The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-30
HOME RULE POLITICS
PLANS TO REORGANIHE THE
PARTY.
Executive Committee to be Smaller.
Working on a City and County Gov
ernent Act

The Home Rule executive commit
| tee Will hold an important meeting on
| Thursday evening, at which a general
reorganization of the party will be dis
| Cussed, also the election of a successor
to the late J. K, Kaulia as chairman of
the committee. 1t is proposed to make
| the committee smaller and to make ar
rangements for direct election of mem
| bers by the voters of the various dis
triCts, and the Home Rulers are also
considering a mon partisan" move
ment which involves fusion with the
Democrats and a general party policy
based wholly on local issues.
Senator Kalauokalani is said to be
in line for the position of chairman
made vacant by the death of Kaulia
The Senator is not a member of the
executive committee, but is an active
party worker and as president Of Kalai
Alma, he was one of the founders of
the Home Rule party, with the de-
ceased president of Aloha Alma
The Home Rulers are already at work
on county government act which
they propose to press in the next le-
gislature. They are also discussing
candidates for the house and senate.
The Home Rulers seem never to take
any vacations from politics, and they
are mapping out a programme by which
they hope to carry out their pet scheme
Of making Honolulu a municipal cor
poratiOn, and giving other communities
local self government. The county gov
ernment act which is now being dis
cussed by members of the committee is
based on the works of municipal lea
cues on the mainland. 1t is the inten-
ttOn this time to have it all ready, far
in advance of the meeting of the legis-
lature. This was the intention last
time, but it was not quite carried out,
and the act was introduced in the house
and senate was calculated to make
cities in Nebraska and other places.
The Home Rulers say they will avoid
that kind of thing this time.
The scheme for party reorganization
involves the change of the executive
committee from a body of 60 men to one
of 30, to be elected at the party prima-
ries. 1t also involves a breaking away
from party politics and a general bid
for votes of all parties on local issues
Another thing said to be involved, is a
heavy throwdOwn for some of the
statesmen" who made the party ridi-
culOus in the last Legislature.
Representative Emmeluth says that
the party will declare for absolutely
open primaries. This is a necessary
feature of the nOn-partisan programme.
we don't care who votes in our prima-
Fles, said EmmelUth, "as long as we
get the choice of the electors generally
for candidates Republicans, Demo-
Gratis and all others are welcome 70
take part in the Home Rule primaries
without any pledges at ALL"
Inc Home RuIers propose to fix up
their city and county government act,
adopt it as the policy of the party and
then have all their candidates pledged
to work for it if elected to the legis-
lature. In the discussion of candidates
so far there has been a disposition 10
break away from the "Banderlogs" Of
the last session, says those in the coun-
els of the party, and the men who
made the famous records of the first
territorial Legislature of Hawaii will
probably be left in the cold