Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-09-19
Committee FAVORS
SECRET BALLO7|NG
Nomination For Mayor
Will Come First
Of All

relating to method of balloting and
the order In which nominations
should be made. There was practi-
cally no opposition to the secret bal
lot, the Hawaiians being especially
in favor of this method, stating that
coercion was to be feared should the
open vote be taken. After some dis
cussion 1t was decided to have the
nomination for Mayor first and the
rest of the County Offices following
IL, the Legislative ticket coming last.
The report of the committee is In
full as follows:
Mayor Comes First
THE permanent officers Of this
convention shall be a chairman. vice
chairman, secretary, two assistant
secretaries, sergeant at arms, and an
interpreter.
2-The order of business shall be
as follows: ta) Report of Committee
on Credentials; OBJ Call of Perma-
nent Roll; tc) Election of Perma-
nent Officers; (d) Report of Commit
tee on Platform and Resolutions; (e)
Nomination of City and County an I
District officers shall be in the fol-
lowing order:
Mayor, Supervisors, City and Coun-
ty Sheriff, City and County Clerk,
City and County Treasurer, and City
and County Attorney.
D Immediately after the nomi-
nation of candidates for said officers,
a recess shall be taken and the re-
spective delegations from the several
districts shall retire and nominate
candidates for Deputy Sheriffs.
go Upon the reconvening of the
convention, such nominations shall
be announced to the convention by
the chairman of the respective dele
cations. And upon the failure of any
delegation to agree upon nominee
for any City and County Office within
. a reasonable time, the convention will
proceed to make the nomination.
(h) Nominations for Senators.
Cd Upon the reconvening OF the
convention recess shall be taken
and the respective delegations from
, the Fourth and Fifth Representative
Districts shall retire and nominate
: candidates for Representatives to the
Legislature.
90 Upon the rcconvening of the
convention. such nominations shall
, be announced to the convention by
the chairman of the respective dis
: tricts.
And uDon the failure of any or
either districts to agree upon nom
inee for Representative. the conven-
tion shall proceed to make the nomi-
, nation.
(k) Election of County Commit
tee: Each Precinct shall announce
its choice for committeeman agreeab-
ly to Section l. Article 2, of the Rules
/. of the Republican party.
= D Any other business that may
be brought before the convention.
(m) Adjournment.
Secret Balloting
b, 3. In making nominations for Of
fee. the voting shall in all cases
: where there is more than one nomi-
nee, be by secret ballot, and II shall
, be compulsory upon each delegate be-
fore casting ballot to enter the
booths provided for that purpose,
/. and mark his ballot.
4. That there shall be six differ
ent ballots. to-wit:
(D Ballot for Mayor shall be of
white paper.
90 Ballot for nominations pro-
vided for In Rule 2, Section e, except
ing nomination for Mayor, shall be
. Of yellow paper.
: Co Ballot for name as provided
for In Section I. shall be of green pa
per.
I'D Ballots for Senators shall be
Of pink paper.
(e) Ballots for Representatives
In the Fourth Representative Dis
trict shall be of blue paper.
f Ballots for Representatives
In the Fifth Representative District
shall be of cherry paper.
No ballots shall be used, except
those authorized and furnished by
the chairman of this convention.
M Il q u u = \ u 4 e q :: = q u y :,
to favor an open ballot.
Correa moved to adopt the report as
: a whole. 1--WE always had a secret
ballot" he said, "and there is some,
thing funny about this open ballot bus.
mess"
Naone moved to adopt the majority
report This motion carried by an
overwhelming vote from the Fifth Dis
trict. H
The permanent officers as recon-
mended by the report now took charge
OF the convention.
Belser moved a vote Of thanks to
the temporary officers. Carried.
Judd was called on for speech.
I'VE have been working to bring
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