The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-10-28
CATECH|S|NC 6
DOUBTFUL
VOTERS.
Inquisition In the
Fourth District
Goes On.
(From Wednesdays Advertlser)


About eighty Republican voters of tn
second precinct OF the Fourth Distric
met last evening in their hall, corner o
Wilder Avenue and keeaumoku street
and discussed with considerable freedom
the Senatorial and Fourth District Rep
reSentative ticket, the meeting ben.
called to consider the reasons why
Republican should or should not vot,
the straight ticket. With one or two
exceptions all the speakers were favor.
able toward the ticket as it stands.
The chief opponents of the straight
ticket movement were Lorrin Andrews
chairman of the Fourth District Repub-
lican committee, Ed. Towse, a member
of the same committee, Ed Newhouse,
who became convert to the principle,
{. NJ. White, w. II. Hoogs, Ollie Swain,
Captain Dabel, H. E. Murray, Col.
Soper, Major Zeigler, o. II. Berrey,
and Col. Jones. The opposition was
represented, by voice, by Marston Camp
bell, who, however. gave no specific
reasons for his position.
| Owing to a misunderstanding over
question addressed individually to tn.
gentlemen present which was taken to
mean, in so many words, How are you
CIdSIllllp
took place. 1t was finally shown, how
ever, that the question was incorrect
and that it was. in fact, What do you
think about the straight ticket idea ?"
his was again like pouring oil upon
troubled waters, which again became
placid
In Ed Newhouse the champions of the
straight ticket movement, found power
sal Il Al. -.
of the "split-ticket Republicans" Mr..
Newhouse stated frankly that he came
to the meeting "split-ticket" man,
but that the arguments against that
principle had converted him and he
would now consider himself Straight
ticket advocate and would urge all othe,
"Split-ticket" men to view the situation
from his new standpoint.
The meeting was presided over by
Col. ]. II. Soper who announced that
the whole position He said there had
"split-ticket" and it had been deemed
advisable for the members of the
precinct club to get together to see if the
situation could not be harmonized. so
that the Second of the Fourth would
precinct of Oahu
MIR. ANDREWS SPEECH.
Lorrin Andrews was introduced. He
plunged directly into the issues at stake
and presented his argument in much
the same manner as at the meeting of
the Sth precinct on Monday night He
spoke again OF the apathy of the haole
voters, while the big meetings through
out the city were attended by Hawaii |
ans. The Hawaiians were enthusiastic
over the straight ticket He said it |
would be a humiliation to the party in |
general for the haole voters to scratch |
the ticket while the Hawaiians went
into the campaign determined to vote
the straight Republican ticket Should
this feeling prevail on election day, there
might come a time when it was most
desirable for the HawaiianS to vote
straight ticket, and they might fatty
refuse, saying they had learned what
scratching a ticket meant
The speaker then went into the Cecil |
Brown matter, rehearsing the now
familiar history of the convention where
Brown failed OF the nomination, his !
statement that he would support the |
ticket; his declaration day later to
run as an independent candidate; his |
detection to the Democratic party; hi.
speechmaking on the same platform with |
Democrats; his subscription to the |
Democratic campaign fund, etc. Mr.. |
Andrews stated that he did not vote |
in the convention as the Attorney Cen
eral but as citizen and Republican. |
He said 1t was necessary to have par |
ty management, as elsewhere. Four or !
five men could not get together, select !
names, and say these are the men for
whom we will vote In figuring the
whole course of politics, he said 1t must
be admitted that when a man goes
into politics, into conventions, ETC.. he
must abide by the majority rule.
The Democrats and Home Rulers had
advanced platforms, the principal por-
tions of which We're devoted to the
slogan of Put down Carter"
Admit, for example he said. that the
voters did not approve of Carter's ad-
then vote for Democrat
or Home Ruler. With such n mixed
legislature Governor Carter was not
being hurt; he would be in office as
long as Roosevelt was president. Whom
then would II hurt? The taxpayers:
the business men and merchants, OF
whom these attending the meeting We're
types. Such would be
he situation II Republicans scratched
heir own ticket.
The attacks on Governor Carter were
lbsurd, A gentlema eame TO him
Ilnce the BrnWr-Ch liuFworth episode
md sa'i; II have h.nr that Governor
'ar''r so'n- Pacific club
'ulled for playing peuro
He advanced this as a reason why
he Governor should be opposed.
y. TowsE HEARD.
Ed Towse was the next speaker. lie
poke on lines similar 20 his address
made az the sth urs Ting "One
n thr gentle meeting IN
n the hh precinct t..f night said
hat there must b. som inF rotten
When district committeeman came a.