The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-03-05
Taft LEAGUE
BREAKS WITH KUHIO
Continued from page one.
olive Branch NO. 1.

olive Branch NO. /.
~. That all delegates to the ma
iional convention should pledge them
selves 10 work and vote for n renomI
n on OF President Taft.
-. That the Kuhio .Frear curtru
versy should not be brought into the
territorial convention TO be held
I April Is, 1919, and that no actor
should be taken by said convention.
save the choosing Of the delegates
and alternates to the Republican ma
tional convention.
80. That the apportionment of del
egates TO the national convention
should be as follows: Hawaii l, Mau,
/, Kauai /, Oahu 3.
"a. That the following delegates
should he agreed to: Kuhio, c. A.
Rice Ito be national committeeman
r. w. Shingle, George Renton.
"That the delegates apportioned to
Hawaii and Maui be nominated by the
delegations from those districts, re-
spectively, to the territorial conven-
ton.
"That Sam Keliinoi be agreed TO
for chairman of the convention.
"This proposed agreement was the
subject of discussion and although the
Delegate heartily endorsed the first
two items of the agreement, yet he
finally stated that he did not consider
that any agreement should designate
1 the individuals who should later be
selected by the convention as dele
gates.
Olive Branch No. 2.
| Accordingly, in order to meet this
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made to the Delegate and his friends
second proposition as follows:
al. That all delegates to the ma
tional convention should pledge them
selves to work and vote for a renomi-
nation of President Taft.
"2. That the Kuhio-Frear contro.
versy should not be brought into the
/ territorial convention to be held April
Is, 1912, and that no action should
be taken by said convention, save the
choosing of the delegates and alter
mates to the Republican national con.
ventiOn.
"3. That the league would support
the Delegate for election as one of the
six delegates to the Chicago conven-
ton, thus eliminating any opposition
to his election, upon condition, how
/ ever, IndU HC NOulu az OhCO lGbuih w
his post of duty at Washington.
r. Stunned Personalities.
ffThe reasons for suggesting these
lconditions were two: One being that
if the Delegate remains in Honolulu
during the campaign, 1T seems probable
that personalities will be brought into
the campaign, even though it might be
lagainst the Delegates personal desire;
'the other being the fact that at the
present time particularly in view of
the important legislation now before
congress respecting Hawaiian affairs
the Delegate Is duty, not only to the
party, but also to the Territory at
large, requires his presence in Washing
ton.
Silent Contempt.
"To this second offer no express re
ply has been made to the officers OF
. the league. However, the Delegate has
Issued public statement to the effect
that he proposes. to remain in Hawaii
during the campaign and until aftel
the convention for the election of dele
gates to Chicago is held.
p"This statement the league consid
: ers to be definite refusal on the par
Of the Delegate and his friends to &C
,, cept the second offer made.
For Party's Good.
"The members of the Taft Repabli
, cans League realize that in attempt
; ing to make an agreement of the ma
! ture outlined above they might appea
to some to be attempting to dictate t.
the Republican party and that the,
. might be subjecting themselves to som
= possible criticism. However, it ha
q seemed to the members of the leagu
= that the welfare of the Republican
! party required, if possible, harmon
: within its ranks and every REASONABLE
: effort tending to secure such harmon
: and to avoid fractional fight was flu
ly justified.
s"I seemed to the league that tn
= one safe way of bringing about thi
. result would be to cover the entir
:, subject matter to be brought befoI
= the convention as fully as possibl
4 even to the extent of agreeing in az
: vance upon the individuals who woul
. be supported for election as delegate
- as well as upon the individual to
= supported for national committeeman
=, Unless this course should be followe
" it seemed to the members of the leagr
that fractional fights would be bour
to occur and some bitterness stirred NJ
also that it would be well nigh in
+ possible to prevent personalities fro
being brought into the campaign. \
counter-proposition has been made |
the Delegate and his friends, althoug
re as is evident, the league would ha'
llg been glad to consider any reasonb
Ill proposition which might be made
them.
is Taft, First and Last.
IN "Therefore, believing that such
Ic- course is for the welfare of the emit
en- Territory as well as for that of i
lal Republican party, the league has q
en- termined, in order to insure the sels
" tion of an instructed delegation /
ol President Taft and in order, so far
i's may be, to prevent the bringing
iI', personalities into the campaign to Sc
~ to secure at the primaries the electi
Ia of delegates to the coming Territor
~ convention ,yhn Mill In, thaf aonvanti