Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-05-26
DOINGS OF REPUBLICANS

| MI. COelhO was that the election lay
between those gentlemen, and this was
not dispelled until the votes were more
than half counted and 1t became evil
dent that Mr.. Hughes must have been
elected early in the fight.
Everything connected with the cleo.
ton went off in the best good spiri;
and three hearty cheers were given fol
Mr.. Hughes when the result was an
nounced to be be Votes cast, 60; for j.
A. Hughes, 81; for w. ]. Coelho, 81
for l.. A. Thurston, 81. One vote was
cast for j. l.. Kaulukou, candidate fol-
the Tenth precinct, whose polling place
was in the next room, and was conse-
quently thrown out by the judges.
In the tenth precinct of the fifth dis
trict J. l.. Kaulukou and Z. ]. Wilson
were the candidates; by an error j. A.
Hughes of the ninth precinct received
one vote. The voting was lively and
62 votes were polled; of these j. l..
kaulukou received SO, Il. J. Wilson, 2,
and j. A. Hughes, /. The tenth pre-
cinct includes a large part Of the old
Chinese quarter, and there were 46
voters of that nation who presented
themselves, with certificates and natu-
ralization papers at the polls on Sat
urday. The native Hawaiians were
also out in good force, no less than Is
casting votes.
Wednesday, May %.
The fourth district Republican con-
vention met at 10: 30 this forenoon in
the Judiciary building. There were
present the following delegates elected
at the primaries on last Saturday: j.
II. Boyd, Charles Wilcox, G. NJ. White,
A. s. Humphreys, Clarence Crabbe, J.
w Short and DR.. c. b. Cooper.
! The meeting was called to order by
Mr.. Humphreys, who nominated c. NJ.
White to be chairman of the District
convention. Mr.. White was unani-
mously chosen and remarked upon
taking the chair that he was pleased to
see the convention starting off right.
Laughter.)
Charles Wilcox was chosen as secre-
tary and A. S. Humphreys was elected
committee of one on credentials and
submitted the following report:
THE undersigned having been ap.
pointed a committee of one on creden-
tials reports the following delegates to
the District convention of the Fourth
First Precinct-J. II. Boyd.
Second Precinct-Chas. Wilcox, c.
NJ. White.
Third Precinct-A. S. Humphreys.
Fourth Precinct-Clarence Crabbe.
Fifth Precinct-J. w. Short.
Sixth Precinct-Dr. c. b. Cooper.
Seventh Precinct-No election.
The report on credentials was adopt
ed
On motion of Mr.. Humphreys the
secretary called the precincts by dele
gates and the following were nominat-
ed and elected to the Territorial con-
vention:
! J. II. Boyd, c. NJ. White, Charles
| Wilcox, Wallace X. harrington, A. S.
| Humphreys, Clarence Crabbe, j. w
Short, c. S. Desky, A. Gilallan, Cecil
Brown, A. V. Gear, George w. Smith,
C. b. Wilson, S. NJ. Kanakanui, George
Mcleod, c. b. Cooper, Jas. A. Kennedy,
A. G. NJ. Robertson.
AT the conclusion of the election OF
delegates A. S. Humphreys offered the
following resolution which was unani-
mously carried:
BE it resolved by the delegates to
the Fourth District convention in con-
vention assembled that the delegates
this day elected to the Territorial con-
vention be and they are hereby in
structed to vote as unit for b. +. Dill
ingham as delegate to the National
Republican Convention to be held in
Philadelphia, June 10, 1900"
On motion the secretary was in
structed to notify the delegates elect to
the Territorial convention of their
nomination and election thereto by the
District convention, and that they be
instructed to forward to the chairman
an acceptance thereof, whereupon the
chairman would sign the proper Gre
dentials to the convention to be held on
May 3Oth.
On motion Of Mr.. Humphreys the
sine die.
met Immediately after the adjourn
ment of the Fourth District conven-
ton in the same place. j. l.. KaulukoU
was elected chairman and Il. Farmer
secretary.
On motion Of w. C. Achi the rules OF
the Legislature were adopted to gov
ern the proceedings. Mr.. Achi was APP
pointed committee of one on ere.
dentials and reported as follows:
THE undersigned committee on Gre
dentials reports the following elected to
be delegates to the District conven-
ton for the Fifth District:
First Precinct-Frank Pahia.
Second Precinct-George Wight.
Third Precinct-C. p. Iaukea.
Fifth Precinct-Edwih Farmer.
Sixth Precinct-Frank Archer.
Eighth Precinct-W. G. Achi.
Ninth Precinct. A. Hughes.
Tenth Precinct-J. l.. Kaulukou.
In the Fourth Precinct there had
been no election and the election in
the Seventh Precinct had been con-
tested, the details Of which would he
submitted to the convention" The re-