Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-17
IMMIGRATION OF
FILlPINOS IS
SCORED

4 : i.
After reading the Republican terri
torIal platform carefully, kuhio an
nounced at 3:f5 o'clock this afternoon
"lt's All right, it's o. X. and the besr
platform have ever seem"
Immediately after approving ths
platform the delegate went TO the con
vention hall and the convention assem-
bIed TO adopt the platform and nom
mate kutic as it's candidate for dele
gate to Congress.
At 2 o'clock thls afternoon u was
. matter Of doubt whether the Re
publican Territorial platform 10 &C
eeptable to Delegate kuhio and there
fore whether he Will run upon u. Ku-
hic, r. w. Breckons, Hoistein and
pesaa went into conference In the
Princes office, KspioIani building, and
at c'clcek 1reckons and others de-
clared that the platform is satisfac-
tory to the Delegate.
kutio himself declined TO say so.
He said he had not yet read II. How
ever, ss the first edition Of the Star
Bulletin went to press II seemed fair
ly certain that within very short
time word would 90 TO the convention
deisuates assembled ~ the hawaiian
Opera House that the Prince will ac-
cede % the platform, and Il seemed
sSortatn& - 1kal ~ e1litl - tl1e con
ventlor's nonainee for Delegate to
Congress.
Hreckons and pesha came out OF
kapioIanl Estate private office Al
f:45.
sIts all o. K,r Hreckons answered
question u agreement had been
reached; ''the Prince considers the
platform perfectly satisfactory.
AThere has been no trouble about
II" he replied to another query. "Ail
the little talk In there was about :
small detail
HIt Will be an unanimous report Of
the platform committees" interjected
Chairman Holstein, who stayed be.
hind with the prince along with G.
F. chIIIinsworth.
Half q night and part of two days
of hard work brought the platform
committee OF the Republican territor-
ial convention to point where, at
1890 this morning, compromise was
effected. harmony reached and the
word went out that there would be no
fight in the convention itself
While the platform committee was
bending over its work up in the SUI
pervisors' chamber OF the city hall,
the convention twice took srecesses to
wait for the report. The first recess,
taken shortly after O'Clock yesterday,
was until 10 this morning.
At 10 o'clock this morning the plat
form committee was stu unable to re-
port, and the convention took another
recess until o'clock this afternoon,
when 1t met to receive the formal re-
port and the draft of the platform as
submitted by the committee.
Last night the committee labored
until 1:S0 o'clock. and it's labors
seemed ended But when the members
gathered early this morning to 90 over
the platform. their overnight ideas
had been changed in one important
respect,-there was a difference Of
opinion on the immigration plank in
the platform. 1t took two-hour ses-
sion this morning to straighten out
this plank and stick in two others, one
on sanitation and one on fisheries,
that were suggested this morning and
were important enough to merit at
tention.
! The immigration plank from the
first has really been plank directed
against the importation of FfIipinos
into the territory, though it is cloaked
In guarded words. 1t was pretty
radical plank as drafted last night. but
1t is still more radical as agreed upon
this morning. As now stated, the
plank urges continuance Of the pres
ent law on assisted immigration with
this emphatic proviso:
Provided, that the law enacted mn
der this plank shall not be carried out
so long as the employers of labor
through any of their agencies, contin-
ne to bring to Hawaii individuals as
laDorers who are, by reason of their
physical or moral conditions, regard.
ed undesirable citizens of Hawaii
The two drafts of this plank. first
the one as made out last night, and
secondly the one agreed upon in com.
mittee today, are as follows:
First Draft. LII.
The continued prosperity of Hawaii
and the healthy growth of her rapidly
increasing list of industries render it
imperative that the immigration of de-
sirable laborers, either citizens or eli
gible to become citizens or the United
States. be enconraged in every lapifi.