Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-17
6-DELEGATEPLAN
OF REPUBLICANS
MAY CAUSE TILT
So Much Harmony Territorial
Convention Must Start a
Scrap to Be Regular

Republicans of the territory, called
into convention on April 3 TO name
delegates TO the national convention
in Chicago will be confronted with a
lively difference of opinion over the
number the G. o. P. of Hawaii should
tame
This is the prospect just now,
though party leaders are beginning TO
get busy in smoothing out the wrinkles
of opposition TO the plan of electing
SIX delegates and six alternates. 1t
isn't serious matter but no political
convention would be regular without
a scrap Of some kind and as there is
a Let of harmony in Republican ranks,
the scrap must be started over some
thing. ~.
AS has been published from time TO
time, when the Republican national
committee got busy a year or so ago
in pruning away some dead wood,
wedding out troublesome elements
and otherwise reiuvenating and refin-
ing the party after its disastrous split
in Chicago, Hawaii's representation
in national conventions was cut from
six to two delegates For "a while
il locked as if the enthusiastic prun-
ers might iop off Hawaiis entire
voting representation, leaving the
territory with two delegates but no
vote. But that possibility vanished
and now Hawaii, under the dictum
of the national committee is entitled
to send two delegates to Chicago
next June with the certainty of hav.
ing them seated.
Republican mainland leaders, how
ever, including several influential
members of the national committee,
have advised Hawaii to send larger
delegation and make a fight to get it
seated. 1t is pointed out that Ha-
waits representation was cut too
deeply. With this encouragement
Robert w. Breca6ns and other war.
horses in territorial G. o. p ranks
have reached the conclusion that the
territorial convention next April
should name six delegates and six al
ternates and send them to Chicago,
trusting to Hawaii's friends to see
that they are seated when the nation
al committee passes on the regularity
of delegates. III.
Definite support is assured for some
such program. For instance, few
days ago a letter came from Congress
man Mckinley of Illinois to a locally
prominent Republican in which Nc
Kinley said that he will do as much
for Hawaii as he would for Illinois.
As the manager of Taft's 1912 cam.
paign and comeback to Washing.
ton after temporary submergence in
the triumphant Democratic flood four
years ago, Mckinley is a power in the
party. - ~. r..
Still, there are some factive Repub-
licans who differ on the question Of
the number of delegates Hawaii should
send. One of them is John HI. Wise.
Il absolutely oppose sending six del
egates," Wise said a few days ago.
I'VE are entitled only ito two and it
will hurt Hawaii to make fight for
any larger number. II am delegate
to the convention | shall oppose send
ing any more than two and | believe
that the convention will name two
delegates, two alternates and no
more" i. 49,. ..
Chairman Lorrin Andrews of the
Republican territorial central COM
mittee Monday afternoon issued the
call for the primaries and the terri
torial convention. The Rpublican pre-.
cinct clubs throughout the territory
will meet at 1880 on the evening of
Friday. March II, to nominate candi
dates for delegates to the territorial
These candidates will
be elected on Saturday, March 25,
between / and 6 p. m. The territorial
convention will assemble at 10 o'clock
Monday morning, April 3. In this con.
vention the county Of Hawaii is en-
titled to SO delegates, county of Maui
to S6, Kauai to 13 and Oahu to SO, a
total of $780, <..---... .. 4
The Democrats Of the territory elect
their delegates to the national conven-
tion by direct primary. They are en-
titled to six delegates and six alter
mates. Three delegates and alternates
will be elected from Oahu and one
delegate and alternate from each of
the other islands. ,s".:
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