Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-06
Judd Thompson Amendments
Adopted-Charge in Detail
Committee Suggestions Are
Unfair

1 made In a communication from L. M
Judd and William Thompson, Of the
4 fifth precinct, fourth district. club al
the nominating meeting last Monday
| night. The principles set forth in the
communication were Endorsed by the
club and unanimously adopted and will
be fought for in the rules convention
on February 24)
The Republican territorial central
committee has issued an official call
| for a Republican convention to be
held February oath, 1914, for the pur-
pose OF revising the rules and regula
tons OF the party in ssch manner as
to conform to the provisions OF the
direct primary law as enacted by the
| last legislature.
Without any authority from you, but
having the best interests Of the party
st heart, We submit for your consider,
alton and action the following suggcs-
tons and amendments TO proposed
rules and regulations" as adopted by
the special committee appointed for
that purpose:
Precinct Clubs.
Article /, Section >. Method OF
electing officers:
It is now proposed to elect the off
GERS of the club in such manner as
may be determined by the rules OF the
club, or the resolution adopted at the
meeting Of the club held for the pur-
pose of nominating officers.
As the precinct club is the unit OF
organization we submit that there
ought to be specific rules governing
the election Of its officers. Giving
the mere handful of men who may be
present at a meeting power to decide
by resolution how their officers shall
he elected does not commend itself
as good policy.
Calling Of Precinct Meetings by
Members:
The proposed rules do not provide
for the calling Of meeting of pre-
einct club by members thereof, they
do, however, propose that upon the re-
Quest of 10 members of the precinct
club the secretary shall call meeting
Of the executive committee. This priv
ilege should be extended and the same
number should be able to call a meet
ing OF the club. T.,
Section 10. Ballots for Primary
Elections.
Z The proposed rules provided that
"The names Of the Candidates so NOM
mated shall be arranged in alpha.
beticaI order, the surnames coming
first We would provide that the
names of the candidates shall be ar
rrnged under the office for which they
are candidates, said names to be in
alphabetical order, the surnames
coming first The priyision in the
new rules which allow the ballots to
be written. is we consider, unwise.
Section IL This provides that the
rlace for the voters to mark their bal
lots shall be furnished by the judgesl
of election. A previous section makes
II the duty of the executive committed
OF the precinct club to furnish the bal
lot at the expense of the candidates,
it would seem advisable to leave both
duties in the hands Of the executive
committee of the precinct club.
Section IL: This section would al
low the candidate to be within the 10
foot limit when the judges of election
are counting the ballots. A previous
ruling states that the judges of cleo
tons shall be sole judges at all pri.
mary elections, and all decisions OF
them shall be binding upon the pre-
cinct club subject to the appeal toI
tie county and territorial committees
We would question the wisdom Of al
lowing the candidates to be within
the 10-foot limit, as If they are allowed
within this, it win naturally cause
confusion to the judges, and we do
rot see why it is necessary to give
the candidates any privileges which
are denied club members.
Section II. The Nomination and
Election of Club Officers.
Delegates and Committeeman:
This section provides for a club
meeting to be held bi-annually at 100
o'clock p. m. on the first Thursday in
May for making nominations for Off
GERS of the club, and for the election
on the second Thursday in May at
Z: 30 O'Clock p. m. You will note that
the above provision is silent as to
when nominations shall close, this
would allow of the dirtiest kind of
pOIlIlCS as HOulludIlOuS COulu DS ulduS
and the lights out by 7:31 p. m. We
therefore submit that nominations
shall be opened at 100 p. m. and |
closed at p. m. Regarding the cleo
tons. We would provide that the Off |
GERS be elected by ballot and that the
polls be opened from 100 to $50 |
p m.
There is no provision in the pro
posed rules as to the method of filing !
the nominations. but the proposed |
rules do provide for the chairman an
to the meeting Immediately |
upon the filing Of any nomination the +
name of the nominee, and the Office |
for which he is nominated Nomina-
tons should be filed in writing in or
der to avoid any question of their va
lidity.
Provision is made in this section for !
a primary to elect county commit |
tee, but the territorial central COM
mittee is by subsequent section, to ,
be created by the territorial conven
ton under the old method. 1t is no
torious that the faction gaining con-
-