Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-12-29
CONVENTION F02
HhWAIrS
SIX DELEGATES

WIZ sAs VIZ ~
Method Of selecting Hawaii's dele.
cation to the National Republican Con-.
vention is being quite generally dis.
cussed among political workers. The
impression prevails among those who
have taken part in mainland politics
that primaries should be called for the
election Of delegates to Territorial
convention which shalt name the Ma.
tional delegates: later convention IN
be held to nominate the Congressional
delegate and the legislative ticket.
Chairman Crabbe takes different
view. He claims that the old Terri.
torial convention holds over for two
years. Notwithstanding 1t adjourned
sine die at its last session. He holds
that the delegates OF that convention
should be called by the Republican
Territorial Committee and select del.
egates to the National convention. 7
McCants Stewart, who has had con
siderable experience in mainland pol
itics. opines that to preserve the reg.
ularity recognized by the National or.
ganization primaries should be called
for election of delegates to the first
convention to be held this year.
There will doubtless be two con
ventlons this year" said Mr.. Stewart
There are always two every presi.
dental year. The coming convention,
| for which primaries will doubtless
soon be called. will he for the election
of delegates to the National Conven.
ton. to he held in June at Chicago,
/ and 10 designate member OF the Ma
| tiOnal committee. and our convention
should meet this time in HilO. The
! people there are entitled to such
| recognition. Our committee VIII have
to call another convention To meet in
| September TO nominate a candidate
for Congress and elect a new Central
Committee. Then will follow conven.
! lions to nominate candidates for the
| Legislature and County officers. Next
year will be n strenuous one political
| ly. as all presidential years are"
Il see that We have six delegates
and that the Governor comes out and
frankly declares. that he would deem
| II an honor to be one of them. Well,
there should be no opposition to the
| Governors ambition. He and our Del.
egate to Congress. Prince Cupid.
should be chosen unanimously and bv
| reclamation as delegates at large, rep.
rCsenting the party throughout the
| Territory. II Is compliment they
| both deserve for reasons that need nc
statement. But when that Is done, the
party should select the remaining four
delegates with the view OF giving gen.
eral recognition and representation to
! the Republicans of the Territory.
/ Each section should have its represen.
tative: and there should be in the del.
| egatiOn at least one public speaker OF
| sufficient power to make the Territory
! exert some influence in the convcn.
| ton, and on the hundred caucus and
other platforms to which our delegn.
! ton would be Invited. II we have an
| orator In it,"
IL think an equitable division would
| be to elect Prince Cupid and Governor
| Carter as delegates at large: then let
! Hawaii name oHe; Maui name one:
and the Fourth and Firth Districts
name one each, giving two delegates
to Oahu, because IL has by far the
largest voting population of the
group
Asked IL he would be candidate"
Mr., Stewart said NO" with great en-
phasis, When asked why not, he said,
81 have several reasons; one of them
being that cannot afford the expense
necessary to make the trip. and be
lieve in paying my own way in pol
tiles.
But | must confess that would
| like to see the party pick out an or.
ator like Judge Humphreys, and In
that way take along some one to do
| It's talking In New York, the Repub'
| liCans always act upon this principle,
! ChaunCey VI. Dcpcw having been their
! mouthpiccc for years: and rammany
always kept Bourlie Cochran on hand,
excepting. Of course. these later years,
when Crockcr became Jealous of him.
! But Tammany's influence in COnyen'
lions has never been as great as In
the days when 1t had Its silver
tongued orator" to speak for 1t.
"Of course, Hawaii Is only Terri
tory; but give the convention an or
ator from this new possession and
our voice will be heard in the land,
and Hawaii will be on cvcrybody''
tongue"