The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-09
PLANS FOR
THE PARTY
Meeting of Republican
Committee.
MUCH BUSINESS IS DONE
Arrangements for Primaries Made
and Temporary Precinct Chair
men Appointed.

VI great Importance was
transacted last night at the meeting ot
the central committee of the Renub-
lican party at the Chamber of Com
merce. Twenty-Five members answer
ed the roll-cail. The minutes of the
last meeting were approved. A. v
Gear read the report of the committee
appointed to revise the figures of the
circular letter issued by the central
committee. which showed that the sub
committee had obtained the correct
statistics OF the last election and had
revised the figures OF the original draft
OF the circular. They had sent out the
circular and call to the other islands.
The report was adopted.
IL was ordered that all calls and cir
culars issued by the Republican parry
be published in English, Portuguese
and Hawaiian.
The subcommittee on primary or
ganizatiOn made its report.
George X. Carter said that in Justice
70 an opponent who had been quoted
Ia the report OF the meeting as having
said that he believed nominees of the
party should be vo,ed for whether
! corrupt or not" he wished to say that
he had understood him to say that we
should vote for these nominees even IL
| charged with corruption"
lhe report OF the subcommittee on
primary organization was then read
section by Eection. There was discus
sion as TO the time allowed for enroll
ment or voters, who would be permit
ted 10 vote at the primaries. A. G.. NJ
Robertson thought they should be al
lowed to enroll up to the time of the
closing of the polls.
George X. Carter opposed this plan.
lie wanted the rolls opened on MAY
III and closed at p. m. on May 49,
This, he said. would allow challenging
OF voters who were not qualified to
vote In a particular precinct. With the
rolls open for registration through the
actual voting hours, he believed fraud
was made easy. "Repeaters" might
register and vote In several precincts
others differed with this idea. Carter
said IL the Republicans created such
u precedent 1t would leave room for
fusure fraud. In the United States, he
said, the registration closed even
week or more before the day of vot-
ing. The committee voted for keeping
the registration lists open until the
voting closed on May 10.
n printing and distributing commit
tee to furnish the calls and rolls, etc,
to the temporary chairmen was ap-
pointed, consisting of A. V. Gear, L.
MCCants Stewart and Clarence White
a finance committee consisting of j.
a. McCandless, j. III. Soper and NJ. Z.
Robinson was appointed.
The following was the report OF the
committee on primary organization,
with the names added of temporary
chairmen as elected last night by the
central committee:
HONOLULU, May s. 1900.
cecil brown, Esq. Chairman Republican
Temporary Committee:
Sir: Your committee on primary or
gHnization beg leave TO report and sub
mit herewith "a draft Of call for the or
gunization Of precinct clubs and the holi-
iug % the first primaries, together with
plan OF organization for the various
pr, cincts. which We recommend be adopt
od - this committee.
Respectfully submitted
a. @. NJ. ROBERTSON.
G.. VI. WHITE.
GEO. W. SMITH.
GEO. X. CARTER.
T. McCANTS STEWART.
CNII. FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS OF
REPUBLICAN PRECINCT CLUBS
AND THE HOLDING OF THE
FIRST REPUBLICAN GRIMAfklES
FOR THE ISLAND OF OAHU.
To the voters OF the Island of oahu:
The time In approaching when you VIII
he called upon to exercise the duties II
American citizenship.
Experience has shown that such eNer-
else is most effective In the ranks Of
regularly organized parties. The nation
al policy II swayed by two great parties.
the Republican and Democratic. con-
tention for any great principle or desid.
eretum without the sanction OF one OF
these great parties Is practically useless.
N follows. therefore. that local require
mcnts can be best secured by being con-
hded to the advocacy of one OF the par
ties having the advantages In the com
test Of its superior organization and It's
concerted effort.
Conceding the advantages. nay, even
tho indspensability OF these political par
ties, the propriety OF alliance with one or
the other n at once apparent. The ques-
tiOr OF afiiliation then narrows down 10
u choice between them.
The Republican party stands for good
government and progress and is 10 DE
credited with the remarkable CONNER
cial and educational advancement OF tne
United States since 1Se0. II has ever been
the champion OF freedom and manhood
suffrage. IL has advocated and main
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