Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-08
BOURBON STUMP
SPEAKERS SCORE
administration
|ayor Lanes Entertainment
] Expenditures Criticized
:. at Two Meetings ]

-1e,ubIican incumbents in city and.
SEzuty offices were raked over the
xMIs and otherwise scored at Two
Hrsl.attended primary campaign meet
RI held last night by the Democratic
Sy8dfdates--one at the Lilluokalanf
renool and the other at Moilttt
5.ne Bourbon office seekers are well
areantfed with regard 10 their cam
FEign. Il Is the general plan to hold
On meetings each night and the cam,
didateg. as soon as they speak1t one.
1settug. 20 Immediately TO the 9ther.
Lido from Mayor Lanes mich re-.
frYred to entertainment expenNtnIes
s1i the purported inefficiency ot the.
ifesent board Of supervisor, person..
KUties are being eliminated TO con-
sSaerable degree. 1872
BenevIdes On Stump
A. Iona presided at the Monlii
raaeting and Hugo Kanae and Frank.
Beneytdes. candidates for super yisors,.
ware the first speakers. BeneEloes
xxid that, If he was elected, ne wouia
see that the board answered all peu'
Ys0ns promptly. I'VE will tell the
nspple right away II We can help
f6em." he declared "and, II we cant.
We will tell them why. 49,.
Herbert M. Ayres, also q candidate
IN the board OF city dads, scored the.
f1rpsent board on the ground that II;
h1s proved inefficient.
THE Democrats have given Homo
ifffu the best administration 1t mas
eTer had" he asserted, "and the pres
nj board OF supervisors has given us
&c worst administration. The Repub-.
iYfan administration has been extray-
sxAnt. Inefficient and incompetent
ss4They have built you some roads,
IN they have not been good roads.
REV have sneared q lot OF roads over
fhe city to encourage the yoter-Dut
they have not kept up these roads.
HS,Ids Are Fechtssd
IA Democratic board viii not
rTSf,ise Won good roads all over the
cifs. This would be too BIG Q Job,
81 where roads are needed they will
T6 given and they will be built TO last.
Ayres went on TO declare that the
nIksep Of Mayer lanes auto during
LIE last two years has been $4,000,
F6'ad this money" he said, has gone
ff6r repairs rMhen the machine was
smashed up on Joy rides. or when
fSne has taken his friends out for q
sc. The city does not know bow
many cars Il owns The only way to
{Il,d out is 10 20 out on SUNDAY after
6Sou and CONT them Gs they come M
lIefn 10Y rides to EWaialua
I'VE want to give you q business
r. administration" Ayres concluded.
I'VE want q liquor license out here,
Tplne one yelled.
William Mcclellan, candidate for
oefTisOr, said that when the last.
7[<8iocratic board OF supervisors went
66f or office the ways and means com
miftee. Of which he was q mgmberf
Ia q cash balance in every depart
Xent. He explained that there was
NtDut $s6. 900 left In the cash basis
had alone. Re wept on TO say that
r. present board has had approxf
I7tely s2S5 200 more TO spend than
ne last board.
sores supervisors
And when this board goes out Of
o|fice at the end of June, he added,
n viii leave a deficit OF between $780,
co and $4,000, and ! want TO know
nat the people are going to do about
e. This beard has really spent money
nat belongs to the incoming board.
straighffoFward talk was given by
41puty Sheriff Julius Asch, q candi-
he for city treasurer He scored
CIV Treasurer d. L. Conkling for
I'D ding outside positions. and prom
ind that. IL elected. he would give the
HiIy full eight hours Of his time
tfery day.
s5ohn +. Carey. who Is running for
Hpervisor, also spoke at the Moiliili
Fteting.
eAttorney Joseph Lightfoot, the prin-
r|ral speaker at the Liiiuokalani
<<hool meeting, scored Maynrs Lame
81 piIine iipsa $4,000 Entertainment
account IN two years.
FIT locks very much like Mayor
3ilhe VIII be riding on a donkey in
&fead 81 IN IN automobile after July
L. he said. "and It VIII be . pemo'
cratic donkep1t that
&STfe dwell ct length on two items
that he said were included III the
mayors entertainment account $500
n cigars and $500 Tor pigs. g s
geoor. Busted Community
- And We are q poor, busted COM
nE1hity. he added.
LIE said the mayor had given .
H6Ikilau Tor q distinguished fastener
liiEt had cost the city q cool $500. a.
setting that ]. J<Fern, when he was
rfyor, did not spend as much Ia his
81 years In office as Lane has spent
none month. He told the voters that
tlS time had come for them to open
frir eyes.
Anyone who would graft Ike that
sk6uld be out working on q rock
cfnsher for yon and ]" he added :.
s-4lbin Blom, candidate for auditor.
cd the audience that the time had
c5ne for q change In some Of the city
IA county offices. and that other men
mould be given chance. Sheriff
Charles II. Rose. candidate for re.
sirction, told Of many responsible POSI-.
ems he has held and. among other
fEihgs. promised the people OF the dis
tSfrt q branch police station II he is
sr11wed TO continue in office.
eefn BACK IN Harness
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