The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-25

mittee could choose from, and he thought
the committee should be able to report at
an early hour. Matters should be expe-
Idited much as possible.
Upon a rising vote, the motion to adj
jcurn until 7:So p. m. was lost and the
IL o'clock motion was carried by a large
majority. Adjourned until p. m.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
Shortly after O'Clock A. V. Gear
mounted the platform and called the
waiting members to order. He stated
that upon the authority of Chairman
/ Baldwin the convention would not be
called together until 8 o'clock, as the
&C mmittee of platform had not finished
its labors
At S:12 o'clock Chairman Baldwin and
the platform committee filed into the
room and the gavel was struck upon the
table and the afternoon session was re-
/ sun ed. There was an air of expectancy
in the faces of those who had not heard
the purport of the platform and the dele
gates subsidized into silence.
| One of the most important features
which came up during the session was the
attempt to foist upon the delegates ex-
ecutive session to take up the platform
before considering it in public. The mo-
ton to have the convention go into execu-
tive session was made by A. G.. NJ Rob-
lertson
A convention in executive session was
urheard of to the newspaper men and
others and protest was at once made
that it was an unprecedented move. When
the vote was taken favoring the execu-
tive session, surprise was manifested that
so many delegates should have been a
party to the matter. When several OF
the members heard that their action was
unprecedented, they began to spar
around to have the order for clearing the
re ON of every one not connected with the
convention, rescinded. They saw the fol-
lly of attempting to run an open Republi-
can convention under cover and behind
closed doors, and the chairman was in
structed to make change in the order
which was done.
The first order of business for the after
noon as stated by the chairman was the
election of permanent officers of the Re-
publican organization. 1t was suggested
that Richard F. DAILY be appointed tenn
, pOrary Sergeant-at-armS. Col. Jones
moved the appointment, and DAILY was
installed. He took a seat near the door
and smoked one of the convention cigars
in lieu of carrying mace of authority.
The committee on rules handed in it:
report by the chairman, George F. Nc.
, Leod, which was read by Secretary Hen
dry, as follows:
To the Chairman and Members of the Re.
publican Convention for the Territor!
of Hawaii:
Gentlemen: Your committee on rule
and permanent organization begs leav
to report as follows:
We recommend that the temporary Off
GERS be made permanent officers of thi
: convention, and that this convention
elect the following additional officers o
' this convention-yce chairman, assistan
e secretary and stenographer and sergeant
alarms.
W. he fa11A 81.
, der of business for this convention:
t /. Report of committee on credentials
2 Report of committee on rules ant
: permanent organization.
: 3. Election of permanent officers of TIL
convention.
4. Report of committee on platform.
5. Nomination of Delegate to Congress
, 6. Appointment of Territorial Contra
f Committee
We recommend that this convention
/ shall proceed to appoint a Territorial Cen
trail Committee which shall consist o
: thirty members chosen from their respect
r live election districts upon the nomination
e of their respective election districts il
y / this convention, each district to be en-
: titled to as many members on such com
/ nittee as such district has representative
Q in the House of Representatives, VIII
, shall hold Office until the next Territorial
convention.
o We recommend that where any repre-
sentative district is not represented in tn
5 Territorial Central Committee that tn
q Territorial Central Committee shall ap
point and name the members of the Ter
ritorial Central Committee for that dis
: trict and who shall be residents of tn
district for which appointed.
The Territorial Central Committee shall
meet from time to time. elect such off
, cers and promulgate such rules and reg
, ulations as it sees fit, shall call all con
ventions and primaries and conduct tn
general campaign of the Republican part,
within the Territory and have genera
supervision of the affairs of the party.
e The chairman of said Territorial Cen
e trail Committee shall appoint, upon tn
Z nomination of the members from thei
respective districts, an executive commit
tee to consist of nine members, as fol
lows The chairman of the Territoria
: Central Committee: from the First Rep
= resentative District, one; from the Sec
/; ond Representative District, one: from
+: the Third Representative District. one
. from the Fourth Representative District
two: from the Fifth Representative Dis
i trict. two; from the Sixth Representativ
District, one. y majority shall consti
tute a quorum of the executive commit
= tee.
t Your committee further recommend
2 that except as hereinbefore provided, tn
t rules for parliamentary assemblies as lait
down in Cushing's Manual shall be fol
n lowed by this convention. All of which i
0 respectfully submitted:
Geo. Mcleod. Geo. Hons, VIM. HorneT
e J. d. Paris, Enoch Johnson.
s The Hawaiian translation of the repor
: was read by Enoch Johnson. George r
$ Carter moved the adoption of the repor
!, OF the committee as a whole Robertson
= seconded the motion. The rules wer
r adopted unanimously.
= The chairman called for the report o
o tho committee on platfOrn
j George r. Carter moved the convention
proceed to go into caucus to consider tn
$ report of the committee on platform. Thu
t chairman stated the report was not com