Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-26
LET SPIRIT OF
PRIMARY rule,
SAYS THOMPSON
Republican Worker Against
Further Capitalization
Of Power
BELIEVES tn ELECTION
OF MEN TO DO THE WORK
Says Convention created Body
Has Run the Party Into
the Ground


suggestions on the revision of Repub'
lican party rules TO be presented from
time to time In the Star.BnlIetin from
well-knoMn Repnblican workers. The
suggestions beldM are made By VIII
liam Thompson, fermer member of tht
territorial eentraI committee. HI
strongly opposes the further ceHtraIi.
zatiOn of power in the hands Of q few
men on the territorial committed
Hands off and give the spirit of the
direct primary law full sway! >.>
This should be the mandate of ev
cry Repnblicanssvoter and the party
leaders will do well to give heed to it
Provision is made in the proposed
rules and regulations of the Republic
an party for a primary to elect a
county committee but the territorial
central committee is left to be ere
ated in convention under the old meth,
cd and mark you the powers conferred
upon this committee.
Section S of article says: an con,
|ducting any campaign within the ter.
Eritory, the territorial committee shall
have the final right TO determine in
what manner the campaign in any
county for the selection of delegate
to Congress and members of the leg.
#islature shall be conducted. and all
directions by the territorial central
committee or the executive committee
of said central committee shall be OBJ.
served by the county committee.
Previous experience teaches US that
the faction getting control Of the con-
vention practically dictates who shall
compose the territorial central com.
nitteel It RoAld. thefefofe,--beenn
easy. matter for two or three men to
run affairs. You see here territorial
central committee brought into being
under these circumstances imposing
its will upon county committee
which has been elected directly by
the voters. Stop prating about want.
ing to carry out the spirit of the di-
rect primary law and do it by giving
the individual voter chance to elect
this governing committee. In this
same connection I would like to point
out that the regular monthly meeting
of the territorial central committee
has been cut out and the following
section substituted-article 4, section
IL: *~
'"The territorial central committee
shall meet on the call of the. chair
man thereof at the Republican terri
torial headquarters, Honolulu, and at
such other times as the committee
may by resolution direct, Upon writ
ter request of five members of the
committee, it shall be the duty of the
chairman and secretary to cali a meet.
ing Of the committee at the time set
forth in such request; provided, how
ever, that no such meeting shall be
held earlier than two weeks subse.
quent to the date of the call"
This is the body that has general
supervision of the affairs of the party.
1t has been difficult in the past few
years to get quorum together, due.
! believe, to putting men on it whose
interest at the best was only luke.
warm. If the members composing the
committee have to go out and work
at a primary for the privilege of serv-
ing it is reasonable to suppose that
th hn,----.:II 49, - .-~----''~SssJ- uSEJIr-
Mt; Captain George B. Schraeder,
artermaster; Captain William R.
arham, commssary; Captain Arthur
Nicely, inspector of small arms
actice.
Upon the recommendation of the
officer Of the first bat
lion, 1st infantry:
1st Lieut.. Charles r. Frazier, ad.
tant; End Lieut.. Roscoe w. Perkins,