Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-18
Club
urges DRASTIC
G. 0. ?. CHANGES
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part, that the territorial central com
nittee shall "promnfgate such rules
and regulations as it sees fit Ny
reconmendation is. therefore. that the
territorial central committee should
Sc revise the rules and regulations
that they would incorporate the ideas
hereinafter set forth.
The unit. of organization should be,
| as it is now, the precinct club.
The of1lcials Of the Precinct Club
should consis. of officers as now pro-
vided for, and they should be elected
| by the present methods.
The first serious change should
come in Article H. Section. l. which
provides for the appointment of the
county committeeman by the chair
man of the county district conven-
ton on the nomination Of the respec-
tive precinct, delegations.
I desfres to submit a plan for the
direct telection- of county committee
men, and by so. doing. eliminate the
| necessity of a convention. s.
AecordiRgs TO AeE 81 Section, Il "A,
the primary ,shan sbe held In each
precinct on the second Saturday sH
september 1914, and .biennia1ly there
after, aetc. I;would provide for, q, pri-
mary election In our party to be
held On the& same day. at the sarne
time and as near the same place as
possible the official primary above
mentioned, the party primary to be
conducted by the oRfesentS Judges @
! election, as provided fersin Section 8,
! Article. 1 or Partg Rules, at this
primary each preofncts would, by. d.
rect VOTE, elect one, OF its members
to represent the precinct on the .conn-
ty committee. q
by this method, the county commit
| tee of each county would consist Of
one member FROM each precinct, as
now provided, but who would be elect
ed by direct vote Of the Republican
voters of his respective precinct,
would also make a change in the
latter part Of Section 8, Article 2,
which now provides that in case of a
vacancy in the county committee such
vacancy shall be filled by the county
committee. In case of vacancy in
the county committee, would pro-
vide that such vacancy be filed by
the precinct club, entitled TO the rep
| resentation.
IN addition to the county commit
tees. Act Isl provides for territorial
central committee.
/ would provide for the election of
La territorial central committee by the
irS ~ <.Cror1iffooo =
As basis of representation In the
territorial central committee, | would
suggest that each county committee
should. be entitled to as many mem
bers on such committee as such county
has representatives in the senate from
1 its senatorial districts. >
At the same party primary, above
4 referred to, / would provide for the
uirect election of representatives to a
county platform committee, which
committee shall formulate the county
platform prior to the next succeeding
primary election. For the. purpose of
electing a.platform committee for the
1914 primary, a party primary shall
be held on the second Saturday of
July, 1914.
| As a basis of precinct representa-
ton in the county platform commit
tee, would suggest that each pre-
| cinct should be entitled to one repre-
sentative for every. so votes cast in
the precinct for the Republican sena-
tor receiving the highest number of
votes in. the senatorial district in
which said precinct is located, at the
last preceding general election; pro-
vided that whenever. after, dividing
said Republican vote by so, there Is a
remainder of .26 or more, then the pre-
cinct is entitled to an additional dele
gate; but each precinct shall be en-
titled to at least one representative
in said county Platform committee,
although the Republican vote afore-
said should be below fifty.
In addition to a county platform
the new primary law provides for a
| territorial platform. ...~..s...:
The committee for drafting and
adopting the territorial platform
should consist of representatives
| chosen from each county platform
committee. AS a basis of represen-
tation on the territorial platform COM
| mfttee, | would suggest that same
should consist of thirty members, each
district to be- entitled to, as many
members as such district has repre-
sentatives in the House of Represen-
tatiyes. :... &c., ~ -. --~. .. ~. r.
A synopsis of the above is as fol-
lows: ::.. -. T.. ,.... =:
]. Direct election of county COM
mittee. -. .s.-,... ~
The direct election of county com.
mittees is most assuredly in line with
the spirit of the direct primary law