Charles J. McCarthy

Charles J. McCarthy

Charles James McCarthy (born August 4, 1861 in Boston , Massachusetts , † November 26, 1929 in Honolulu , Hawaii ) was an American politician and the fifth Territorial Governor of Hawaii between 1918 and 1921. He was a member of the Democratic Party .

Career

Charles James McCarthy was born on August 4, 1861 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was appointed after the tenure of Territorial Governor Lucius E. Pinkham by the US President Woodrow Wilson as his successor. At the beginning of his career, he was a minor private entrepreneur who came to Hawaii to manage the operations of a wholesale fruit company. McCarthy owned a salon that also bottled alcoholic beverages for some time. He became a member of the House of Nobles in 1890 , a supporter of the Liliʻuokalani and, paradoxically, a member of the Honolulu Rifles, which were in favor of annexation.

He began his political career in 1907 with his candidacy for the Territorial Senate, in which he was also elected and where he worked until 1912. He then worked as treasurer until 1914 before becoming chairman of the board. Like many people of his day, McCarthy was an enemy of all things Asian. So he called on Charles Rice and Alfred Castle to lobby for the Hawaiian Rehabilitation Bill , known as the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act . The collective act also included language, which made it difficult for "Orientals" to own homes, as well as making it impossible for them to carry out state activities on behalf of Hawaiians. McCarthy also suggested that the military should replace self-government in order to deny the possible voting block by the larger Japanese population in Hawaii. As a congressman asked him once whether the Japanese might think that this action would be directed against them, McCarthy said: "Let them believe what do we care?" McCarthy also inveighed against the land policy of the Big Five and was the first Governor advocating statehood for Hawaii. Angered by the policies of his Democratic administration, McCarthy was easily offended by Republican policies. In turn, employment as Washington deputy of the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce (he was English. Chamber of Commerce ), and later, while serving as CEO of Hawaiian Dredging Co. at the Waikiki Reclamation Project worked in the construction of the Ala Wai Canal resultiere.

He died on November 26, 1929 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Web links

• The Political Graveyard (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Charles J. McCarthy - Hawaii History - Governors . Info Grafik Inc. Accessed August 11, 2007.