The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-09-18

a SPEECH FROM ROE.
} And during all OF the wasted time
delegates IN groups of three were
making forecasts OF the results. TIC
relieve the monotony William G. Roe
: was inviegled to the stage to tell what
! he had seen during his residence IN
Honolulu. these islands. Hawaiian Is
lands" The speech equaled George
Beckley's greatest efforts and Roe saw
ed the day for the tired delegates
During his remarks he waved his arms
: in the direction OF the machines baby
the secret ballot booths, and remarked
that II was zone of the grandest priv
ileges in the life OF an American citi-
zen to cast ballot" William was par
ticularly emphatic on this point for
each booth looked to him like twin.
The delay was in the light OF boon
to the saloon man further up the street
for during the two hours which the
delegates were kept waiting he dealt
enthusiasm at ten cents per glass.
COMMITTEE ON RULES.
At 4:1o, the Committee on Rules en-
tered the hall and Chairman Harris
read the following report:
To the Chairman and Members Of the
County Convention OF the County
of Oahu.
Gentlemen: Your Committee on Rules
and Permanent Organization beg leave
to report recommending the following
rules for the adoption OF this conven-
ton:
| 1. The permanent officers Of this
convention shall be a Chairman, Vice
Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and
Sergeant-at-Arms.
g. The order OF business shall be as
follows:
A-Call Of permanent roll.
B-Election OF permanent officers.
C-Report Of Committee on Resolu-
tons.
Determinations for County officers
In the following order: Sheriff, Coun-
ty Clerk. Auditor, County Attorney,
Treasurer, observation-disclosures.
E-Immediately after the nomination
of candidates for said offices, a recess
shall be taken and the respective dele
cations from the several districts shall
retire and nominate candidates. for
members of the Board of Supervisors
and Deputy Sheriffs.
F-Upon reconvening a recess shall
be taken and the respective delegations
from the Fourth and Fifth Representa-
tive Districts shall retire and nominate
candidates for Representatives to the
Legislature.
G-Upon the reconvening of the con-
vention, such nominations shall be an
nounced to the convention by the chair
man of the respective delegations. And
upon the failure OF any delegation to
agree upon nominee for any county
office within reasonable time, the
convention shall proceed to make the
nomination.
H-Election of County COMMITTEES:
Each precinct shall announce its choice
for committeeman agreeably to Section
N, Article 2, of the Rules of the Re
publican party.
l. Any other business that may be
brought before the convention.
2. Adjournment.
3. In making nomination for Office
the voting shall in all cases. where
there is more than one nominee, be by
secret ballot and 1t shall be compulsory
upon each delegate before casting
ballot to enter the booths provided fer
that purpose and mark his ballot.
4. That there shall be four different
ballots. to wit:
a. Ballot for nomination provided
in Rule 2, Sec. d. shall be on white
paper.
b. Ballot for name as provided in
Sec. 3, shall be on green paper.
c. Ballots for Representatives in
ot,tnt cI,
be blue paper.
d. Ballots for the Representatives
of the Fifth Representative District
shall be of cherry paper.
No ballots shall be used except those
authorized and furnished by the chair
man of this convention.
5. That the balloting for candidates
OF this convention be as follows: On
the call of the chairman. commencing
with the Fourth District First Pre-
cinct and thereafter in regular numer-
ical order. Taking the Fifth District
in the same numerical order
G. That the judges of the election,
tellers and all other necessary offices
in connection with the balloting be
appointed by the chairman.
Z, A delegate shall designate his
choice by marking y on the right
hand side of the ballot, opposite the
name or names of the candidate or
Candidates for whom he desires to vote,
S. In case OF n.ismarking for candi-
dates for any Office the ballot In which
such mismarking is done shall be void
only as to the Office with reference to
which such mismarking occurred.
3. In order to secure the nomination
for any office the candidate must re-
ceive a majority Of all the votes cast
10. II, after three ballots shall have
been taken without securing nomi-
nation any delegate may vote for any
eligible person Notwithstanding the
nominations shall have closed.
II. Every candidate for nomination
for a County or Legislative off1ce shall.
before the balloting begins, II present.
openly pledge himself before the con-
vention to accept and abide by the
result OF the ballot or, II absent, fur
nish satisfactory evidence to the chair
man thereof that he will do so.
IL. A majority OF the membership OF
the convention shall constitute a quo
rum for the transaction OF the business
OF the conventio.
Is. No member OF the convention
shall speak more than Ave minutes on
any subject coming before the conven-
ton.