The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-24
DEMOCRATS NAME
LEGISLATIVE AND
COUNTY TICKETS
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Permanent Organization.

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Permanent Organization.
The report of the Committee o.
Rules and Permanent Organization
provided for nominations in the fol
lowing order: Mayor, Supervisors, Sher
iff, Clerk, Treasurer. City and Count,
Attorney, Auditor, Deputy Sheriffs
Senators, Representatives; selection o
County Committee 1t provided tina
nominations, where there was NOR,
than one candidate, should be by bal
Il lot. This part of the report gave ris,
TO a sharp debate. John EmmeIutl
moved to amend by providing thai
each delegation should be called il
order, and the chairman should an
nOunce the vote of the delegation. HI
argued that delegates were there in
| representative capacity, and therefore
the proceedings should be so conducted
that those who elected them could
| know just how they had voted on any
question. He argued also that this
method would conduce to expedition
| The amendment was voted down how
ever and the report of the committee
adopted.
The permanent officers chosen by the
adoption of the report were: Chairman
| Charles L. Rhodes; vice chairman, Viii
| liam Wond; Secretary, Manley Hop
kins; Assistant Secretary, Ed. Hanapi;
| Sergeant at arms, George Fern; Inter
prefer. j. K. Prendergast.
Senator c. J. Mccarthy and G. w.
| Ashford were appointed a committee to
escort the permanent officers to their
places.
In taking the chair Charles L.
Rhodes thanked the convention for the
honor it had conferred and promised
that ne should strive to preside with
fairness. He said he had had the honor
to assist in the organization of the
party in the Territory and it was a
satisfaction to him to see the prog
ress the party had made.
Vice Chairman William Wond said
he had been a Democrat ever since the
organization of the party in the Ter
ritory. He thanked the convention for
the honor it had conferred
The chair then recognized Edward
Ingham who presented the report of
the Committee on Platform and Reso-
lutions This was adopted unanimously
and the platform is as follows:
The Platform.
The Democratic party of the City
and County of Honolulu hereby en-.
dorses the National and Territorial
platforms of the party.
We point to the record of Democrat
ic members of the Legislature, Board
of Supervisors. Police Department, and
other offices as an earnest of what may
be expected from our nominees in the
direction of efficient and honest legis-
lation and administration, whenever
we shall succeed to the control of the
several departments of government IN
the Territory and the County.
We declare for prompt legislation
stripping Territorial officials of all local
functions and the enlargement of local
self government by transferring to the
various County officials the duties
belonging to them.
We arraign the Republican admins
tration of this Territory for it's neglect |
to adopt measures to carry into effect
the provisions of the Organic Act which,
require the purchase of the rights of |
private owners in sea fisheries, and the /
throwing open of such fisheries to en- /
ioyment by the people; and we pledge
the legislative candidates of this con- I
vention to such action as will carry |
those provisions into prompt effect.
We pledge our Senators, Representa-
tives, and Supervisors, if elected, to |
enact effective building and licensing |
laws and regulations to prevent un-
slightly and insanitary camps and ten
ements damaging to health and prop |
erty.
we pledge our legislative nominees
10 an endeavor to secure such modl-
fcations of the existing election laws
as shall dispense with the requirement
IF nomination fee or other payment
IF money by a candidate for public of
fee. and such as will make the GER
tifieate of the presiding officer and Sec
retarv of bona fide convention of
INV organized political party suffi-
,ient nomination of any candidate Sc
ected by such convention.
We favor the construction of belt
road around this Island and pro-
gressive policy of public improve
nents.
Fern Nominated.
Nominations were then taken up. R.
4. Trent nominated Joseph ]. Fern for
navor. and the nomination was second
ID all over the convention and was
made by reclamation, Fern making
rerv graceful speech in accepting It,
Supervisors Nominated.
Nominations for supervisors were
lext in order. Nominations from the
Fourth were received as follows: Ed
ward Ingham, W. H. Mcclellan, }. ".
Young, A. V. Peters, NJ. E. Silva,
Henry Vida, Tom Gandall, and John
Iona. The rules required each candl-
late to take a pledge to abide by the
ballot and that he would not, If de-
eated. seek nomination from any other
,artv or run as an Independent. The
andidates were called forward to take
his pledge. Gandall and Iona were not
PRESENT, nor had they sent written
pledges. and the chair ruled that they /
ouid not be considered in nomination.
randall afterwards appeared and took
he pledge. As the delegates at the
aucus had agreed that the Fourth dis
rict should have four nominations for !
supervisor. and the Fifth three. the
onvention proceeded to ballot on the !
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