The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-09

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The 0fsi portion 81 Section 10 of the
blu cAusrd Discussion which brought
ca amendment A. she paragraph
stood i read Del foliovtt
The person receiving she greatest
number of votes at primary as can.
didaie ot a party for office shall bee
the candidate of that party nd the fol
lowing election. aud any non-parlifan
nominee receiving at least twenty per
cent Of the total votes cast NJ such
primary shall also be- a candidate at the
following election
Senator Baker raised the point that
the percentage requirement for the
non.partizan aspirant was altogether
too high, and that IL might actually
shut ont a man that would possess a
chance Of election. Another criticism
was that the paragraph did not deal
with the question of more than one
candidate for a collective Office. Mr.
Robinson suggested by way Of amend
ment that il be made to read so the
90 candidate for each Office receiving
the highest number of votes shall be
the nominee-the verbiage being
changed so as to make it clear that one
party could nominate the full number
OF candidates necessary for a collect
i've body.
Section Dropped.
Senator Fairchild expressed consid-
cradle doubt as to whether Section II
of the bill could be enforced. In the
course of its consideration it became
apparent that the bill was intended
to do two things at once-provide for
the direct primary and also assist in
the operation of distinctly party pro.
cedure.
The section states that "at least
sixty days before the date of a pri-
mary the central committee of each
party shall publish the territorial plat.
form of such party in newspaper pub
lished in and of genetal circulation
throughout the Territory. The plat.
form shall be published at least four
times before such primary election,
the date of the last publication to be
not less than seven days before such
primary election.
:" As soon as may be after the pub
LEGATION OF such platform the central
committee of each party shall send
copy thereof signed by the secretary
or chairman of such committee to the
Secretary Of the Territory, which copy
shall thereafter be the official copy of
the platform.
This provision was an infringement
on the preserves of party machinery
and management, was the view express
ed by both Mr.. Robinson and Senator
Fairchild. 1t meant great deal more
than that to Senator Coelho. Since
Senate Bill No. 30, amending the liquor
law, was escorted to the block in the
House of Representatives, certain Sem
ators are inclined to look over their
shoulders when someone whispers
platform" in the legislative ear.
"So,' Numbered Coelho, "this real
iy means that if man goes to the Leg.
islature and votes according to the die.
tates of his conscience he can be ousted
from the party"
Senator Smith questioned the wis
dom of a provision that referred so
obviously to party machinery and Mr..
Robinson submitted the opinion that
such stipulation could not be made
or enforced under any cir
cumstances. Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Whitney expressed similar view.
Senator Fairehild called attention to
the necessity of avoiding the indorse.
ment of anything that might be carried
through in the operation of the law
and could then be used to invalidate
an entire election by the party on the
losing end. The section quoted was
finally stricken out.
Coelho moved that a paragraph be
in the bill stating that its
provision did not apply to the county
of Kalawao, but later withdrew the mo.
ton.
There was something approaching
muddle in the Senate
when it came time for the committee
Of the whole to rise. The motion that
the committee recommended that the
bill pass second reading as amended
was carried, but when it came to sub.
hitting the verbal report by Chairman
knudsen, President Smith suggested
that the proper course would be to
lay the report on the table to be con.
'idered with the BILL" Doubt was ex.
pressed whether verbal report could
be laid on the table and President
smith also insisted that the amended
dill was not before the Senate. A
notion to refer the bill to the Printing
Committee was finally carried, the re.
port to be presented later.
Bills Are Passed.
Senate Bill No. So, prohibiting the
OF military companies by |
Unauthorized persons, passed third read.
ng with full vote, as did Senate Bill |
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