The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-04
CHINESE ARE
HOLDING BACK
Republican Committee Talks
of the Registration
Figures.

One of the principal statements made
last evening at Republican headquar-
ters at meeting of precinct club pres
idents with the county committee was
that but so Chinese out of at least 400
voters had so far been registered. A
long interrogation pause followed this
statement, but the directors of the
campaign felt relieved when J. p.
that all the Chinese voters would be
duly registered, as the president of the
Chinese Citizens Club had called a
meeting, and they would see that all
were qualified to vote on November 8.
Vice Chairman Chillingworth presid-
ed in the absence of Chairman Judd.
There were ten precinct presidents
present out of possible twenty six,
and one strayed in later. When the
chair asked the presidents by precincts
IN order what had been done about
registration, there was an almost gem
eral confession of lack of knowledge
on this subject, but many pledges given
that by Monday they would have some
thing to report. There were excep-
tions, however, for Dan Kekaha, of the
San Antonio precinct, solemnly arose
and stated that all but three had regis
tered. This looked good.
After Clarence Crabbe said his pre-
cinct was pretty well registered, Judge
Archie Mahaulu surprised the audience
by announcing that all but two had
been registered. There was general
applause on the reception of this re-
port, and more general promise that
the other two should be rushed to Ho-
nolulu as quickly as possible and regis
tered, expense not considered.
Supervisor Frank Archer, of Pearl
City way said as long as Republicans
were registered there that. was suffi.
cient.. .Never mind the Home Rulers
and Democrats, said the sage of Eva.
Convert the Home Rulers. then, -
was Chairman Chillingworth s only
comment.
Supervisor Dwight, between puffs of
his cigar, announced that there were
but few stragglers to be brought be-
fore the registration board And so it
went on.
Jim Quinn said the reason of the
meeting was blind to most of the
presidents, and had they but known
that the committee would ask for reg.
istration figures he, as well as others,
might have scurried around and Sc
cured some data ready for the meet
ing.
1t then developed that the secretary
had sent notices out to presidents only
that he knew. and these were presi-
dents under the old organization of
precincts, not the new. There were
many names he had not been acquaint-
ed with, and, of course, those presi-
dents received no notices.
The chair thought that the sooner
every president was notified to get
busy and round up the voters, with
'he assistance of his executive com
mittee, and then report personally at
headquarters, the better
for all concerned-in the Republican
party. He suggested that notices be
published in the newspapers calling
upon them to come in at once, and f.
nally it was decided to hold another
meeting next Wednesday evening at
7:30 o'clock, when a rousing oldtime
would be held and sufficient
data would be offered so that on Thurs
lay and Friday there would be busy
times for all party workers in getting
hold of the forgetful ones and rushing
hem down to the registration board |
'oom.
In addition to this Mr. Cooke sug-
gested that it be the sense of the |
Meeting that the Board of Registration
'e asked to remain open up to mid |
light on Friday night. He stated that
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