The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-31
HOME RULER
DRElER OUT
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Further provision is made that the
voter may write the name of the new
candidate upon the ballot.
The fsbt which would develop
through any attempt to make a new
nomination would be brought in upon
the construction of the thirteenth word
candidate" Lawyers hold that Mr.
Dreier never legally being candidate
| nothing that his party may do will en-
able it TO secure n mar &c on the ballot
On the other hand the lawloving Home
Rulers insist that the law throughout
the leaving off of a representative Of
any party. and that the courts would
surely hold that a withdrawal would be
recognized.
That is not the only point which
promises to be brought out. One of
the leading attorneys of the city. one
who has seen large practice on the
mainland, says that in his position a
mandamus would lie TO compel the
placing of the name of Dreier on the
ticket, in view of the fact that this is
a special election, and that the laws
which govern general elections must
be given some elasticity in such cases.
Another attorney, whose practice has
been mostly here. relies upon the clause
of the Organic Act declaring that each
house shall be the judge of the qualifi-
ca lions of it's members.
With these chances for a legal fight
for the next ten days the prospects are
that there will be lively time before
the matter is settled. 1t is understood
that the Home Rulers will make
strong contest before they will give up.
August Dreier himself is not going to
let the matter of nomination pass with
out some investigation, now that his
friends have placed their cause in his
hands. He said last evening that
George Davis had volunteered to look
up the law this morning, with the be-
lief that there was a point which
might be brought in for the benefit of
the candidate. He said also that the
whole matter of his citizenship under
the kingdom would be investigated, and
ne would not permit the party to suffer
without making a struggle.
The discovery that August Dreier's
name was not on the registry lists was
made Saturday at the meeting of the
Territorial Committee with the Fourth
District Committee, to arrange a plan
for the campaign. While several mem
bers were waiting for others TO appear
the suggestion was made that Mr..
Dreier was not eligible, and Immediate
ly there was a searching for the poll
lists of the second precinct of the
Fourth District. These showed conclu-
sively that his name was not on the
list, and inquiry at the United States
District Court showed further that he
was naturalized only on November 16,
1900. or ten days after the holding OF
the last general election. At that time
Mr.. Dreier renowned his allegiance TO
the German Emperor and was made
citizen of the United States. Prior to
that he had held denization papers un-
der the Kingdom of Hawaii, and was a
member of the Legislature in 1892.
The Fourth District Committee had
held a meeting Saturday morning and
nominated Mr.. w. w. Harris as the
Republican candidate as agreed upon,
and the later meeting was simply to
urge activity and arrange for making
the fight There was some discussion,
the general opinion being that the
Fourth District Committee should get
70 work and use this election for the
mil
ton. Chairman Kennedy of the Terri
torial Committee and j. p. Cooke urged
this course, saying that the district
should be thoroughly organized. A
Fifth District member wanted the Ter
ritorial Committee to run the cam
paign, but he was left without support,
the others agreeing that the local body
was quite competent. After the discus
sion two vacancies were filled on mo-
ton of Senator Crabbe, by the election
of e. A Mott-Smith from the third
precinct and w. c. King from the
Fourth. The chair then made the fol-
lowing announcement of committees,
he by motion being made a member of
each, eX-officio:
Finance Committee. d. McVeigh,
Lorrin Andrews, Henry Waterhouse,
c. L. Crabbe, Samuel Johnson, DR..
Burgess and ]. H. Fisher.
Canvassing Committee. D. Nc
Weigh, Charles Wilcox, E. a. Mott |
Smith, w C. King, ]. Keohokii, L. III. I
Wolff and ]. II. Fisher.
Campaign and Meetings Committee
c. B. Wilson, Andrew Brown, John NJ. ,
Kea and VIM. II. Coney.
Treasurer-Andrew Brown.
Candidate Harris was present and !
made a few remarks, and it was decid- |
ed that there should be held another
joint meeting on Monday evening, and /
that the Fourth District Committee
should meet each evening until the |
election. The greatest difficulty was in
finding a place for a ratification meet