The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-02-16
LINKS FATE NOW IN
HANDS OF COMMITTEE
Resolution Calling for Holding
Two Conventions on Same
Date Up Next Week.

Wether l.. L. MeCandless is to rep
resent the Democratic party in the next
campaign in opposition to Delegate
lKuhio for congress, will be determined
largely by the Democratic central COM
mittee at its meeting February 90, when
resolution offered by T. j. Ryan at
the last committee meeting is consider.
ed. This resolution to be acted on next
Tuesday is as follows:
Whereas, The cost and inconveni-
ence of holding two Territorial conven.
tions at widely separate times is great,
and
Whereas, The means of making
democratic campaign are such as to re-
quire moro time than has heretofore
been provided, and
Whereas, The purposes of both con-
ventions can be attained by holding the
regular biennial convention for the
nomination of candidate for Delegate
to Congress, the adoption of platform,
etc, and the convention for the cleo.
ton of delegates to the National Demo
cratic Convention on the same day AMI
at the same place-the one Immediate
ly following the other, all of which is
not prohibited by the rules, therefore,
be it
Resolved, by the Democratic Terri
torial Central Committee of the Terri
tory of Hawaii. That the chairman is
hereby authorized and directed in ac-
cordance with Article II, Sections l, 2,
3 and of the rules to issue a call for
the regular biennial convention for
the nomination of candidate for Dele
gate to Congress, the adoption of a
party platform and such other business
as may properly come before the con-
lvention, to convene at the city of Ho-
nolulu on the 18th day of April, A. D..
1912, at 10 o'clock n. M.
"And, also to issue a call for con.
vention to elect delegates to the Ma
tional Democratic Convention to be
held at Baltimore on June %. 1912, for
the purpose Of nominating candidates
! for the Offices Of President and Vice.
President of the United States, the
nomination of a National Committee,
man for the Territory of Hawaii, and
such other business rs may properly
come before such convention. Said lat
ter named convention to convene i'm
mediately after the adjournment of
the biennial convention at the city of
Honolulu, and be it further
"Resolved. That the delegates elect
ed to the biennial convention shall
also be delegates to the convention to
elect delegates to the national con-
ventioni and that the precint primary
meetings. shall be held in every pre-
clint in the Territory as follows:
"The meeting to nominate delegates
to said conventions shall be held on
Friday, the Goth day of March, 1912.
at the usual place for holding precinct
meetings commencing at seven-thirty
and closing at eight o clock in the even
ing, and the precinct meeting for the
election of delegates to said conven-
tions shall be held in each precinct on
Saturday, the 9th day of April, A. D.
1912, commencing at one O'Clock and
closing at six O'Clock p. m, and that
said primary meetings be held strictly
in accordance with the rules without
postponement or change in any manner,
otherwise the seating of any delegates
may be voidable by the conventions.
McCandless is in favor of holding
the two conventions on the same date,
but as this is deviation from the
course pursued heretofore, he agreed to
postponement in order that absent
members of the committee could become
acquainted with the plan.
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