The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-04-27

Harrington severely criticized the
municipal Standardization on the ground
that i incompetent and ineftcient.
Wellington Objects
j. L. Wilmington took quick issue
with him. He said he had taken part
IN several campaigns, and run some, but
he had never heard Of a chamber OK
commerce endorsing any particular can,
didates or taking part in a political
Campaign Wellington related the his
tory Of the defunct Civic Federation,
telling how Il was organized, how u
\ started out BY publishing the records
bf candidates fof ONE and Of how the
members gradually got cold feet and
dropped ont one BY one until only -four
were left. Even Ed Towse got enough
and quit, he said. He strongly de-
Tended the municipal government. The
eity government here, said Withing-
ton, 81 has been more clean ana more
honest and as efficient as any in the
East or the West. ] Am proud TO say
that there has never been any scandal
ATTACHED TO II. y as.
The place where more efficiency IL
needed IL in the Legislature, where the
appropriations are made. We ought "a
/ Nhve q fliofoutII survey Of the situationj
Of what we have and what we need. /"
declared - vonr sarin,sttation TODAY is
~ good a. Won m ever o.. y,
W n MeInernv prodded the cham.
her aonin ~ a tender anot 1--WE come
here. I, he eaid' 1sand bold a little So
ciai az onr avn Wa tell each other
lthinoa We All know. hut we don 4 meet
The Vote. we devote ali our atten.
/ tion to our own members. We should
ret out and work for 6ood government,
bnt we should eliminate the chamber
from Il entirely. hone the chamber.
VIII abstain from participating in any.
lthina politieal. aa vet until we have
more influence than We have now,
fowpe on the war Pain
Ed Towse said he thought Il was
mistake 10 suppose the poolas are of u.
lower order Of voting intelligence than
the members Of the chamber Of com
meree. He vigorously opposed the
adoption Of Watkins resolution. . Any
proposition to stand for four ont Of
seven supervisors, he declared, twill
be overwhelmingly beaten. When We
unMor'ny ah9 lghoIans anu a ~. ~
ing to be beaten.
The yar,ons .naa la,s had baen skat.
;ng - siase ~ M .alor Iins ~ yossihle
wifhont cross;nc AZ n Remained FOR
MeInernv "a voice what was apparent
lv in An their minds. uWe have a sit
aation here that Is different from that
Of any other part Of the country he
declared, land there 3 no use trying
| to deny the fact. II exists. And we w
got 10 recognize it. The poolas, as you
call them, are suspicious of anybody
the chamber Of commerce backs"
President Hagens called upon See
Rotary Brown to read the senatoria
letter above referred TO, in which thi
mirror Of public opinion was held NJ
to the chamber and il was given an 0p
4 portunity to see itself as the senator
Indicated others see IL. This letter was
supported by one Of similar tenor from
". r. Castle. Following their reading,
the vote of the resolution proposed by
the county aud municipal committee
was taken, with the result, as above
stated, that it was Overwhelmingly de-
feated, only four meihbers voting for
~ %
Endorses Administration
| 49, 80. 9.
watkins apparently hipped a. the
hfeat or ms resolution, sarca4neally
introduced another;
Resolved That the chamber Of com.