The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-10-29
COMMITTEE ACTS
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE o.
INCREASED
Colonel Jones and J. a. Gilman Chosen
Both From The Fourth District.
Stewards Losing Fight

The Republican Territorial Central
Committee held a meeting yesterday on
the call of H. T.. Baldwin. and no ques-
ton was raised by anyone present as to
the propriety of holding the session
There was large attendance, counting
the proxies. and there was some lively
discussion, resulting from Il. McCants
stewards efforts first to stick to the
convention rule limiting the executive
committee to nine members, and sec
ond, TO have one Of the two new menu
bers chosen from the fifth district.
Col. J. W. Jones took the chair on mo-
ton Of j. +. Cooke. In calling the
meeting TO order he stated that IL was
not necessary to read the cell or state
the reason for the meeting. as all pres
ent We're well aware of what they had
been called together for. Cooke at once
moved that the executive committee be
increased from nine to eleven members
and the scrap began
Stewart offered an amendment pro-
viding that when members of the exc
cutive committee leave Honolulu or
the Territory. they shall leave proxy
with some member of the committee or
Of the late convention, and that in
case Of a failure TO so leave proxy, the
executive committee shall select some
member Of the territorial committee or
of the convention. to act until the re-
turn Of the absentee. The chairman
ruled Stewart out of order. declaring
that he had offered a new resolution en-
trely, and not an amendment Stewart
Indignantly protested. with regrets that
he had not brought his Chapman's Ma
nual with him, so that he could show
the chair his right to make an entire
change in the purport of the resolution
in the form n a N Tnnae
invited him to appeal from the chair,
but Stewart said he didn't want to do
that.
Stewards next surprise, which was
evidently a big one, was when b. II.
Wright rose in opposition to his resolu-
ton. 1t appeared that Stewart and
Wright had talked the thing over earl
Ter in the day, and Stewart had the i'm
preston that Wright had agreed to
support his resolution, but Wright
didn't see it that way. "Oh WELL l can
take my medicine" said Stewart. and he
very soon got it in alopathic doses.
The member from the fifth quoted
the conventions rules adopted for the
central committee stating that it shall
appoint an executive committee of nine
members" and he declared that under
this organic law the territorial commit
tee had no right to make the committee
eleven. Kepoikai stated the view of the
majority, in saying that while he ap-
preciated the fact that it was a techni-
cal violation of the laws governing the
body, the emergency was such as to
Justify it. 1t was impossible to get a
quorum of the committee of nine.
Cookies motion passed by 10 to D.
stewards motion was then passed,
after being amended to provide for
selections of substitutes when members
of the executive committee left Oahu,
instead of merely Honolulu, and to con-
fine the selections to members of the
Territorial committee.
Stewards next fight was to have the
two men chosen one from each district,
but the fourth got them both, while the
man from the fifth vigorously objected
to the revolutionary proceedings as
unfair and predicted that the violations
of organic law and the unfairness to the
fifth district would react on the party.
John c. Lane was nominated from the
fifth by Stewart and j. p. Cooke no.
minated Col. j. w Jones and ]. A. Gill
man. The vote was Jones Is, Gilman A.
Lane II.
Stewart then offered resolutions,
which were passed, authorizing the exc
cutive committee to appoint an advisory
committee to assist it, and declaring
that appointments to office should be
on the endorsement of a majority of the
executive committee. Another resolu-
ton, proposing an investigation into re-
cent appointments. with view to find
ing out what endorsements the appoint
tees had had was voted down. On mo-
ton of Wright it was decided that any
member of the executive committee alb
sent from the Territory months shall
lose his seat.
Those present and the proxies were:
Andrew Cox, j. p. Cooke j. w. Jones,
{. w. Wilcox, j. A. Kennedy, by Cooke;
w. c. Walker, by Cooke, G.. f. Renton,
by Cooke; Peter N. Kahokuoluna, by
Cooke; H. p. Baldwin. by Cooke; j. II.
Fisher, G. p. Kamauoha. by j. d. Paris
l.. j. McCabe, by Frank Pahia; b. f.
Sandow, by b. II. Wright; j. A. Palmer
by Wright; T. Brandt by Wright: G.
H. Huddy, T. McCants Stewart, NJ. Nc
Cam, by Stewart; H. l.. Holstein, by
Stewart A. N. Kepoikai
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