The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-06-25
COMMITTEE MUCH
DISORGANIZED
Vice Chairman Follows the Chairman
and Others and Says the Whole Com
mittee Had Better Quit.

John c. Lane, vice chairman OF the
Republican Territorial Central Commit
tee, has sent in his resignation and says
he intends to get out of the committee.
but will try to be a member of the new
committee that will be appointed by
the coming convention. The next meet
ing of the committee will be one de-
voted to the consideration of resigna-
tiOns. J. A. Kennedy, chairman. vice
chairman Lane, b. II. Wright and
Charles Wilcox have already sent in
their designations.
Lane says that the whole committee
is disorganized and that it's work is
about over anyhow, and he has con-
cluded to get out and go into the pri-
maries and the convention and get on
the new committee. 1t is said by
some that one of the main reasons for
the retirement of Lane is that his
friends have left the committee, GA ac-
count of the recent order by Governor
Dole. The men forced out of the COM
mittee are not Dole men and some of
them may be heard predicting that not
a Republican will be elected in the
Fourth District now, and laying the
blame on the governor
The committee is all disorganzed,"
said Lane, when asked as to his resign-
alton, "and l have decided to clear out.
l do not think there is a quorum of the
committee left to do business here now,
and think that it might as well go out
of business. The only thing left to do
is to go into the coming primaries and
elect a convention that will choose a
good new committee. Let the precinct
clubs go ahead with the work of pre-
pairing for the primaries, and let the
central committee go out of business.
1t has adopted rules for the party and
there is nothing more for it to do. The
convention viii choose a new committee
which will take charge of the coming
campaign. l should like to be a mem
Der of that committee but am done
with the present committee, because 1t
is so disorganized by designations that
| do not see that it is a working body
any more.
In the mean time the anti-Dole men
are dancing with joy, and predicting
dire disaster for the Republican party in
the coming election. These prophets of
disaster are glad to get out of the COM
mittee and leave the other element to
run the campaign. Then, if their pre-
dictions of defeat are fulfilled, they will
rise and point to Dole as the cause of
Republican failure, declaring that he
split the party by his civil service"
agitation.
Col Fisher, secretary of the Central
committee, has not yet received any
more designations than those of Ken
nedy, Wright, Lane and Wilcox. In
view of the letter issued Yesterday by
the governor it is not thought that
others will resign, and it may be that
the committee will ask those who have
sent in designations to reconsider With
so many designations in, however, and
no chairman or vice-chairman left it
is thought that there will be a good
deal of difficulty in getting on a work.
ing basis again, Unless there is an
emergency" said Lane Il think in
view of the present situation, that the
| party might as well do without a com
mittee till it gets a new one from the
convention" 4aAI