The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-05-05
REPUBLICANS IN COUNCIL
ISSUE PRoCLAMATIoNs TO THE
PUBLIC.
One to Leaders, and One to Mass of
Committee Last Evening.

The committee selected by the mass
meeting Wednesday evening to set the
Republican machinery in motion
throughout the Islands, met last even
ing and made a start. Cecil Brown
officiated as chairman and Clarence
Crabbe was made secretary. Very little
was DONE although various details were
pretty thoroughly threshed out. Dur
ing the evening a request to country
voters to organize, was adopted, and
will be sent out. After reciting the
resolution of Wednesday evening, this
letter says
I'm pursuance of our appointment we
beg leave to request you to associate
with yourselves such other Republicans
to any number you deem best, to act as
a committee to call public meeting in
your district. to appoint general com
mittee, which shall designate three su-
perivsors for each precinct in your dis
trict and make such arrangements as
to you seem best for the election of
delegates in accordance with the call
for a Territorial convention, copies of
which we herewith send you.
"Our delegate to the National Con-
vention of the Republican party must
! leave Honolulu not later than June ..
It seems to us, therefore, that no time
should be lost in taking the preliminary
steps in connection with the Territorial
aforesaid. fixed the date for the pre-
cinct meetings. and the district con-
ventions, named i'm the foregoing reso-
luton, so as to act promptly and with
out delay i'm the matter of electing our
delegate to the National Convention.
While we know perfectly well that you
are not bound to accept our suggestions,
vet we trust that you will follow the
dates named i'm the foregoing resolu-
ton. so as to secure unity of action
throughout the territory. and to organ
ize our party without friction or delay.
To this end we earnestly appeal to you
and all Republicans i'm your district
to act heartily and unitedly in this mat
ter
Another letter, or proclamation, was
addressed to voters 1t ran as follows:
Greeting: BY virtue of a resolution,
adopted at mass meeting, held at Ho-
noluu on the 2nd day of May, 1900, we,
the Undersigned hereby call upon all
Republican voters of the Territory of
Hawaii. and all voters intending to
act with the Republican party to meet
on Saturday, the 18th day of May, 1900,
at 4 o'clock p. M, at each election pre-
cinct as now existing in the several
Representative districts and elect a
delegate to the district convention one
person for every thirty votes cast at
such precinct at the last general cleo
| ton: provided, however, that each
precinct shall be entitled to elect one
delegate, and that the polls should be
kept open until p. m. of the same day;
and that the delegates so elected shall
meet in district conventions on Wed
nesday, the 23d day of May, 1900, at
10 a. M, and elect such delegates to a
Territorial convention, three persons
for every one Legislative Representa-
tive, to which each district is entitled
under the Territorial act, said conven-
tions to meet as follows, to wit: In
the First District, at the courthouse in
Hilo; Second District, at Waimea court
house; Third District Wailuku court
house, Fourth District, judiciary
building, Honolulu; Fifth District, Ju-
dietary building, Honolulu; Sixth Dis
trict, Nawiliwili courthouse; and that
the delegates so elected shall meet In
convention i'm Honolulu on the 30th day
of May, 1900, at 10 a. m, to organize
the Republican party of the Territory
of Hawaii; to appoint a Territorial
Committee; to elect two delegates and
one alternate to the National Conven-
ton of the Republican party, to be held
at Philadelphia on the 10Th day of June,
1900, and to transact such other bust
ness as may be considered necessary
and proper"