The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-09-02

the Central committee George r. Car
ter from the committee on platform
was recognized and read that docu-
ment at length.
The convention expected much from
the committee and its declarations were
received with applause. The name of
President Roosevelt first evoked cheers
and when the committees pronounce
ment on suffrage was read there was
a cheer and burst of applause, show
ing how completely the stand of the
party filed the minds of delegates and
spectators. The next plank, that deal
ing with the stand of the party on city
and county government was just as
loudly received and from that point
, every declaration of faith brought forth
applause. The plans dealing with the
leper question, with Ex-Queen Liliuo-
kalani, the schools, in fact every one
was applauded ana the report gem
orally was well received. The platform
which is signed by every member of
the committee appears elsewhere.
When the report had been read r. F..
Lansing moved the adoption OF the re-
port as whole and this was seconded
by ]. l.. Kaulukou, who said there was
no reason to argue upon such a COM
plete production.
Curtis =. laukea took the floor and
moved the following as an amendment
to the platform as substitute to the
city and county plank:
"Be 1t Resolved, That the Republican
party does hereby pledge itself to enact
a law providing for municipal and
county government in the Territory of
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! come effective within thirty days there
! of.
&C. =. IAUkEA."
Col. Iaukea in support of his resou-
ton said that he had a duty to per-
form, duty to the party for without
a clear-cut resolution on the question
the party was counting defeat. The
platform plank just read he said, left
a loop hole in that the law must go to
the people which might mean delay for
two years. The executive. he said, was
opposed to city and county govern
ment, he had said so, and he would not
call an election. He said the plank was
not sufficient to avoid defeat. He was
opposed to submission to the people for
it meant delays. Deferring action he
said meant that those who voted so to
do must bear the burden OF RESPONSE
bility, An answer must be made to
the administration for a second defeat
and he thought the only way to meet
/ the emergency was to come out
squarely.
Col. Iaukea said he wanted to be able
to say to the Hawaiians that the bene-
/ fits which came to the people came
! through the Republican party. He
said that If the Republican party fail
ed now he feared II would be many
years before the party would be
the controlling force in the Territory.
He called the policy evasive, for 1t
meant deferred action, and he predict
| ed that such action would mean the
forcing out OF the party of the intel
/ ligent Hawaiians, who would insist up
on the people having their rights. 81
will stand by YOU" he said, "but there
must be an end. If the convention
votes against me today / shall stay
with you and ] shall feel that / have
done my best to save the party with
which / have cast my destinies"
/ Col, Iaukea made his own speech in
Hawaiian and he was literally applaud
/ ed throughout.
! DR.. j. H. Raymond secured the floor
/ Immediately, but was interrupted by
/ Col. Fisher who demanded the trans
/ latiOn OF Iaukea's remark that the plan
meant the staving off of action until
there We're sufficient haoles in the coun-
/ try to defeat the bill over the heads Of
| Hawaiians.
| DR.. Raymond said that during the
session of the committee there was not
a single voice raised against immediate
passage of an act establishing county
and municipal governments. The rea-
son why the clause was inserted send
| ing the law to the people was for a
ratification by them and not for the
purpose of delay. 1t was the intention
OF the committee that the law should
be passed at once and submitted i'm
mediately so that the law might go into