The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-09-09
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| Fifth District Republican committee
men will not permit dctation from the
Fourth District, but will stand on what
they deem their rights, and at the
same time defend their fellows from
any insinuation OF possible bad faith.
This Interpretation was put on the let
ter of the Fourth granting the Fifth
the latter committee come into the joint
convention with unanimous choices,
and the resentment was quick.
The meeting of the committee Of the
Fifth last evening was long and only
in spots lightened by controversy. 1t
was one full of detail and marked at
the same time by the most minute at
tention to precedent. After all was
done there were only two things to
mark the meeting as OF Importance,
the declaration that a majority choice
OF the Fifth was one which stood for
the whole Republican strength and a
decision that when the committee met
on Monday evening next there should
be settlement OF all precinct contro-
verses by the vote of the committee.
The nominations by the committee will
be made according to the schedule as
passed at the second meeting of the
committee, and they will be made in
order, there being a final vote by the
entire committee to settle any contests
which may arise in the various pre-
cincts.
The committee and the spectators
who had gathered with the expectation,
of seeing a threshing out of the sena-
torial situation, filed Castle ~ Cooke
hall at eight o'clock last evening when
the session was called to order by
Senator Achi. As Secretary Hoapili is
with the jury George c. Potter was
chosen secretary pro tenn. The formal
letter of the Fourth District announ-
cling the appointment of a committee
to confer on the subject of joint con-
vention was filed and that announcing
that the Fourth would agree to per-
NIT the Fifth to have two senator's,
provided same be the unanimous choice
of the district, was received and made
the order of business later.
This brought the meeting up to the
reception of reports from the various
precincts, as shown in the results OF
the meetings of August 3Oth, and as
nearly everyone approved of the plat
form planks the reports are tabulated
as to members of the Legislature:
First-Senate: w. G. Ach and John
c. Lane House Nianoa.
Second-Senate: w. G. Achi and John
c. Lane.
Walalua-senate: w. c, Achi and
John c. Lane House: Ben Naukana.
Fourth-Scnate: w. G. Achl and l..
l.. McCandless; House: Ben Nau-
kama.
Fifth-Senate: w. c. Achi and l.. l..
MoCandless; House: Ben NaulSana.
Sixth-Senate: l.. l.. McCandless and
w. c. Achi House: j. NJ. Ezera.
Seventh-No meeting.
Elghth-Senate: John c. Lane and
G. II. Hubby; House: j. NJ. Kaneakua.
Ninth-Senate; John c. Lane and G.
IL. Hubby; House: j. $. Kalakiela.
Tenth-Senate. w. C. Achi, John c.
Lane and l.. l.. McCandless; House;
w. II. Crawford William Y. Kwai
Fong, j. NJ. Kaneakua and j. l.. Ka-
ulukou.
Senator Achi explained that the ac-
tion in the Eighth was due to the fact
that he declared that there was not
legal notice of the meeting and he
therefore announced that there was TO
be none and refused to act. Lane said
that this was true but when he left,
the meeting having been called by w.
c. Achi, there was chairman pro TEN
elected and the business carried
through.
AS to the seventh Judge Wilcox eX-
planned that there was really no meet
ing wanted by some and that when
he received notice signed by some
person by the name of Avery, he had
not time to call the meeting. AS TO the
further action some influence, he
thought a dark influence. had acted
upon the executive committee and
blocked action there.
Chairman Avery, Of the committee
which met with the representatives of
the Fourth to agree 10 the time for the
joint session, reported that the meet
ing would be held on Monday evening
at Progress hall At o'clock. The COM
mittee proposed that the meeting
should be called to order by Chairman
! Crabbe of the Territorial committee,
mat rules should be then reported after
which the officers Of the Joint cOnVen-
tton should be named After this the
joint convention should break up into
caucuses and report candidates for the
Senate. 1t was the opinion of the COM
mittoes that the ballots should be of
uniform size, color and thickness.
There was some confusion over the
verbal report and Avery was made to
write 1t out and the committee then ac-
lcepted II.
Chairman Achi then laid before the
commiJee the letter of the Fourth dis
trict committee, saying that the Fifth
could have two Senators II they We're
the unanimous choice OF the commit
tee. Wilcox arose and said he would
move to lay on the table, as the letter
not only was an act Of dictation To the
committee, but IL placed il in the pow
ed Of one member Of the body 10 pre-
vent action by refusing to agree TO
make any nominations unanimous He
said that the Fourth had no right To
say that the nominations must he
unanimous, for he believed that the
minority would accept any decision Of
the majority and would agree 10 sup
port the ticket named
James Low agreed with The declara-
ton, and further said there was no