The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-05-06

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fhIf saying % would cut out The vot-
inr f1r independents. and stewart
Thought % unnecessary. owing 30 the
existence ~ rule that the ballots
should bp completed the day before the
PRIMARY Coe.hn. in support of the mo-
tIul sHG that il would cut out the
dark horse and The head horse alike.
nud told the story Of how George Hons
defeated Kaiue al Wailuitu. losing that
statesman to the Republican party. A.
ter some discussion along the same
lines the addition was passed az Of
fered
This led up to the fight over sec
tion II that of the open primary. the
subject coming up on the substitute Of
McCandless which was offered last
week. This reads as follows:
NO person shall be entitled to vote
at a Republican primary unless he
shall have the qualifications OF a voter
of the precinct, and II called upon shall
be compelled TO take the following
pledge: That he will support the Re-
publican ticket and it's nominees in the
next general election"
j. 4. Cooke at once offered the fol-
lowing as an amendment for the sub
stitute:
mo member Of a precinct club shall
be entitled to vote at a primary un-
less his name shall have been enrolled
in the club at some time up to twenty
four hours before the day OF the pri-
mary election. The rules for registra-
tion in each precinct shall be provided
by the executive committee of each
precinct club"
Immediately J. w. Jones, for Ridg-
way, presented the following pledge,
which was accepted by Mr. Cooke and
made a part OF his motion:
ANY person enrolling in a precinct
club shall subscribe to the following
pledge: We, the undersigned, declare
our allegiance to the Republican party
and hereby pledge ourselves to vote
the Republican ticket at the neXt gem
eral election"
This brought out the surprise Of the
meeting when Representative Dickey
wanted to know II the pledge was to
be binding; II so, 1t would lose strength
for the party. lie said II there was a
man on the ticket whom ones con-
science would not permit him to vote
for, there should be no pledge for yot-
ing. He said he did not want to be
tied up to vote for all nominees. Jones
at once attacked the position of the
speaker, saying he was surprised Ia
hear such sentiments from a man in
the committee. Colonel Fisher said
that he wanted TO remind Mr.. Dickey
that the committee was making rules
for Republicans and not for mugwumps
and that any man ashamed to sign the
, pledge ought not to be permitted &C
vote at the primaries. McCandless said
he was opposed to fun pledge fol
the reason that he thought well-knowr
| citizens should not be compelled to take
I It, Renton said he was personally op.
| posed to oaths and he thought the pre-.
cinct clubs should have something tC
say.
Wilcox said he could not see tina
any plan proposed was an improvement
| upon the old system. He continued
| that any closing Of the rolls woulC
make Hawaiians suspicious, and pre-
vent them from registering at all,
| Cooke insisted that II a Republican
was good enough party man to tax,
an oath, then he was good enough I,
call at the polls early and register
| Stewart declared that the committe,
! had no power to change the spirit o
| any rule adopted by that body. IL
showed Mr.. Renton the name OF an out
! of-town Republican who said that tn,
| party would be beaten in the next elec
ton and that only hard work coul,
| save II. There was a rapid inter
change. Renton deciding that he mus
| break away from TIE amendment ol
the ground that the convention had tn
! power alone. Cooke urged that tn
party was I'm n formative state last yea
and action taken then must not coun
| as against action taken now, in tn,
/ light OF the election. Coelho explained
/ that In every precinct club there wa!
an oath provision and he thought thi!
would be continued. Immediately upor
| Renton's announcement that he coulC
, not see how the committee could chang
= a rule the tumbling began and every
! one got from under. The vote upoi
the section as reported came on an,
, 1t went through. 20 to 4, Colonel Fisher
/ for himself and for McStocker an,
Walker, being, with Ridgway the onl!
! opponent
The committee then listened to tn
| reading OF a new section, providing 70
complete rolls OF voters, offered b.
n, Coelho, but adjourned without action
Those present were: Chairman Ken
nedy, Committeeman Wright, Wilcox
Cooke, Fisher, COelhO. Huddy, Renton
Lane Jones, Stewart, Kepoikai, Nc
Stocker and Walker by Fisher, Ridg
way by Jones, Estep by Stewart Hol
stein and Mcguire by Renton, Waipui
lani and Mccain by McCandless. Bald
win by Dickey Kahokuoluna by Coelht