawaii as waH 70 have
been expected where all the members
Of the party are supposed oNbe work
ing for the benefit of the aforesaid
party. .--.a
The acknowledged heed Of the party,
Governor Pinkham, was missing
The collector of customs was not
there. E FaIg 3ff q,
q Internal Revenue Collector John +,
Haley sent his regrets. - ~
Postmaster William r. Young was
. busy at the Office getting maiB ready
for the Manoa sailing at four p. m,
today. l'z 80 ga a+f@
DIstrict Attorney Horace W. yaug-
han did not put in an appearance, ~
Judge T. 3. Stuart found the wealth.
or too Indictment TO be present.
Judge @. w. Ashford was n home,
Secretary Of Hawaii Wade Warren
Thayer had understood in the after
poon that his chief, the Governor,
would not be present and so he did not
go. and mono of the Democratic heads
of departments appointed by the Gov
srnor since his incumbency were asked
So there you arei
Joe Fern Is Chairman ~ rlIss E3
4 Now, when the meeting was called
to order 1t appeared that the only one
present who had. been in the habit o.
presiding Mt meetings of the kind, vrany
kind was your Uncle Joe, Fern, for
mer mayor of Honolulu and now the
Tailor at the city bastile. He was
elected chairman and j. Lightfoot filed
the chaif Of secretary.
The speakers of. the evening In the
= order Of stheir appearances were A. A.
Wilder, who announced the object 81
the meeting; LII. McCandless, Glen
/ X Quinn, j, A. Wilson, T. J. Ryan,
Keawehaku and j. Hghtfoot 4
sSNilder spoke Of the disruption "
caised ir the Democratic ranks of Ha.
wall by the Governor, in not acting as
q good Democratic Governor was sup
posed to act. z lie said that the White
House had a list of the iappointees Of
the Governor and that II was satisfied
that Mr. Pilkham was moi q Democrat
In Wilder's opinion the Governor
would either resign or be asked to re
sign before the end Of the year. The
administration was trying to let him
dFSn gently and Congressman Kent 6.
California was looking for "A successor
for the present chief executive of the
Territory. ~ s-rtH s.El4 NJ r. -.
CT Together, Says McCandless .@
The others spoke along the lines OF
the good of the party and abiding by
the rules as laid down by the Territor
ial Central Committee. McCandless, II
closing the meeting, said that In hi
opinion the meeting was along tn,
ri hit lines. 1t showed = get-togethel
So rit among the factions which hat
caused strife in the party and il wal
his motion that 1t be the sense of tn,
IN citing that call should be issued by
tn" territorial central committee for {
conelave to discuss matters of interes
to the party in Hawaii and take som,
definite action to gather up the loos,
ends and get them together.
On a, vote it was clown to be tn,
Unanimous sense Of the meeting tina
this was tho proper thing to do.
Judge Wilder received q rousin,
cheer as he rose and pledged himself
both privately and publicly. hereafte
to abide by the rules of the party for
ever more, and the meeting adjourned
The principal members of the part,
preseHt at the meeting were A. A.. vii
der, L. L. McCar itlcss, Glen X, Quinn
John A. Wilson, T. J. Ryan, Keaweha
In, b. Lightfoot, J. j, Fern, w. H. Me
Clellan, Cyrus T Groen, United State
Marshal J. J. !Smiddy, Palmer p
Woods, Thomas McVeagh, Jesse Ulu
ihi, Sheriff Rose, and about ten torcl
bearers Of the Pauahi street bunch.