Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-19
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Chairman Won Damn Offers to
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Chairman Berfram Won Damn of
/ thsH, Republican county committee
aSubmHted his resignation to the com
mittee last night, together with the
suggestion that the committee lis re-
celying such slim backing that IT
might be, web for all to resign
Vigorous opposition to such a
course arose among the members and
"a discussiOn Of the subject finally re-
suited in =, decision to appoint spe-
| cia1 ,committee to confer with the
Territorial central committee relative
to q revision Of the party rules. 1t
was pointed out that the new primary
law necessitates q reyisions OF the
rules, and that furthermore, the pres
emit party regulations do not pre-
iscribe any way in which the county
committee can step out az q whole,
no provision for filing the vacancies
being in, the rnles The special com
mittee appointed by the chair con-
Rists of Walter Coombs, John H Wise
and Clarence Crabbe.
Secretary John IL. Wise Of the COM
mittee. declared. that the demand for
|resignatioH of the COMMITTEES had not
been voiced by many precincts and
that the dissatisfaction is being
shown by outsiders who want to be
insiders" He said the committee
should not resign until some way to
| fill the vacancies was provided.
Committeeman Walter Coombs of
the twelfth precinct, fifth district.
spoke strongly against designations.
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he said. 1T would be political cow
ardice.t What we need to do is to
get to work and prove that the conf,
denoe put in us was not misplaced.
1t would not be resignation but, dis
Organization.
Two PLANS Suggested.
Discussion over this point contin-
|ued for half an hour and finally
Wise's motion prevailed that a spe--
cial committee should be named to
carry to the territorial committee the
sense of the, county COMMITTEES that
the party rules be revised, Two
plans are suggested for this, either
that the. territorial committee draft
the new rules, or that rules conyen-
ton be called with delegates from
each precinct in The territory The
latter plan seemed more generally
favored last night
A number ofsreports- from precinct
clubs We're received. There was no.
report from the first of the fourth
district The second of the fourth
sent as its. committee man r. s.
Kelly. elected by the club to All the.
vacancy caused by the resignation of
r.. ]. Buchlg The county committee
regretfully concluded that. the party
rule that only the committee can fill
vacancies among it's number must be
lived up to, hut the confirmation of
KelIy's appointment was deferred so
that he might have standing at last
nights meeting. The question of fill
ing the vacancy was passed.
The third of the fourth reported the
Endorsement of Chairman Won Damn,
who is also its committeeman. The
fourth Endorsed Committeeman w. r.
Harrington and the fifth indorsed
Committeeman L. NJ Judd. Mr. Judd
furthermore presented in detail rec
omme ndations for reorganization OF
party machinery; which we're pub
lished in full in the Star-Bulletin yes
terday afternoon. These recommen-
dations are for direct election of
county and county platform. commit
teemen. for methods of choosing the
territorial committee land territorial
platform committee, and fer. other
things to carry out the spirit and
letter of the primary law. On account
of their length, reading was deferred
last night.
President Clarence Crabbe of the
ninth of the fourth reported that his
club asked the resignation of the
county committee and that he had
his resignation in his pocket but did
not know to wnom to present It, and
dwelt on the point that no provision
is made for the present contingency
Jehn Wise reported an informal
in the tenth of the fourth
and Tie sense. of the meeting that its
present committeeman, Wise, is sat
Few Meetings in Fifth.
: Scattered reports were received
from the fifth district The seventh
Of the fifth Endorsed Committeeman
F. E. Greenfield and passed a
resolution urging activity in party |
work. The ninth of the fifth, it was
thought the county commit
tee ought to resign but Endorsed the
present committeeman and was rath-
er vague as to what should be done. |
The tenth of the fifth held no meet
ing, Committeeman Franson reported, |
and no interest was shown.
Committeeman Clifford Kimball of |
it was reported, was per-
fectly satisfactory to HIS precinct and
no complaints were received
Rudolph Duncan, committeeman of |
the eleventh of the fifth, said all is |
harmony in his precinct
Walter Coombs was indorsed as
the twelfth's committeeman and he
SAID that his club is not asking the |
of the county committee. |
S. p. C. Correa reported for the |
of the fifth that what is |
wanted there is real campaign of |
Committeeman Correa |
was Endorsed and the club shows |
signs Of much activity.
Want to Know New Law.
Reports indicated that most of the |