The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-25

lltStrtCt. q. X Dement, William Holt.
charles David. Eugene Sullivan and
John santos.
Then while the committee was put AT
It's arduous task OF choosing the nomi-
nees the vaudeville was turned loose
u was rather "A better show than the
convention had been thus far. and Il .
tickled the crowds nightly Soon ev- /
erybody down town had crowded inside /
and every seat was filed, and the air /
was fun of tobacco smoke
Jerry Mills. Hen Wise and Miss Mil |
ton and very melOdiOus quartette l
danced and sang and cavorted and did F,
cakewalks. while still the crowds grew.
and many Of the delegates to the Re-
I publican convention. which had Just
adjourned near by. came strolling in to
see the Democrats perform. Mills sang
sixteen To one song. wherein Prince
David and Bryan did astonishing things
to the tune OF Better than Gold" Miss
Milton was clad I'm black with orange
ribbon distributed over her person I'm
large quantities. and the men OF the
company also wore Prince David's col
Ors In steamers In their buttOnhOles.
IL certainly was n warm session. and
the audience, by this time swelled to the
capacity ~ the theater. could not get
enough. But by and by the committee
came back. and reluctantly the crowd
allowed the vaudeville stars To be
called OF. while the opera bouffe con-
vention went on again.
The committee. by w. II. Johnson. its
chairman. presented the ticket which
appears at the head of this article. G.
W. Booth was nominated for the office
% senator. but the committee, not hav-
ing place for him there. scratched his
name from the list OF nominees and
placed u on that OF nominees for rep
, resentative In place of that Of T. II.
Lucas. This aroused the ire Of j. F.
I 81 a ~ no. O..
, the instant acceptance of the slate as
D the nominees OF the convention, but
4 COlburu rose 90 protest He began a
long TRADE I'm which the names of Luz
cas- and Booth We're mingled. and then
I al the request u the chair he repeated
a portion OF his remarks i'm English.
n was surprised and indignant" n
J. said. TO see that the name of II. r.
X Lucas has been turned down for that
j. Of Charlie Booth. Mr.. Lucas Is married
n To n Hawaiian lady. and he Is a tried
= and true man. one who has stood be-
hind the issue that faces the polls this
/" fall. Booth Is a young man. and one
" who has been only lately put forward
o No one knows what he can do I'm g
" place OF that kind. while we all know
what kind OF man T. n. Lucas Is. fol
In he has been tried and not found want
ing. I appeal 20 every man here {,
support me In this. and / move tina
.o the name OF e.. w. Booth be stricken
II from that list. and that Of T. r. Lucas
be substituted"
This brought s. X. Keloa TO his feet
and he made an impassioned speech II
~ Hawaiian which was briefly translate
~ by Wise. lie said that he was a labor
ing man. and that Lucas was i'm favo
% nine hours labor. so ne was agains
OF him. and wanted To- see Booth put VI
"l W. \. Kinney also had his say. ~
et the one who interviewed Mr.. Booth o
la. "a. ~
- II want 20 say that Mr. Booth was yer
ks reluctant 90 have his name offered {
- the convention. I should prefer
withdraw his name Co have him nj
o tackled by any one" lie repeated hi
'ed remarks An Hawaiian. but there wei
loud shouts Of NO. No" so Mr. Kline
'' sat and allowed the name 10 renal
Eat ON 10 slate.
- From n box on the side Mr.. Luca
~" appeared just here and said that
vas would prefer 20 withdraw II the COZ
YES veutlon wished Il. IL evidently preferre
the slate. for moment later. whe
g. tolhurn's motion was put. 10 was los
o." and the slate was put through intaC
This practically concluded the wOI
20 the convention. and only the namir
.,vf % delegates to the Territorial CONVEX
ton remained. II was done rapid
and somewhat at random. for the nom
INT nations came In 80 fast that the seer
lez tary missed number OF them. al
when the list was completed there we
more on II that the number that Hon
W lulu IL entitled To-. But the names We
read or and those on the list were d
Jr clared the delegates. They were as Il
lows:
sta Julius Asch. s. w. Spencer. L. Il. NJ
the Clanahan. W. n. Kinney. Isaac Harb,
eat tie. J. Camara. u. Makainai. w.
Withers. g.. j. Campbell. John r.. Bus
IT. r. Lucas. a. Fernandez. Euge
OF sullivan. e.. J. Mccarthy. 5. e. Dwig
hlte r.. r. Lewis w. H. Johnson. Har
an srmitage. c. r. Dement,. F. j. Harry,
- g.. l.. Rhodes. r. ). Peachy, Chris lie
''"" John Emmeluth, Frank Brown. John
so Wise. u. q. Camarinos. John Schaef
ssd. Edmund Hart. 5. X. keloa, John
,he Colburn. w. G.. Wilder Jr.. Edmu
styles. N. J. MOssman, j. :. Nicer
the and j. A. Cummins.
we're Lest any OF these hastily chosen de
yers gates should not be able To attend
convention. the following were nan
as aiternates:
"a. J. ~. Holt. w. u. Monsarrat. n.
Walton. John Efnnger. ~. ). Swint
Kepona. Kaeo. RI. A. Jewett. w.
Jr. johnson. J. T.. Dias. J. n. German. JC
far Markham Joe Fern, DIR. G.. II. High.
A. Long. Mike Harvey, II. c. Peters
e. y. J. Tesla,
,cer. There was n pause after these mar
had been picked out. for every
pmi. nothing had been said about Pri
Nere David w $. Withers came To
omit rescue. lie rose solemnly In his pl
hich and said
MIR. Chairman. / move you that
for delegates TO the Territorial convent
met be- instructed 10 cast their ballots
wv Prince David Kawananakoa for d.
gate To- Congress"
rev This was received with wild appla
Ioss- ard passed with n whoop. G. L. Rho
moved the thanks of the convention
"A 90 the Orpheum management and to
,bet orchestra and the vaudeville art
who had furnished the major por
y an. % the entertainment Of the even
- and this went through without opp
-. ton.
-, The convention hated To ado
- without some speechifying. or at i
-, declaration OF principles. and T.
-. McCianahan was called for by dc
80 voices. But he was coy. for he Is
ing his voice and his oratory to del
, A. the country members when 10 come
- the Territorial convention, so he
~, his seat. The Hawaiians shouted
for John Wise. Wise was not so n
y W. NfefsIapaban and 10 does