The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-16
IS COMMIT TEE
IGNORED Or
NOT?
The Supervisors Will Be
Given Chance to
Explain.

Is the Republican County Committee
really ignored by the Board of Super
visors or are the members of the first
mentioned body nursing an imaginary
trouble? That is the question that was
vigorously debated at the meeting of
the committee las night, and a COM
mittee of inquiry was appointed to put
the question point-blank to the Repub-
lican Supervisors and settle it once for
all.
The meeting last night was not called
for the purpose of advising Governor
Frear. That was announced several
times during the meeting, the report
that it had been having been an inven-
tion of the imagination of a reporter
for an afternoon paper, aggravated by
some remarks of The Bystander. In
fact, no one at the meeting seemed to
know just what the meeting had been
called for Chairman Harry Murray
announced that he was in the dark,
having called the meeting at the re-
quest of others. Jas. Boyd came the
nearest to knowing when he stated
that the meeting had been called to put
a stop TO the slanderous remark that
the Republican party in the County of
oahu had crawIed off and died.
There were eight members of the
committee present in person and five
Others represented by proxy. Those on
hand were Chairman Harry Murray,
Secretary E. d. Buffandeau, Eli Craw
ford. ]. Boyd, Charley Clark, Charley
Booth. Ben Zablan and Henry Klemme.
1t was the last named who wanted to
know what the meeting had been call
ed for. after the preliminaries had been
gone through.
There was a silence, broken by Muir
rays denial of knowledge on the mat
ter and followed by another silence.
Boyd at last broke the ice. He
stated that he advised the meeting to
see if the party We're dead or alive. He
was glad to see that it was still in ex-
istence and thought that the commit
tee should meet at least once month.
"There are always matters coming
up" he explained.
Klemme asked for further particu-
lars. but none were volunteered.
Chairman Murray saw no need for
meetings.
TT seems that the recommendations
of this committee have no weight with
the present Board of Supervisors and
there is no use of us meeting and max
ing any recommendations. So far as
the statements in the newspapers that
we have called this meeting to give adj
vice to Governor Frear, that is non
sense. We are only a county commit
tee and haven't anything to do with
the appointments of the Governor"
That's the way it strikes me-" said
KIemme. I'VE have no power over the
Federal government"
But if Governor Frear asks for our
advice we ought to give it to him,
broke in Boyd.
Il see no necessity for him asking US
ANYTHING or in our giving him any ad-
vice" was the chilling answer Of the
chair.
''weH. is it really a fact that the
Supervisors ignore the County Commit
tee. or is that just talk?" asked Booth.
Murray announced that it was the
sad truth. They ignored us right from
the day after election" he said.
We'll / think it would be a good
thing to find out whether they really
do ignore US or not" persisted Booth |
1--WE don't want them to say that we
ignored them by not making any rec
for them to act on.
hear that that is what they are say
ing already. I think that we ought to |
have A committee to wait on the SUI
pervisors and see if they really intend
to ignore us and what their attitude
is
This suggestion was approved of by
the other members and a committee or
three. the chairman, klemme ana
Booth, was named.
The committee then debated at
length on the question of reinstatlns
Archer as a Republican. the
debate raging around the point as 10
whether the precinct club or the county
committee had the power. The debate
sfmmered out when it was remarked
that Archer had not as yet asked any
one to reinstate him.
As there did not seem to be anythths
more to come up, Clark moved lild'
E6e committee adjourn, to meet again
on Monday night and hear the report
or the Supervisorial inquiry committee
being requested to arrange
=or q meeting between this commltlee
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