The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-05-24
DEMOCRATS
SCHEMING TO
EFFECT FUSION
CONVENTION MET AT WAvEHLEY
HALL AND ADJOURNED Tp
AWAIT RESULT

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met at Way,rley Hall last evening
The proposition of enectlug fusion with
] the Home Rule party received favor
able support and am adjournment was
I taken until Saturday night without
making amy nominations
The meeting was called to order last
night by Vice Chairman Fred Turrill
/ of the Territorial Central committee.
/ Harry Juen was chosen temporary Sc
/ cretary. The chair then appointed the
/ following committees after which "a re-
| cess for fifteen minutes was taken.
/ redentials-Erving Bivens. Iona,
! Austin, Apau, A. =. Way.
/ Rules and Orgauizatiou-Strub Asch
/ Mossman, Kanealu, Ulukou.
| Resolutions Mechanism, Emmeluth,
! Tesla, Efinger, Eahalepuua.
The credentials committee reported
/ that the convention delegation mem
! bers We're divided as follows Fourth
/ District. so delegates; Fifth District 81
| delegates, making a total Of 1877.
/ After the committee on credentials
/ had reported there was considerable
/ discussion over the report and another
| delay ensued as some changes noting
] the flfiNl'll VI new lNltAtlN lleN ll'N
/ been made by the committee.
| The following report was made by
q committee relative to fusion with the
Home Rules
! Gentlemen: The undersigned Demo-
| Gratis, attending an informal meeting
at Territorial Chairman w. A. Kin
neys office last evening, was appoint
| ed by said meeting to confer with a
committee from the Home Rule party
i'm regard to putting up a fusion ticket
for the coming county elections would
respectfully reports to this convention
that such meeting was had this noon
at the rooms of the Home Rule party
and the matter Of fusion was discus
sed, neither committee being i'm posi-
ton to act authoratively, the following
was decided ON. Each committee to
report favorably the proposition Of
fusion. Each party to take action as
follows:
Appoint nominating committee Of
seven members to be apportioned as
nearly as practicable to the several
election districts-the Chairman of the
County Executive Committee Of the
Democratic party and Chairman of the
Home Rule Executive Committee to
be cx-oficio member of said commit
tee. Names of available candidates to
be lodged with the committee of each
party. and the names so submitted to
be the only names to be considered for
the several offices unless all suggested
for any one office should decline to ac-
cept
The candidates named by this joint
committee to be the candidates Of the
Democratic. Home Rule fusion. The
chairman of the Democratic county
committee and chairman of the Home
Rule Executive committee TO jointly
manage the campaign. This commit
tee respectfully suggests action by this
conventions along lines indicated here
in-with such further action as the cir
cumstances may warrant.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN EMMELUTH,
r. r. HARVEY,
:. *. KALOA.
Nominations for % permanent chair
man resulted i'm Fred Tumill being
selected Harry Juen was chosen Sc
cretary and Fred Weed interpreter The
following resolutions introduced by
Strube of the Fifth District We're
adopted:
whereas, The Home Rule party i'm
the county Of oahu has indicated its
Willingness to fuse with the Democratic
organization in said county in order
to more effectually oppose the attempt
TO porpetulte centralized government
i'm this Territory. Now therefore be
it
Resolved, That committee OF seven
members Of his convention ncludlhE
the chairman be appointed to confer
with a like committee from the hoI"'
Rule organization for the purpose OF
naming a full county ticket to be sup
ported and voted for 10y the members
of both organizations