The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-09
PARTY MACHINE
CALLS A
HALT
Office Holders Made
. to Know Their
Place.

Republican members-elect of the
Board of Supervisors had the Big Stick
swung over their heads last night at a
meeting of the County Committee, and
were warned that if they dare to APP
point any man to office without first
consulting the committee they will be
made to wish they hadn't.
Furthermore, the committee will no.
tify the Republican Territorial Com
mittee today that the time has come to
differentiate the powers of the Terri
torial and County Republican Commit
tees as to appointments and other mat
ters pertaining to elective offices, and
that the County Committee will in fu-
ture take care of the matter of APP
pointments. In other words, the Ter
ritorial Committee must take it's hands
off county or municipal affairs. The
conference over this matter will take
place at Nolte's at noon today.
The committee catechized Supervisor
elect Daniel Logan yesterday as to
why he and other Republican super
visors-elect had the temerity to hold a
conference with the Territorial Repub
lican Committee, and even went so far
as to request Supervisor-elect Logan to
state what matters were considered at
that conference, and what supervisor
elect called the conference. The com
mittee had something of a setback
when Logan calmly told it that the
supervisors meant to have a caucus,
and, finding the Republican headquar
ters locked, cast about for another
place, and went to Jack Atkinson's Of
fee as matter of convenience. Logan
stated that the presence of Mr.. Atkin-
son was of value to the supervisors, as
they had some municipal knots to un-
tangle, and Jack gave sound legal ad-
vice to clear the way.
Then the County Committee voiced
the statement that it had been misled
as to the dark and secret conference
of the County Supervisors with the
Territorial committeeman, and took it |
all back.
~. 1t
resignation as such officer on the |
ground that he would have much busi- |
ness to attend to and might be out of
town much of the time during the com
ing year.
Mr.. Judd stated also that his object |
in calling the meeting was 10 reorgan- |
ize the party on this Island. The |
foundation of the organization was the
precinct club. He believed the com
mittees should be walked up and plans
laid for reorganizing the precinct clubs,
to begin with. Now was the time to
prepare for the next campaign. Many
of the clubs were about dead and need
ed prodding.
Mr.. Judd 5 resignation was accepted,
and he was given vote of thanks for
his work in the past campaign. 1t
>was noted also that the vice chairman
ship was vacant Mr.. ChillingwOrth,
as vice chairman, was not a member
of the committee, but had held Mr..
Eckardt 5 proxy. Mr.. Eckardt was
again in the committee personally.
Mr.. Judd then moved that Clarence
l.. Crabbe be chosen as chairman OF
the County Committee. He stated that
he had given this matter considerable
thought and had conferred with G. H.
Cooke, the treasurer. 1t appeared to
him that Mr.. Cra.bbe was a man we'll
fitted to take the position. He was a
man of practical ideas and he felt he /
could "take his hat off to Mr.. Crabbe.
Mr.. Crabbe was elected by unan-
imous vote and Mr.. Judd was selected
TO fiji the vice chair. The other officers
would remain as they were. Mr.. Judd
remarked that the County Committee
had paid up all the unpaid bills of the
preceding committee, had paid all the
bills of the last campaign and had
few dollars left over.
Mr.. Fernandez said he would remove
the Republican banner which extends
over Fort street, in Difference to the I
warning of the Attorney General s de- :
partment that the banners position IS 5
a violation of the law Mr.. Judd pre- '
sented a motion that the chair and wee
chairman be appointed committee TO
confer with Messrs. Atkinson and cas- I
tro of the Territorial Committee to set
tie the question of the jurisdiction OF l
the two committees. The time had ar
rived to differentiate the duties of the
two committees. 1t was matter whlch
involved recommendations for appoint /
ments to office in the municipality It I
would be better to have an understand
ing now than to get into row. a
Mr.. Douthitt thought 1t ridiculous a
for the Territorial Committee to CONFER I
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