Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-07-17
PREPAREDNESS
And PLA|yKS
STIR DELEGATES
Early Republican Atmosphere
of Peace Likely to Be
Shaken Soon
EMIL A. BERNDT PICKED
FOR PARTY'S CHAIRMAN
George w. Smith Permanent
Chairman of Convention;
May Close Tonight +.

Late this afternoon Republican dele.
oates were stirred by runors that the
ai1armcny atnosphere' Of the con.
ventiofi is to be shattered tonight.
Reports cay that there will be
some lively verbal battles over the
taxation and preparedness planks.
in particular Il 10 said that the spre-
,paredness" discussion viii be split
three ways" one element declaring
AGAINST compulsory military training
Of any sort, one being In favor OF.
training In the high schools and pri-
.vate, institutions Of high school grade,
and one element fasoring . general
compulsory service bill, requiring
training for all male citizens between
.1e and IS years OF age.
Republicans of the territory are as
sembled in convention today and har-
mony reigns supreme. In fact, one
delegate, after surveying the calm
situation at the Bijou theater, where
the convention gathered, remarked
that it's ''disgustingly peaceful"
All fights and possible fights are
being settled in. COMMITTEES instead OF
on the floor of the house. And at
that nothing resembling real fight
has ever even loomed above the
horizon. A few objections to plat
form planks have arisen, but no
scrap even remotely resembling the
bitter battles OF the past, when faction
was arrayed against faction.
The two big pieces Of business be.
fore the convention are the adoption
Of the Territorial platform and the:
election of the territorial central com.
.mittee. No important fight has de-
Peloped over either. The platform
committee is in session now, tf1resh-
ing out among its own membership
the small-sized differences of opinion,
and no contest has developed over
the territorial committee places.
Emil Al tBerndt, of the 1st precinct,
4th district, Oahu. is the man now
spoken OF for chairman of the terri
torial COMMITTEES, which means chair
man of the Republican party in Ha-
wall. No opposition to him has shown
itself up to q late hour, today, and, on
the other hand, members of hotn the
Kuhio and Rice wings of the party
two years ago said this morning that
they favor him.
Convention Moves Slowly
Having comparatively little busi-
ness to attend to and plenty of time
for it, the convention is moving slow
". 1t got under way about $3.50 this
morning and after effecting perman-
ent Organization and naming its plat
form committee, adjourned at 1880
to meet at 1880 tonight. Meanwhile
the platform committee, meeting In
the hall Of supervisors. is drafting
the document on which the party VII
go before the voters in the fall cleo.
ton.
Most Of the planks of the platform
have been licked into shape In ad-
vance by the general committee of
which Al. d. Cooper is chairman. This
committee. originally composed of
Oahu delegates, was added to Satur-
day and yesterday with the arrival of
men from the outside islands, the new
members being Judge J. w. Kalua,
John T. Moir, Fred O'Brien and c. A.
Rice. This committee turned over to
the new platform committee the re-
suit Of its labors of the past week.
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