The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-09-29
CAMPAIGN
TO START
Republicans Will
Hold Three
Meetings.

five Committee and candidates recently
nominated on the ticket held n meet
ing last night at headquarters. one
of the most important of its joint acts
was the decision to commence the cam
paign on Monday evening when meet
ings will be held at Waikiki, kakaako
and one in the Fifth district. Another
result of the meeting was the appoint
ment of a committee to select an aux
iliary committee of seven members to
aid the county committees, although
those present who are veterans in local
politics did not believe in such COM
mittee. The meeting was well attend
ed, and was presided over by Chair
man VIM. Henry.
J. A. Gilman said that every man
should take his coat off and work hard
with the candidates. There was no
need Of a barrel of money to go into the
election. but it was the duty Of every
individual to give his time and efforts
gratis. and he felt with this assistance
the party would win out in the end.
Jack Lucas said he intended to get
out and do his own work and If he
couldn't win he would kick the
bucket"
Frank Pahia said the coming election
was to be as difficult in some respects
as former ones, owing to the habit OF
many Hawaiians to say yes today ana
no tomorrow Speakers should be
sent out from headquarters to visit all
Hawaiians in outside districts and eX-
plain the situation to them.
Mark Robinson thought the business
community would back the campaign
literally. AS soon as the fund was
ready, the committees should all put
their shoulders to the wheel and work.
i. C. Peters thought it would be wise
to have members of the executive COM
mittee work with the county commit
tees as many of the members of the
latter We're without experience in poll
ties. With relation to finances, he
said the rule in portions of the United
States was to have the candidates put
forward sums of money for use in the
campaign. The candidates expect TO
have help from the business men, but
the business men also ask, what are
the candidates doing themselves!
There were fourteen candidates and il
each put up 800 there would be SllOO
to start with
]. A. Gilman did not agree with the
preceding speaker, arguing that all the
candidates would not be able fnan-
GlalIN TO lllttl llllS obIi5titioh'
w. w. Harris gave suggestion as
to the collection of campaign funds
The suggestion had been made to him
by a business man that the business
houses should be rated, for the larger
business houses would give more lib
orally and cheerfully, II the smaller
houses We're pro-rated. The latter
were almost as vitally interested as
the larger ones.
j. w. Pratt was opposed to having |
an auxiliary committee on the ground |
that it would be slap | the face Of |
the main committee.
a motion was finally put through |
appointing Mark Robinson, j. w. Pratt, |
w. F.. Fleming and VIM. Henry, |
special committee to appoint an auxil-
iary committee of seven to act in con
junction with the executive committee.
The auxiliary committee will be an
nounced in a day or two.
A meeting of the executive and
county committees was held after the
adjournment of the general meeting, |
at which waVs and means We're dis
cussed as to the methods of conduct
ing the campaign all over the lsard.
1t was generally conceded that pre- t.uct
workers should be sent out Immediate
ly to feel the pulse of the various PIE
cincts, and ascertain as soon as possible
the Republican and opposition strength.
Geo. Renton advocated getting the
machinery of the election oiled ana
started and the sooner the better.
A. l.. c. Atkinson talked practical |
politics. The keynote was organiza-
tlon-knowing just the men who could
be relied upon in each precinct to get
81, to,
liable reports. He did not believe in
auxiliary committees. The fewer The
men in these committees the be:.cr.
Big committees were unwieldy.
Chairman Henry suggested that mon
in the different precincts present him
with the lists of the men in the pre-
cincts who could be relied upon TO work
to obtain as nearly exact information
as possible. He suggested these be in
on Monday.
A motion was presented to have the !
secretary of the executive committee
notify the charmen of the precinct |
committees to send in three names each |
of good workers, the chairman to ap-
point others to proceed with the gath
ering of data.
Clarence Crabbe advised the commit
tee to tackle the election problem at |
once. The funds would come in later. ,
The campaign was not going to be a
soft snap. There We're fourteen candl-
dates and they should be sent out into !
the field at once. There We're to be
tours of the island. He felt sure of the |
election of almost every man on the |
Republican ticket, but 1t would only |
be accomplished by hard work. There |
We're weak places to be bolstered up, |
The Young Mems Republican club |
could be counted upon to assist.
j. A. Gilman, Sam Johnson, Major |
Zeigler and others spoke against the |
motion, and 1t withdrawn and a sub
stitute was offered giving the chair
man fun power to appoint when and
how many persons he wanted to work
In the precincts, and this carried.
r, y. Boyd was appointed commit
tee of one to arrange for public meet
ings next Week, when the campaign If
oratory and persuasion viii beactually
opened.
Senator Crabbe created enthusiasm