The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-04-04

drews, named q temporary credentiaI,
Committees consisting OF John +. NOR
i Enoka Kaada, j! j. Walsh, @. n. Wild
+ er,,,'WsiH Crawford ana I. III. Cdnev
This folloWs the reading Of the official
( call Tor the convention. 20
! The committee report being made
nonfina lions for the TEMPORARY officer
! WIRE, Ia order, There were 10 Z Contest.
and Charles r.. ChillinRw6rtk "a cbaif.l
man, Charles Wilcox, secretary. Ana ElI
j. Crawford interpreter were elseted
ifnAhimousiy. Their election Kas a a y.
yards cchfFped BY the rules commit.
tee, and theyWe made the permanent
Officers Of the convention. 20 :
Knhio In Command
Committees Oh rules and permanent
organikations credentials, RESOLUTIONS
and platform wefe appointed by the
CHAIRMAN on suggestions from the sew
eraI Delegations, and an adjournment
taken at noon until two o clock allow.
ing, the co1lmittees time in which to re-
port. y p
There was, not a, great deal iof ae.
tiyity apparent among the idstimbers.
MS from the first few minutes of TIE
opening il was seen that there, was No
hope Of making 4 fight that Would look
like a fight, ,ae Kuhio and his hackers
were ID complete charge Of the situa4
tion. The lack of ofatoty made the
convention seem more like a prayer,
meeting than any thing else, and an
ordinary meeting Of the board OF Ho.
nolplq supervisors provides a greater
amount Of excitehent than was mani
tested at any time during the day.
q The voting on the names Of Kuhio,
Lyman and Rice was done openly, each
delegate rising in his place and caliinf
the names Of his fayorites.H There were
some surprises hut not many The Ha-
vail delegation Voted solidiy for Ku.
hi6 and Lyman. II Maui started STRAIGHT
for Kuhio, and Rice but some one siip-
ped and Lyman got five that Flee .e3.
Peeted. The Fourth district Id Oahu
gave fourteSi votes to Lyman, and tie
nth district thirty,six TO the same can
hidate. This. hiimber was snnieient to
beat Rice Whosg delegation 81 twelve
votes all went 70 him = He wax beaten |
by IA On the result Of the ballot be. |
coming known Rice moyed that n the
election of;Lyman, be made unanimous
and this was done. ~ h't"'HEE, @fy's
The vote; at the end of the tally was |
Kuhio, 1885, Lyman, BIZ Rice, n! lOft
the l72 delegates seated all but three
voted either IN person or by proxy. |
Big 'Island q Unit y >SiftE' -
FFof the first time in the history of
politics, the Island OF Hawaii voted as
q unit. The solid delegation going for
Kuhio and Lyman. HGtTt. oce N7ft ;"'21
During the morning, when it was
seen that there was but Little chance
for Rice election, oyertnres were made
to- Kuhio to agree to- another man and
that Rice would be withdrawn from the
fight. This it isstated was refused by
Ruhio; who said that be Would bnly con.
sent, to q man as delegate who would
back him up in his promise to 3. W.
Breckons that be would vote for the
latter for national commit teeman. On
the promise made to lyman, ( that the
Ruhio Forces would be- back of; him if
he would support Rfeck6Rs If elected,
the deal was made whereby the Hawaii
man got in. - E@tra "a. |
The opposition to Knhio was afraid
TO put dpa fourth delegate In the run.
ming as it would have pulled from
Rice O. votes, and SO no other nomina.
lions were made? ~ H'6t:5ss =
Following are the members of the
as appointed by the chair
Rules and permanent organization: H.
I. Holstein, J.. T, Moir, ID. c. Lindsay,
y. IT. ceney, WithaIh Hall, Carl Wiede,
llafih, Eofri1 Andrsws.tf,Ff st'r III |
Credentials-W, q, Achi, VIM. Wer-
neer; RA. prgmIaond, Otto Rose Emo,
Platform and, resolutions H. B. Mar.
liner, Archie Kaaua, g. p. Cooke, A. D.
castro, A, l., Castle, W. d. .McBryde,
md Sam Keliinoi, ,- XXI, i. ~. il
Tellers Freeiaad Aylett and Coney.