The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-07-16
COMMITTEE,
is DRAFTING PLATFORM
FOR REPUBLICAN PARTY


nittee, ser4ihg Without APPOINTMENT,
will present the draft of d platform
which, it will recommend fot iappf6Vql
~ The idea o. this mode of proceeding
came from r. w. Breekons, WHO brought
it from Wyoming, where they do say
thattinatters political are fixed up in
advance Mn Bneekons is not a mem
Der Of the convention, but he discussed
the idea with q fIiumber ofaprominent
- 4ishbSrs On itBe ihttk 1whprapproyetbd ~
lhdhdl eOnsente1 70 work for ITS success.
These various persons have held meet.
ings from time TO time in the past few
days and the outlook is that they will
have the finished, proposed draft ready
by the end OF this week. y ~
No formal invitation has yet been
sent to Kuhio to participate in the
shaping out Of the platform, and one
Of the leaders expressed surprise YES
terday that he should expect one, mas
much as, being non1inally the head of
the Republican party in Hawaii, It
would be the most proper thing for him
to do, a.., sH.-..y,.-
Getting EN- Together
Mr.. Breekons said yestarday after
noon; 81 have been working hard on
this platform matter, but my purpose
was to start something. As we say in
Wyoming, have merely been trying to
get the boys together" Z, T. y L.!
Emil A.. Bernlt, chairman Of the ter
ritorial committee, told Of the work the
self-appointed committee had done In
developing q platform, as given above,
and said that the document would be
ready in a very few days and that he
believed il would be approved by tie
lu latp ,t,sN
tee and the convention.
Delegate KuhiO said he had not vet
been asked for his views regarding the
platform Of the Republican party. ~
assume, however, that / will be asked,
and if so l will gladly comply with che
request" he added - ..4 ..
Referring to his candidacy, Delegate
KuhiO remarked: ~ have not given
this subject serious, final thought, for
the principal reason that 1 have NO,
considered that there was any pa~tiSG
lar rush, the primary election no. peing
until September. I now expect to make
up my mind in about a week and will
then make n definite announcement
Governors Views.
.n, Governor McCarthy's view of the
present political situation is probably
correct and the Governor says there g
nothing doing in, politics just now.
ats too early he said. "They
don t usually begin things until Septem-
Der and all the politics ere having
9 now doesn' t amount to much"
/, The Governor said he had no obser
vations to make on the subject Of the
Sraeesfor,the delegateship. He admitted,
however, besides those whose names
have been mentioned there's a Demo,
cratic dark horse in the offipg who will
become candidate in certain contin
gencies The Governor said he was
not at liberty to disclose the name of
this possible candidate.
Another week has rolled by and ST
lence continues to hang over both party
camps, for Delegate Kalanianaole has
not yet let il be known that he will
seek reelection and L. L. McCandless
is likewise reticent. 1t is asserted that
things will not begin definitely to take
shape in either party until these two
declare themselves. Tho open announce
ment of either or both to stay out Of
the race, it is felt, wouldt bring out
aspirants ready to serve, but it is be-
HeVed there will be no announcements
from Republicans until Kuhio is out
of the way and this goes for the Demo
Gratis as we'll in the case of McCandless.
Independents Busy
What out and out talking and work
ing is being done is coming from the in
dependent candidates, DR.. J. H. Ray
mond has launched his campaign on the
Island of Maui with a written state
ment and Joel c.. Cohen, besides keeping
the matter of the delegateship alive
here, combined business and politics on
a trim he made last week to the other
Islands.
The letter from DR.. Raymond to
Judge f. NJ. Datson, chairman Of the
territorial committee Of the Democratic
party, stating that he will run as
Democrat in the primary for nomina-
ton as delegate to congress, will, in the
minds Of some of the leaders of that
party, complicate the situation quite
good deal.
There are those who figure that no
matter which of the Democratic candi-
dates receives the nomination it will
mean votes for Kuhio, for the reason
that many of the McCandless support
ers strongly. oppose Raymond, while
Raymond supporters are equally OPP
posed to McCandless. No one of prom
inepee seems to care to figure at this
early day on how the primary contest
may come out, but cOmphcatlng the
situation" quite positively means to
those doing the talking that Kuhio's
chances are considerably strengthened
-presuming Of course, that he is to be
the Republican candidate.
However the others may be. he1Hing
about the question Of the delegateship,
Joel Cohen is leaving no doubts about
where he stands. ~. =
States His Position.
"What l want to see is a good rep
resentatiVe for this Territory in Wash
ington," said Mr., Cohen in an tinter-
view in the Hilo Post Herald copies of
which reached Honolulu yesterday.
1--WE have not had the right represent
ative there. l want to sep delegate
eIeGted who can attend to the Terri
tOry's interest without the aid of paid
lobbyists. There good material in
the Territory for this job. Surely out
of our population of more thOn 100000
we can send a man to congress who
can represent the people, look after
the TerritOry's business, see that we
yet what Washington can give us to