The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-20
MEETING IN
The SEVENTH
Business the keynote---Lane
Warns Against knifers
and Civic Feds.

! Conducting politics on businesslike
basis is the keynote to the methods
which the Seventh Precinct of the
Fourth District Republican Club has de-
cided to adopt At its meeting last
evening in San Antonio hall the voters
present unanimously passed a motion
giving the president authority to ap-
point committee of three, including
himself, to canvass the voters of that
precinct and select list of names to
be presented to the meeting on August
| % to be placed in nomination as dele
gates to the Territorial and County
conventions. In this way it is expected
that the best delegate timber may be
selected, and the list, at least, shall
/ form the nucleus OF list of candidates,
which may, of course, be added to and
voted upon.
The proposition came from James f.
Morgan, president of the club, and en-
dorsed by John G. Lane, now a member
of this precinct; Dan Kekaha, I'll. p.
Wood and others. Mr.. Morgan will
add the other two names to the com,
mittee today, and the committee will
commence an active canvass of voters
and be prepared to present list of
proposed nominees that will meet with
popular favor.
| That the plan may prove popular, it
was further proposed that as the pre-
cinct has twelve delegates to choose,
three equal divisions could be made,
so that there should be four Portuguese,
four Hawaiians and four haoles. This
suggestion came from Mr.. Morgan, also,
and with endorsements from other mem.
bers, prevailed. The precinct roll will
| be open at Mr.. Morgan s Office during
the week, and to the $50 members al
ready enrolled the officers hope that
there will be large additions.
The meeting was presided over by
Mr.. Morgan, with Hon. A. ID. Castro
as secretary.
In commenting upon the selecting
committee plan, Senator Lane thought
the suggestion good one for the reason
that when he was a resident of the
Fifth District the lack of such plan,
produced all sorts of factions and he be-
came involve in them and even led
fights against the Achi faction. These
quarrels generally resulted in bad feel
ing after nominees were put up, and
the defeated ones continued their fight
which was harmful to the success of the
ticket
s'The trend of politics today, said
the Senator, 9is towards the Demo
cratic party, and L think it is our high
est duty to try to harmonic all ranks
of the Republican party to carry our
ticket to victory He thereupon NOV
ed the adoption of the committee sug-
gestion and it carried.
III. p Wood. secretary of the Promo
tion Committee and the Chamber of
Commerce, when called upon to give his
views ON the fFselecting committee
said that his experience with chambers
of commerce and other similar organlza.
tions was that prior to election or noml-
mating meetings that where committee
had been appointed to select carefully
such men as they thought would be
representative of the interests of the
community, that method was most sue
cessful. Such presentation OF names
was not binding upon the members, but
simply represented careful selection OF
the best available material, and was a
selection due to good judgment rather
than haphazard guesswork.
'I consider this the very best meth.
cd, even in politics, added Mr.. Wood;
''it is businesslike and one that VIII
bring good results.
In a general discussion of politics,
Senator Lane, got down to local issues
He said that one of the crying evils or
local politics was the failure of defeat |
ed candidates and factions to ABIDE by |
the decision of conventions. Instead OH
fuI
candidates, these disgruntled factIonlsts |
would make attacks upon them. I
rJf such a man doesn t feel in ae- |
cord with the decision of conven-
tion. - added the Senator, let him stay |
AT home. or take no active interest IN |
polities. He should not work against |
the ticket or go over to another party |
If we can maintain harmony IN TINS
club it will undoubtedly prevail right |
through the campaign but If we nave
factional fights they are bound to WIND
up with knitting on election day.
"The Civic Federation has no place /
in this community in politics The
record of the party speaks for itself.
The record of the last Legislature IS
one we should feel proud of.
~ think the Republican party IS
equal to the test for sending good men
TO the Legislature who will safeguard |
the interest of the country.
"If we bear in mind we are to abide |
bv the results of the convention the |
Republican party will be able to carry !
the election; otherwise, it will be just |
the opposite. if i have the sentiment Of |
the people rightly in mind. y
Mr. Kekaha spoke along similar lines. |
Mr.. Castro advised the members to pre- /
pare suggestions to be presented at the |
meeting that may be en-
bodied in the party platform, so that
the delegates might be instructed as to |
what principles the precinct desired to
be incorporated in the platform