The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-10-27
GILL FOR CENTRAL
COMMITTEE MEETING
Members Very Dubious
About Validity of
the Call.
SENATOR BALDWIN, PLAINLY MslEB
ne HAD NO AUTHORITY TO CALL
a MEETING OF THE
COMMITTEES.
Was a missake-mccants Stewards
Statement Of case-commistee
Disorsanized On Account Of Lack
OF Competent Head.
SENATOR BALDWIN PLAINLY MsLEB


central committee is that il Is, about
as disorganized as a herd of neat cat
tie without bell-cow and herds
man. OF course the call OF Mr.. Bald
win for q meeting Monday night has
no more legal effect than would q
like call of man in Oklahoma The
acts of the meeting cannot be legal,
unless. of course, the meeting is ap-
proved of and presided over by T.
McCants Stewart, the legal vice chair
man. In such an eyent-and only in
such an event-will any act of the
committee Monday night hold water.
The facts of the matter are that
the Republican central committee
needs new head James A. Kennedy.
the present head of the committee.
has. from the beginning proved him
self to be knot on a stick" figure
head. the focus of the downfall OF the
Republican party in the last cam
paign. As committee leader he is
nil That is notorious
II is of record that Mr.. Kennedy sat
in meetings. at which H. P. Baldwin
presided. although he himself was the
legal chairman. He did not know
what to do or how to act. and Senator
Baldwin charitablv assisted the meet
ings out Of unpleasant situations.
Il wrote out the call for the meet
ing of the central committee" said
Vice Chairman T. McCants Stewart
last night, s.and sent it to Mr.. Baldwin.
In this action | was guided merely by
precedent The committee has not
seemed TO know which end 1t was
standing on. and Mr.. Baldwin has APP
peared at different times as the bal
ance wheel He issued the call for
the meeting. l have nothing 30 say
as to the legality of the order 1t
looks to me. however, that the whole
committee is bit mixed up"
Another question has arisen in re-
gard to the meeting Monday night.
The proposal is TO increase the execu-
tive committee of the central COM
mittee from nine to eleven members.
The opinion of eminent political and
legal authority is that tho aontral COM
mittee cannot under any circumstan-
ces change the number of members
Of the executive committee without
first obtaining authority from regu-
lar Territorial convention. In the
rules of the party. adopted by the last
convention. this point is clearly set
forth. II appears in the following
report:
''We recommend that this conven-
ton shall proceed to appoint Ter
ritorial central committee which shall
consist of thirty members chosen from
their respective election districts up
on the nomination of their respective
election districts in this convention,
each district to be entitled to as many
members on such committee as such
district has representatives in the
House of Representatives.. who shall
hold Office until the next Territorial
convention.
I'VE recommend that where any rep
resentative district is not represent
ed in the Territorial central commit
tee that the Territorial central commit
tee shall appoint and name the mem
bers of the Territorial central COM
mittee for that district and who shall
be residents of the district for which
appointed.
'The Territorial central committee
shall meet from time to time. elect
such officers and promuIgate such
rules and regulations as It sees fit.
shall cali all conventions and prima-
ries and conduct the general cam
Daign of the Republican party within
the Territory and have general super
vision of the affairs of the party.
THE chairman Of said Territorial
central committee shall appoint. upon
the nomination of the members from
their respective districts an executive
committee to consist of Nine members,
as follows: The chairman of the Ter
ritorial central committee: from the
first representative district. one: from
the second representative district.
one; from the third representative dis
trict. one; from the fourth representa-
tive district. two: from the fifth rep
resentative district. two: from the
sixth representative district. one. A
majority shall constitute a quorum of
the executive committee
The above rules were adopted unan-
imously.
After the nomination of Col. Par
ker for Congress and his speech OF
acceptance. the Chairman of the con-
vsntion announced that the next or
der OF business was the selection OF
the Territorial central committee.
which were TO be elected under the
rules adopted in the afternoon as quot
cd above The respective districts
having announced the names OF the
central committeeman. the steno-
graphic report Of the convention pro
ceedings shows the following.
a G. NJ Robertson cf the Fourth
District moved that the names read
be the central committee Of the Re
publican psrtv OF Hawaii until the
next convention The motion was car
rfed and the chair announced that the
above-uamed persons would eonstf-
tute such committee"
The facts. as thsv w-rm themselves
out. show that Mr.. Baldwin Was limo
Gently rnisisd into calling the meeting