The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-04-04
POLITICS
IN COURT
Harris Takes Fight
Into the High
Tribunal.
tFrom Thursdays Daily)

will decide whether or not the name OF
August Drcier as the candidate OF the
Home Rulers is 10 be placed ON the
official ballot The court VIII meet to-
day for the purpose of hearing the
cause. and 1t is the expectation of those
who are pushing the case that 1t will
be decided at once.
The necessity FOR action by the courts
arose yesterday afternoon when Secre-
tary Of the Territory Cooper ruled that
he had no power to go into the merits
of the nomination of any candidate
whose papers were presented to him in
form. This decision was reached after
long consideration OF the matter as
brought up by the Republican candi-
date. w. w Harris. through his attor-
ney, A. G.. NJ Robertson. The appeal
from the first decision of the Secretary,
as expressed in the statement of his
determination to place the name OF
Dreier on the ticket, took the form of a
protest from Harris. which was as fol-
lows:
Honolulu. April /, 1902.
Hon. II. T.. Cooper, Secretary OF the
Territory OF Hawaii
Sir:-The undersigned a duly nomi-
mated candidate for election to the
House of Representatives for the
Fourth District at the election to be
held on the 9th inst, hereby respect
fully protests against the placing OF
the name of August Dreier upon the
official ballot. The ground of this pro-
test is the fact that said August Dreier
is not qualified to vote for Representa-
tiyes in said Fourth District and there
fore not eligible to be a Representative,
and that he is, by reason of said fact,
not an eligible candidate for said office,
Yours very respectfully.
w. w. HARRIS.
There was some little argument on
the point. but Secretary Cooper could
not find any law which would permit
him to go behind the correct return of
nomination to him. The result was an
agreement between the attorneys Rob
ertson for Harris, and the Attorney
General for the Secretary of the Terri
aory, that the cause should be brought
into the Supreme Court today, and the
papers were at once drawn, 1t is nm
derstood that the interests of Mr..
Dreier will be looked after by the firm
of Kinney, Ballou & McClanahan. The
expectation is that there may be some
argument before the court which may
lead to an early rendering of decision
which may settle the matter, so as to
raign a settled thing.
The Home Rulers are not doing much
as they are awaiting the outcome oI
the suit The plans for their campaign
are being prepared and the meeting
or the executive committee this even
ing, it is thought, will result in ar
rangements for an active fight for thu
place The members of the party do no
talk much. but some of them are $,
confident as to assert that they do no
need to make any long campaign. The!
insist that Mr.. Dreier is SO well know
that he will be able to poll the combin
ed vote of the Home Rulers and Demo
Gratis. without any long or hard cam
paign,
FIRST MEETINGS HELD.
The campaign was broken open 4
Kakaako and Kewalo and at Waikik
last evening by the Republicans. an
Candidate w. w Harris made his boy
as a political orator. 1t has been tn
rumor that the Home Rulers wer
waiting for the first speeches of Re
pubneans to make the lines of thei
campaign. At both the meetings ther
was an abundance of issues presente
and the vulnerable points in the armo
perforated by the half dozen or NOR
orators. Candidate Harris came ou
strongly for good government. and tn
preservation Of the Hawaiian franchise
and pointed sharply to the presen
stagnation Of business as due to the in
action of the Home Rulers and thei
failure to pass a loan bill.
The meeting on the border line h7
tween Kewalo and KakaBko was a we
attended one withal, held i'm the vaCar
lot opposite Magoonville, which ha
within il more than hundred voter
when Enoch Johnson Esq, called IL
order. He said hat 1t was necessar
to make the choice Of n successor
A. +. Gilillan, and then, after present
ing the name Of the candidate iutrOdu,
ed as the first speaker of the evenin
william OleTau. The speaker said l
was a representative of the laborir
men, and he could speak to them fro
experience. He arraigned the Hon
Rule party for not doing anything f,
the good Of the party. He said he hs
been with Wilcox in three revolution
and was an original member of Il
Aloha Alma, but he was satisfied tn
the duty Of all Hawaiians who wish
the future Of the country to be one
the good of the country at heart shOu
enter and work for the Republic
party. He said the day would cor
when Hawaii would be entitled
Statehood and the citizens should pr
pare for the place they would have
take in the ranks OF the States of /
Union, and be of the party which wor
ed for the good OF the nation.
Representative William ,Aylett beg
by saying that II was a matter
the people to decide whether or l
they would choose man who
lived all his life in the country or q
who was only recently a citizen a
who did not know enough to become
voter. He read the section of the Il
governing elections and dwelt at Iene
on the fact that 10 vote for Dreier "
to throw away vote, while a vote
Harris was one for progress and &c
government.
The next speaker was Paulo. a meml
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