The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-14

follow the Representative Districts a.
fixed in the Constitution OF Hawaii.
The number OF delegates from each
representative dis.ricS beng reason
ably increased, and there may be a
pIoviso. THAI each island shall have
at least one delegate. Such a pro-
yt-o viii insure representation 10 Mo-
lOAai and Lanai, which islands, togeth-
er with Kahoo.awa, are grouped with
Maui, forming uhe third representative
District. IL left as 1t stands all the
delegates cou.d be elected from Maui.
. as II has the larger votlng population
The number OF represe natives in our
egisla-ure, as at present apportioned.
as fifteen Our Territorial Convention
cou.d well stand from sixty to ninety;
that Is the number OF delegates, al
lotted by our Constitution 10 each
district, could be multiplied by four.
five or six. The Territorial owen
tion. in order to be fairly representa-
tive, should not be too smaa-
! The call, to be Issued under the d.
recion OF the National Committee, win
probably name a tine and pace. when
and where the Republicans of the var
! ious districts shall meet for the cleo
ton Of delegates TO the Territorial
convention. Doubtless there Will be
some qualification for voting, such an
a declaration that the person partAc-
fpating in the local orgam.zstion L.
qualified to vote at the general cleo
ton, Is Republican or intends here
after to act with the Republican party.
Some resident OF the district will be
| designated to enroll the names OF the
Republicans attending the meeting
The persous 80 enrolled will then or
gantze by electing q president and
secretary. and will elect Delegates; bat
the delegates must be qualified under
the Territorial Act to sat in the Ter
! ritorlal Legislature.
The delegates thus elected through
out the island will meet. at q time
also named in the National Commit
tees call, al Honolulu and organize
the Republican party Of the. TerrHoey
of Hawaii by. adoptinS FORM u 0ov-
ernmeA& sipisar 70. ehg OF &eun0lDse:
on the Mainland. 1t will selso eaect q
delegate to the Nationa Republican
convention, and. nomihAfSy ~delegate
for Congress to be voted for at the
next ensuing election; M the time
and place foT the meeting Of the ldcAt
conventions, which will nominate can
dtdates for Senators and Representa-
tives in the Territorial Legislesare.
1 These conventions will meet within
/ the respective districts. Az cap
stone to its work, this first Territorial
convention will elect a Territorial
committee. which will be composed OF
one delegate from each representative
district, each district naming its own
| member, and few members at large,
| say from two to five, to be elected by
the whole convention. This commtt-
tee will be given full power % 0x time
and place Of next Territorial conven-
tion, etc; and, then, the First Conven-
lsion Of the Republican Party Of Hawaii
will adjourn sine die.
To participate In such a movement
as this will be an honor that any cit
izen may covet without criticism. The
duty to take hand in IL will be inn
perative, II only to attend the local
meeting and vote for the local dele
gate to the first Territorial conven-
ton. This duty should be cheerfully
assumed by every citizen The action
of the first convention may affect the
Territory for generation, for IL the
Republican party should succeed al
the polls Republican Territorial Leg
islature will re-district the Territory.
giving us new districts for Senator'S
and Representatives, will dispose Of
plague claims and other matters, and
will give both Honolulu and Hi.o mu-
nicipal charters, under which the
mayors and city councils will be elect
ed. These local governments will hold
our entire municipal life in their
hands, controlling our police, OUT
health board, our water supply, our
streets-everyth and, perhaps, ex-
ercising over us the power OF taxation
for municipal purposes.
In the presence Of such momentous
civic responsibilities, IL becomes every
citizen to be thoughtful in planning.
conservative in expression. and pa
tric:ic in action. The Advertiser is
performing a public service in urging
our citizens to make haste slowly.
+. McCANTS STEWART.
DeEpt.e the expose in yesterday q
Advertiser of the intended plan OF a
few disgIuntlad members Of The Re
publican Club OF Hawai- to "plck" the
next meeting and MAKE u1e cub inio
party" the schene Is not dead.
The big majority of the members
who are Of the respectable element oi
the community were ignorant even OF
the crooked plot as no meeting Of the
club has been held and no conmunica-
tions have been addressed to members
since the first session.
But the men selected by the club
to look after It's affairs have kept thcir
eyes wide open and watched closely
the movements Of those whom ;Aey
suspect will seek TO disrupt II. Yes
terday Timothy Murray, a leader in
the inception and management of the
club said," We are grats ful TO the Ad-
vertiser for making public the schem-
ings OF the fellows who are out for
coin, and hope to make this organizar
ton more of a billy to enforce de
mands than a political club. There
are only few of them, and they no'
long resident in Honolulu. We under
stand that on Tuesday. wnen our mex
regular meeting will be held. that they
will gather early and try to rus2