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The Hawai'i Democratic Party was first organized during the early years of the Territory of Hawai'i. At that time, an oligarchy of powerful sugar corporations called the Big Five effectively controlled government in the Hawaiian Islands. The oligarchy of Castle & Cooke, Alexander & Baldwin, C. Brewer & Co., Amfac, Theo H. Davies & Co. worked blatantly in favor of the Hawai'i Republican PartyThe Republican Party of Hawai'i also known as the Hawai'i Republican Party is an arm of the Republican Party of the United States in Washington, DC. Based in Honolulu, Hawai'i, the party is a central organization established for the promotion of the party, crediting it for the successful overthrow of the monarchy and delivery of annexation which in turn drove sugar profits into the hundreds of millions of dollars. Honolulu Police DepartmentThe Honolulu Police Department popularly known as HPD is the principal law enforcement agency of the City & County of Honolulu, USA, under the jurisdiction of the mayor of Honolulu. It is nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law En officer John A. BurnsBurns formally John Anthony Burns ( March 30, 1909 April 5, 1975) served as the second Governor of the U. State of Hawaii from 1962 to 1974. Born in Fort Assinneboine, Montana, Burns was a resident of Hawaii since 1913. Burns is often described as the fat began organizing the plantation laborers, especially the Japanese AmericansEric Shinseki of Hawaii became the first Asian American military chief of staff. Community leaders are currently courting him to run for Governor or U. Japanese Americans or Nikkei , are a group of people who trace their ancestry to Japan or Okinawa and a and Filipino Americans he came to know while on his police beats. He believed that grassroots organizing and the power of elections could overturn the corruption and unfairness of the Republicans in power. The party got its biggest boost when Burns successfully influenced Japanese American veterans who fought in World War II to get involved. Burns' efforts culminated in his election to the governorship after attaining statehood, heralding a forty year era of Democratic rule in Hawai'i.