The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-01
REPUBLICANS
WILL FIGHT
Dreier Men Work
to Keep Him
Running.


the decision OF Acting Governor Cooper
as to what he is going to do in the
matter of putting the name of August
Dreier on the official ballot. Repubn-
cans are going ahead and preparing
for the battle as if there was a great
fight in prospect There will be filed
with the Acting Governor this morning
the detailed claims of the Home Rulers,
why the name of their candidate should
be placed on the ballot, and as there
was assurance given yesterday that
there would be full consideration, the
party is doing nothing.
There was some Show of work done
on the matter of the candidacy of
Dreier early yesterday. There were
consultations of attorneys and the re-
suit of these was a call upon the Gov
ernor by representatives of the party.
They placed before Mr.. Cooper the
claims that as the candidate was cit
izen of ten years standing, who had
not registered at the regular time, there
could be no disbarring him from run
ming now ar a special election. The
law was claimed TO be unconstitu,ion
al in parttand the general point made
that any Interpretation of the law
shutting out the party from having q
candidate at the election would be q
Acknowledgement of the members of the
party. The Acting Governor will agree
TO wait the filing of the papers and
further said that he would take up the
consideration of the matter on the oral
statement and would make his decis-
ion at once. The Home Rulers say
they expect there will be a reference
~. Of
that the right of their party to a can
didate will be settled legally. All that
they want is the chance to cast a vote
and have it counted, believing that in
any contest at the end their majority
in the House would seat the member,
IL there is a chance for him to serve.
Republicans believe they will win
hands down, but they decided last
evening that they would make fight
for the place anyhow. The meeting of
the Fourth District committee with
members of the executive committee
was well attended. After calling the
meeting to order Chairman Gear said
it had been suggested that there be
nothing done until the Governor and
thescourts had decided that the Home
Rulers had right to name a candi-
date. 1t was the sense of the commit
tee that work be taken up anyway and
the committee got to work just as
Though there was nothing in the way
of d fight. The two chairmen, Kennedy
of The executive committee and Gear
of the Fourth district We're appointed
to watch the contest over Dreier, so
at the Home Rulers may not gain
grbpnd.
After consultation the committees re-
ported. Chairman Wilson of the COM |
inc there
would be two meetings in each pre-
cinet. A number of speakers We're dis |
cussed, end it was decided that the |
speakers should discuss city and county |
government and the position of the |
party in the matter of the disfranchise- |
ment of the Hawai1anS.
Chairman King of the canvassing |
committee said that the Young Mems |
Republican Club would be asked to do |
the canvassing of the district and to |
make a thorough visit canvass of all |
the voters.
The finance committee said that there |
would be so much work to be done that |
it would cost perhaps $500 to make the
fight as hard as il should be. Terrific
rial Committeeman Cooke INTERCEPTED |
that he thought it would be impossible |
to get hold of the money, owing to the |
fact that there had been so much col
lecting going on. There seemed to be
a general feeling that the committee |
would not realize nearly SO much mon
ey. Henry Waterhouse was chosen
chairman of this committee. The meet |
ing adjourned until this evening
1t is understood that in the event of
the refusal OF the acting governor to
hold that Dreier may be on the ticket.
then the Home Rulers will try to get |
Beardslee on it, and that their petition
is now being passed around for sigma
lures. Dreier. however, says he will
fight to the last ditch before he gives
up the nomination.