The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-16

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throw 'sm All OUT
eff you do not look out, you will
have no charter this session. The
legislat9re win not be banboozled by
a lot Of so called business men who
believe that mass marching Is going
to do any good. Some Of the members
must have studied 'boycotting' md
strike movements of the lower class.
Certainly, have never heard Of
q civic Organization, whose prestige
and standing is on par with the cham
Der Of commerce, to mass march to n
legislative body.
Whether il Is true or not that
some Of the members Of that body are
controlled by George, Ed. and Abe,
II IL a mystery why those votes, which
they control, or have controlled have
not been east at the polls for the good
old party by George, Ed. and Abe, in
past elections and II you study out the
further meaning of this controlling of
votes, II would seem that the chamber
of commerce will be doing that sort
Of politics which they themselves have
decried against.
Are All Citizens7
"Isy the way, how many constitute
the chamber Of commerce in member
shipf Are they an citizens or are
many OF them aliensi AS far as / have
known, and ! have been in political
NE 4 great many years, it has been
the duty Of the Legislature 10 project
the business interests Of the community
at an times We are even. doing 1t to-
day, and the civic bodies which get err
ratic-which, I suppose, cannot be help
cd, BY reason Of the cosmopolitan ele-
ment that constitutes that organization
Ought 70 have the spirit Of thoomana-
wanui about them, and like all good
citizens send their protests by petit
ton or by a committee and suggest
their views before the legislature in the
proper spirit and method. But to talk
Of marching ZEN rnasse upon us and
TO do picket duty, which are the points
the women suffragettes use, 10 certain
" lowering the dignity Of the chamber
Of commerce. ~ $50
!" Tell The civic organization that If
u would only do its duty as citizens at
the polls of the Territory, the peoples
representatives will attend to the oshcr
requirements.
Eyes, speaking Of that photograph,
! shall have that attended to when
George, Ed. and Abe appear at the head
Of their column. ("
Legisiation BY intimidation
]. q. Cohen,who is actively campaign.
ing for the Republican nomination for
mayor, designates the announcement of
the chamber Of commerce as an attempt
to secure legislation by intimidation.
You might think we were living
in the days of the French ReyoI1.
ton, said J, G. Cohen last night at
precinct meeting in the fifth district
when commenting on the published in.
tention of the commerce body to
march on the legislature for the Dur.
Iose of impressing on the law makers
the necessity of adopting the charter
amendments recommended by the civic
organizations Of the city.
...sAL this reminds me of an effort
TO have legislation by intimidation,
he continued, "and Is at variance with
the spirit of our laws. The members
OF the legislature were duly elected
after an exciting campaign. They are
supposed to have studied the needs Of
the city and Of their constituents. To
invade the Legislative hall at time
when they are celebrating on matters
for the common veal savors of an at.
tempt to force class legislation by co.
ercion. - =. - -.
II must be presumed that the law
making body knows its business. The
men were carefully selected and are
supposed to represent the average
man. II also is presumed that they
have carefully considered the needs
Of thescommunity both by personal in
vestigation and by the many caucus
meetings held before the converting of
the legislature.
Roughneclrs' Rights Too
Zone OF the spokesman for the So
called better. element of the city de-
clares that the downtown" sayiors
Of society must band together in united
action to prevent defeat by the
'roughneeks,'' Do they forget that
the :" roughneeks',' represent a pre-
Ponderant majority of the citizens Of
the cityi Do. they forget that the
present legislature Is in Office because
they were put their by the trough.
necks" and that they are supposed to
legislate for the "roughnecksb as well
as for the higher-up gentlemen!
/ Il. ~ - HNNNSpoaAg " ASK dBdln why
did not these self-constituted saviors
make themselves heard when the con.
yshtion charter was draftedf And
also, why did they not swing the
votes they claim to control for the
bond issuef One of these men declares
that he controls certain votes, the vot-
erss being his employees. Does he claim
that he can force his employees to vote
according TO his wishesf If that is
true the Australian ballot system is
HTo be fair to these gentlemen. it
cannot be, denied that many of the
changes in the convention charter pro.
posed by the joint committee are, in
the abstract, praiseworthy. But they
are too idealistic for this community.
we viii have to work towards them.
At this time they are too radical. We
must have progress by evolution and
not by revolution, None of the chart.
eTs proposed is perfect. There prob
ably never can be perfect charter.
a. charter must be the expression of
the people themselves-the trough.
necks IF you please. You can t sue
cessfully import charter from an.
other community and plaster it on