Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-20
POWERFUL COMBINATION CARRIES
ALL BEFORE i IN CONVENTION
Ticket Agreed On
Goes Speeding
Through

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combination of precinct forces be.
tween the Fourth and Fifth districts
flattened out opposition with such
ease in the Republican county con.
vention yesterday that it nominated
seven supervisors by overwhelming
majorities, swept Col. Sam Parker
into the candidacy for mayor without
even good struggle, laid out leg
islative ticket and otherwise operat-
ed without slip.
In the progress OF the combination,
Lorrin Andrews and his fight for a
secret ballot" were tripped up and
effectually rolled out of the way, and
when the convention had once adopt
ed the open ballot system of voting,
there was not a chance to stop this
combination from going through to
the end.
II was q combination of forces
among Republican leaders of the two
precincts, with the Third of the
fourth, the Fifth of the Fourth and
the Tenth of the Fourth, and the
Fourteenth Of the Fifth among the
moving forces. John H. Wise and
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leaders and their maneuvering before
and during the convention kept the
combination speeding along regard
less OF switch-signs or speed limits.
In fact, II was tidy organization Of
delegates built up on the principle Of
reciprocity, and the precincts gave
and took under Well-underst0od ar
rangement that was mutually effect
i've.
200 Votes 10 Work With.
Something like 200 votes, an easy
majority OF the convention, was al
ways at the command of this com
bination. and of the remaining S26--
one delegate being Ill and absent
there we're many times when the
scattering forces went to the COM
bination and helped 1t along in re-
turn for what 1t would do for their
individual precinct desires.
The final maneuvers that copper
riveted the combination were the
agreements with the forces support!
ing Carlos A. Long and David Motley
for the supervisorship. Longs,
strength was drawn into the combina-
ton as late as Wednesday night, and
1t was not until yesterday morning
that the Motley crowd and the comhi-
nation definitely came to an agree
ment of mutual support. By get
ting In these. two men for the board
OF supervisors, the leaders made al
powerful pull in both districts. The
arrangement included the nomination.
OF A. @. Marcallino from Longs pre-
cinct, the. ninth of the Fourth; for
the House, and in the Marcallino
campaign, G. F. Alfonso of Kaimuki
went down with q thud. the Portu-
guese support being thrown to Mar
callino. Oyer In the Fifth district,
the Motley precinct, with 10 votes. to-
gether with plenty more Fifth dis
trict votes, was a strong lever on the
nominations.
How They Lined Up.
AS the combination finally went
into the convention, 1t was armed
with the strength of the following
precincts: !
Fourth district-Second precinct, Isl
votes; third, II; fourth, %; fifth, 19;
sixth, 16; seventh, IL; tenth, s; elev-
enth, 2; and an average of six votes
in the twelfth precinct of the Fourth,
the delegation being somewhat dill
vided beforehand.
Fifth district-Second precinct, 2;
fourth, s.; fifth, IL votes divided;
sixth, s.; seventh, s; eighth, Is;
twelfth, 5; thirteenth, Is votes di-
vided; fourteenth, 19 votes; fifteenth,
IL; sixteenth, /; seventeenth, 5.
OF course this combination did not
always hold to this lineup, for some
times individual precincts would
break away to. support "favoritel
SON." Thus the third precinct of the
Fourth district went out of the CON-
bination to throw its seventeen votes
to Eben Low, a member of the dele
cation for mayor, as against Col.
Parker, but on the other hand, Col. |
Parker's strength was not confined to-
the combination by any means and
he swept most of the delegations al !
most solidly. Low was never in the
running. |
Test on Secret Ballot.
The first test of the combined forces
fContinued on Pane 81