The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-08-04
IAUKEA'S RESIGNATION.

IAUKEAS RESIGNATION.
The first matter Of business was tn,
reading of letter from Curtis p lau
kea, rendering his resignation as a mem
Der of the Committee from the Fiftl
district. The reasons he gave were
those OF distance and inconvenience witt
no reference to political change OF heart
on the part of the resigning member.
John {. Lane moved that the remain
ing members of the Fifth nominate a
successor to Mr.. Iaukea, which being
according to rule was not objected TO,
but when he went on to propose the
name of Arch. S. Mahaulu his right 10
speak for the Fifth was challenged: He
admitted he was present as proxy for a
member of the Second district
After great deal of talk the objec-
tions of Mr.. Gilman, proxy for Geo. F.
Renton, backed up by the ruling of
President Crabbe, prevailed, to the eff
feet that, as only two of the actual repre-
sentatives of the Fifth were present, it
would be discourteous to the absent
majority for action to be taken at that
meeting.
OBJECT OF MEETING.
President Crabbe stated that the OBJ
ject of the meeting was to consider the
subject of organizing for the county
election campaign. The Executive Com
mittee had been working upon it for
some weeks and decided on calling that
meeting. One plan was to call another
primary and elect committee for each
county, the number of delegates to be
apportioned according to the Repubi-
can votes of precincts at the last Terri
torial election A petition had been re-
ceived by him from several members OF
the Fifth district the other day, con-
tanning set of resolutions in which the
basis of representation was made one
delegate to the county convention for
each twenty-five votes.
The President stated that he did not
believe that the President and the Sec
retary had the right to call primaries
as requested Personally he thought a
good. short, healthy campaign was bet
ter than long and tedious one that
would tire the oeople.
TREASURER KEPOIKAI.
Mr.. Kepoikai read extracts from the
letter of MIR. Keola asking him to take
his proxy or select one to do SO, and
proceeded to say that they were at the
verge of a campaign. He never could
forget the lesson in his Second Reader
about the bundle of sticks. United we
stand, divided we fall" he quoted and
asked one and all to work together,
when he was sure of victory for the Re-
publican narty.
"Iaukea should have been the last to
desert his party" the Treasurer of the
Territory remarked. He wanted to ex-
press himself there, because he did not
know what the Governor might think.
The Auditor was there too, but the
Governor might on Monday morning
put the screws down on officials in poll
tics. For himself he thought it was the
duty of every voter in the country who
had the good OF the country at heart TO
come out
BUSINESS RECALLED.
President Crabbe asked for sugges-
tions of plans of action. He thought
the county committee to be elected at
the convention should be thoroughly
representative.
Mr.. Aylett said he was not going to
talk about Curtis" but he wanted the
campaign started right away. He was
in favor of the Il in %" proposal. Ev-
erybody knew something about the
county law now. 1t took him four
months of hard study to learn it and
for while he was afraid of some of
its provisions but finally concluded it
was for the good of the people.
II have started out already and not
as Home Ruler or a Royalist but as a
Republican-not like Curtis Iaukea-
and l intend to live and die as Re-
publican" Representative Aylett de-
clared.
Mr.. Fisher asked II the Executive
Committee had formulated anything to
submit to the meeting. He agreed with
the previous speaker about prompt ac-
ton, but said nothing could be done
this week, as the other islands must be
notified but the following week the
primaries should be called. He believed
Il in 25" was proper because the more
people they got in as workers the bet
ter.
Mr.. Lane, at the request of Mr.. Wins
ton. got up and asked for the reading
or the petition. and in his remarks
agreed on every point with the previous
speakers. They must not base expecta-
tions OF victory on what was done when
the Delegate was elected.
President Crabbe said he had held the
petition in allegiance purposely until
there had been some expression of opin-
ion. Now he would ask the secretary
10 read It,