The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-07-26
LITTLE INTEREST IN
| c. 0. P. PLATFORM
Few Prominent Men Seem To
Have Taken Trouble To
Read Il

domino championship at the police sta.
tton. The vigor of the interest display
! ed was indicated by the REPLIES Of
most of the prominent Republicans of
the city, who did not attend the con
vention, when asked what they thought
of the platform. Almost without ex
ception they replied that they hadn t
read il.
Apparently, though, some Of tho
Democrats had read it, for their com.
ments were to different effect. "Helpl
Thieves!' was the yelp they turned
loose. "They have stolen our plat
form; they have walked away with
our principles. "
| Robert w. Breckons, Republican ma
tional committeeman, had. however
read the platform. In fact, it is not
taking n long chance to say that. he
read II before il was adopted. and knew
what it was to he before it vas writ.
zen. Mr.. Breckons was quite satisfied
| with it. He considered it an excellent
document and no false modcstv pre-
vented him from saying 50
Breckons Satisfied
| "Why, I think the platform is first
| class, - said Mr.. Brerkous. eft begins
by expressing loyalty in a very forceful
| way and goes on down the line, cover.
ing in a broad and intelligent manner
all the issues now before the pcople
have no objection to the state in
which the prohibition pInnk was left
The party has virtually passed the
| question up to the legislature. where
it properly belongs.
| "The newspapers have had little to
say regarding the plank on proftoering,
4 plank which | regard az Of great i'm
| nOrtance, as it is no less than notice to
the food administration to get busy
In its personnel the convention
was very satisfactory, for the reason
that each district was represented by
me or more Of its ablest men, There
were Desha, Moir, Cabrinha and Hol
stein from Hawaii; the Baldwins and
| others, of Maui; Kaneakua, of Kauai;
and number of able men from Oahu,
with A. G. NJ. Robertson as presiding
| officer. What better could be desired
| The convention may have been short
rs to numbers, but it was one Of the
| ablpst representative bodies have ever
seen here.
81 am satisfied that the Republicans
l
| ion in NOvpmbcr.'
| What Is a Platform
have not thought enough about
| n" platform even 70 read it, -" said
| \. y. McCandlrss; land | do not know
What 1t contains, except what l have
leard in casual street conversations.
| With Alex. Robertson in the chair and
| ther good men on the floor l felt per
| ertly satisfied that the platform would
| " all right. What are platforms any
| NaN' They are like the steps on street
ars-'m"rely agencies over which the
'olItcinms climb and find easy seats in
| Idle. And when they get inside thew
Usually forget the platforms and the
peopl" who built them, or made them
pOssible.'
fundamentals o. X.
81 have been so busy" said l.. Ten
ney Peck, THAT I have not gone into
the platform carefully. have seen
enough of it, however, to feel satisfied
that it carries Republican fundamen-
tails, and that is what | care most
| about. That, to my mind is the first
thing to which any Republican should
look. Purely local questions and tn"
| rlllS which are needed to make a plat
| FORM read and run smoothly, | have
| cit all along perfectly willing to leave
. Alex. Robertson and the men work.
! ny with him.
Watson's Opinion
"Our friends, the enemy" began
| Judge Watson, one Of the many heats
| If local democracy, "can't very we'll
Iat themselves on the back for what
he Democratic administration has done
md is doing. OF course, it was Amer
can for them to endorse the admins
ration, and IT - hard to see how they
| Quilt have done otherwise. for the al.
| mnistration has been uniformly ripht
| II every thing.
As for other parts Of their plat
orm the Republicans have simply TAX.
n over Democratic policies bodily.
Their land Plank j. Democratic through
| Iut, and from beginning to end repeats
he idrHS Of Secretary Lane which the
Republicans very we'll knew had the
fullest rnhnI srmruI uf thr Democrats in
his Territory ami wouId form "A part
# their platform. The woman sufTragc
blank has been in the Democratic Plat.
'orm AMI Il Part Of Democratic policy
or eight Nr"I~, and will continue to
'c 50. A. for their prohibition plan,
hey have Lett It in such shape that it
negative ami means nothing
As Whole. my randrd opinion i,
hat when Democratic policies are left
nut Of the Republican plat form, there
nothiuE rl>r lrtt.
Soft Soap Says Link
"Thr Rru'hII,an platform is gotten
ip in an attractive way, said LINK