The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-05
AGAINST
CIVIC FEDS,
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seen that Maui county and Kauai coun-
ty, each comprising but one county
one senatorial and one representative
district, and Hawaii and oahu coun-
ties, each comprising one county
and senatorial district, but two rep
resentative districts jealousy exists
between the 4th and 5th districts into
which Oahu is divided and the difficult
ties of travel between the 1st and End
districts into which Hawaii is divided
are marked.
The majority, or Waterhouse- Hughes
report, recommends a county conven-
ton to nominate not alone county, but
also senatorial and representative cam
didates. In Maui and Kauai the central
committee appointed by their respective
conventions will handle all campaigns
except that of the delegate, which is
under the control of the Territorial
Central Committee. On Hawaii and
Oahu counties, the conventions will
be held in each representative district
and the respective campaign commit
tees by these conventions respectively
appointed will meet with the other
campaign committee in the same coun-
~ and thus form a senatorial and
county convention for nomination of
senators and county officers. The
county conventions thus formed will
choose a county campaign, or central,
committee, which will be in charge of
all county and senatorial campaigns,
leaving representative campaigns to
the separate representative district
campaign committees
! AS this is a delegation of power re-
moving the principal conventions one
step from the primaries, it is proposed
to enlarge the district conventions by
Sc 2-3 per cent. In other words, the
district conventions on Oahu and Ha-
wall will choose the delegates to the
county and senatorial conventions,
while these delegates in Maui and Ka-
uaf counties will be elected directly at
the primaries. AS to patronage the
county committees Will control county
patronage and the Territorial commit
tee, Territorial patronage-the present
plan.
The Lane, or minority report, would
elect in each county. at the precinct
primaries direct two sets of delega ties,
one to form representative conven-
ton, which would combine on Oahu and
Hawaii with its fellow for nomination
of a senatorial ticket-the present sys-
tenl-and at the same time set of
delegates to a county convention for
the nomination of county ticket. The
county convention would choose a
county campaign committee. which
would manage all county, senatorial
and representative campaigns all oveI
the county, although it includes tive
representative districts; out the repre-
sentative and senatorial CONVENTIONS
would not be permitted TO appoint any
campaign committee. After nominal
ing candidates, they become defunct
except in case Of a withdrawal from
the ticket, when they would be recalled
10 fill the vacancy.
The Lane report, however, goes int
the patronage question and wants al
appointments by Territorial or county
authority to be passed through tn
Territorial committee. Members sa!
that appointments to be made by TIL
Supervisors or any county official ar
not properly the business of the Terri
torial or general committee but ar
local matters exclusively within III
jurisdiction of the county committees
This is the problem for the Maui com
mittee to solve at their next session.