Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-07-18

With but three dissenting noes"
forming a faint echo to a veritable
odeluge of ayes, delegates at the Re-
publican territorial convention in the
Bijou theater last night Endorsed the
platform which the party will use In
the November campaign. H., ..-.
+ The platform as II came from the
committee was adopted with but two
minor amendments, the first an addi-
ton to the harbor improvements
plank, suggested by William Thomp-
son, Oahu delegate. 1t contained a
pledge for early action on island har-
Dor projects. Every plank in the
lengthy platform met with the ap-
proyal Of large majority Of the dele
gates. ..-...
It had been expected that at least
two fights would be waged on the
floor OF the convention--one on the
preparedness plank and the other on
the taxation plank. The first of
these planks, however, was adopted
without comment or speech.
Delegate w. c. Achi attempted to
alter the two taxation planks by pro-
posing amendments to each. He argu-
ed long and earnestly, but the con-
vention voted to let the planks stand
as written into the platform.
The plank on woman's suffrage
iglided through without a dissenting
vote on the final reading. -
! Last nights session of the conven.
ton was even more harmonious--on
the surface than the morning meet
ing. The committee on platform and
resolutions spent busy afternoon |
whipping the platform planks into
shape, and that its, work was we'll
done was evidenced by the satisfac-
ton with which the several planks |
were received.
As forecast by the Star-B Bulletin,
Emil A. Berndt was unanimously Sc
lected as chairman Of the Republican |
territorial central COMMITTEES. Other
central committee. officers were |
elected as follows: ~
Ntce-olfa iffnan Harry e. Murray.
TreasurerG errit p. Wilder.
q SecfefRry-El j. Crawford
Aside from the adoption OF the party |
platform, an important feature of last
nights meeting was the election by
the various districts of their dele |
gates tosthe central committee and |
the naming OF their representatives |
on the executive committee,
{ Following the the results Of the
First district, East Hawaii. T..
NOR, H. s. Richard. Stephen l.. Desha,
A. NJ. Cabrinha central committee
men; II. S. Richard. executive COM
mitteeman.
Second district, West Hawaii-H. |
Il Holstein, e S. Goodhue, e. XII
Iona and g. w. A. Hapai, central
commit eenlens H. L. Holste.n, execu-
tive cQnmitfeeman
Third district, Maui r. A. Drum |
inond. Edward waiaholo, ID. T. Flem-
ing. w A. Clark, II. A Baldwin, ]. w. |
Kalua. central committeeman; d. T.
Fleming and u: A. baldwin. executive
committe
Fourth district, oahu-G. p. Wilder,
Emil A. Berndt. c. A. Long, J. Vas
comedies. J. Aud, Jr.,' H r. Murray,
central committeeman; H. E. Murray |
and G. A. Long, executive committee
men.
Firth district, Oahu Samuel Kelii-
mol r. NJ Duncan. W. s. Kaka; VIII.
A0AAA1 AarAAIFt d. d At0NlOLVf anu ~ 4
Motley. central committeeman. R. NJ
Duncan and E. j. Crawford, executiyei
committeeman.
Sixth district, Kauai-A. Menefog-l
lilo, G. H. Spitz, ]. NJ. Kaneakau, C. A. |
Rice, central committeeman; C. A. |
Rice, executive committeeman.
Evening Session
The evening session convened at |
about s. O'clock Chairman G.. WI
Smith calling for the report of the |
committee on platforms and resolu-
tons. "A DE- Cooper, chairman of the |
committee, read the platform plank |
BY plank. The meeting then resolved |
into committee of the whole, Ed.
Towse being called from the convent
.tion floor TO act as chairman of the
committeeman. - =:
Upon Achf's motion to amend, it |
was decided to defer action on the
taxation plRuks in order to give Achil
an opportunity 10 go into the office |
Of the Bijou meater and write out |
his amendments. =
When the woman suffrage plan hove
in sight someone shouted motion to
have It stricken. A more enthusiastic |
Republican promptly told, the mover
to- "Shut upr' The delegate who
seemed determined to quash the suf-
frage plank was not heard again dur.
ing, the evening. 49,,
It was suggested that. while Aehi
was writing his amendments. Rev.
S. Z. Desha- and Judge ga. S. Ma |
haulu engage In a debate on the bene- |
fits and defects of the woman suffrage
plank. - -
mo, no" protested Desha. They
would only make run Of u.s." ~ /
There was no debate. Il
One by one the planks were passed
in the committee Of the whole. Achil
turned IN bis amendments, to be con-
sidered later The .homesteading