Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-09-08
FIFTH UPH0LDS REPUTATION
FOR PROLONGED DISCUSSION

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O,ofss a. Garter Raf elected frm-
porery chairman and ". J. Coelho TEN.
pOuty secretary.
The secretary called the roll. a. maze
up from oficial primary election re-.
turns Present" was answered by all
excepting oliver stillman Of the Fourth
and Geo y. Renton Of the Fifih pre-
cinc,. a. follows:
First Precinct. Kaneohe--Frank Pa
hia, Louis John McCabe. Ulysses u.
Jones
Second Precinct. Koolauloa OKahn-
kul-Keau, George Weight, VIM. X
Rathburn.
Third Precinct. walalua-C p. Iau.
kea, W. W. Goodale, Andrew Cox.
Fourth Precinct waisnae--Judge !.
X Kekahuna. Moses Mahelona.
Fifth Precinct, Eva Plantation
Thomas O'Dowda. David Douglass.
sixth Precinct. Pearl City,. L. Nc
Candless Frank X. Archer, 5. Hoo
kano.
Seventh Precinct. Moanalua. Kallhi
and Makai OF King Street-Iames l..
Holt. T. McCants Stewart.
Eighth Precinct, Palama-w. e.
Achi. c. y. Dwight, c. r. Peterson.
Ninth Precinct, Mauka School Street
Fred waterhouse, George r. Carter,
w. J. Coelho.
Tenth Precinct, Makai School Street
--Enoch Johnson, W. II. Crawford, J.
L. Kaulukou.
Z. c. Winston. who tied with DR..
Huddy in the seventh precinct, was
also in attendance.
The chairman announced % dele
gates present, . absent.
Mr.. McCandless spok eof the tie In
the seventh precinct. He moved that
Z. c. Winston and Or. Hubby be al
lowed to take seats in the convention
with one vote each.
The chairman suggested that Il was
a matter for the committee on rules,
which should be appointed in any
event.
Mr.. McCandless withdrew his motion
and. on motion Of T. McCants Stewart
duly seconded, the chairman appointed
a committee on rules, viz: T. McCants
Stewart, George Weight and Thomas
ODowda. Recess was taken for fifteen
minutes TO allow the committee to re-
port.
Within the time the committee re-
ported and McCants Stewart moved the
report be considered section by SEE.
ton. It was first read through by tn,
chairman.
Mr.. Iaukea objected to the time be-
ing used in considering the report Sc
riatim. He moved that the report b,
printed. so that the convention might
proceed to organize.
Mr.. Stewart held that the adoption oi
the rules was prerequisite to organize
ton. Until their adoption the ruioi
had no more connection with the CON.
mittee than the man in the moon. On
the chair asking him to what rules IN
referred. the speaker asked testify Il
the chairman proposed to take the fiool
against him. II he was not out of order
he wished to complete his remarks.
The chair-You are not out Of order.
Mr.. Stewart went on to argue, from
New York and national examples, that
the committee could only recognize
rules made by and for itself. The DIS
trict conventions would be supreme FOL
the nominations to the Territorial
Legislature. The Territorial Conven,
ton had nothing to do but nominate &
Delegate to Congress and adjourn. Il
was the creature OF the District con
ventions, and could not be greater thar
its creator. This committee was ST..
preme for its own organization ant
government.
Mr.. Peterson considered they wcr,
not yet a District convention until Or
ganized, and he thought 1t would b.
premature to adopt rules before organ
ization.
The chairman said that was a par
liamentary body called the Distric
committee. There were q members
present and but two absent. They wer,
now in the process Of organization an'
the question before the house wal
whether the rules should be printed be
fore adoption or be considered section
by section. In answer to question b!
Mr.. Peterson he ruled that this was
District committee.
Mr.. Iaukea contended that until ney
rules were adopted the rules prescribe
by the last Territorial convention
should govern. These required the Dis
trict committee TO meet and elect per
manent officers.
Mr.. Stewart argued that the com
mittee could not do business without
constitution, and II the proposed rule