The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-07

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| themselves with respect to the amend
ment.
Ashford said the Hearst question wa
discussed thoroughly in the committee
| All were not of one mind as to VIVA
course should be taken, put were of on
mind as to the matter being left GU
of the platform The latter was dec
laration of principles only, and it wa
the sense of the committee that it woul'
| be a mistake to load down the platform
| with a choice for President of tn
| United States. He trusted that tn
/ question would come up by itself wheI
| it could be fought out good naturedlI
| when the majority would win, and thu
| devil take the hindmost." The con
vention might split all to pieces wher
J it came to voting for who they would
support for President of the United
States. He then moved for the adoption
of the report.
Noblitt shouted for a point of order,
as a motion to amend was already be-
fore the house. Ashford suggested the
"other side" was out of order. He felt
his own motion was in order.
Chairman Iaukea ruled that the reso-
luton of Woods was debatable, thereby
ruling in favor of the amendment, but
suggested that it might be brought up
as a separate matter.
Noblitt again bobbed up with a pro-
test against the mover of the Hearst
amendment to withdraw it at that time.
He thought that all resolutions should
be added as part of the main resolu-
ton. If the amendment is withdrawn
and the platform was adopted, the
chairman of the committee would rise
to point of order. He was so afraid
that it would be lost sight of that he
was certain all sorts of dire things
would be visited in the convention.
willie" Hearst must be considered
then or not at all.
Col Mccarthy was opposed to bring
ing in the amendment then. AS it was
up he felt like fighting the matter out
then and there disposing of it altogeth
er.
Tesla said Noblitt was mistaken. A
resolution adopted by committee could
not be recommended by the convention.
He contended, as before, that the
amendment was out of order.
Home Rule Prendergast then gave
utterances to some hot air, but he felt
the amendment should be considered as
a separate matter. He said, however,
he was a Hearst man. but believed
the delegates should go foot-loose, and
not be instructed for him. (Applause.)
Out-and-out Hearst men, would re-
ceive his vote and no others.
L. r. Crook of Maui gave the Maui
opinion on the question. He was per-
sonally in favor of Hearst, but if such
an amendment was put into the plat
form, which was devoted to principles,
stock. 1t was not only a platform for
the st. Louis convention but for the
next Territorial elections and should be
free from personalities. (Appiause.)
The convention was moving to make
the Democratic party a one-man party.
The party was not so strong in the is
lands that they could antagonize one
another which would be the case if the
amendment was considered with the
platform.
Palmer Woods said he believed in
working for the interests of the party
and he thereupon withdrew the amend
ment.
Tesla said he advocated the report of
the platform committee because it was
hot stuff" hotter than some of the
stuff he had been prosecuted for.
EMMELUTH THE AUTHOR.
Ashford said if the Attorney Generals
Department wanted to prosecute the
author of the report. Emmeluth was the
man who did it,
c. L. Rhodes thought the committee
had fallen into a misstatement of fact
in its report. Four years ago the Demo-
Gratis had met in convention, with rep
resentatives present from every island.
The report was then adopted
ELECTION OF DELEGATES.
The chair called for election of dele
gates as the next order of business
Prendergast called for the report of
the committee on credentials with list
of members attached.
Emmeluth moved that the delegates
be apportioned as follows: Two from
Hawaii, one from Maui. three from
Oahu.
Col Mccarthy moved to amend by
having two from Hawaii. two from
Maui and two from Oahu Another
member suggested: two from Hawaii.
one from Maui, two from Oahu and one
at large.
Another suggested that three be from
Oahu and Kauai. Emmeluth couldn't
n.
Garden Isle didn't see fit to send a rep-
resentative to the convention. Emme-
luth opposed Maui in getting two dele
gates.
Coke of Maui said it was the desire
of Maui, Molokai and Lanai to send two
delegates to the National Convention
In 1902 Molokai was the only island
which gave Democratic majority for
David Kawanana kOa
Ashford favored giving Maui two
delegates.
MAUI GETS TWO.
Crook said that Maui was the onlv
island that made a full sweep against
the Republicans. under the name of
Home Rulers. Under the name of the
Democratic party, the same voters
would make a clean sweep next election
and he asked for two delegates for the
Maui district.
The members began talking each
other to death over the question. Oahu
/ delegates did not want to concede an