Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-02

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Thompson. with. for purposes of clear
ness. explanations of amendments from
the draft referred to the subcommittee
inserted:
Honolulu. T. H. July fss1912.
Mr. Alfred ID. Cooper. Chairman. Ex-
ecutIve Committee, Territorial Cen
trail Committee, Honolulu. IT III.
Dear Sir: Your committee on re-
vision Of the rules and regulations Deg
to report that, after careful study and
as a result Of many meetings and cop-
with prominent members of the party,
not members of the central commits.
tee. they recommend the adoption OF
fourteen amendments.
I'm the course of the preparation OF
these proposed amendments a general
invitation was extended to all MEM
bers of the party TO suggest such modi-
dcations of the present rules as, in
their Judgment. would prove beneficial.
and the committee is indebted for a
number of these amendments proposed
<to@ those who responded TO this inyi-
tation The proposed amendments are
! Of For convenience they have been
numbered consecutively from one to
fourteen inclusive The more import-
ant ones and the reasons for the rec
loplmendation of their adoption are as
| follows:
mo Ito make registration in the
general county registers requirement
for membership in a precinct club.
Amend Section 3, Article l. by
striking out the second sentence and
I inserting in lieu thereof:
".Only persons registered in the gen.
eral county register Crowded for in
/. Act SIS of the Session Laws of 1910
and such persons who may be eligible
to register in said register prior to the
next general election, but who are not
eligible to register at the time they
seek to enroll as members of the pre-
cinct club, shall be eligible to men,
bership in the precinct club, and such
persons shall be eligible to membership
only in the precinct club for the pre-
cinct under which they are registered
/. THE primary elections as conducted
under the present rules and regulations
are not satisfactory. We believe that
this statement represents the views of
the great majority of Republicans in
this Territory
THE causes for the dissatisfaction
may, we believe, be traced chiefly to
the enrolment of minors. persons not
bona fide residents of the precinct, and
Eall persons belonging to and partici-
pating in the affairs of other political
parties.
Comparatively little complaint has
been registered with respect to the ac-
tual conduct of the election itself, and
comparatively littles trouble arises from
/ the rulings made. by the judges of cleo
ton, and the counting of ballots. etc.
| In other words. the chief source of
complaint is directed rather against
the persons wrongfully participating
in such elections. than the manner in
which the elections themselves are
held
by making registration in the great
register a qualification to membership
in the precinct clubs, which is, of
course. equivalent to limiting the quail
ifications Of those able to vote at any
club election to those who have regis
tered, the party will avail itself of all
the safeguards and formalities provid-
ed by a carefully drawn law applying
, to general elections.
! I'm this connection. 1t may be mem
toned that the committee has been
called upon to endorse and recommend
a primary law, but, while heartily in
, favor OF such a measure, it is believed
:. tier rather for the consideration
Of q committee on platform. hence no
recommendations are made in the mat
| ter
mo 2-To provide that the precinct
club officers shall be ex-officio officers
of the executive committee, instead of
ex-officio members thereof. as at pres
ent
AS the precinct club is the unit of
organization itself and the duties of
its officers are of such a nature as to
entail the expenditure of but little
time, 1t is deemed advisable to have
the precinct organization as compact
and united as possible. rather than to
have two organizations within the
same precinct club. as is the tendency
under the present rules.
mo. $40 provide that meetings of
the executive committee of the pre-
cinct clubs may be held upon direc-
tion of the president, three members
of the committee, or of ten members
of the precinct club.
Amend Section 5, Article /, by add
| ing another paragraph to read as fol-
lows:
Upon direction of the president or
by request of any three members there
of or upon petition of ten members
of the precinct club. the secretary of
the club shall call a meeting of the
executive committee by mailing notices
of same to the members thereof at
their postoffice addresses at least two
days prior to the date of said meet
| ing
This, in the opinion of your COM
mittee, is very desirable amendment.
In the past it has often been difficult
for members of the club TO secure con-
sideration of matters of Importance to
them by the executive committee of
| their club. The present amendment