The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-07-09
MAY GUT HAWAII
DELEGATION TWO
Territorial Committee to Take
Up the Report Brought Back
by Holstein.
(From saturday,s Adverti.er.l }

AAibh 'aAhiAAF huNtNtlttA.l
At a meeting of the Republican ter.
ritorial committee to be held soon. the
report that the Hawaiian delegation to
the next national Republican conven-
ton will be materially diminished and
instead of the Islands having six dele
gates only two or four will be allowed
on the floor, will be discussed and
action probably taken.
National Committeeman Holstein,
who returned on the Mongolia, stated
yesterday that at the outset it was pro
posed by the committee to cut down the
Hawaiian representation. Mr.. Holstein
stated that he vigorously opposed the
proposal, and the matter was finally
left to the rules committee
cit will all be up to the new nation
al committee, - said Mr.. Holstein, "and
whatever the committee decides, the
rules committee, no doubt, will APP
prove.
81 told those people, and personally
buttonholed the leaders and told them
| that Hawaii was entitled to six dele.
gates, as the Territory is the only real
Territory in the Union, and entitled to
distinction in the matter of delegates
l believe, however, that we will keep
our six delegates.
"I don't know why the Frear dele
gates to the convention voted for Nc
Govern in opposition to Root. The
delegation was pledged and l told the
leaders that the delegation was pledged
to Taft, first, last and all the tina, and
/ / was dumfounded when the vote went
/ for McGovern. / supposed tine instiuc-
tions included everything hat related
to Taft s candidacy, as well as to vote
for him throughout.
Charles Rice, the delegate from
! Kauai, who was one of the six in the
/ big convention, said yesterday that the
real reason of the vote east for Nc
+ Govern was to remain a secret until a
meeting is held here when all delegates
have returned, and then make re-
port. Mr.. Rice states that there was
/ nothing underhanded in their reasons
for voting as they did. He adds that
one of the reasons was because Hol-
stein and Colonel Sam Parker had
Dragged all over Chicago that they had
the Hawaiian delegation solid for Taft
and that the Republican leaders need
not worry about the delegation. Hol-
| stein, so Mr.. Rice says, told the lead
ers that the pledge to Taft was secured
| by his own resolution in the Honolulu
convention.
| "We showed the leaders for Taft
that we were not 'sewed up as Hol-
stein and Parker claimed,'' said Mr..
Rice. "Before that the Hawaiian dele
cation was nothing. 1t counted for
nothing except six votes for Taft and
the delegation was not considered and
| in fact was almost ignored. There was
a different attitude Immediately after
that vote, and we found suddenly that
we were six good votes and had to be
considered. Then they offered us many
things and showed some concern for
us. They will always remember it,
| too. -
Mr.. Holstein seemed surprised when
he was asked if his name had not been
mentioned, while he was East, as can
didate for the governorship. ~ don't
know anything about the governor
ship,'' said Mr.. Holstein. "'I only
know that Secretary Fisher is coming
here to make an investigation this
summer -