The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-06
SENATORIAL NOMINATIONS
PROPOSITION TO DIVIDE NOT
GENERALLY APPROVED.
Feeling That All Expected to Vote for
the Nominees Should Have a Voice
in Their Selection.

The proposition to d1Vlue the HepuD-
lican nominations for the third sena-
! fifth representative districts, giving
three to each, has attracted a great
deal of attention. The views of a num-
Der of district committee delegates on
| the proposition are here given:
II am not in favor of restricting the
nomination of senatorial candidates to
any district. What we want is the best
candidates and I do not care whether
they come from the Fourth or the Fifth
district" said George r. Carter.
II am heartily in favor" said Lorrin
Andrews, "of the old plan by which
the nominations are not divided. We
should let the entire district select the
nominees because the whole district
has to vote for them and consequently
should have a voice in their selection"
IT am inclined to favor the plan of
dividing the nominees" said Charles
Wilcox.
"In my opinion" said T. .McCants
| Stewart this is not a matter for the
Territorial Committee at all. That or
ganization has nothing to do with ar
ranging for the nomination of these
candidates. 1t is purely matter FOR
the district committees to meet together
and determine. I am heartily in favor
| of having the nominating done by the
whole island and not dividing as pro-
posed 1t would be just as practicable
for one of the islands to nominate
candidate for Congress knowing that
the balance of the Territory had TO
vote for him, as to attempt the present
scheme. The whole island has to vote
for these candidates and the whole ISL
and have a voice in choosing them
"If this plan could be worked, said
w. C. Achi "and each district nominate
candidates who would be acceptable to
the other I would not object to the
proposed arrangement but l do not be-
lieVe that this can be done. We in the
Fifth might name one man who would
not be acceptable to those in the Fourth
district. What we want is some body
who can get the votes. 1t matters not
: whether he lives in the Fifth or the
Fourth district. There are, no doubt,
equally good men in both districts but
what we have to consider is whether a
man can be elected. Inasmuch as the
people in both districts have to vote for
these candidates I think 1t would be
preferable to have the whole island
have a part in selecting them"
"I heartily agree with Mr.. Achi'' said
Fnoch Johnson, What we want is the
best men and it ought not to make any
, difference whether we get more from
, one district or another. The whole ISL
and has to vote for them and it should
nominate them. This scheme is some
move that has been suggested by the
! Fourth district people They know that
: we have more votes in the convention
than they and no doubt they are afraid
that we would want to corner all or
! most of the nominees. Such is not our
. desire for we want to see the strongest
= men put up"
According to the arrangement, and
it has been the custom heretofore said
A. V. Gear "the district committees WI
e e nominate threee senatorial candidates
| each and then the two committees will
\ IN, int nd
' these nominees. They must therefore
: be acceptable to each district and botf
districts have thus practically voice
in their selection The Fifth district
has 30 representatives in the district
= committee while the Fourth has but 81
!, If there was not this division of nomi
\ \ nees agreed upon it would be manifest
: ly unfair to those in the Fourth distric
to ballot for the senators as 1t would
! give the Fifth people control. While
= they might not abuse this and probabl!
= would not in fact it is bad preceden
= to establish / am in favor of doing
y thing which will give the party the
strongest nominees but I no not thinl
. that there are any stronger men in tn
: | Fifth district than in the Fourth no
: ADLER men in the Fourth than in th'
. Fifth. / am perfectly willing to dis
y pense with these district nomination.
a but ] would first insist upon the repre-
u sentation of the Fourth being raised t
. an equal number with that of tn
= Fifth.
i "I hive not studied this proposition
Z very carefully" said c. F. Peterson "bu
- from what I do know of it am in favo
,e of the equal division of nominees. o
course it is argued that as the Who'll
island has to vote on them they ough
to have the right to select them but tn
proposed arrangement is equally as fai
l. to the one district as the other, ] be
d lieve in securing as equal representatio
II as possible and according to my opinio
l, the division of nominees is the hes
g means by which this can be done
There are just as many good men 1
one district as another and if each dis
: trict is allowed to nominate three me
there can be no chance of the cry bein
raised that there is an unfair distribu
ton"