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Territorial Convention
June Eleventh.
COMMITTEE of Twenty-one Met Last
Night and Passed Resolutions
MASS Meeting.

Inc Democratic Committee of Tween
ty-one, at its meeting at DR.. ]. S. Nc
crews residence on Hotel street last
night, adopted the following as its rec
concentrations to a Democratic mass
meeting to be held on the evening of
June 20:
Resolved, That this committee recon-
NERDS to the Democrats of Hawaii the Sc
lection OF a delegate to represent them in
me National Democratic Convention to
tonvene at Kansas City, Missouri July
18th next.
That for this purpose and for the mr.
pose OF perfecung a permanent organi-
alton OF the Democratic party, the com
' il,,, recommends that a Territorial
.ohvention be called to meet in Honolu-
al Monday evening. June 18th, at s
Jclock. That this convention shall be
composed of ninety delegates apportion-
Il among the several Representative dis
r1rst, Second and Sixth Districts twelve
AeIegates each; Third, Fourth and Fifth
Districts, eighteen delegates each.
That the Democrats of the other ISL
dnds be requested to take such stems TO
De represented in this Territorial conyen-
ton, to be held June 11th, as the tune
ana circumstances will permit. That il
is desirable that every Island and every
IistrIct should have it's fun representa-
1--WE voice in this convention, and to that
M delegates from the other Islands
where the time and opportunity for for
maj organization may not be as convent
ent as on the Island of Oahu, shall only
r, CURED 20 snow such credentials as
would usually be required in a mass con-
.entlon.
hat for the purpose of selecting dele.
gates there shall be held in the Fourth
and Fifth Districts, constituting the ISL
ana OF oahu. primary elections in the
'SNeral precincts on Thursday, June eth,
ne polls to be open in each precinct
from to Z O'Clock p. m. That at such
ciectlon every person who by the terms
OF the Territorial Act is citizen of the
2hlltd states and of the Territory OF
fiaWai1, or eligible to become such upon
ne going into effect of that Act and who
nten ds to act with the Democratic party
ana Signs an enrolment to that end, shall
e entitled to vote.
That this Committee Of Twenty-one
axe immediate steps for the holding OF
precinct primaries in the several pre-
clncts OF the Fourth and Fifth Districts
reporting the same with the request that
hey be approved to a Democratic mass
meeting to be held in Honolulu Saturday
sVentng, June I'd.
That at the precinct primaries for the
Eourth and Fifth Districts there shall be
elected the following delegates to the
territorial convention: In the Fourth
District, the First, Third Fourth, Fifth
ana Sixth Precincts, two delegates each.
n the Second, three: and i'm the Seventh.
lne. In the Fifth District two delegates
from each precinct.
That this committee recommends that
an executive committee of twenty-one be
selected whose duties and term of office
snail expire at the first Territorial con-
vention TO be held June 18th next
The following subcommittee of the
Committee of Twenty-one were then ap-
pointed: To prepare report for the mass
meeting-J. NJ. Camara, r.. II. Hart and
e. Il. Rhodes. On address to the people
of Hawaii-E. Il. Mechanism, John F.
Bush and John Effinger. On plan of en-
rollment-C. J. Mccarthy, Jas. Quinn and
w. n. Johnson. On finance-C. j. Camp
bell, w. s. Withers and John d. Holt.
On public meetings and speakers-Frank
Brown, j. j. Eagan and J. . Martin.
The following was also adopted: Re
solved, That this Committee of Twenty
one, appointed by authority of the DEM
ocratlc mass meeting held in Progress
hall Wednesday evening. May 16 on be-
half of the Democracy there represented,
tenders to Mr.. G. S. Desky it's sincerest
thanks and appreciation of his courtesy
in Offering the use of Progress Hall for
the holding of that meeting; that this
expression of the committee be sent at
once to Mr.. Desky.
DR.. J. S. McGrew presided and E. H.
Hart acted as secretary. The meeting
adjourned subject to the call of the
chair.