The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-08-29
THE FIFTH MEETING
PORTUGUESE VOTERS MUST JOIN
CLUBS.
Report Of Committee Did Not Make
Any Recommendations Nation
ality To Be Recognized.

The Fifth District committee conven-
ed at Republican headquarters at one
o'clock. The following report of the
Committee appointed to confer with the
Portuguese Club and the Fourth dis
trict was Offered and accepted.
Hon. w. c. Achi, chairman 9Th Dis
trict Republican Committee.
Sir Your Committee appointed to
confer with the Executive Committee
of the Republican Territorial Central
Committee, a committee from the
Fourth District Republican Committee
and with a Committee from the Por-
tuguese Club of Honolulu, beg leave to
report that pursuant to instructions
they met said committee at II o'clock,
August 26, 1902 at Territorial headquar-
ters.
The Portuguese Committee asked for
a Senator and a member of the House
of Representatives on the Republican
ticket to be named by the club. The
joint Republican committee voted this
impracticable. They then asked for
two Representative candidates, both
from the Fourth District.
The committee from the Fourth Dis
trict thought this impossible and asked
that one be taken from each district,
but the Portuguese Committee said
to offer. This Committee reminded Lne
Portuguese that Messrs. Vierra, Sea-
bury and Silva had been placed upon
the Fifth District Republican Commit
tee or in Precinct club offices, but they
state none of these Portuguese belong
ed to their club. One of their commit
tee, howeved thought one of these men
would be acceptable.
Your committee felt under their in
cfY q 40 rid IN
make any recommended tiOns and so re-
ported to the Chairman of the EXecu-
! tive committee of the Territorial COM
mittee, but stated they would transmit
any recommendations of the Executive
Committee. The Executive Committee
thereupon recommended to the Fourth
and Fifth District Republican Commit
tees that each Committee put one Por-
tuguese on their Representa-
! tive ticket. A communication to that
effect will come to the chairman of this
| district committee in due course.
Respectfully submitted
j. d. AVERY,
VIM. HENRY,
J. e. SHAW
VIM. ISAACS.
Honolulu, II. r. Aug. 20, 1902.
| Chairman Achi explained that the
Portuguese Club did not pledge them
I selves 10 Dul Ollly ~
WELD their influence. Mr.. NawaakOa
moved that as far as the Fifth was
concerned they should drop the Por-
| tuguese.
l.. l.. McCandless presented to the
! Fifth the Isenberg resolution as offer
ed to the Fourth and refused by them.
! Mr.. Winston seconded the motion.
Mr.. Clark thought the Portuguese
should follow the rule adopted by the
! Hawaiians and come in through the
precincts that Mr.. Vierra and others
represented the Portuguese already in
| the district and asked that the motion
| be laid on the table.
! J. d. Avery was allowed to debate
| the motion to lay on the table. He
! thought that no man should be elected
because ne was a Portuguese or of any
| nationality. All were Americans and
should be elected as to their fitness.
l.. L. McCandless thought that the
motion practically included all and any
American citizens and was broad
enough to include all nadonalities.
What then" said Mr.. Clark, "are
precinct clubs for? There are 5S Chi
nese in the Tenth, suppose they join to-
gether and want representation
Mr.. Vierra did not join the Portu'
guese Club. The club was he said un-
decided. He thought they should joir
the precinct club as he had done.
The motion was then laid upon the
table. The chairman directed the sec
retary to communicate with the centra
committee that the sense of the meet
ing was that any club could have rep
resentation by passing through tn,
proper channels. A motion was passed
to that effect.
Chairman Achi reported for the exc
tive committee, that they had ISSUED
copies of the platform to all precincts
calling for meetings tomorrow night
The committee also had arranged for ;
man to follow the Home Rulers every
where they made speeches, that the!
should not be misquoted and that the!
should be prepared beforehand wheI
speaking anywhere. Crawford of tn
Chinese newspaper had been appointed
and he was to make reports to the Fiftl
District headquarters where all Nigh
see for themselves what was being SAT-
by the opposition.
L. d. Avery offered a resolution tina
a committee of three be appointed L
hold a joint meeting with the FOurtl
District committee in order to consul
on the question of Senatorial represen
tation in the Third Senatorial district
This passed.
A copy of the motion was ordere,