The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-30
WILL. GIVE
A PLACE.
Portuguese May
Be Allowed
a Man.
FOURTH DISTRICT
REPUBLICANS ACT
Declare One representative Can
didate Will Be Selected From
Names Submitted.

Republicans stand ready to place the
name of a Portuguese upon the ticket
for the Legislature if the members of
the political club of that nationality
will agree to support the nominees of
the party. This was agreed to in the
meeting of the Fourth district commit
tee yesterday, although the members
of the Fifth district committee decided
that they could not agree to make such
a. nomination unless the Portuguese
came into the party by the regular
channels.
The meeting of the Fourth district
committee was well attended, though
the members did not get together until
late The motions of Mcclellan and
Isenberg were set aside and finally aft
err some discussion the following mo-
ton of Brooks was passed:
Resolved, That it is the purpose of
the Fourth district committee to place
at the meeting of the district commit
tee, to be held next week, one Portu-
guese American on the legislative tick
ct this year, from the Fourth district.
provided the Portuguese Political Club
will select names from which such can
didate is to be chosen, and will pledge
themselves to unanimously support the
entire Republican ticket in return for
such nomination.
A letter was read from Major Cam
ara, saying that he had been misrepre-
sented. that he had said only that the
Portuguese club would not affiliate with
the Republican party, but would sup
port the entire ticket if the club NOM
inees were on it.
| Members of the committee said that
the statements of members of the club
were that the Republicans must take
/ the Portuguese as they found them'
I and that there would be no utilization
with any party.
The conference committee of the
Fifth district committee reported the
substance of the conference and the
matter of representation was then tax
en- up. McCandless offered the Isen-
berg proportional representation reSo-
luton This was tabled after some dis
bate, and the secretary was directed to
notify the central committee that the
Fifth district thought that Portuguese
or other citizens should take the regu-
! lar course of coming into the party
and should secure representation II
the usual way.
/
under this plan the following commit
tees were appointed:
! First precinct-Lot Lane and James
Davis.
/ Second-Nainoa and Kekuku.
Third-Naukana and Goodale.
! Fourth-Gilliland and Kekahuna.
Fifth-Douglass (only one member
from this precincD.
I Sixth-Nawaakoa and Woodward.
Seventh-Clark and Sherwood.
Eighth-Dwight and Kapono.
Ninth-Apio and Harris.
4 Tenth-Kwai Fong and Isaac.
! Finance Committed L. McCand
less, George S. Harris and j. c. Lane.
On motion it was decided that com
mittee of three should be created fol
the purpose of comforting with a sim
: liar committee from the Fourth distric
: and then deciding the date for the hold
ing of the joint convention for the nom
nation of senators for the Third sena
toriaI district.
) Chairman Achi announced that h
, had made arrangements for the placing
on file at the headquarters of the re
marks of all the Home Rule orators
i. and that any member could see then
so as to refute them.