The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-12-23
PROTESTS co.
OVER THE
CABLE
National Committee
Asked to Delay Definite Action
Regarding Hawaii's Right to
Vo.c Until Territory Can Be
heard in IT'S Own Defense.

Vctc Until Territory Can BE
Heard in IT'S Own Defense.
If the action of the Republican ma.
tional committee in reorganizing for
the coming campaign meets with the
; attent on IN the various States that it
has in Hawaii the national committee
men will be rardOned for imagining
that they have stepped on hornet S
nest. Ever since The Advertiser notI-
fed the local Republicans that they had
been hcrdod ON q political reservation
and DISTINGUISHED, so far AS the ma
tional convention is concerned, there
has leen a hummiTg in the local Ii.
o. =. camp and Il busy tracking to and
rom ihe cable office.
The G.. q. l.. leaders do not under
stand just where they are at, y while
the gihcs of the Bull MoOscrs aud the
party of JEFF McCarn do not add to the
pleasures of the occasion. al do not
know what to make of it, said one
prominent Republican leader yesterday,
referring to the decision OF the nation.
al committee to lump Hawaii in with
Porto Rico and the Philippines in the
number of national convention dele
gates and to deprive the delegates from
here Of the right to vote. " Either we
have been poorly represented at Wash
ingtOn or the powers that be are break
ing it to MS gently that our status is
to be reduced to that Of the Panama
Canal Zone or Porto Rico.
"This same thing of not knowing the
difference between the way Hawaii
came INTO the Union and the way the
Union got hold of Porto Rico and the
Philippines and Guam is running
through ali that Washington is doing
Take the President s recent message;
take the Currency Bill; take the re.
ports of the various departments. They
all persist In Jumping us in among the
possessions.
Protests in Plenty.
But what the Republican national
committee proposes doing is not going
to be done through any consent of the
governed in this Territory Already
number of strong protests have gone
forward, from individual Republicans
and from Republican officials Senator
Judd has wired to his friends, National
|
has had a couple of cables sent in his
name, while n shoal of letters are In
Uncle Sam $ mail bags already ON their
way East, each protesting against the
Republican OK. on the Prcsidcnt g
bmndcr regarding the status of Hawaii.
Rice's Protest.
National Committeeman Rice has
wired TO Chairman lTilles of the ma
tonal committee, his message saying:
On behalf of Republican party
respectfully protest against any
action in National Committee re.
ducing representation in Hawaii in
convention or denying right to
vote. Request definite action
thereon he postponed until we may
be heard. Letters follow.
Kuhio Gables.
Delegate Kuhio, not being in Wash
ingtOu, where he could use the long
distance telephone or run over and
make his "holer' in person, has used
the cable TO get his name and protest
before the national committee. He sent
two messages. One to Senator Murray
Crane, addressed to Dalton, Massachu-
sets. says:
Wish to protest against action
national committee which deprives
Hawaii of vote in convention until
ask you to assist in keeping mat.
ter open until letters reach com
mittee explaining our position.
, To Senator Reed SmOot, the Repub-
lican leader in the upper house, the
, Delegate cahlcd a request that he rep
resent Hawaii ON this occasion and keep
the question tied up until full eX-
position of it could be made The cable
to the Utah senator said:
Will you try TO prevent definite
action Of committee in depriving
Hawaii of vote in convention until
yon hear from me by letter!
Protests by Mail
Following these cablegraNs, aud 9th.
ers, letters have been written to the
various nat 'onal committeeman, explain.
ing Hawai- s right to be heard in the
convention on AN equal basis with
Alaska and in the same way ms was
nccOr led the other mainland Territories
before they attained Statehood Each
national committeeman will get his let
ter and, IL the cablcl requests TO post.
pouc action are listened 10, the letters
nre depended upon 10 make our posi-
-. ton 81 clear that the decision to ~.
duce the representation 10 two aud cut
ONT the vote of those two viii be- re-.
y ycrsed
Committee 20 Meet,
-, v, ". NhUugle, chairman of the spo.
I rlul committee authorized IN Law pans
ior revision ot the PARTY rules TO
, meet the t.nugr. made necessary by
, the dnert urinary law md because of
/ che internal srhisms of which the party
10 suffering hus called a meeting Of this
committee Iur Tuesday evening, iu the
l hradquHrrr nf the territorial ronmit.
Too ludi lulli.nH, ut lulfpas sryrn.
! 'hr committee VIII report at this meet
) usf Which win hr upru 90 an Rrpul
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