Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-27
PINKHIM letter
TO BOURDONS IS
GIVEN PUBLICITY
Governor Says win Reserve
Decisions Pertinent to Loy-
atty to Administration

That Governor Pinkham will re-
serve to himself the decisions per
tinent to his Office and responsibility
and his loyalty to the national admin
istraticn In carrying out its policies.
Is one of the pertinent statements
made by the chief executive In his
long looked-for letter to the Democratic
party Of Hawaii. which has just been
made public.
The communication is addressed to
M. II. Sanders. chairman OF an allee-
ed self-appointed harmony commit
tee" which interviewed the governor
recently en- his attitude toward the
party. II was turned over TO Prof.
W. A. Bryan, chairman OF the Demo
cratic territorial central committee
and thus far no action on 1t has been
taken
Governor Pinkham's letter to the
party reads as follows:
II beg to state as follows. as prom
ised in our interview:
January 5. 1914, called In confer
enee thirty-nine leading Democrats.
remarked to them as follows:
The Democracy Of Hawaii must
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administration and attempt no substi-
tutions,
1T has been believed by the chief
executive and his cabinet heads that
personal suggestion and personal In
dcrsement and personal responsibility
therefor are the best methods OF Sc
curing the highest qualified executive
officials.
Excepting no Democrat. however
high or however humble, the governor
invites and will listen to and care
| fully consider their individual sugges-
tons. recommendations applications
and petitions.
"The governor viii reserve TO him
self the decisions pertinent TO his Of
! fee and responsibility and his loyalty
rying out its policies.
"As governor, i have never failed
to receive and respectfully listen q
any Democrat who has accepted the
above invitation. I shall IN the ~
Ifure extend the same invitation to call
and freely express any wishes, opin-
lions and advice and give them due
weight. I snail as freely advise and
confer with any committee.
''The administration OF President
Woodrow Wilson has disclosed to the
Democratic party the power that rests
| in right doing.
territorial central committee has writ
ten the governor as follows.
| ~Your letter of Sept s. addressed
to Marcus H. Sanders, has been hand
ed to this COMMITTEES. as the otficiai
head Of the Democratic party in Ha-
wall
AS secretary Of the Democratic ter.
ritorial committee am directed 70
acknowledge the receipt Of the same,
and to advise you that the letter
was read at meeting Of the above
committee Sept. Is and ordered filed
II am also directed to communi-
cate the following resolution adopted
at the above meeting, which is be-
lieved to be in accord with the spirit
Of your letter and in agreement with
the attitude of the organized Demo
cratic party OF Hawaii:
Resolved: That it is the aim and
desire Of the territorial central com
mittee, as at present constituted, 70
fulfil faithfully and unfmpardaily the
duties imposed upon It BY the rules
Of the party as amended May Is, 1914.
and that the committee is c0nyinc'
ed that whatever differences Of opih.
ion may have existed In the past there
should not now exist any ground for
misunderstanding among the party'sf
candidates for office. nor within the
rank and file OF the members OF the
organized Democratic party
And be it further resolved that
the territorial central committee. as
the duly elected representative Of
the party organization now, as In the
past, stands ready to render any as
sistance in conformance with the rules
tsee Sec. q. %, 2S) to duly appointed
Democratic oficeholderss and expects
the hearty cooperation, advice and
counsel Of al; members Of the party
in position Of public trust.
| 1T is matter for general eongra-
tulation that the party's candidates,
as evidence Of good feeling and con-
fidence, have by unanimous vote plac-
ed the entire management Of the par
| ty primary campaign in the hands OF
/, the committee, and that general salts
faction prevails among those who
have long served the cause OF real
Democracy in Hawaii.