The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-27
TIME
IN SECOND
Fight Over Who
Has Right to
Vote.

Inc second precinct CluD or INT
Fourth District spent nearly two hour:
last night in deciding who is entitled
to vote at the primaries. and ended
the meeting without making use o.
| the decision. Only nominations fol
| delegates were made, and the clus
| finally agreed to abide by the ReDub-
lican Executive Committees ruling
that only registered voters of the pre-
cinct could vote at their primary and
not men who had moved in from other
precincts. This step was taken to pre-
vent colonization of voters, the scheme
for which, it was limited by Reoub-
lican leaders, had already been hatch
ed.
incidentally several leaders stated
that the Advertiser had told the truth
when IL said that the Fourth District
had been chloroformed by the Fifth
at the Republican Executive Committee
held some weeks aEo.
The meeting last night was held IN
tent erected on the Makh grounds.
1t contained several hundred voters
when Col. Soper announced the object
of the gathering.
The meeting was long and lively
The contest was spirited from the De
ginning. but always friendly AT times
the crowd gathered around the CHAIR
mans table. but this was as much dus
To the rain as to the warmth OF the
argument.
Refore any business was transacted
NJ A Gilman called attention to the
rule of the central committee oroVlu-
ing that those only could vote ~
primaries who had been registered III
the precinct.
g. Il. Wilson said the precinct CLUB
rules proved the opposite; any one
could vote at the primary VINO was en-
titled to vote at the next general elec-
ton. and who lived in the precinct.
Col. Jones stated that the commi'lte
had interpreted the rules differently SO
&C IN nreyent colonization in any
urinary. Otherwise it would be pos
sible to bring in 200 voters just to vote
AT the primary, and who would say
that they were residents. ]. III. F1sher
contended that any resident of the dis
trict who could vote at the next cleo
urinary. He said no wrong could pos
sibly result from this
@ M. White was opposed to this view
and said that every voter could vote III
his old precinct r. w. Aylett took TINS
view. otherwise, he said. he could bring
over several wagon loads of voters ana
they could vote at the primary, though
from another precinct. c. b. wilson
said he had explained otherwise TO sew
eral hundred natives. and suggested
that the committee could not change
the precinct rules. Col. Jones SAID the
rules were so framed, in order that the
primaries would not be open to fraud.
Dr Grossman and H. ]. Johnson ar
eued that only voters could take hand
in the primary. Col. Soper thought the
rules provided that anyone who signed
the Republican roll might do So
]. II. Fisher said the committee had
no right to change a rule without d
months notice.
Senator Crabbe, who was present,
was called upon TO explain the action
of the committee. and said that the
committee had decided that voters
must attend primaries in the preclncts
in which they are registered, ana u
not registered in any precinct, then In
This action was taken by the commit
toe because of the report that there
had been a great deal of colonizing.
He said the committee wanted
straight clean election and intended to
stop fraud.
Nr Fisher read a section from fhe
rules adopted by the committee relativ"
to the county elections as showing that
the precincts had the right 10 act.
THE whole trouble was just as the
Advertiser said" said Crabbe in re-
ply. THE Fourth District was chloro-
formed by the Fifth. Fisher and
were the only members present and we
were chloroformed-"
c. y. Wilson said he was member
OF the committee and had not been no
titled OF the meeting. He was sur
prised to read OF the action the next
morning. Fisher also said he was noti-
fed and supposed that the committee
would have resolutions prepared. in |
stead OF which the Fifth put in reso-
lutions and did the chloroforming.
There was a lot OF useless discussion |
over the question OF voting. some mem |
oers not being disposed to accept the |
ruling as final. Once dur
ing the discussion the lights went out. |
II
nR happened. Finally after a further |
half hours talk. the meeting finally got |
down TO nominations for delegates. |
Kumalae. who was present. managed |
10 get I'm three names. and Aylett one OF |
two.
The nominations were not closed an6 |
viii be added to on Friday. They are |
as follows: ]. 4 Gilman. +. Kooke |
r. J. Church. John Ouderkirk, ]. F |
Soper. Geo. =. Mcclellan. j. a NJ |
Johnson. Gus Schuman. r. Doble. John |
A. Hughes. Hiram KolOmoku. c. II. |
Brown. Z. r. Mossman. John L |
Joseph. A. F. Clark. Frank Kruger and |
w NJ Cunningham.
c. NJ. White introduced his resolu-
ton pledging all county nominees TO |
abide by the action OF the county con-
vention and TO pledge their support e
the Republican party. This was car
ried.
Col. Jones explained the necessity for |
said delAga 4