Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-25

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changed. SOME amended in minor
ways. others omitted altogether. and
still others greatly revised. Perhaps
Two OF the most important decisions
made were on the method CT election
OF committeeman, and the publication
OF campaign donations.
Amendments were offered to make
the election Of the territorial central
committeeman direct on vote of the
Party members, but these was lost
and the rules, as they remain, pro-
vide that the county committee shall
be elected by the precinct clubs, and
the territorial central committeeman
by convention. 1t was on this amend.
ment that the strongest fight of the
session was expected, as there was
strcng feeling both for and against it
On one side It was maintained that
the amendment was necessary in> or
der to carry out the spirit CT the di
rect primary law, which aims to do
away with most of the business OF
party conventions and to put all is
sues to the people direct
introduced early in the session. the
amendment, which came from l.. NJ
Judd. was temporarily tabled, and
later in the day when taken up for
reccns' deraticn itiwas permanently
tabled. There wassa division Of votes
en- It. but the majority were in favor
of allowing the rules to stahd as draft.
ed in the matter of committee.
Publicity for Funds.
Mr.. Rreckcns was the introducer
of the section providing for the publ
cation of list or all donations made
to the committee as CAMPAIGN contri
buttons. this list to be published twics
first, from 10 to Is days previous
to- an election at which q delegate to
Congress Is to be elected; second,
within 80 days after the election. The
section reads:
{ 1T shall be the duty of the trea-
surer to keep detailed and exact &C.
count OF all money or its equivalent,
received by or promised to the COM
mfttee or any member thereof, or by
or to any person acting under its
authority or in its behalf. and the
A.eAtt0 Vi CSCiIs H0A Bull, HI dS6OCld-
ton or committee from whom re.
ceived, and of all. expenditures, dis.
bursemnts, and promises of payment
or disbursement made by the commit
tee or any member thereof, or by any
person acting under its authority OF
on its behalf, and to whom paid, dis,
tTibuted or disbursed The treasurer
shall. not more than fifteen days and
not less than ten days next before
an election at which delegate to
congress is to be elected, publish In
some newspaper published in Homo
lulu an itemized detailed statement
sworn to by said treasurer: and on
each sixth day thereafter until such
election. said treasurer shall publish
supplemental itemized detailed
statement, sworn to by said treasur
er. Each of sab statements shall
conform TO the requirements herein
after set forth. except that the sup
s Elemental statement herein required
need not contain any item of which
publicity is given in a previous state
ment. Each of said statements shall
be full and complete, and shall be
signed and sworn to by said treasur
err
1t shall also be the duty of sucl
treasurer to publish a similar state
f'ment within thirty days after sale
election, also to be signed and sworI
TO by said treasurer, and to conform
to the requirements hereinafter Sc
forth.
II Section g. The statement herein
i required shall state:
! "First-The name and address o
i each person. firm, association, o.
committee who or which has contri
buted, promised loaned. or advanced
to such political committee, or an!
officer, member, or agent thereof
either in one or more items, money o.
its equivalent of the aggregate
smount of value of one hundred dol
lars or more, and the amount or sun
contributed, promised, loaned, or ad
yanced by each.
'Second-The aggregate sum con
tributed, promised, loaned or advanc
ed to such political committee, or t
! any officer, member or agent thereof
in amounts not less than one hun
dred dollars.
i Third The total sum of all con
tributions, promises, loans, and ad
vances received by such politica
committee or any officer, member o
agent thereof.
"Fourth-The name and address o
each person, firm. association. o
committee to whom such politica
committee, or any officer. member o
agent thereof, has distributed, dis
bursed, contributed. loaned, advanced
or promised any sum of money or it
equivalent of the amount or value o
amount or sum distributed, disbursed
contributed, loaned. advanced, or pro
missed to each. and the purpose there
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