Charles J. McCarthy
Charles James McCarthy ( * August 4, 1861 in Boston, Massachusetts, † November 26, 1929 in Honolulu, Hawaii ) was an American politician and the fifth Territorial Governor of Hawaii 1918-1921 He was a member of the Democratic Party. .
Career
Charles James McCarthy was born on August 4, 1861 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was named after the term of office of territorial governor Lucius E. Pinkham by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson as his successor. At the beginning of his career he was a minor private entrepreneurs, who came to Hawaii to manage the operations of a large fruit dealer. McCarthy had a salon that bottled alcoholic beverages for some time. He was in 1890 a member of the House of Nobles, a supporter of Liliuokalani, and paradoxically, a member of the Honolulu Rifles, which were for annexation.
His political career began 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 he was CEO. Like many people of his time, McCarthy was an enemy of everything Asian. That's why he appointed Charles Rice and Alfred Castle, to influence in favor of the Hawaiian Rehabilitation Bill, which became known as the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act. The omnibus bill also included the language, which made for " Orientals " difficult to acquire homes, and made it impossible for them to exercise federal activities in favor Hawaiians. McCarthy also suggested that the military should replace the self-government to deny the potential voting block by the larger Japanese population in Hawaii. As a congressman once asked him if the Japanese might think that this action would be Gerichter against them, McCarthy said: " Let them believe it, what do we care ," McCarthy inveighed against the land policy of the Big Five and was the first governor who supported the statehood of Hawaii. Angered by the policies of his Democratic administration, McCarthy was pushed lightly by the Republican politics. In return him a job as Washington deputy of the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce (English Chamber of Commerce ) was added, and later, while working as a manager of Hawaiian Dredging Co. at the Waikiki Reclamation Project, which resultiere in the construction of the Ala Wai Canal.
He died on November 26, 1929 in Honolulu, Hawaii.