Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-06-02

| mood suffrage, that 1t was opposed to
The principles of the Republican party,
that man would do him a personal "a
vor by voting against the adoption of
| the report. l wish now to state to you
I as plainly, as tersely and personally as
1 can, the manner in which this report
vas built up in the committee. When
It was suggested that the committee
| should be formed, and that | might pc
the chairman, 1 had several talks with
gentlemen on this floor but who do not
| belong mere. We got suggestions and
assistance, as we had been advised we
could, from every source whence we
could get them. found that one man
who belonged to this party, though he
has not been long in these Islands. mad
typewriter paper containing O
scheme of organization. found in that
paper matters that appealed to my
| sense of Justice, of fairness, Of propri-
ETY., and took that paper. That pa
per, gentlemen, formed the basis Of
| our report. Our committee met at 1880
| and from that hour until 4:30 we la
bored as assiduously as I had labored
for months. We went over that thing
section by section, line by line, and we
put those sections to the best test that
we knew. Gentlemen, l cannot speak
for more than one member Of that :om-
mittee Of seven, but lean say for that
one that we were not subject to any
interference. II have been led to do
anything, misled I should say, which
should not have been done, shall ro-
cede from my position. am not pre-
pared to contradict or explain what
passed between Mr.. Humphreys and
that gentleman. Gentlemen, but / do
want to tell you that II that Is machine
politics am guilty as charged. There
was a gentleman who came before this
| convention last night and said that
Directing to machine politics was like
throwing Chinese stinkpots. Who is
| throwing Chinese stinkpots today, try
ing to stink this report out of this con-
vention? Pause. gentlemen, before you
vote on this question and consider
| whether you are being ground down by
a machine. This Is my question of
privilege, gentlemen, on behalf OF my
| self and other members of the COM
mittee. There Is no matter so secret,
in any committee report that am con-
| nected with, that l cannot lay 1t be-
| fore this convention. ! do not think
| there Is anything in this report which
robs anyone of his suffrage. l should
| like to see Article l. pass. DO not vote
for this report, gentlemen, let my vote
| be the only one In its favor, II you con-
slider that 1t deprives one man of his
vote.
Mr.. Brown rose to a question Of
| privilege. 1t had been said that this
report was a product Of machine poll
tics. Speaking for myself and every
member Of the committee, say that
| the committee had not known that
there was such document in existence
as that from which we drew a great
deal of what appears in that report.
| When the chairman submitted that
document to us, he said 1t was written
| by a gentleman whom we all know is
a Republican although not a member
of this convention. No other draft was
presented to us, and l say that II any
other committee had the same oportun-
ity they would accept 1t. Had We not
done SO, you would not have had re-
port from us up to this moment. At
the same time l think there are some
things in the report which unduly re-
strict voting privileges. But the way
to correct that is not by striking out.
but by amending 1t wherever the con-
vention deems wise and proper.
Mr.. Mcleod moved to refer the re-
port to the Territorial Committee
about to be elected. Mr.. Smith raised
the point of order that the motion to
lay on the table took precedence Of all
other questions. This point was sus-
| tanned.
/
Mr.. Achi spoke In Hawaiian without
Interpretation, the chairman having
promised to check him II he departed
from question OF privilege.
The motion to lay the report on the
table was lost. only ii delegates voting
for 1t.
c. s. Smith moved that the article be
adopted.
Mr.. Robertson moved the article be
considered section by section.
| Mr.. Gear argued in favor OF detailed
consideration. Having amended other
portions Of the report, there were prob
ably other amendments desirable. He
had some himself to offer.
Mr.. Smith opposed serlatim consider
alton, believing that amendments
might be offered without that process.
of suggesting himself.
Mar. Lowrie spoke in similar strain.
The country delegates did not wish to
be detained until Christmas.
Mr.. Robertson believed that time
would be saved by taking up the sec
lions in their regular order, rather than
taking up amendments in higgledy-
piggleby fashion. No one desired more
than he to expedite the work, but
while they were at 1t they should make
a good Job OF 1t. The maner in which
the plan Of organization was completed
would have an important influence up
on the welfare of the party.
Mr.. Lowrie now said he would sup