Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-25

Charles H. Rose for sheriff; and that of the Repuo-
cau supervisor ticket VS. the Democratic supervisor
ticket.
One other office is TO be settled at the election on
june - the authorship But the direct primary last
Saturday made the result OF this torGon" con-
cIusion. James RickneIl won the Republican nonll-
nation bv decisive vote and will defeat his neGh-
gblc Democratic opponent, Albln biom, ny al even
more d"cisiyc vote"
The contests for ma or and sherln present lSSuee
fairly easy for the average voter to settle but the
su!rl eoriaI ticket is pcrpIpxing not few cl'zehs
Of both PARTIES and various shades of belief not
few: Of Ia" independent thinkers and doors VIII" are
striving honestly to pick tn" t"st men for ONCE
on the board.
In III" primary campaign the Starl}ulIPtln en-
dc3yorrJ TO rrdurc the political situation to its "s
sonials rnGravorrd to furnish an impartial estimate
of the candidates running for nominations; and to
give the doubtful voters, those with insufficient
information the best judgment Of this paper as TO
which aSpirants should he supported.
The result of the primary was complete and IN
many respects unique Endorsement of this estimate
of candidates. Seventeen out Of the nineteen men
to whom this paper had pointed as strong candl
dates were either nominated or elected outright.
The only candidate for supervisor whose selection
was urged by the Star Bulletin and who failed to
land a nomination was j. Ashman Beaver, new
man. who, though unknown to many voters, polled
1868 votes running tenth on the Republican ticket
"a remarkably fine showing.
Every Republican nominee for supervisor is one
of those placed by this paper in the list Of those to
whom the voters could give support as worthy can
didates.
This coincidence of the Star Bulletins estimate
and the result Of the primary is cited for one rea
son-to Sho,o that the electorate OF Honolulu IS SEEK
iq earnestly to cast its ballots for the best me" out
for the pdrous Offices, to large eTtent regardless
of partv and accepts information aohen that is sin
cerev and fdirlv qiUen. 1t follows that after the
primary with this feeling running more strongly
than ever, the voters are DESTROYS of picking from
the two tickets the men who in their judgment will
most thoroughly carry out the principles of good
city government
In line with it's attitude in the primary campaign
the Bulletin now proposes to suggest course
in voting for supervisors which will, we believe
guarantee seven good men for the next two years;
and which will absolutely assure the election of
majority of Republicans in accord with the Repub
lican administration already half elected and
which will be complete with the election of Lane as
mayor and Hopkins as sheriff.
In brief, here is the situation that faces the vot
ers: Seven Republicans and seven Democrats were
nominated for supervisor of which number seven
are to be elected in the finals Five Republicans
polled over 2OO0 votes. Two Democrats poed over
1000 votes. These two Democrats, moreover, fully
justified the advance predictions in these columns
as to their partisan strength Messrs Mcclellan
and Petrie polled remarkably large vote in Repub
lcan precincts in which other Democratic candi-
dates got next to nothing. Their record is proof
positive that hundreds Of voters believe that the two
men ought to elected and that their candidacy
strengthened by the desire for efficiency in office.
The remainder of the Democratic supervisor
ticket dropped far behind these two. The next high
est Uluih was $50 votes behind, the others even
further back.
The two Republican nominees other than the five
who ran over 2000 votes, are Messrs Logan and
Achi. Both polled good votes when it is considered
that the Republican ballots were split between
eighteen candidates.
OF these nine men-seven Republicans and two
acknowledgements is on the list which in the
primary campaign was declared acceptable-a list
from which voters could choose without fear of
picking an unworthy candidate a poor combina
ton.
The situation therefore, is that seven Republ
cans and two Democrats running who have
strong claims to the serious consideration and sup
port of the voters,
The danger is that if the independent voters scat
ter their ballots along the line of these nine
of tho good tciH be 1redkened This means that
if the Straghttcket voters in the Democratic camp
can muster enough strength, they may defeat one
more of the best Republicans running-a politi-
cal calamity.
This dagger is not fancful-it is real. Nobody
knows better than the veteran politicians that the
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