Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXVII, Number 43, 17 Pepeluali 1943 — The Question Of Senator [ARTICLE]

The Question Of Senator

The Queatioti oF Seiiator.... 6 6 TĒ*he folJdwing is u transrtatlon ai <wttcie whieh I wrote fot a?w»i>9-|)€r wWeh vyaa p,ulj3fah*d oa |i%Umary loth, 1943.' Tke artieie waa in the HaWaiian ' iaAguag«. EDITOR, KA HOKU O HAWAII: fienator Abe haing resigned as Senator, for the lsiand ōf Hawaiī and import<ant vacaricy how exists in our )egislature, whieh convenes Uiia month. M»ny namea have been irt*?ntioned to fill this vacancy.

One ot the namea, whleh "haa betn ta!kedS about a great deal, \» that of W. H. Beers, our former County Attorney, and who held thāt office wlth honor for many years and a credlt to my race.

After weighlng and mueh cōn : " sideratlon I have oome to the eoneīualon that W. H. Beera is the proper one to fill the vacancy. Other candidates could not he compared with W. H. Beers, and for the following reasons: "First. He (W V H. Beers). ,knows law. Second. He will not hesitate in , answerlng questions of lāw, whieh may eome up ln the legislature "and especlally when hilla are in- ! troduced by members of the legislature, and many of them mayi rtot even knaw the "results or consequences when said bills beeome law". Third. He understands the Eng'Hsh language, and would see to it that no law is passed, whieh would be detrimental to the publie, especially to the Cofunty of Uawaii; and by electing him the tax payers (County of Hawail) would save money by not hlring "a lawyer or lawyets to represent our county.

Fciurth. He is kind and the people would not hesitate in see!ng and consulting him In mattera for the publlc good. And above all things, hē has been educated in a law school and has been admitted to pr&otice before all courts of the Territory, "the State of Michigan and the Supreme Court of the ITnited States." m These are eound reasons, and I be!ieVe this man, W H. BEERS, should be our Senator to take the plaee left vacant by Abe. THEREPORE, I humbly. ask the voters of the County of Hawaii, that we unanSmo\isly vote for W. H. BEERS, on election day, as our Senator from the Island of Hawaii, and because of the reason» I ha v e truthfully stated. I am, Very faithfully, Jos; N. Koomoa, A voter Kalanienaole Ave. Hilo, Hawaii " P. S. ■" I read in the newspaper the other day, some of our legislators to the regular and apeeial sesaiona have admitted that some lawa affecting this C3ounty had been passed without their knowing about them. So sgnd W. H. &EsEIRS to the legislature. Jos. N. Koomoa.

Mr. Beera has been engaged in private law practice for the past four years. Beft>re that he was eoiunty attomey for 29 years havingr been elected to that office soon after receiving hia law degree at the University of Miehigan. '

— - ' ~ t ~ -= -sfe~ Before going to law school, he was a teaeher at Honokapi and at the Hilo Boarding School, clerk and 4nterpreter in the South Hilo disttict eourt, meint»er ~ of the board of priaon ihBpectors for the fourth judiciai circuit, and second dtstrict magistrate for South Hilo. We promoted ihd was' tnstrūmental in obtainlng the franchise for the Hilo Gas Co. and h'elped organi2e other cor|>oi'attons in [ Hilo. During the first World War he served as 2nd lieutenant in the Hawali National guard and a lst lieutenant in the U. reeserve corps. -

He Wap an alternate to the Republicān natlona] conventlon in IW4, chalrman of RepwbHcan! «ounty conv«ntloha -an<l tw!ce! chairman of Republican territorial! conv«ntione. i He la a member of many fratemal, church and civic organlzatlons. As iinmediate paat preai4ent of the Hik> Llona club, he recently received a war b<md citation from Pred H. Kanne, war savings admlnistrator for the territory. . Mr. Beers ia a member of the Board of Trustees for the Hilo Boarding School; and he is alao a member of the Managing Committee of the Hilo Memonal hospital. 5