The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-03-02
Witness

After the signing of the roll the
meeting was called to order by J. NJ.
Magoon. He recited the proceedings
which had led to the action taken, and
stated the object of the meeting. a
meeting of citizens had adopt
ed a resolution calling for the
adoption of regular party
organization. Under this resO.
luton a committee of thirteen had
been elected to draw up platform
and pledge. This had been done, and
the platform and oath published in
the papers, and this meeting was
called to organize the loyal voters of
both precincts of District l, as part of
the Union Party.
The first business of the evening
was the election of temporary secre-
tary. Mr.. Kennedy and Mr.. J. NJ.
McChesney being nominated, the for
mer withdrew and Mr.. McChesney was
elected by reclamation.
The permanent officers to be elected
were a president, vice-president, sec
rotary, treasurer, and executive COM
mittee of nine. Nominations for pres
ident being in order, Messrs. J. H.
Fisher, Dillingham;, Lansing, Hosmer
and A. w. Carter were nominated,
most of them declining as fast as
their names were mentioned. The
secretary was finally instructed to cast
a unanimous ballot for J. H. Fisher.
Mr.. Fisher, who bad declined the NOM
ination four or five times, made the
following brief inaugural address:
81 am much obliged to you, gentle
men, for electing me to an office l
didn't want"
Thomas Wright was unanimously
elected Vice-President.
The temporary Secretary, J. NJ. Nc
Chesney, was made permanent.
Nominations for Treasurer were eX-
tremely numerous, the names of
Messrs. f. o. White, Charles Wilder,
J. A. Magoon, Henry Davis, A. w.
Carter, J. A. Gilman and w. G. Parke
being put up in short order. Henry
Davis declined on the ground that he
was already Treasurer of three or four
things and might tget the funds
mixed" and most of the other candi-
dates followed or preceded him. Mr..
Lansing remarked that there seemed
to be no office-seekers in district one.
The "dark horse" w. c. Parke,
finally won the day, and the Secretary
was instructed to cast unanimous
ballot for that gentleman.
The meeting then proceeded to the
election of the Executive Committee.
Mr.. Magoon favored postponing the
choice of this committee until the
next meeting of the club, as it was
very important that the Portuguese
and Hawaiians should have a proper
representation, as there were a large
number of both nationalities who
would become members of the club.
The matter ought to be carefully COLI
sidered.
Mr.. KidwelI did not favor postpone
ment. He opposed any waiting for
the men who did not come by the
men who did.
Nominations being called for, the
following names were placed before
the club: J. NJ. Vivas, d. l.. Naone,
F. l.. Hosmer, B. F. Dillingham;, A.
w. Keech, p. A. DIas, Henry Davis,
Capt. Kidwell, Capt. Ziegler, l.. c.
Ables, A. w Carter, f. S. Dodge, j.
F. Brown, J. B. Castle, F. w. Nc
Chesney, c. F. Wolfe, c. H. Kluegel,
Chas. Williams, T. F. Lansing, Geo.
Robertson, Andrew Brown.
The name of Mr.. Dias was with
drawn, on the ground that he was not
vet member of the club.
On motion of Mr.. MagooD, the cleo
ton was deferred until the next meet
ing Of the club; but the motion was
re-considered, and the election was
proceeded with. A number of the
candidates withdrew, so that the list
finally balloted upon was as follows /:
Messrs. Vivas, Naone, Hosmer,
Keech, Dodge, Brown u. F., Nc
Chesney IF. W.], Kluegel, Williams,
Castle q. b., Robertson, Wolfe and
Ziegler.
The ballot resulted in the election
of the following gentlemen as the
Executive Committee:
]. M. Wives, F. A. Hosmer, A. w.
Keech, Chas. Williams, ID. L. Naone,
F. S. Dodge, c. H. Kluegel, Geo.
Robertson, F. w. McChesney.
Upon motion the next time for
meeting was fixed for Saturday even
ing of this week at the same place at
7:S0 Provision was made for the
translation of the platform into Ha-
waiian and Portuguese. Future meet
ings are to be provided with Ha-
waiian and Portuguese interpreters.
The platform and bylaws were
adopted.