The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-05-04

/ q mailman the appointment uf twenty
ono men with absolute power iu rpulfu
ne ilsIuhItan parry boz uanu. 3D. @ tril
uHtt tttp tu tahe WINE D have ru
IUtln tns matter muth Thought
8lld UHrf the iUlloWItr Amendment
/ tla Resolution
That las committee appointed u5
thU chain pulu1e "a plan ui action la.
90 SANITATION nhlth tn.y small cause 3.
nave pfIutDd o., lcItt 10 uttE before uI
ItLei mfpUns. ana then call mna
utltlup GO faUiy co., reject be-
I'm that way 10 the plan uf the com.
mittee does not go through we cauAut
ok. u we are going 10 keep In touch
with everybody. this Is the way to do
b.. or 10 some way like that"
Atdrews' sgeCch was warmly greet
3D. "Goo1l Good" shouted hun
trcd a. O.. VI. Robertson favored the
"twnnty-one committee" plan. Tie
said:
1T seems TO me we are hearing a
great deal OF trouble. The resolution
calls for the adoption OF the Republi-
can party principles once and for all.
II calls for the appointment OF TWEEN
ty-one men. The committee shall pre-
pare plan OF action whereby the Ter
ritorial convention will be held and
they will then arrange for the perma-
nent organization OF the Republican
party in Hawaii. The ball must be
started rolling some time. We won't
get a Repub. lean party started here
short of doomsday II we keep on like
this"
Chairman Brown said, IL believe
the resolution is right and In order. II
you think the proper committee
(Cries of Question! Question!')
At this juncture Abram S. Hum
phreys, who had not been seen since
leaving the hall before the meeting
was opened, mounted the stage. filled
with a desire to enlighten the audi
Gnce. His ear had caught the rum
b.ings of opposition to the reldy-made
ian of the promoters of the mass
meeting, and his eye glistened with an
idea. His pent-up oratory was detain-
ed moment until he was sighted by
the chairman, and then it rolled forth
sonorously. He said:
MIR. Chairman, 4hessrs. Vice-Presi
dents ard fellow citizens: ] shall no
lctain you long. | desire at the outset
Of my remarks to say that | am proud
md honored to be here tonight at the
of the Republican Party
IT Hawaii. not only am | glad to be
here with such glorious future open
ng before 1t, but am glad to have the
to express my opinion with
reference to the resolution which ha
been put before you. We have had
lrocrastnation enough. / believe thai
now is the accepted time to complete
he organization of the i.epublican Par
y here, and to vote upon the resolution
ust read to us. We have as presidinr
officer tonight, a man whom We all
lonor, whom we all respect, and man
Snom you would trust with your
money, your character and your honor. |
+ there any objection to the resolution |
which does not arise from
iGme Interior and some SIMS |
er motive? Is there any OBJ
ection to confiding this resolution TO |
his gentleman of high standing? ! ask |
you if there is any objection to contid- |
ng to him the power which is conferred |
lpon him by the resolution? What l. |
he objection? What possible objection |
AN there be in permitting the Chair |
nan of this meeting to appoint twenty |
one party Republicans? What can
here be in obJecting to -? Now then,
submit that this resolution is per-
'ectly fair, and it Is not vesting in the
chairman any greater power than is
ordinarily conferred upon any chair
man. This is a general mass n Getting. |
Il is united meeting of the Republican |
Party of Hawaii. That committee must
le given plenary power to organize the |
tepubncan Party. thank you all"
Chairman Brown read the resolution |
! " a n wi n ~ nf I n
Andrews, the latter explaining his |
meaning just before it was read
S. NJ. Ballou interposed here. He
aid: II simply want to give my I'M
Of the resolution because
think that an understanding on all
hands will wind the matter up. AS |
understand 1t, what we are ultimately |
ieeking after is to elect permanent
Territorial committee of the Republic
an party, and at the same time to |
,lect the delegate for the coming Re-
publican convention in Philadelphia.
understand by that resolution a COM
nittee OF twenty-one was to be APP
pointed by the chair, and they were to
tx the date for a convention to be
leld in Honolulu, and simply make ar
for what we would In the
states call primaries They are to
with the Republicans on
he other Islands, that they may hold
heir primaries and elect their dele
ates to this convention in Honolulu.
he number of members to the conven
ion is fixed at thirty persons, which is
he number which the bill gives us for
he Hawaiian House OF Representa-
ives. 1t seems to me there is abso-
ltely nothing in the power of the tenn
orlry organization committee which
an alarm the most suspicious. There
) no niger in the woodpi.e,' 1t seems
D me as we are to send a delegate TO
in June there Is no use
'aiting. In brief, this is simply to
rrange the dates for the primaries
nd every man will have vote in
lese primaries"
Lorrin Andrews asked who was GO
lg to vote in these primaries, brt be-
ore an answer could be given, j. II.
Usher said THE usual custom of
orming political parties in the States
5 to first form ward clubs, and |
hlnk this committee should go to
York that way. Then those who de-
Ire to affiliate with the party can sign
he rolls and all those who sign the