The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-07-11

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ntid oHis one candidate Nakalnai and
uUHn mHiiHn ~ WHH chosen uf thH srl.
fttsfy cnsilnf tho ballot fof BIN The
in.Hmine chairman nf the executive
committee Was called uron fof % spccrh
and responded with bic thanks far the
honor ana discussion ~ the many
thinrs which are 81 thc fore With party
wotkcrs ~ adiufed those ~ the lnhui
10 stand together and said that 50 VAS
the duty of Home Rulers ~ Boz broad
minded. Co work Tor the commercial
and Industrial advancement of the
country, to elect o. the Legislature
only good men Who viii strive Tor the
best future fot tho country and the
people
lie said that the party should devote
It's strength to the pushing of the city
and county bills. as the people should
have all the power for their own gov
eminent This ne declared would come
only when they could elect the men
who would have the disposition of at
fairs affecting them. and the sooner 1t
did come they would find their logical
place in the government Of the Terri
tory.
The moment Makainai sat down there
were three or four delegates on their
feet for the purpose of making nomi-
nations for the office of delegate. one
had resolution ready declaring viii
cox the choice of the people, and 9TH
ers had speeches TO he unrceled. but
John Wise cut off all the discussion
by INTERPRETING the question of a plat
form. He wanted this matter disposed
Of before there was any nomination of
a man FOR the Washington place. and
argued that 1t would be wisest TO have
the platform before there was man
selected to stand upon il. There was
a lively discussion on the question,
form being given To 1t when Emmeluth
moved that a committee on platform, to
consist of one member from each pre-
cinct represented be- named by the
chair. This he changed SO that there
should be one member from each dis
trict. and In that form 1t went through
after much talk. the last word being
said by Prince Cupid who insisted that
the proceedings should be entirely reg
uldi, 10 lut DtSl party man
agement The chairman then named as
the committee on platform the follow
ing: Ewaliko, Kahlbaum, Long, Ma
kaila, Kookoo.
This out of the way. Mahoe thought
the best thing to be done was to adj
journ to give the committee time to
prepare its report, but there was inn
mediate objection, the motion finally
being withdrawn on the request of
Emmeluth, who said that he had a
matter of great interest to bring be-
fore the convention.
A revision of the bylaws, he said.
was the most imperative duty before
the delegates. He wanted such changes
In the organic law of the party. he de-
clared, that there would be no longer a
preponderance OF the members of the
convention from the City of Honolulu.
John Wise declared that the revision
was a thing which should have early
action on the part of the convention,
insisting that there should be equal
representation on the part of each vot-
ing precinct of the Islands.
Emmeluth got the floor, and. asking
that he might be translated by Wise,
so that the delegates might get his
own words" said
There Is no day better than this
day. There is no hour better than this
hour There is not only one change
needed in the bylaws, but there are
whole lot of changes in the rules gov
erning the executive committee If we
want to be successful at the next cleo
ton In November. In all the time that
1 have been in attendance upon the
sessions of that body, and this includes
the last eight months, | have not heard
of single communication from a vot-
ing precinct outside of Honolulu. The
other islands might as well be dead as
populated by Home Rulers SO far as
the executive committee is informed,
or seems to care. Another thing. In
all the time that ] have been attend
ing the meetings of the committee |
have never seen more than twenty
members out of the siXty-five in the
committee present at meeting and
not more than thirty in the building at
one time since | began to make the
weekly trip to the hall.
We preach the principle of equality,
yet we deny ii to our fellow workers
in the cause of Home Rule. | want to
see the direction of the affairs of our
party in the hands of the people them
selves. / want every precinct to have
committee and each district to have