The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-24

The Home Rule convention to nom
mate legislative candidates for the
Fourth and Fifth Districts, Island of
Oahu, was slow in getting together this
morning. Indeed for a time there
seemed to be doubt whether there would
be a convention at all. Wilcox and
Kalauokalani were apparently rivetted
to the session of the Senatorial Com
mission in progress at the same time
and apparently paid no attention to the
matter or form Of the convention. Will
cox has not been absent from a single
session of the Commissions sittings.
Jesse p. Makainai, vice-presldent of
the executive committee however de-
cided that there should be conven-
ton at the time called. To such of the
delegates as came to headquarters be-
fore 10 o'clock this morning, he an
nounced that the convention would be
held at WaVerley Hall on Bethel street
at 10 o'clock
Makainai instructed the delegates be-
fore the convention met, that the can
didates for senators from this island
would be nominated first, at the gem
eral assembly of the delegates at We
verley hall and that afterwards the de-
legates to the convention would d.
vide up, those from the fourth district
meeting in Waverley Hall to nominate
candidates for Representatives from
that district and the delegates from he
Fifth District meeting at the party
headquarters to nominate candidates
from that district.
The delegates began to assemble at
Waverley Hall soon after 10 o'clock
and by half past ten nearly all of the
81 delegates composing the convention
were in their seats. At 10:30 o'clock Ka-
lauokalani sent down word to vice.
president Makainai that he was en-
gagged before the Senatorial Commission
and would be so engaged for half an
hour and directing. that the conven-
| ton await his arrival. This was an
nounced by Makainai to those assem-
bled and was acquiesced in without
question.
! But after while when Kalauoka-
lani still did not come, some of the de-
legates' began to be impatient and there
were proposals made to go ahead with
the work of the convention without
waiting for Kalauokalani. Fin
ally this Impotence reached a point
where Aqua offered a resolution for a
committee of three to wait on Kalauo-
kalani and ask him to send word at
what time he would be able to come to
the convention.
During the wait for Kalauokalani the
delegates discussed candidates among
themselves, the electioneering getting
to the point that Palau took the floor
and made a speech in which he urged
the delegates that when they selected
their candidates for senators and re-
personalities they should select the
best men, men of character and edu-
/ cation, men of force, who would do
them some good and who would not
| take brides: who would not fill their
pockets at the expense of good service
| to the public.
There was objections to the resolution
! to send a committee to Kal1uokalani.
Some said he was in attendance on the
Commission to see that the people of
| Hawaii got the full benefit of II visit
of the commission. Others insisted that
the convention should at least know
when he could come to preside that
| temporary chairman was needed to
preserve order while they were dis
cussing the resolution. Some one pro-
posed Palau for such temporary chair
man but there was objection all over
the hall. The discussion kept up on va
rious phases If the proposition james
Umauma opposed 1t saying Kalauoka-