The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-20

did not know he was nominated for
some time Both stated that they de-
sired to be candidates as Representa-
/ tives
| Following the nominations there was
/ some discussion of a change in the
rules whereby nominees for the Sen
| ate who failed at the ballot might ac-
! cept nomination for the House. This
was turned down, however. One of
the hardest fighters against the at
tempted change in rules was Nahora
/ Hipa. whose characteristic speeches
! kept the convention in good humor.
Nominations for Representatives.
The Fourth went into caucus with
| Clarence Cooke as chairman. The first
| nomination was that of ]. c. Cohen,
named by Kilikalani
This was followed by the naming of
Solomon Hanohano by Woodward.
while Charley Chillingworth nominated
A. D. Castro. Another delegate press
ed the claims of Joseph Makalena and
nominated him.
George W. Smith nominated R. w.
ShingIe as man who had won the
confidence of all the people of the Ter
ritory. f. A. Douthitt was named by
one of his precinct delegates. John
KamanouIu and Robert Baker were
also nominated.
Fifth District Caucus.
With A. F. Judd as chairman, the
Fifth came to noisy order.
Oscar Cox asked the Honolulu pre-
cincts' two candidates out of the six
TO be nominated, to which there was
chorus of approval
Charley Clark then asked that county
districts name their men and let the
Honolulu precincts name theirs. This
was agreed to and the following were
named: Ruel Kinney and E. B. Mika-
lemi.
S. P. Correa nominated A. S. Kalei-
opu as one of the four city men. Geo.
Markham was up and down and had to
be squelched a few times.
Kama nominated Charles Kanekoa,
f. n. Voeller was nominated by Wal
lace, and Joseph Kalana was named by
Solomon Mahelona./ George Kaea was
also named in the confusion.
s. P COrrea was named by IL. Ka-
hale and w. H. Crawford was named
by delegate from Laie. David K.
Kuma was listed and Geo. Wright nom
mated Chas. Holoua.
Sam Dwight placed Harry Aud be
fore the convention and Nahora Hipa
was also placed in nomination. A. S.
Kaleiopu placed the Boy Orator IN the
list Kanekoa moved the nominations
close in a mele chant, in the midst of
which Markham had more to say.
Charley Clark urged a vote in eau
Gus to settle which four of the eleven
should receive the city nominations,
and in the midst of row it was de-
cided that the caucus was not bound
by the convention rules and could vote
whenever they wanted. The country
delegates then withdrew, but some OBJ
iected to the voting in caucus and the
row ragged for several minutes.
Finally, it was decided that the eau
Gus had to vote, but later it was de-
cided to wait and vote on the regular
ballot.
Long for Hottse.
On recovering the Fourth withdrew
f. A. c. Long from nomination for the
Senate and added him to their list Of
nominees for the House
Chairman Judd then read the lists
oil names D1dCtu III 1lOlhAhetIACh1 SSAAA
the delegates were reminded from the
chair that the various precincts must
select county committeeman, taking
that up as the next business.
County Committee.
There was mix-up Immediately
when the call for precinct chairmen
was begun, because the precincts will
be from now on numbered differently
from what has been the case up until
now. Various ways to get around this
was suggested. and it was finally voted
to allow the delegates from the old pre-
eincts to name the chairmen from the
new precincts.
The following were then named:
Fourth District.
Z. A. Douthitt. 7. L. Holt, z. G.
Brown. f. H. Paris, Chas. Coster, A.
p. Phillips, J. F. Eckardt, c. L. Crabbe,
ID. Kawaihoa, G. Chalmers.
Fifth District.
John Bell, VIM. Hookano, L. K. Ma
one. s. w. Logan, o. Peacock, Fred
Never. D. Douglas, c. Arnold, Eli
Geo. Barker, F. F. Fernan-
dez. A. s. Kaleiopu, a. F. Judd, >. I.
Nj alelua. w III. mem y
EVENING SESSION.
The reeonvened convention last night
found all the delegates promptly IN
their places and the boxes and back
seats filed with spectators.
The calling of the roll was rapidly
with, after which Chairman |
Judd proceeded to carry out the CON
vention rule pledging the candidates to
support the platform and abide by the
result of tee nominations.
Pledging Candidates.
Hustace, Lucas and Lane were first |
called. and while the two former prom
ised in so many words to work for and |
support whichever candidate was NOM
mated. Lane referred only to his past
loyalty to the party as an earnest of
what he might be expected to do if |
defeated for the nomination. All three |
candidates were given good receptions