Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Volume IX, Number 26, 8 October 1936 — DEMOCRATS, CHEERED BY OUTRIGHT CHOICE OF HEEN, MURRAY, KAHANAMOKU, EXPECT TO OBTAIN CONTROL OF SUPERVISOR BOARD [ARTICLE]

DEMOCRATS, CHEERED BY OUTRIGHT CHOICE OF HEEN, MURRAY, KAHANAMOKU, EXPECT TO OBTAIN CONTROL OF SUPERVISOR BOARD

Cheered by the outright election of three of their eandidates for sity and county offices at Saturday T s primary, the forces of Democracy on Oahu are approaching the general election campaign with a determination to gain control of the board of supervisors and to increase their legislative members to a healthy and vigor.ous minority. While naturally Dem<scrats feīt keen disappointment oyer the elimination at tlie primary of Supervisor Manuel C, Paeheeo, whose chance was ruined only by the effort3 of the hard-working city liail maehine, and Louis V. Cai dinha, candidate for treasurer, they were encouraged by fthe fact that eVen in the mayor.alty rāce the Democratic |vote was larger,' on a percentage basis, than was that in jthe 1934 election. | Already the campaign committee has *chedulcd * "TJaank You" rally for the evening of Saturd«y, October j 17, at Aala Park where the successful candidates in the primary ean say "Aloha" to the voters and the other aominees of the party ean advance their arguments to tibe I voters, The campaign proper wi!l open on Mond<iy» ,QctI ober 19, continuing until the evening of Monday t Norember 2. , _ 4 I , Show More Strength I Democratic leaders, in laying their plans for the gen|eral campaign, pointed out that the strength oi tie ijf|e successful candidates—Ernest N. Heen, Edwin P" Murray and Duke P, Kahanamoku—was greater by far thaa th.eii: strength in 1934, and that the successful Democratic eanndidates for supervisor polled universally higher totals than the supervisorial cand!dates in 1934. , With the factional split that hss developed in the Republican ranks over the resulta in the le*isl*tive nee» Democratic le&ders contend that they are sure that Senateor David K. Trask and Charles H. Ro*e will be elected to the upper house and that Henry A. Rudi% tib.e third nominee, has an exceT!ent ehanee of being elected. As the results oi meetings of both. central comuiittees durin« the week, a campaiga has been worked out to correct defects that cropped up in the priittary election and to make the campaign for the general e!ection air-tīght. -