Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-16
Every Point Contested |
Series Of Long Sessions
OF Convention.

Same hot contest for every point that
had characterized the proceedings
since morning.
The settling Of temporary chair
man took until the middle of the af-
tcruuon. and then the credentials and
rules committee were named and
rrrr.s WIS rnkau to enable ,hem to
cot IN work
/, wa. tao o'clock before tho Gro.
dcu,,g Committee concluded it's re.
now o,d Chairman Iinrris nraip called
tEr rouy, D,ion to order.
Ar excited Individual in the rear
brolr lrlo thc rplI.c,U and hogan to
,.nCpl Charles ArunId wos ihcrcunnu
uarrr.I grrgcnui. al. arms and the CX.
,Icd wop was uucIIrd
v,r C.c4on,ip,s Committee therein.
an rcporfcr.
+ wrip,rrimcr Of Mani was die.
r}nrcd bv n minority uuoIifcd to aft in
thr convention Tho committee sulii.
ling : 10 ,.
4 minority rcport was submitted
summed A., tho dIggentiug thrcC. las. l..
Holt. Henry /, Alanai and Samuel
Erororp
Tho committees unanimously over.
rurcd , ,rr,,st nroirgt n = RirLo,d
Of Il9waii
Tho minority rcport on Wci2hcimCr
declared tina, he is not citizen.
G.. p. Kamanoha moved that the
minority rcnor he adoptCd
George II Carter rose at this point.
- call vour attention. gentlemen.
again to the fact that you are cstab.
ushfrg n dangerous precedent You
don't Mood his vote. Why do you force
HIS nance"
N. T. prOsgnr thcrcupon declared
hcatodly that Mr. weinzhcimCr i'm his
opinion was eligible within the spirit
and the meaning of the law.
W. J. Coclho made a ringing speech
against the seating of Weinzheimcr.
dcC'a,ing that under such a precedent
plantation managers could pack the
precinct club with aliens.
Atkinson reiterated the point.
4 roll.rall was taken on the motion
to about tho minority report. but he.
fore the roII-,all could be taken
WoiuzhciuCr rose and withdrew. This
followed a hurried whispered confer.
once between John waterhousc. Frank
Baldwin. AMI other Frcar League lead.
ers.
A motion was then made to adopt
tho majority report but lCocIho point.
cd on, that according to the minority
rcrOrf. the candidate from Lahaina
having the vote next highest to WeinZ.
hclmor should be named In Wcinz.
hCimcrs place.
Wise drew attention 10 the party
rules recurring the remaining dele.
gates Of tho precinct to ballot to fll
their number. After some technical
diminishing. Judge Dole rose for the
first time during debate. lie moved
that the Lahaina members ballot
among themselves to fiji the vacancy
the majority report being adopted
This was carried and the adoption Of
the rcDOlt rs amended also.
Rev. $. Kapu was elected by the
delegates from the Lahaina precinct
of Maui to take the place of Manager
Wcinzhcimcr of the Pioneer planta
ton. The convention unanimously
adopted this course.
The reading of the Rules Commit
tees report showed that G. G.. Bartlett
and George Carter were not concur
ring with the majority.
ter Rule 3, which called for an open
ballot. George Il. Carter spoke strong
" for the secret ballot.
Carter said: Encouraged by my
previous appeals to reason" he said
81 move that the rule making an opel
ballot shall be amended to read that
the election of delegates be made OF
printed ballots in order that they may
vote unhindered.
81 despisc tho American citizen who
values his honor so little that he vii
sell his vote for dollars and cents.
dcspiso still more, however, the maj
who buys the vote.
81 was told last night of a man VIII,
could not vote as he wished because
his EMPLOYER had told him that h,
would lose his job ii he did"
George W. Smith asked II Carte
was making a charge against anyon,
in the convention. ...
mo" replied Carter 81 said that
dcspise the man who would sell hi
>vote. only despise more the MAJ
who buys IT,"