Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-06
REPUBLICAN CLUB ENDORSES
FOR CHANGES IN RULES OF PARTY

mittee to campaign for the selection"
OF delegate and members of the leg
islature We contend that the terri
tOrial central committee should be
elected as is the county committee
but at large in each representative
district, and that this committee
should be charged with the election Of
the above candidates, leaving the Sc
lection where 1t belongs. with the in,
dividual voters Of the Republican
party.
With reference TO the nomination
and election OF county committeeman
the following provision should be
made: That in such county or coun-
ties or city and county wherein cleo
ton of county officers has by law
been fixed to take place in any month
other than November, nominations and
a primary for the election OF mem
bers to the county committee shall be
held on the first Thursday and sec
Ond Saturday, respectively, of the sec
Ond month preceding such election
month. and bi-annually thereafter for
the election of such members of the
important provision should be inserted
which would apply to the nominations
| Of precinct officers, members of the
| platform convention. territorial central
committee and county committees.
| This provision is as follows: PRO
vided. however. that such nomination
shall not entitled the person so nomi.
mated to be a candidate if he shall
later be found ineligible to hold the
office for which he is nominated"
Section is. This section states that
the precinct rolls shall be opened for
the registration of voters until 10
o'clock p. m. on the day preceding
any club election, and that the sec.
rotary Of each precinct club Is re.
quired to be present at all meetings OF
the precinct club with his roll book.
In the event of bitter contest with
IN the precinct it would be an easy
matter for the club secretary to pro-
htbit the registration of legitimate vo-
tiers and yet comply with party rules
in that il the said legitimate voters
were not registered at precinct meet
ing, the secretary could easily keep
the rolls in such a place as to be in.
accessible to the prospective enroll
ers. We feel that the secretary should
therefore be compelled to designate a
place within the precinct at which the
roll book shall be open for registra-
ton, and further that the secretary
upon application shall open the book
for registration, provided, however,
that the applicant qualities under the
rules.
The provision that provides for the
inspection of the roll book by any
member Of the precinct club at all con-
Eenient and practical times should, we
think, be changed to be open to in
spection- by any member of the pre-
cinet club only at any meeting there.
Of. -
County Committees.
ARTICLE II.
Section 3. This section provides
In part that the county committees
shall have general charge of all cam
paigns within its county. subject. how.
ever, to the control of the territorial
central committee as regards the
election of delegate to Congress and
members Of the legislature are con.
Cerned, and Section 5, Article w pro-
vides further that "All directions by
the territorial central committee or
the executive committee of said cen
trail committee shall be observed by
the county committee" We would
provide that the words lin this regard"
be inserted in Section 5, Article ",
Off0r m OI;roofi1rr" ~,
This section states that the county
committee shall have charge of the
distribution of county patronage; and
in Section 6, Article V, the executive
committee of the territorial central
committee provides that Every APP
plicant or candidate for appointment
to office under the territory shall Sc
cure the Endorsement of a ajority of
the executive committee of the pre-
cinct club to which he belongs, and
the territorial central committee" We
contend that it is self-evidcnt that the
Hppointive power rests in the depart
ment head. and that the department
head is responsible for the efficient
administration Of his department.
Therefore, the different committees
should concern themselves only with
the political status of the appOintee.
Funds.
ARTICLE III.
This section radically changes the
old method in regard to the division
of funds. Previously the territorial
central committee and the several
county committees have had control
of all funds which they may collect.
the proposed rule provides for the in
terlocking of county and territorial
funds as follows:
"'Of all contributions made for the
expenses of the party, and paid to
the treasurer Of any county commit
tee there shall be forthwith RENTED
by the treasurer of the county COM
mittee to whom the same is paid. to
the treasurer of the territorial central
committee % per cent thereof OF
all contributions made to the treasur-
er of the territorial central committee
the said treasurer shall retain 25 per
cent thereof, and shall forward the
remaining IS per cent to such treasur-
er or treasurers of county commit