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THE GARDEN ISLAND TUESDAY, JANUARY 4. 1916 LOCAL DEMOCRATIC MUSS TURNS UP IN CONGRESS (Special Washington Correspondence Washington, D. C Dec. 13. Each Democratic member of the House and Senate today received a circular the heading of which is: "Shall I,. E. Pinkham, Governor of the Territory of Hawaii, be Ire called?" The circular, which per haps has been given previous pub licity in Hawaii is dated July 23, 1914, and signed by M. C. Pache co, Chairman, Democratic Terri torial Central Committee, and John Bright, Secretary. In the circular President Wilson is asked to recall the appointment of Governor Pink ham and put a Democrat in his 1 place. It alleges that Pinkham for the past six years has acted as an 5J agent for the Hawaiian Sugar Planter's Association in bringing j foreign labor to Hawaii. That as Governor he has not appointed a single Wilson Democrat to office, and that the men he has appoint ed have been controlled bv the . Sugar Planter's Association. That Mr. Pinkham's Republican news papers are continually charging the National Administration with ruining the sugar industry of the Islands, and Mr. Pinkham lends his aid to this false charge by keeping in office Republican ser vants of the planters who have re duced the assessed value of the sugar plantations twenty-five mil lion dollars. That he has been directly responsible for bringing in peon labor to the amount of one and a quarter million dollars. He has appointed W. M. Giffard, a Republican, as President of the Board of Agriculture, and given him an appointive list of $4,000 a month, which is filled entirely by holdover Republicans. That he has appointed R. W. Breckons, as an assistant to the Attorney Gen- keral, contrary to law. That he is . 4 4J costing the Territory more than $20,000 a month in excess of the cost under the Frear administra tion. His acts have been in abso lute denial of homesteads, and have llllllllliliiilirT)l iilillllliiliilliillli 1 yf i tew' 7 (&$( . wm tV f A 4 m j DR. WELLINGTON KOO, YOUNG CHINESE MINISTER TO UNITED STATES. ARRIVES WITH WIFE TO ASSUME NEW POST. Dr. D. V. K. Wellington Koo to be the youngest man who ever came as a Minister to the United States. Dr. Koo had first been appointed as Minister to Mexico, but was suddenly transferred to the diplomatic service in the United States Mrs. Koo is a grand-daughter nese statesman, and daughter of of China under the republic. of THE GARDEN ISLAND) been in favot of giving the land to large corporations. He nominated Watson and Wilder as the associ ate justice of the Supreme Court, each nomination having been made after consultation with Mr. Thomp son, the leading Republican law yer in Hawaii. He nominated three Republiccns for the office of Circuit Judges without consulting the Democratic party. He nomi nated Juige Mathewman, a Re publican, to succeed himself after conferring with a representative of Hackfeld & Company. He ap pointed J..W. Waldron, a sugar Democrat, to a position on the land board. He appointed M. M. Johnson, another Republican, to a membership in the Board of Immi gration. He has renewed leases to the sugar planters and has been hostile to citizens from the main land seeking homesteads. He has been more than generous in grant ing Isidor Jacobs, of San Francis co, the verv large and valuable waterfront on the Island of Kauai, He has allowed the public funds to be used in the employment of R. W. Breckons, former Republi can U. S. Attorney. He has never attended anv Democratic meetings and has been one of the most in fluential opponents of Mr.McCarn. The circular criticises Secretary Lane of the Interior' Department for having Pinkham appointed knowing that lie was a Republi can. It recites that, "If Pinkham's resignation was called for, it would at least relieve the Democratic party in a great measure from the responsibility of his acts, there fore, we pray for his removal. The Supervisors The first meeting of the Board of Supervisor in the new year will be held tomorrow morning. Schools reopened yesterday .morn ing all over the island. Fjull at tendance are reported. CU-YUiwHr UNOtMWOOD UMOCBtWCOCL W is only thirty years old, and is said of Prince Ching, the famous Chi Tany Shao Yih, first Prime Minister HOTEL LIHUE (The Fairview) Twenty-two elegant rooms In Main Building Three Airy Cottages Cuisine unexcelled in country districts W. H. Rice, Jr., Proprietor Newest. Coolest Hotel in Hawaii fort Street Honolulu JAS. F. Co. Ltd. Stocks, Bonds, Real Estate and Insurance NO. 125131 MERCHANT ST. P O.Box No. 594 Honolulu Souvenirs We neBtly pm:k and mail Hawaiian Souvenirs. Hawaii & South Seas Curio Co. IIOXOLl'LU. 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