The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-08-29
OF CAMARA
THE MAJOR CLAIMS THAT HE
WAS MIsQUOTED.
Fourth District Committee Has Not
Solved Portuguese Club Question as
Yet-Club VIII Not Change Name.

The adjourned meeting of the Fourth
District Executive Committee convened
this noon in the assembly room of Cas-
tie and Cooke. j. p. Cooke assumed
the chair at 1910. There was consider
able discussion before calling to order
among the members as to the admis-
sion of the Portuguese candidates.
many arguing that the meeting of ,he
Portuguese to choose their men should
not have taken place before the eEecu-
tive committee meeting, such a proce-
dure meaning that the candidate would
If accepted be obliged to swallow the
platform whether he agreed with all
its planks or not
There was some difficulty in gaining
quorum but this was gained with 80
members at 12:15 The minutes not
being ready were postponed until the
next meeting. The Mcclellan resolu-
ton was reread and a motion imme-
diately put by f. NJ. Brooks and Sec
ondded by ]. II. Craig that the motion
be laid upon the table all voting in the
affirmative but two, Messrs Love and
Mcclellan. d. p. r. Isenberg renewed
his original motion. There was no Sec
Ond. Il. NJ. Brooks offered a substitute
resolution, Major Hegler seconded the
motion Which was as follows amended
by Aylett as to the. time of the choice
of COMMITTEES:
Resolved, That it is the purpose of
the Fourth District Committee to place
at the meeting of the district committee
to be held next week one Portuguese
American on the legislative ticket this
year, from the Fourth district provided
the Portuguese Political Club will select
names from which such candidate is
to be chosen, and will pledge them
selves to unanimously support the en-
in for
such nomination.
A communication from Major Cana
ra to the chairman read that Major
Ziegler had been misquOted by newspa-
pers. Major Ziegler spoke similarly
saying that Camara would not change
the name of the club nor send up names
to be chosen from, but that the COM
mittee would have to take what was
| offered by the Portuguese.
Samuel johnson stated that Camara
had told him that the club would not
come out Republican If they were given
! place on the ticket, and that next year
/ If the Democrats made better overtures
! they would come out as Democrats.
j. H. Craig said that members of the
club had spoken differently to him say
| ing that they had but fifty voters but
would have, they pledged themselves
more after their candidate was given
| representa- ton.
Major Camara's representation to
/ Sam Johnson was practically that the
Club would not promise to affiliate with
/ the Republican or any party that the
club must choose the candidate, and
that they would at any time back eth
er Democrats or Republicans as they
deemed eXpedient.
The Brooks motion was then put to
/ the vote and carried unanimously, the
meeting then adjourning at 1885. The
/ letter from Major Camara to the chair
man reads as follows
"As Major Ziegler stated TO me this
morning that the remarks at your com
4 mittee meeting yesterday were mis-
quoted by the newspaper reporters, I
take the liberty of addressing this COM
/ munication to you for the purpose OF
| clearing the misunderstanding that has
| gone abroad about myself as well as
the Portuguese Political Club.
I wish to state for myself as well us
| the club that the statement made TO
| Major Ziegler was in substance as fol-
lows: THAT the Club would not an
. nOunce itself as Republican, but that
they would give their support to Re
publican ticket as a whole, provided the
I Clubs nominees were placed on their
| ticket"
l wish to state that the Portuguese
| Political Club is not antagonistic to the
| Republican Party and that it's policy,
to the best of my understanding, is to
see a good Legislature elected in this
Territory, at the coming election
Trusting this will serve to clear the
impression created by the erroneous re-
ports in the papers.