The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-22
REPUBLICAN
CONFERENCE
Talking Over Matters
of Organization
and Detail.

dents and secretaries OF the Fourth
District Precinct Clubs with the mem
bers of the Fourth District County
Committeeman last night. The object
of the gathering was the settlement
of the question relative to the selection
/ OF the three additional members of the
4 County Committee. as agreed upon at a
| previous meeting.
i Col. Ziegler presided and Secretary
Buffandeau officiated at the minutes
! book
j. H. Boyd reported that committee
| from the Fourth and Fifth had met
| the executive committee to the Central
| Committee. The Fifth District Com
mittee of six had conceded three add
/ t1onal committeeman, the new MEM
bers to have no vote until the question
| is finally decided by the Central Com
| mittee
| The chair said that these committee
| men would have seats in the Fourth
District Committee and would vote
with them. J. H. Boyd made that as
motion and it carried. The chair
called for nominations of the new
members of the committee under the
decision arrived at. w. F. Drake, C.
u.
named and the secretary was instruct
ed to cast a ballot for them.
The chair said an important matter
is the provision of ways and means for
securing the registration of voters.
Mr.. Boyd said they were doing all
they could in his precinct but as a
member of both County and Executive
Committees he could do no more than
he had. He had one man out under
pay. The club as an organization was
doing nothing
Mr.. Buffandeau, from the Second,
said there were 1872 registered out of
$50 in his precinct. Said money would
be required to pay the men who are
now volunteers.
Mr.. Booth was informed that voters
would have to appear before the Board
registration could not be done by
proxy.
Geo. A. Davis from the Third Pre-
cinct said maps were in course of prep
aration and a general canvass of the
entire precinct would be made.
Charles Hustace and Charles Coster
from the Fourth and Fifth said work
would begin on Monday Sam Johnson
from the Sixth said he was waiting to
learn of system to work on. E. w.
Quinn and Clarence Crabbe from the
Seventh and Eighth replied to the
same effect. Chas. Booth said many
had registered in his precinct but
others were waiting the return of the
Registration Board. When he pro-
cured maps he would get busy. The
Tenth was not represented.
e. w. Quinn was asked for Sugges-
lions, as an "old war horse" relative
to a plan of campaign. His reply was
ri a M a hal
the Board sit all day during the last
eight days of the term of registration.
The chair suggested that a commit
tee of candidates wait on the Board
and arrange for the sessions.
A. V. Gear was called upon to speak.
He replied that the committee was do
ing everything possible but he thought
it would be we'll for the candidates to
meet the committee and draw up a
plan of campaign. Believed the sug-
gestion relative to longer sessions a
good one. There are many who are
showing Indifference and others who
do not find it convenient to get regis
tered during the present hours.
Charles Hustace when called upon re-
sponded with a package of advice rela-
tive to the work of this committee in
conjunction with the County Commit
tee. This one is subordinate to that
one and it must be so understand he
remarked. He demanded that the
County Committee be recognized to
the fullest extent. that was what he
had always fought for and what he
wanted.
A. D. Castro said there was work TO
be done by the precinct clubs, it was
not all to be put upon this committee
Much could be done by the harmonious
action in the precincts the members
should get together and work together.
The chair called upon all of the mem
bers to be present at the meeting to-
night, which would be for the purpose
OF pletIng the organization.
Geo. A. Davis gave out lot of good
ideas when he said the suggestion OF
ar. Gear that the candidates meet the
committee is good one. There is a
lot of talk about knitting, and if the
ticket is knitted it will be due to the
negligence of the candidates" He was
present, he said at the organization of
the Republican party in this Territory
in the old driilshed, and while he had
not attended the meetings of the pres
ent committee, he had taken deep in
terest in the affairs from the outside.
He believed the ticket nominated in the
convention the other day to be one of
the best the party had ever selected.
and he did not believe it could be i'm
proved upon. 1t must not go down to
defeat, and if it did it could be traced
to the candidates, who had neglected
to work among their friends They
could do more to bring the people into
line than anyone else. 1t may be neces-
sary before the time to vote comes, to
whip the voters into line; the commit
tee may have to engage a whip for this
purpose as is done in the East He
said ne was present only by proxy and
might not attend another meeting. but
he proposed to work in his precinct,
where they would make d personal
canvass.
In an informal talk, the matter of
maps, the mixing UP of the precincts