Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-29
PORTUGUESE MUST
Join THE PARTY
Fifth District Votes
Down Portuguese
Proposal.
DIVISION OH NATIONALITY
DOES NOT MEET FAVOR
SPECIAL coMMITTEeREP
cANpLEss CASTS ONLY oPPo.
slTIoN BALLOT SEA.
sURY's OPINION.

Committee Of the Republican Club met
in Republican headquarters shortly af-
ter o'clock today. W. c. Achi was
in the chair and David lloapili was
secretary. The attendance was rather
poor. Among those present were: w.
c. Achi, J. l.. Holt, David Hoapili, VIM.
Henry. l.. l.. MCCandless, Geo C.. Pot
ter, Il. c. Winston, J. Crawford, G. Ma
wsakOa. J. ID. Avery, ]. c. Lane,
Charles Clark. Henry Vierra. W. X.
Isaac, W. George Ashley. ]. Shaw. A.
w. Seabury, d. Douglass and several
by proxy.
The chair read a letter from the Re.
publican Central committee, the same
Fourth District committee yesterday
and referring to the action Of the CEN
tral body of the party on the matter of
Portuguese representation on the Re-
publican Legislative ticket.
j. ID. Avery. chairman of tie commit
tee OF five appointed to look into the
matter OF Portuguese representation.
presented the following report which
was adopted:
Hon. w. c. Achi, Chairman, Fifth Dis
trict Republican Committee.
Sir:-Your committee appointed to
confer with the Executive Committee
OF the Republican Territorial Central
Committee. a committee from the
Fourth District Republican Committee
and with a committee from the Portu-
guese Club of Honolulu. beg leave to
report that pursuant to instructions,
they met with said committee at IL
o'clock Aug. %. 1902, at Territorial
headquarters.
The Portuguese committee asked for
a Senator and a member OF the House
of Representatives on the Republican
ticket to be named by the club. The
Joint Republican committees voted this
impracticable. They then asked for
two Representative candidates, both
from the Fourth District.
The committee from the Fourth
District thought this impossible and
asked that one be taken from each dis.
trict, but the Portuguese committee
said that they had no candidates from
the Fifth to offer. This committee re-
minded the Portuguese that Messrs.
Nierra, Seabury and Silva had been
placed upon the Fifth District Repub-
lican committee or In precinct club
Offices. but they stated none OF these
Portuguese belonged to their club. One
OF their committee, however, thought
one of these men would be acceptable.
Your committee felt under their in
structions that they had no right TO
make any recommendations and so re.
ported to the chairman of the EXeCu.
tive Committee, but stated they would
transmit any recommendations of the
Executive Committee. The Executive
Committee thereupon recommended to
the Fourth and Fifth District Republi-
can committees that each committee
put one Portuguese on their Represen-
tative ticket. A communication to that
effect will come to the chairman of this
District committee in due course.
Respectfully submitted,
J. d. AVERY,
WIN. HENRY,
J. +. SHAW,
WIN. ISAACS.
Honolulu, II. r., Aug. 29, 1902.
At this point, the discussion on the
matter of Portuguese representation
became general. Mr.. Winston said that
the matter should be considered very
carefully and in a business-like man
ner In the opinion OF the speaker,
there were not sufficient Portuguese in
the Fifth to Justify the Republican
party in giving them representation.
Besides that, the natives would very
probably object to any such proceed
ing as the representation was very light
anyway.
Mr.. Douglas wanted to know IL there
was any guarantee that the Portuguese
were Republicans and the chair ans
wered that they did not intend to
pledge themselves as Republicans
They only promised their support in
the event OF their securing representa-
ton. Mr.. Douglas then answered that
II the Portuguese could not promise to
come out as straight Republicans he for
one could not see how the committee
could consider the matter at all. George
Nawaakoa said the best thing TO do was
10 leave the Portuguese out all togeth-
er. Mr.. McCandless did not approve