Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-27

called at the instance OF the requisite
of members. was held in head.
quarters in the Elite building last
night. To show that there was great
deal of interest in what was to be
brought up, every member of the com.
mittee was present in person or by
proxy. The room in which the meet
ing was held was very well filed,
there being present, besides the mem.
bers of the committee, number Of
outsiders who wished to follow the
drift OF the work.
The meeting was called to order by
Chairman Achi shortly after 1880
Kaulukou answered for Nainoa and
Kunewa and when some discussions
came up. he began to talk. Later on,
other proxies OF later date from these
two men, were handed in to the secre.
.tary, and the result was that Kaulu'
kou, on rising once more to speak,
was called to order and asked to sit
down since he had absolutely nothing
to do with the deliberations.
Portuguese Representation.
Before proceeding with the business
Of the evening, Chairman Acni stated
that Chairman Robertson of the Cen.
trail Committee had seen him during
the afternoon and told him that the
Portuguese Political Club had made a
proposal to the Republican party. A
mi had waftpd on thn rantral
Committee and had asked that the
Portuguese colony be given represen.
tation in the Legislature. The plan
was to appoint a committee of five
from the Fifth District Committee.
five from the Fourth District Commit.
tee, and five from the Central Com.
mittee, these men to meet with the
committee of the Portuguese Political
Club for the purpose of discussing the
matter of representation. Mr.. Achi
stated further that he had been given
TO understand there were three or four
hundred Portuguese votes in the ciJ'.
| ]. ID. Avery said the Portuguese was
an element that ought to be represent.
ed. He did not think there were
enough Portuguese In the Firth Dis.
trict to entitle them to representation,
but certainly no harm could come
from the Fifth District Committee to
consider the matter.
This was put in the form of a motion
and carried, and the chair appointed
the following committee: Messrs, ].
In Ayary ichairp,anl Vim uanry
Isaac, Lot Lane and Shaw. Chairman
Achi named George Carter on the
committee and Mr.. Avery objected
saying that the name of the proxy
carried by Carter should be given
This was James Davis. The chair saw
the justice OF this contention and
changed the name according to the
Suggestion. It was then that Mr.. Car
ter decided that he was really toe
busy to attend to the thing and would
ask that someone else be appointed
Mr.. Shaw was then put on committee
James A. Low OF Honolulu planta
ltion said this committee should report
back on what had been done. He did
not believe that anything should be
done in the matter so far as the Fifth
was concerned. The Portuguese
should not have representation there
Such a proceeding would simply bs
taking representation away from
where it belonged.
Chairman Achi announced that ht
would instruct the committee to re
port at the next meeting on what bac
been done in the premises.
No Rules Ready.
Under the head OF reports of com
mittees, Mr. Sherwood was called upoi
to present the report OF the COMMITTEES
on rules. He reported that one meet
ing had been hid but that the commit
tee had not been able to come togeth
er. While rough draft had beef
prepared, the rules were not ready 70
presentation to the committee.
The chair stated that at the las
meeting the instruction to the commit
tee had been that they report at tn
next meeting. He wanted the men
bers to be sure to have the report res
lus iht VI hNN
ing
Mecandless' Resolution.
At this port, l.. l.. McCandless pre-
scented the following resolution:
Whereas, The responsibility falls NJ
on this body of selecting six cand
dates from the Fifth District as Rel
resentatives of the Republican part!
and
Whereas, We believe it to be in III
interest OF our party to appeal to loci
: pride and to stimulate local work, an
Whereas We believe that by he MI
tual assistance of all the precincts eaC
can succeed, now therefore be it
Resolved, That We recommend II
following apportionment OF the six rel
resentatives among the various pr
cincts, based upon the Republica
strength as shown at the last election
First. From the first and second pr
cincts, one representative.
. Second, From the third. fourth al