The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-02
IAUKEA's RESIGNATION.


The first matter of business was the
reading of letter from Curtis p. Iau-
kea, rendering his resignation as a men,
Der of the Committee from the Fifth
district. The reasons he gave were
those OF distance and inconvenience with
no reference TO political change OF heart
on the part of the resigning member.
John c. Lane moved that the remain
ing members OF tine Fifth nominate
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 TO
Afpeak for the Fifth was challenged. He
Odmitted he was present as proxy Tor
Ancmber of the Second district.
~ After a great deal of talk the obJec-
fioas OF Mr.. Gilman, proxy for Geo. +.
Renton, backed UP by the ruling of
President Crabbe, prevailed. TO the ef-
feet that, as only two of the actual repre-
sentatives of the Fifth were present, 1t
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 1t for
some weeks and decided on calling that
meeting. One plan was to call another
primary and elect a committee for each
county, the number of delegates to be
aDportioned according to the Republi-
can votes OF precincts at the last Terri
torial election A petition had been re-
ceiyed by him from several members OF
the Fifth district the other day. con-
tanning a set OF resolutions IN which the
basis of representation was made one
delegate to the county convention Tor
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 a long and tedious one that
would tire the oeople.
TREASURER KEPOIKAl.
Mr.. Kepoikai read extracts from the
letter OF Mr. Keola asking him to take
ais proxy or select one to do so, and
$roceeded 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,
.%hen 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
nut the screws down on officials in poll
tics. For himself he thought 1t was the
duty of every voter in the country VINO
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
Representatives
Mr. AyIett 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 25' proposal. Ev-
erybody knew something about the
county law now. 1t took him four
months OF hard study to learn IL and
for a while he was afraid OF some or
fits provisions but finally concluded IL
was for the good OF the people.
Il have started out already and not
as a Home Ruler or a Royalist but as a
Republican-not like Curtis Iaukea-
and I intend TO live and die as a Re
publican" Representative Aylett de-
tclared I
hr. Fisher asked If the Executive
Committee had formulated anything to
submit to the meeting. He agreed with
the previous speaker about prompt ac-