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 II correct II Il Is understood
lin the. proper sense Roosevelt has
stood for more coed American ideas
than any president since Lincoln.
when be Was in the Wife House he
gave Hawaii the best government
since annexation. He is 81 cowboy in
fact as well as: in spirit and this
makes him a favoFtJe Of the paniolos
IN these iRisHds il he came 10 Ha-
wall he weuld go straight to the big
ranches and take part in foping con
tests he has made good in every
thing he ever started OUT to do. He
was good governor IN New YORK. d
coed soldier in Cuba, a good president
in Washington and good sport ev-
crywhere- At present the Mnx,GErs
are killing cur citizens on the border
and cur people are being drowned in
the war zone. Ii ever we needed a
president with lots OF sand and ginger
we need him now ! believe that The
c0untry at large and Hawaii in par
,iicular needs Roosevelt; in this sens1
am Roosevelt man.
Il want To go to the Chicago con,
vention as a citizen and take part in
the biggest thing any American citi.
zen can do. that is, the selection OF
candidate for president: but If I
am sent do not want TO go 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-
yentien. At that time Mr. TAFT was
the only man. whose name was prom
inently before the people between
March and 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 elk men sat in their
seats and watched the big fight hut
took no part On the choice for chair
man Root was the candidate of the
Taft forces. and when our men voted
Mctoyern there was a howl which
was heard out on Wabash averue.
That was the last ever heard from
the Hawaii delegation. -,
The Democratic delegation i'm
1912 We're wiser than ours. They went
On the early ballots
they stood g. and for various can
didates. As Clark. Underwood or vii.
son seemed to gain strength the votes
were switched, and in the finals all
were for Wilson. with the result that
ever since Hawaii has stood well with
the administration.
My 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 our ter
ritorial interests would support him
as against my own choice.
Thanking you for your space.
Yours truly,
HENRY ]. 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
logical choice Charles Wilcox is
spoken of as possibility for alter
nate.
The first formal Democrats move
viii 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 -. Dr. j. II. Raymond is
most prominently mentioned asi
Maui's candidate. with Eugene
Murphy, II. b. Lyons and Morris Keo-
hokale as candidates for alternate