The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-01
PUBL|C'S
PULSE IS.
SOUGHT
Republican Reason
for Looking
Around.
COMMITTEE TO
ASK QUESTIONS
Fourth District Men Will Consider
Before They Commit Party
to a Campaign.

IN the hands of FIVE men rests the
Honolulu as to the propriety of the
nomination of a candidate to fill the
vacant seat in the Legislature, which
was occupied by the late A. F. Gilillan.
The committee. appointed at the meet
ing of the Republican Fourth District
Convention yesterday has until Mon
day afternoon to formulate it's report
upon the advisabilfty of taking action,
and as well who is the proper man to
make the race, if it is decided to NOM
mate.
The meeting of the convention, in
the headquarters of the Territorial
committee yesterday afternoon, was
full of oratory, almost every member
taking a hand IN the debates. There
was early evident a division of opinion,
but the matter was handled without
any acrimony and the decis-
ion to place the responsibility of re-
porting upon the pulse of the party in
the city was unanimous one. There
was change in the leadership. caused
by the resignation of Chairman Boyd
OF the committee, and the election of A.
V Gear to fill the seat. There was
filed the vacancy in the representation
of the second precinct, caused by the
death - a member, by the giving to L.
A. Andrews and Andrew Brown, a full
vote each, instead of the half vote to
which they were formerly entitled The
vacancies in the fourth and seventh
precincts were left untitled, owing to
desire to secure the entrance into the
committee of labor men.
When the convention was called to
order there were present Chairman j.
Fl. BOYD and Messrs. Crabbe, Johnson,
McVeigh, Wilcox, Gear. Brown. Wolf,
Wilson, Burgess. Fisher. Kea, Kehokii
and Secretary Gomez. Chairman Boyd
read the letter from the Territorial
committee, and then said that there
was another matter which he would
bring up, the election Of chairman to
succeed him, as le felt that holding the
position which he now occupied he
should not be in the place. He said ne
raalized the homer which had been con-
ferred upon him in his election, but ne
honad the committee would recognize
the reasons why ne wished to quit IT,
He said he would like to remain In the
committee and DO all in his power for
the party.
ON motion of Burgess his resignation
was accepted and then there was de-
mand that the place be filled by the
election of j. II. Fisher That mem
ber objected, however, saying that MS
duties as secretary OF the IerrltorIdi
committee made it inadvisable that he
take another position Andrew Brown
then nominated A. V. Gear, and he was
elected without dissent
Rovd called attention to the fact that
there was a paragraph In the letlter
which referred to a platform, ana Sug-
gested that this should be given hrst
attention: perhaps it would be wise 10
aDDojnt a committee to frame sCch
Tiatfor,,, as was needed Crabbe NOV
ed that the platform of the last Ter
,itorial convention be adopted with a
change in the paragraph cohceriilis
city and county government 50 thae
instead of a declaration IN iaNor Oh
such laws when advisable, that the
nex, Legislature should provide the
LEGISLATION. He said that the time had
come for a decided stand on TINS point:
He had talked with Home Rulers, ana
they would have such paraSraph
,n6 :. was taking very weIl with the
native voters -. .,;.
Boyd raised the question that TINS
co,urnittee could not pledge the next
convention and the next Legislature
Fisher said the platform OF the IeII!
ta,;a1 convention was the party conSt1-
tuition. and he did not think II could
he changed He thought the course
would be to endorse the last platform
and then pass a resolution advising the
immediate passage OF bills tenelns 10
een,,Te municipal government. After
some discussion, Wilson said it was his
oplnlou that the platform could be en-