The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-06
Fear of Some One
Fighter Blocks
. Action.
SENATORSHlp
NOT DISCUSSED
Long Meeting Leads TO Action
Which VIII make Joint Session
a Hot One.

Fifth District Republican committee
men will not permit dictation 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
two senators provided the members of
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
2 done there were only two things to
'&mark she meeting as of Importance.
the declaration that majority choics
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-
versies 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 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 threshing out of the sena-
torial situation, filled 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 G. Potter was
Fchosen 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-
yention was filed and that announcing
that the Fourth would agree to per-
NIT the Fifth to have two senators,
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 30th, and as
nearly everyone approved of the plat
form planks the reports are tabulated
as to members of the Legislature:
First-Senate: w. c. Achi and John
c. Lane; House: Nianoa.
Second--Senate: w. c. Achi and John
C. Lane.
Waialua-Senate: w. c. Achi and
John C. Lane; House: Ben Naukana.
Fourth-Senate: w. C. Achi and L.
l., McCandless; House; Ben Nau-
kama.
Fifth-Senate: w. C. Achi and L. L.
McCandless; House: Ben Naukana.
Sixth-Senate: L. L. McCandless and
w. C. Achi: House: J.. Nj. Ezera.
Seventh-No meeting.
Eighth-Senate: John G.. Lane and
G. II. Huddy; House: ]. M. Kaneakua.
Ninth-Senate: John c. Lane and G.
H. Huddy; House: j. S. Kaiakiela.
Tenth-Senate: w. c. Achi, John c.
Lane and l.. l.. McCandless; House:
w. III. Crawford, William Y. Kwai
Fong, ]. 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.
G. Achi, there was a chairman pro tenn
elected and the business carried
through.
AS to the seventh Judge Wilcox ex-
plained that there was really no meet
ing wanted by some and that when
he received a 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 dark influence. had acted
upon the executive committee and
blocked action there.
Chairman Avery, OF the committee