The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-03-10
COMPOUND THEIR POLITICS
FRUSTRATE THEIR KNAVISH
TRICKS.
Republicans Don't Care to Mix-in Ma
tional Party Affairs Until the Status
of the Islands is Settled


The meeting of Republicans at the
Chamber of Commerce last night de-
cided by overwhelming vote that the
organization of the party should pre-
cede any sideshow or auxiliary Re
publican organizations, and that the
time for organizing the party had not
yet arrived. At the same tir7c and
in consonance with this they declined
to make any nominations for vice
president or committeeman for the Is
lands, for the League of Republican
clubs, thereby indicating to that or
ganization that until the status OF the
Islands is settled by congress they
want no outside political factions bred
to interfere with the internal govern
ment of the Islands as long as they
are under Hawaiian statutes.
The meeting was attended by 100 or
more and was called to order by r. w.
Shingle, who had issued the call for
the meeting. Colonel j. H. Fisher was
nominated for chairman but accepted
only on condition that it should not be
construed as antagonistic to, or in any
way affect his membership in the
American Union party James BiCk-
nell was made secretary.
In response to a request for a state
ment of the objects and purposes OF
the meeting, Mr. Shingle said: "The
national convention of Republican
League clubs was in session While I
was in omaha, as the representative OF
of Hawaii at the Trans Mississippi EN-
position. A delegation from the con-
vention called on me and invited me
to attend the sessions as the represen-
tative of Hawaii. When l entered the
convention hall / was received with an
immense amount of enthusiasm, and
In n1nRfnH mo a N "a
A good deal of the time of the session
was taken up discussing Hawaii, and
it was decided to appoint a vice pres
ident and a committeeman for the Is
lands. | was asked to name some one
for vice president. Not having time
for consideration l suggested the name
of Sanford b. Dole, and he was chosen.
l was then made committeeman.
Afterwards I had two conferences
with the executive committee of the
organization in Chicago, and it was
their wish that | should organize clubs
as soon as | returned to the Islands. l
returned to the Islands in January and
have written several letters to the pres
ident and secretary giving my views
of the situation. They have replied.
urging the immediate formation of the
clubs. l have interviewed a number OF
gentlemen here and find that while
some are in favor of going ahead with
organization, others do not think the
time has arrived. So I called this
meeting of Republicans to get the con-
sensus of their opinion if possible and
to have them name successor to Pres
ident Dole as vice president, who has
resigned, and to myself as committee
man, also resigned
In response to a question from T. a.
Kennedy, Mr.. Shingle said that Pres
ident Dole had never accepted the pO-
sition, and that a letter from his Sec
retary Mr.. Potter, had stated that he
could not accept it while he was pres
ident of the republic of Hawaii
Replying to a question from F. r.
McStocker, Mr.. Shingle said it would
be the duty of the committeeman, if
one We're named, to organize Repub-
lican clubs in the Islands.
Mr.. McStocker said that it was his
view, and one he had frequently eX-
pressed, that when the time came to
organize the Republicans, there should
be a meeting, not of the Republicans
of Honolulu, but of the whole Islands,
and that a party organization embraC-
ing the whole of the Islands should be
formed. This should be done before
any auxiliary organizations such as
the League of Republican clubs was
formed. He was therefore opposed to
making any nominations for League
officers.
Attorney Cathcart was in favor Of
making the nominations asked for and
of going ahead with club organization
George Paris and Will f. Fisher We're
of the same mind. A. b. Wood, Walter
G. WeedOn, George Gear, and others,
were opposed to it as being very un-
wise until congress had enacted en-
abling legislation so that we would all
know our status and who would be
voters.
w. r. Sims offered the following res
olution:
1T is the sense of this meeting that
no auxiliary body of the Republican
party be formed prior to the formation
of the general Republican party in
these Islands. and, further, that
"The time for the formation of such
general Republican party has not yet
arrived"
Mr.. Cathcart offered this amend
ment to it:
But that it is also the sense of this
meeting that we as representative Re
publicans of Honolulu indicate to the
National League of Republican clubs
our choice for the offices of vice pres
ident and national committeeman from
Hawaii i'm that body"
There was further debate along the
same lines, and then on a show Of
mingly voted down. The original
amendment was then as overwhelm-
ingly carried, in fact no one voted
against it,
The meeting then adjourned.