The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-07-26
OFFICIALS SMILE
At PARTY LAMENTS
Mainland Appointments Con
demned But MainIanders Are
Still Sent To Islands

Holders Of the federal Offices in
Hawaii, who are the political appoint
ees from the mainland at whom the
platforms Of both the Republican and
Democratic parties have taken filings,
are rather more amused than resentful
ut tho implications in the platform Of
the Republican party,
One Of them Is so hold, though canny
enough to Hsk that his name be not
used, az to intimate that objection to
the appointment of mainlanders to
federal offices in Hawaii reminds him
of the fable Of the donkeys that found
two haystaeks, but quarrelled so long
over which stack they should eat from
that q dog came in and drove them
away before they got even q mouthful
from either of the stacks. He adds
that the dOnkeys were not the same
| lind that stands as the symbol of tn,
Democratic party, but they might have
cen mistaken for Hawaii political fol-
| seekers.
| The same mainland federal appointed
| said:
"Well the Republicans have made i,
unanimous
Democrat Plank Similar
| His allusion was 10 the fact that lust
before q number of the mainland ap
pointees to local federal jobs were
made In 1918, the Hawaii Democratic
convention went on record in August
| Of that year MS follows:
| 1.-THE policy of appointing non.
residents to office inaugurated and con
tinued under the Republican rule OF
the Islands has unfortunately been
Followed by the present national Demo
ratio administration, to the deteriment
md dissatisfaction Of both parties. A!
citizens of the United States, the entire
oral Democratic party joins with al,
he parties and factions in Hawaii to
resent the unjust and uuwRrranted i'm.
| plieations that the electorate of Hawaii
is able to supply capable public servants
able to. discharge satisfactorily thu
tuties devolvinE upon them as citizen
md men Of public affairs. The Demo
rattle party as an organization will il
| he future. ms in the past, exert every
"udcavOr to bring about correction
Il this injustice, urging that our right
TO home rule is a right that should
not he denied, in view of the fact that
for more than half n century the people
| # Hawaii satisfactorily conducted
heir own affairs as a sovereign mon
'rchv and independent republic.
National Convention Agrees
In June, Of, the same year the nation.
II Democratic convention at Baltimor,
said, in referring to the territories of
| Hnwaii. ALASKA and Porto Rico:
eve believe the officials appointed
to administer the government of those
several territories should be- qualified
/ ~ previous bona fide residence =
Ceruhlicans Complain
On Monday the Territorial Republi,
an convention approved this plank ir
It's platform:
"The Republican party has from It
rrganinatiOn in this Territory beer
committed to the cause Of home rule
md we reaffirm our devotion to tina
Hrincinle and demand that. except a.
modified by the necessities Of war, Ha
waii be permitted to settle her owr
problems and her affairs be admins.
tered hv her own citizens, and in thi,
connection we call attention to the
constant violation by the Democratic
party of the spirit of the Organic Law
and the express declaration of it,
platform in 1915 by the sectional ap.
continent to the judiciary and other
positions of men who are not within
The spirit of the Organic Act"
Appointees Smile
Smiles was the greeting given r.
these two similar foundations from
| both the Republican and Democratic
sources when the platform plauks were
hOwn to the Honolulu federal officers
/ Yesterday.
"Both the Republicans and the
Democrats of Hawaii seem to be in
favor of the same platform plank, re
ardlng federal appointments when
applied to the other fellow" wa.
Judg" Horace Vaughan 8 comment.
The Judge added that he could not
"efrain from mentioning that 'the
| Republicans had no word of commen
dati"n or approval for the great leader
If tn" American people, though thew
would take credit to themselves for his
| war policies.
District Attorney c. s. Huber, with
the usual smile of amusement giver
me two similar platform planks, said
All Prom Mainland
Z" SO far ms know all the appointee,
TO this office have always come from
he mainland since annexation
Judge }, j. Banks the assistant
district attorney. IL possible seemed
lust little bit more amused than did
his associates, when he had read the
objections If the two parties TO the
appointment of mainland men to offices
II Honolulu. He confined his commen :
to the good natured remark:
- IN az much as both parties seemed
to he agreed upon the subject, do
not know why should object.
BARON DECORATED