The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-01
CLOSING Of CONVENTION
BUSINESS FINISHED At 1890 THIS
MORNING.
Sensational Speeches and Developments
at Two Sttings-Elarmony Heigns at
the Close.

the Close
The Republican convention closed at
1890 this morning amid good feeling
and hearty congratulations, votes of
! thanks. etc. During the evening there
| had been many incidents and at one
| time the G.. o. =. elephant seemed TO
totter on his pins. This was when G.
johnson threatened to bolt the party
They said II they did bolt they would
carry a large native following with
them. Just at the close of the conven-
ton, good feeling blew in like fresh
sea breeze and In a moment aloha
muir had the floor to stay.
The cause of the trouble was the long
set of rules reported by Judge Carl ).
Smith and his committee the day be-
fore. Mr.. Humphreys had attacked
the rules as being too cumbersome and
was supported by Mr. Loebenstein ana
others. The Humphreys strength lost,
however and the rules were taken up
by sections. 1t was then that the
trouble began. Attacks were made on
every section but one and enough
amendments were proposed to fill a
basket. Finally, at night. Mr.. Iaukea
attacked the entire set of rules, declar-
ing the report to be conspiracy
against the Hawaiians. Heated de-
bates followed and the threat to bolt
came just as the chairman ruled the
debate out of order An explanation
by Mr. Humphreys very late at night
was the oil on the troubled waters.
During the afternoon the chair APP
pointed the following finance commit
tee: A. V. Gear, G.. l.. Crabbe, George
w. Smith, G. p. Iaukea and w. c.
Achi. The chair wanted to get some
country men on this committee but the
Islanders thought that its members
should be residents of Honolulu.
The following were chosen by the dis
tricts to be members of the permanent
central committee to hold office until
after the next election:
The afternoon and evening sessions
were devoted to consideration of the
report of the committee on permanent
organization of the party. The debate
at times ran high, and there were many
dramatic incidents. After much amend
ment the report was adopted, territor-
ial central committee was appointed,
and the convention adjourned sine die
at 1890 o'clock Friday morning.
The following is the central commit
tee selected:
First District: Albert Horner, e. e
Richards. John T. Brown, w. H.
Campbell
X. Nahale. ]. d. Paris, j. H. Walpul'
Third District: H. P. Baldwin, A. n
Kepoikai. Hugh Howell, r. c. Searle
d. X. Kahaulelio, George Hons.
Fourth District: j. H. Boyd, George
w. Smith, A. V. Gear, C. L. Crabbe
j. A. Kennedy, f. Towse.
Fifth District w. c. Achi, c. P
Iaukea, w. L. Wilcox, Enoch Johnson
Frank X. Archer. j. A. Hughes.
Sixth District: George N. Wilcox, NJ
o. I. Blackstaad, DR.. sandow, ]. K
Kapuniai.
When the convention reassembleC
yesterday afternoon there was a bit
preliminary work and then the repor
of the Judge Smith committee on rule
was taken up and the secretary rea'
the first section of the paragraph
Speech-making began. At first 1t wa
mild. but gradually became heated AM
mixed with personalities. There Wer
strong and pointed insinuations of ma
chine work Finally, Mr. Humphrey
arose and made the following discloS
ure. He did not mention the name o
Lorrin Andrews. but it was general,
understood that that was the gentlema
meant:
. 81 shall speak on article one, and
will necessarily refer to article two
NV opposition to articles one, two an
three is that they have the element
and all the factors which go to make u
thing has been said about the labor
+ of the committee in preparing TINS re
port l now make bold to state on tn
floor of this convention, and challeng
any one to deny it, that this report wa
not prepared by single member c
your committee. That report was VIII
ten in Honolulu one week ago and ha
been discussed by machine politician
in Honolulu one week prior to this cor
vention. 1 say to you, gentlemen of tn
convention, upon my professional honC
that the combined talent of that con
mittee could not have made up that RI
mort in the time they say it was done
from 80 until o'clock yesterday aftel
noon. 1t will be said by some memb'
of that committee that while the repo
was prepared by someone in the part
vet it did not actually prepare it, a
though they may have looked it owe
They have changed it in some detail
The report was prepared in a law oth'
in Honolulu and was not prepared
this committee, as a whole. I desire
charge now, upon my personal honor
q man. that this report was prepare
| by a gentleman of Honolulu, the san
- that was repudiated in a conventiC
a short time ago, where there was a fr
ballot.
- II am going to make a statement u
10 on the floor of this convention, the n
n cessity for which deeply regret. II
time has arrived for the utmost fran
ness. 1 asked that gentleman last mig
who is regarded as the father of tn
100 report. You prepared this report?'
MN which he replied Yes I said, WI
,oo did you not put in the clause of fife
JOV days requirement before an election
and he said, why if it did not provi
in that report that your electors shou
qualify fifteen days before an electiC
Oh the Hawaiians would go in and abs
fits lutely control the Republican party.
a THAT is what the man who wrote
report said last night, and 1 make
statement here upon my personal hon