Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-04
WITH REPUBLICANS
IN FOURTH DISTRICT

|
| The Fourth District Committee OF
| the Republican party met in head.
| quarters yesterday afternoon for the
! purpose OF further considering the
mauer of the nomination of Candi-
date TO run in accordance with the re
| cent special election proclamation of
| Governor EOle and to FIJI two vacancies
on the committee. The meeting was
called to order at about rs o'clock.
| The roll call showed sixteen present.
The matter of filling vacancies on
| the committee was the first business
thought ", before the meeting. Sen.
atUr Trabbe moved that the vacancy in
! the Fourth Precinct be left until the
next meeting. In explanation of this
| Senator Crabbe said that II was the de.
sire of the labor men to have the
Fourth District Committee postpone
action until after next Friday, as it
was On that day the general meeting
was to be held and the course of aC.
ton decided on. There was no objeC.
tion to this motion and 1t carried unan.
imously.
Previous to the calling to order of
the meeting, J. II. Fisher stated that
the secretary had looked up his name
In the record book and had found that
he was not member of the Fourth
District Committee. Directly after the
passage of the Crabbe motion, Mr..
Fisher made an attempt to say some
thing, but before he knew what had
happened his name had been placed
before the committee as man to III
the place left vacant by the death OF
Archibald Gilfllan, the nominations
had been closed and he had been made
member of the committee.
Mr. Fisher, chairman OF the pulse.
feeling committee, reported that the
committee had made as thorough
canvas as possible of the Fourth Dis.
trict and had found that the large ma.
Jority of the business community were
against the naming of a canS idate.
The mechanics. on the other hand.
were not opposed to the nomination OF
q candidate. The natives were of tho
same opinion as the mechanics.
Andrew Brown. one OF the members
Of the committee, stated that he had
seen a large number of natives. They
promised their support. Mr.. McVeigh
said that the First Precinct was almost
unanimously in favor of putting up
man.
DR.. Burgess said that he had seen
forty business men of the city and
that with the exception OF two they
had been unqualifiedly against the
putting up of candidate. During the
morning he had seen l.. c. Jones and
D. F. Dillingham; and these men haa
also said that there was no use in put.
ting up man.
Mr.. Boyd asked a question as 10
what the business men mad said about
money to carry on the election and
what part they would take in II. DR..
Burgess answered that some had stat.
ed to him that not cent would they
put up for the election. Furthermore,
they would not insist on their clerks
going to the polls nor would they
make any special effort themselves to
go to the polls.
Mr.. Boyd: Then they think that
they can carry the fall election with.
out making a fight for this special cleo
tion?"
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they think"
Mr.. Boyd: well, that's all | want
to know"
On motion of l.. II. Wolff the report
OF the committee was accepted and
| placed on record.
Senator Crabbe said that no one
knew what was going TO happen. For
all anyone knew. the whole govern.
ment might be overturned. There was
possibility of a special election yet.
| Furthermore, If the Republicans gave
the election to the Home Rulers with.
J out struggle, the natives by this one
additional vote would have a twO,thirds
vote in the Legislature and then II
would be all up with the power of the
| Republican party in the Legislature.
| The Home Rulers should not be given
this loophole.
Mr. Andrews was against the put
ting W OF a candidate. Wilson sug
| gested an arrangement between the
three parties represented in Hawaii,
by which no one would put up a candi
date.
On motion of Mr.. Andrews. a com.
mittee Of three consisting of A. V.
Gear, ]. u. McVeigh and Lorrin An.
drews was appointed to make investi.
cations and report at the next meet.
ing OF the committee as to whether
they mad decided to recommend the
putting up of a candidate or not. In
the former case, the committee is to
report the name OF a candidate to the
committee.
On motion of Mr.. Boyd the platform
of the party was rCconsidered for the
purpose of further amendment with
reference to the Acknowledgement OF
the natives. After much discussion II
was finally agreed to reiterate the fol,
lowing plank in the platform of the Re
publican party:
I'VE believe in the equality of all
men under just laws of their own max.
ing and we shall oppose any restric,
ton or limitation Of ,.e suffrage which
we now enjoy under the Territorial
Act"
At ABS o'clock, the meeting adjourn
ed to the call OF the chair.