Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Volume IX, Number 24, 24 September 1936 — Duke Kahanamoku Asks Sheriff Re-election On Basis of Present Record [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Duke Kahanamoku Asks Sheriff Re-election On Basis of Present Record

Kahanamoku, scion of one of the few remaining full~blooded Hawaiian families 'in the islands, was responsible for returning the sheriff's office, for the first 25 years of city and c.ounty eovernment always held by a De*ocrat, to the Democratic fold after it had lapsed momentarily into the hahds of t-he Republicanc wlth results that are too well known and too well remembered by every resident of Hawaii to repeat here.

Perhaps the m.ost famous liv~ ing exponent of the Hawaiian race is Duke P, Kahanamoku. who first spread the name of the Territory over the ne\vspapers and magaziiies of the world by his swirnming prowe,ss and is now seeking re-eiection as sheriff of the city and county of Honolu!u on the D e m o c ra t i c tieket.

For Sheriff

The Dukc first took the world by storm whftn s an absoliilely unknown, he went to the quadrennial Olympic games as one of the American tr*am and made a elean sweep of all Ihe swimmlng events In whleh he was entered, establishing several world's records that slood for many years, He repeated this performance in the fo!lowin§: o!ympic games and ruled supreme in acquatic affairs until his vo!untary retirement from active competition.

On hīs return to Hawall the gratitude of the citizens of the Territory was expresyed in the form of a public Band whieh. was Used to provide a residence for the Kahanamoku family.

fhe D«ke declares in his speeches that he carries'o!rthe duties of sheriff of the city and eounty in the eiean and sportsmaniike manner whieh distinguished his athletic career.

Despite inadequate appropriations provided for the greatly needed new construetion at the city and eounty jail, whieh is under the jurisdiction of the sheriff's offiee, Kahanamoku has established an efficient record in the conduct of this instltution— a record on whieh he is asking renomination and re-electlon. '

"I am a man of few words," tiie Duke declares. "When I was represer.ting Hawan agamst the best swinm"iers in ine worid. I never predick-d ihat I would win any particular raee—trut I think I won my share. It is the same with the present race for the slieriff's office,"

"Gqv. Landon's views on foreign po!icy are like Mr. Hoover's; the same meddlesome ideas that Henry ī Stimson held. whieh nearly emhroiled us seriously with Japan. The Kansas governor aiso seems defuiitely to īollow tiie same thought as Hoover d!d on naiional defense —tet it rust."~~New Tork News. (liml,)

"Llke the grab-bag at the ehilaren'S party, there was something in Gov. Landon's aceeptanee speech for everyone. Pleasing in 30 many contradietory ways and to so manv connieting troups that it just doesn't hang together — 81. Louis Post-dis-paUb. Uud.)

JDUKE P. KAHANAMOKU