The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-04-27

different view Of the matter, be
said. 'tAny action along that line will
materially affect the chambers indu.
ence. The moment this body takes on
a political aspect Il loses SIS position
in the community.
ftTo put up candidates and support
them win be to draw a distinctive line
between the poolas and the chamber.
II win mean the election Of lot Of
the Indifferent
There is the question, too, Of what
political body We shall ally ourselves
win. This body, 1 take il, Is non
partisan. We are made dp Of Rephbs
leans and Democrats. If we pick out
the best men from each party, we shall
be teaching the people not 70 vote the
straight ticket but to vote for the best
men, and that, think, would be con.
sidered an affroht to both parties.
~ think If few Of US would get
together and organize a good govern.
meht party, Il would have far more
influence than this body could have. !
believe political action would destroy
the influence OF the chamber.
McInerny called attention to the
fact that the names Of an lca pdidafgq
must be fled by twelve O'Clock Sat
urday night.
r.. lsreckons asked Watkins IL the
resolution was Intended TO name -four
individuals az the candidates Of the
chamber, OF just any four persons.
watkins replied that was up to the
chamber to decide.
Brsckons Suggests
"Why not name seven and the may
ORTIZ demanded Breekons. Are we
10 infer that the four persons endorsed
by the chamber are all good and the
three others are badf',
IF we can get four supervisors Of the
fright type, replied Watkins, = we shall
have an entering wedge for good gov
ernment.,
Ed Towse also objected to the resolu
tion. tThis contemplates the control Of
the board Of supervisors by four men, =
he said. THAT would be resented by
the body Of the voters. believe we
should let all who desire 60 into the
field, then let the chamber Of commerce
publish their records and let the inteili.
gent voter pick his men. Efforts of
bodies ike this to support certain men
always fail.
Ed Paris didn't think much Of the
resolution, either. ~ don't think the
chamber should form itself into fight
II ing phalanx or political organiza-
| ton he declared. cit should be alb
solhtely non-partisan. But to wait for
candidates TO enter the field and then
70 publish their records might make Il
appear that we were not interested. We
should see to Il that number of good
candidates are put forward.
eff all the members of the chamber
lof-commerce would turn out at the polls,
we would make better showing than
we have in the past. But don Z think
Il is politics for this organization to
20 out and tag man as its candidate.
don = think that would be fair to the
candidate 1t would be disadvantage
Gus to him.
81 am opposed to the chamber form
ing political organization, but let us
see to II that good candidates are put
/ up.D
'fIf they are put up,'' said W. R.
Harrington, 'fwhat have they to expect
from the chamber Of commercei"
(" They can ask for our support, Y re-
piled Paris, sand we can get out and
get people to 90 TO the polls. "
harrington Talks
Harrington, who is member Of the
committee that drafted the resolution,
argued for its adoption He resented
the statement that the endorsement OF
the chamber spelled defeat for a candi-
date. s'When the members Of any or
Iganization, /" he said, "think its support
does more harm than good, they might
as well roll over and die. We have a
fright to work for good government. We
as citizens have an interest in the mat.
ter and it is absolutely mandatory tina.
we should do something, The very fact
that this proposition has come up be.
fore the chamber Of commerce is proof
that the ordinary methods of the citi.
zens have failed.
ftThey say the poolas thing we want
to run things Yes, they we been fed
with that since 1900 by politicians who
want to use that as a club. believe
that when representative business men
place the situation before them as IL Is
they III respond the same as anybody
Ielse. The whole scheme of polite,
hitherto has been one Of paid political
runners ~
Twelve got TO back men for one pnr
Ipose-to get men for a business man
lagement Of the city. 1t is absolutely
necessary for the business men Of thu
leity to organize TO get results in a bust
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