Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-25
Essentials of The City Election
No concentrating The Vote Board Supervisors

OF picking out candidates VINO commune dOlIIlH Will
votegptting strength-and still Of giving hearing
to the independent voter, of giving him chance to
express his belief without himself causing the de-
feat of the best men running.
If the rioters 1riU concentrate on the frc highest
Republicans as 0bspIuteIy essential this situation
can be met A good ticket can IL. elec1ed with OF
without the two Democrats on it.
Therefore, put down in your memory these five
men as five for whom every Republican should vote
every independent should vote, every independent
minded Democrat should vote: Ernest 4. Mott
Smith, Ben, HolHn1er Charles y. .1rno1d. William
4hid Charles Fl. Be7Iinn.
There remain four acceptable mon-two Rcpuh
licans and two DemoCrats-Danipl Logan and w. g.
Achi Republicans; W. H. Mcclellan and Lester
Petrie, Democrats Any one of them will Civ" good
service on the board. Any two taken in conjunc
ton with the five Republicans for whom a vote
should by all means be cast. will make up an efcc
tive board Of seven.
To the nOn-partisan voters doubtful how to cX
press their views without cndangerng the RepubIi
cans who led in the primary this offers a ConStruc
tive line to follow. The straight-ticket Republican
vote will support these five among the seven. The
normal Republican vote is considerably larger than
the normal Democratic vote. If the independents
stick to these five instead of scattering between
seven out of the nine, perhaps more than nine the
five are unqueStiOnably certain of election
Reduced to it's simplest form and shorn of argu.
ment, this is the plan:
1. Concentrate on the five Republicans who led
at the primaries and whatever else YOU do, do not
scratch these. Such concentration assures their
election.
2. Four good men remain worthy of the atten-
ton Of the voters The straight-ticket advocates
and they have justification for their attitude in the
result of the Republican primary-can carry
through their vote by ballOting for MeSsrs. Logan
and Ach Non-partisans, independents and Demo-
Gratis who are anxious to see Petrie and Mcclellan
elected can vote for these two.
Honolulu has got to take into account this grow
ing sentiment Of independence in local politics. 1t
is here, and attempts to ignore it, stfe it. laugh it
off or cry it down will not answer. But it must be
sentiment controlled by reason or it defeats its own
purpose. In the election on June . it must be con-
trolled by the determination to see that the Rcpub-
hcdn ma jOrity is assured of election There is alb
solutey no question in the heart of any far-minded
man that outside of Petrie and Mcclellan the Demo
cratic supervisor ticket is weak So the necessity
for concentration on a course of action which guar
antees the five leading Republican candidates is i'm
peratve.
No extended arguments as to the personalities of
the Republicans suggested above is needed now Their
popularity was proved at the primary. Mott-Smith,
as predicted, led the ticket. Ben HolIinger made a
great run. William Ahias showing was splendid
and, by the way, AHA we'll deserves the solid sup
port of the citizens Of Honolulu as Hawaiian who
has been tried and found not wanting Charley
Arnold's good record on the board brought him de-
served denomination. Beina, newcomer into the
active political field, reaped harvest of confidence
from his fellow men. Daniel Logan's poll of 1889
votes proved the stanchness of his following and
his chances are becoming brighter. Ach got a con-
sistent vote in both fourth and fifth districts and
in the final will run much better in the fourth than
in the primary.
The situation with regard to the supervisors
ticket is distinctly encouraging. 1t is entirely I'M
likely that any will be elected outside the nine men
toned Provided this plan Of concentration is car
ried out the strength of the next board is assured
no matter what else occurs on June g.