The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-04
REPUBLICAN HARMONY.

Ran,Iblicans have spoken and their
choice as to the men who Will SIT In 'ne
conventions to name candidates Is reg
;-,a-ad There has been displayed tnat
s,,,,, of friendly emulation. that deter
rnination to give and take ana that ue
sire to see the best interests OF the OF
eau;xation subserved. which VIII leao
to n united party in the fall, against
which, it will be impossible for the OPP
moments of good government to prevail
For the second time the party mas
called its supporters into action among
fhemselyes, and the results OF the TWO
vearS growth have been most gratiiy-
ir<,ss ,rsvesvwffere there is shown an IN
,.,.l.s.sa N. the number of votes cast ana
,,,.sr. seems to be every reason to De-
,;ave that there win be such adherence
70 their declarations of new political
faith as will result in a sweeping VIC
tory OF the islands BIZ the. party Oh prog
.ress and prosperity. In some instances
tho growth is more than 100 per cent
and in others there is an evident lnten-
tion on the part of the leaders to make
The party the only one in the TERN
tory.
THE most pleasing point in the day
waiting lies in the fact that harmony
was the rule in almost every precinct
on. the islands. There We're some dit
ferences. The tickets in the Second OF
the Fourth and the Ninth of the Fifth
had on them more names than were
needed to fill the delegateships, but the
contests were of friendly nature. the
struggle was undertaken and carried
on without acrimony. and their results
viii, be accepted with the best feeling
In more than half the precincts OF the
island there were no contests me
leaders Of the wings of the party got
together and filled up the ticket Wnicn
seemed best fitted, to their MINDS ana
the people handsomely ratified the Sc
lections at the polls. This In brief tells
the story of the voting in the majority
of the precincts. and there was the
most complete satisfartion expressed
ali along the line yesterday
Where contests took place, with the
one exception of the Seventh precinct
of the Fifth district, the attitude of the
workers showed that they were engag-
ed in a rivalry which makes closer the
ties which bind men who have for their
aim the same interests. In every In
stance where an attempt was made on
the part OF zeaIot to introduce Tam
many machine methods he found slight
comfort even from his friends. and the
results may be taken as indicating the
lifting of Republican politics from the
~
primaries manly contests for honors
which carr responsibilities and mean
hard work.
The sxeSption to the rule was IN the
Palana district. where after the first
experience of stolen ballot box the
workers seemed to think 1t necessary to
signalize the primary by disturbance
With the memory of the theft in 1900
in mind the question on the tongue of
every one was What will be done in
the SEVENTH" 1t was late coming, but
the occurrences were none the less to
be regretted that they were delayed.
The result will mean an investigation
and a contest 1t is a blow to Republi-
canism that there should be one pre-
clncC Wnere gang IetHoHS mus nc AOA
lowed, but it seems inevitable. The
party knows where the sore spot is and
perhaps may find a way to cure the
evil later.
Forgetting this incident to an other
wise significantly harmonious day, 1T Is
with congratulation that the party
looks upon the record and sees in the
unity of purpose and the enthusiasm of
the workers a promise of success in
November. which cannot but cheer all
in their labors for the future. 1t is not
TOO much to predict even harder worl <
for Repu blieanism during the three
months to come. and the prestige of
progress win win to the ranks many
who are hating between the lines
VII COXS DEFEAT,