The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-29
MANY FAVOR
PORTUGUESE
Republicans Want
Votes Of the
Colony.
WILL CHOOSE
THE CANDIDATES.
Sentiment Expressed,That Political
Clubs Should Not Dictate
to the Party.

! What is to be done in the matter Oh
representation for the Portuguese Point
/ zeal Club upon the tickets of the Re-
publican party, will be settled definitely
today at noon, when both the Fourth
and Fifth district committees will meet
for the purposes of finally passing up
on the recommendation that there be
one member for the lower house nomi-
mated from the Portuguese community
| by each. The sentiment is that there
should be such representation, but that
there can be permitted no dictatton
the Repu blscans must choose Che men
to run from among the Portuguese Re-
publicans of the city.
There was a long meeting given over
to discussion of the proposals yester-
day. when the members of the Fourth
district committee gathered at Castle
& Cookies assembly room for the pur-
pose Of considering the situation. Chair
man ]. p. Cooke found thirty-five of
the members of the committee present
When ne cdllSU 10 OIQSA Tic
tee. Jonah Kumalae was appointed as
the committees interpreter and then
Chairman Cooke explained the objects
of the meeting. He said that the COM
Tnittee which met with other Republic
cans to hear what may be expected
from the Portuguese, had carefully
considered the matter, and had decided
that it would be wise to give represen-
tation to the Club. The executive COM
rnittee of the Territorial committee had
committee in which the plan was sug-
gested that the committees of each
district ON this island give to the Por-
tuguese citizens one representative.
Mr. Cooke continued that the confer
ence committee had suggested that the
Portuguese Political Club should not
take any action until the committees of
the Republican party could meet and
pass upon the matter, but in this the
wishes of Republicans had been set
aside and the club has chosen Maj.
Camara and Frank Andrade as the rep
resentatives to be placed on the Re
publican ticket. Mr.. Cooke said also
that it had been represented that the
Portuguese had 800 voters, or persons
eligible to be voters, and it seemed i'm
resentation given at this time, so that
in the future the Portuguese might be
considered and might really become Re-
publicans.
F. NJ. Brooks began by saying that
it had been said that the Portuguese ,
could not find any proper man in the
Fifth, and therefore there must be two
candidates given by the Fourth Dis
trict, but this raised such storm of ,
exceptions that Mr.. Brooks gave way, |
and Mr.. Cooke said he believed one
candidate would satisfy them from the
Fourth.
Lucas said that he knew that A. w.
Seabury, of the Ninth precinct, Fifth
District, would make the race for
nomination for the lower house. and he !
thought this candidate would appeal to
the Portuguese and satisfy them as
their representative in the Fifth.
D. p r. Isenberg moved that there
be given one place on the ticket to |
Portuguese, if the members of the club
would come out and support the entire
Republican legislative and congress
sional tickets.
AyIett was not in favor of such ac-
ton He said that there We're only
eighty-two votes at the club meeting, |
when they claimed 500. He did not
rlnr
votes and he could not see what was
to be gained.
Zeigler rose to give to the committee
the substance of a conversation that
he had with Major Camara during the
morning. He said that he had asked
if the Portuguese would turn out as
Republicans, and was told that they
would not When asked again if the
Portuguese would name a half dozen
men and permit the Republicans to |
select one and then agree 10 support
the>entire ticket on which that name
was placed again the answer was in
the negative. Camara had closed the
with the remark that the
Republicans would have to take the
Portuguese as they were or not at all
G. b. Mcclellan was in favor of action
only as Republicans and proposed
resolution setting forth that proper
tional representation be given TO all
as they registered and be-
came American citizens, and that the
Republicans would welcome the oppor-
tunity to give representation to Por-
tuguese Republican club showing suf-
fcient number of citizens pledged as
There was a long discussion over this.
which threatened 20 prolong the meet
ing indefinitely and the result was that
Kumalae moved an adjournment until
to-day noon when .ne Fifth district