The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-23
FILLING
BOARDS
Election Officers
Now Being
Named.
REPUBLICANS WIN
SEVENTH PRECINCT
Vacancy There Filled by Appoint.
ment of Candidate OF
That Party.

for the coming ballot battle it will be
found that there has been a more near
ly even division of the men as to party,
than there was two years ago. The
most strenuous fight has been that
which waged about the Seventh pre-
cinct of the Fifth district, and yester-
day the contest ended with the appoint
ment of H. c. Birbe to succeed K. r.
g. Wallace, resigned. 1t is reported too
that julius Asche will resign, and that
his place will be filled by the appoint
ment of Benjamin Kanihalau
The fight for the vacancy in the
Seventh was one which promised to
find its way into the courts, but the
fact that Governor Dole yesterday
morning commissioned Birbe, the Re-
publican candidate before the Home
Rule forces got at him, prevented the
issuance of, or at least the application
for mandamus. The make up of the
Board now gives the Republicans two of
the members and the Home Rulers only
one. The original board was of one
from each party, but Kaai was placed
on it to fill vacancy, and his CONVEX
sion to Republicanism left the board
was the original Democratic member,
but now has declared that he will sup
port Wilcox and the entire Home Rule
ticket, and in consequence is classed as
a Home Ruler.
When Wallace resigned the Home
Rulers began fight to secure the ap-
pointment of one of their men, and the
fact that the place was to go to Re-
publican nettled Charles Motley, who
was in charge of the matter, consider
ably. He argued that the law that
there must be a man from each party
should stand, and that there was in
reality Democratic party in the pres
ent campaign. This view was combat
ted by the Republicans, who made the
point that in the absence of a Demo-
cratic ticket, a member of the board
who declared his utilization with the
Home Rulers must be regarded as a
member of that party. This was the
view which seemed to prevail and in
addition the Governor announced that
the law provided that in the event of
of the same party put into the place.
The Home Rulers in body visited
Governor Dole yesterday afternoon and
submitted their claims. They met the
law and then began to argue that Kaai,
having now become a Republican, must
be called the representative of that
party, but the Governor held that the
law as to the specific appointment must
be followed. 1t was then stated by the
Home Rulers that Asche was going to
resign. Inquiry disclosed that he had
not done so as yet but before the clos
ing of the meeting the appointment of
Home Ruler was agreed upon in that
event.
While the negotiations were going on
| it was disclosed that there are a ma
jority of Home Rulers on the various
boards Then the Republicans made
proposition to the Home Rulers that
all the boards be cleared of members,
so that an entirely new set of officials
could be had. 1t was agreed that this
could be done only by designations, but
the Home Rulers would not accept the
offer that in the event of such resigna-
ton there should be a division on an
even basis. This would give the Re
publicans and the Home Rulers MAORI
ties in alternate precincts, and there
could be then no charge of favorftism
| The proposal was refused and the fight
went on with the result that there was
the victory in the naming of the can
didate of the Republicans in the
Seventh precinct
REPUBLICANS ON KAUAI
Whatever may be the report of Poe
poe as TO the strength of the Home
| Rulers on Kauai, the indications are
| that there viii be tremendous slump
| before the votes are counted Poepoe
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