Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-24
HARMONY IN
REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION
Expected Fight on Chairman
ship Fails to Devesop and
Kauai Gets Honor
REVISION OF RULES
PROCEEDS CAREFULLY
Delegates Take Time for Or
ganization and Plan TO Act
in Committee of Whole.


With > ronxlnr snferh fam Robert
" shinaIe. chalru,a, ~. the RepubIl-
can territorial central commitfee. urg-
ine the delerates "a make new rules
for the party broad and inst enough,
10 unite All facfiops. and rules that
viii be IA harmony with the spirit Of
the direct primary law. the Republican
convention. composed OF delegates
from All the sIx district. convened
this morning .orranIzed and urenared
the way for the business Of the meet.
ine.
Almost I'M 10 the minnie the conyen.
ton was called 70 order 4 fight was
expected for the chairmansl1ip. A
movement 10 Mace I,orrin Andrews N
fhe chair was spoken a. among the
,,olitical insiders several davs aro
and rlven nublicity Yesterday after.
noon and this morning. 2. P. Fogarty
and Clarence Crabbe were looked up-
on a. Andrews nen IN the convention
this mornlnr and when the chairman
ehiD fIrsl cene m. Il was expected
that Andrews would be nominafed.
The ex6ecfed did not happen John
II. wise and several others were
pretty active overnIeht and whafever
strength Andrews might have devel-
oped was more than offset by the
movement 10 place 4 Kauai man In
the chair Consequently j. M. Kane.
afua was named without any trouble
whatever. Foearty was Nominated
for temporary secretary but withdrew
and ocorre q. Guild was elected to
that office.
The threatened factional fight did
not mafer,aIIze during the morning
and when the noon recess was taken
there was every Indication that It
would not bothff the delegates. An
tlrews has been credited by some OF
LIS opponents With atdesire to be
Chairman cI TIE Republican territorial
committee and the first step, II was
said. was 10 rule the rules convention.
but II 50. the first step went astrey
TO Business IN Afternoon.
Converting again at o'clock this
afternoon when the report of the COM
mittee on procedure and permanent or
ganizaiion was made. the "a delegates
present sat as committee Of the
whole for the revision of the rules of
the party.
Ed Towse was made chairman Of the
committee Of the whole.
Using the draft Of the proposed rules
and regulations as prepared by the ter
ritoriaI committee. which were printed
and distributed, the delegates got
down to serious business early In the
afternoon. II is impossible to give an
accurate estimate Of the length of the
convention at this time. but il is very
probable that II will last at least until
late this evening: possibly IL will be
necessary FOR the delegates To convene
tomorrow morning 10 complete the
work.
But 40 far there has been NO seri-
GUS or time-takinr disputes: and II
the temper ar the convention con.
.finues throughout as n is now. there
seems every likelihood that the busi. |
ness NJ makina new nartv rules viii
be finished tonight
The preliminary work that Il the
election a. officers the annoIntment of
.commiftees, etc went as smoothlv as
possible. The movement nredirfed n |
the Star.BnlIetin vesterdav tr. npt :
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