The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-05-05
CONVENTION
LEAVE PRIMARIES
OPEN.
Members Object to Changing the In
structions of the Last Party Conven-
tion.-Advice to Board of Health

The Republican Territorial Central
| Committee on Saturday evening passed
the original primary rule reported by
| the committee providing for absolute
| ly open primaries, up to the time of the
| closing of the polls. This rule is in aC-
| cordance with the decision of the last
Territorial convention Some of the
members who favored a different rule
/ held that the central committee should
stand by the decision of the convention
and as a result the adoption of rule II
| after considerable discussion, was al
| most unanimous, Col. Fisher and
| Walker and their proxies, amounting
| in all to 4, being the only ones to vote
no.
! During the discussion several sub
/ stitutes providing for more or less
| close rules for primary voting We're
/ offered but they were Withdrawn. The
| opposition to the rule reported went to
/ pieces when Renton endorsed the view
| of Stewart and others, that the com
mittteee had no right to change the
! spirit of a rule enacted by the conven-
| ton.
| Representative c. II. Dickey incident
| ally earned the title of mugwump, in
the judgment of Col. Fisher, who sat
heavily on a suggestion of Dickey' $
that pledge taking was Objectionable
because a man might not want to agree
to vote for every candidate on the
ticket. Col. Jones said he was surpris-
ed to hear a member of the committee
make such statement and Col Fisher
said the committee wasn't making rules
/ for mugWumps, but for members of the
party
The following addition to rule 16, Of
fered by w. J. Coelho designed to pre-
vent primary nominations at the last
minute was adopted: Nominations for
members of the district committee and
delegates to the Territorial convention
shall not be received and placed upon
the primary ballots unless, made at
meetings held for such purpose, and no
person shall be nominated unless he
shall have enrolled his name in the pre-
cinct club prior to the placing of his
name as nominee
Stewart presented the report of the
committee which was appointed a week
ago to interview DR.. Sloggett, President
of the Board of Health, and the gov
ernOr about the matters of Father Wen
deln and the rock crusher. Acting
Governor Cooper talked over the pro-
positions, said the committee, but Or.
Sloggett didn't want to be the whole
board of health, and told the commit
teemen he would like to have them
come to a meeting and talk with the
board He refused to discuss matters
alone. The committee recommends the
following, which was adopted:
Resolved That it is the sense of
this committee that the Board of
Health would promote the public good
and the peace and welfare of the
Leper Settlement by reconsidering the
resoutiOn with reference to the re-
moval of Father Wendeln, and,
Resolved. That the board would fur
Their promote the public good if it
would devise some plan for the tenn
porary accommodation at the Kalihi
Camp, or at some other place of such
patients as are specially affected by
the operation of the crusher, so that
the same may be operated Temporal
rily, until the urgent demand for road
material be met, or until the Legisla-
ture shall take action and provide for
the removal of the asylum or the rock
Crusher.
Resolved, That copy of these res
OlutiOnS be sent to the Board of Health
by the secretary of this committee"
Those present We're: Chairman Ken
nedy, Committeeman Wright, Wilcox,
Cooke, Fisher, CoelhO, Hubby, RentOn,
Lane, Jones' Stewart, Kepoikai proxies
of McStocker and Walker by Fisher,
Ridgway by Jones, Estep by Stewart
Hostein and Mcguire by Renton, Wal
puilani and Mccain by McCandless,
Baldwin by Dickey, Kahokuoluna by
CoelhO, Cox by Hubby, Sandow by f. 7.
p Waterhouse and Brandt by Wright.
Visitors were Messrs. Gilman, Hoogs,
Towse, Reynolds, Crabbe, Gear, Dwight
KauAkou, Olepau and Aylett.