The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-06-06
UNlERRIFIED ARE
IN SESSION.
Meet In Progress Hall,
Officers Are Elected
And Get Down
To Business.

The Democrats "Ara on" The
big convention OF 202 delegates was
called to order by Fred TuTrill in
Progress hall shortly after 10 o.
clock this morning. The center OF
the hall was filed with the delegates
and the rear by interested specta-
tors. Az rule the discussion was
moderate and considerste, no black
eyes or broken heads being recorded
during the entire first session.
TEMPORARY OFFICERS.
Wien the objects OF the conven.
tion had been stated, G j MCCARTHY
moved that 9 credentials committee
OF five be appointed Mr. Emmeluth
amended TO make it one from each
OF the FIVE election districts reprts-
ented. j X PrendergaSt was here
called upon to act as interpreter,
after which the motion, together
with the amendment, passed. Rep
resentative Ewsliko and Sam Kama
hailua, OF Hawaii; L r Crook, OF
Maui, and G p Iaukea aud j X
Prendergast we're selected.
A recess of some fifteen minutes
was then taken to give the commit
tee time to report. They returned 202
qualified delegates as being proper
ly represented. G w Ashford moved
that the committee prepare a rost-
er OF all the delegates present and
report the same back to the session
this afternoon. This carried un.
animously.
Colonel Mccarthy moved that the
election OF temporary chairman
be proceeded with aud when that
was disposed OF, nominated Palmer
Woods, and that gentleman was
chosen by reclamation. T B Lyons,
of Maui, and Kaupu, OF Molokai,
were appointed to escort the chair
man TO bis desk. Mr. Woods made
9 short speech thanking the conven-
tiou for the honor conferred upon
him.
Mr. Ashford moved . committee
OF FIVE on resolutions. DR. Noblitt
objected on the ground that the
temporary orkaoisstion was pro-
ceeding upon business that properly
belonged to the psrmsnet organizs-
tion. Mr. Ashford argued that the
temporary organization, being with
out rules, could do ss it pleased aud
urged the passage OF bis RESOLUTION
10 the interest OF eKpsditing busi-
ness. The motion prevailed, apd @
w Ashford, Prince Kswananakoa, F
"a HsyseldeD, Representative Eva.
liko, I B Lyons, Frauk Harvey, Col
@ p Iankep, w A Kidney and John
Emmeluth we're appointed, Mr. Ulu.
hi IVES ono OF the original appoint
ess, but Mr. Emmeluth objected TO
him strongly on the ground that he
was defeated candidate in the
eighth precinct OF the Fifth and had
come into the convention on proxy
for somebody else. Mr. Ashford
contepded that any Dem ocra. could
represent another 10 convention and
on committee by proxy, but tbs
chair SUSTAINED Mr. Rmmeiuth and
Mr. Uluihi was retired, Mr. Ashford
appealed from the rUlo9 Of tho
chair to the house but his appeal
was not sustained,
THE FUN BEGINS.
At this point Mr. McGuire oifsled
motion to the effect that 10 one
not delegate TO the convention, be
allowed to vote or otherwise partici.
pate in its business; and also that
any outsider holding a proxy be re.
CURED to turn the same oyer 10
some delegate from the district in |
which it originated. Col MCCARTHY
strongly objected to the motion and
made the point that q person hold,
ing . proxy had no power to trans
Ter 1t TO anybody. The motion was