The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-07-18
Platform Convention Not Well At.
tended But Delegates Work T.,
Hard At Their Duties
GEORGE W. SMITH ACTS d..
AS BoDY'S CHAIRMAN
Calls Upon Faithful of Hawaii To
Endorse National Party Lock-
~ Stock and Barrel ~

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Meeting under the new primary law
system, which separates nominations
for Office from conventions; the, Repub.
lean territorial convention which be.
ian It's session yesterday morning in
the Bijou Theater was not marked by
Inuch enthusiasm or large attendapee.
in fact less than half of the delegates
entitled to seats were present, and
there was no audience at all. Had
there been a scrap for nominations on
he program; the Bijou would have
been thronged, and instead Of the tame
routine procedure of the morning there
would have been OratOrical fireworks,
and any amount of precinct wirepull!
ing. ~. yyS'@
However, though the convention ses-
zion in the morning was strangely quiet
for political gathering, this does not
mean that there was not lot OF in
tcrest shown in the work. II Is posi-.
BILE that the object of the passage Of
the law taking nominating powers
away from conventions was shown to
be accomplished, for attention was cen.
tered upon the platform, and TO this a
work, following up the work which
Home of them had done on Saturday
and Sunday.
No Unnecessary Talk
William Thompson called the con.
vcntion to order, at about a quarter to
ten. Contrary to the expectations of
some, he made no speech. He raped
on the table and then announced that
the first order of business was the
reading, of the convention call and the
temporary roll of delegates. Secretary
FIJI J. Crawford read the call, and the
temporary list, and then on motion Of
John Wise a committee on credentials
was named by the chair. The commit
tee consisted of C. II. Cooke, chairman
ard member at large; G. w. Hapai of
the first district, II. 3. Richard Of the
III cOnd district d. r. Fleming for the
third. John II. Wise for the fourth, A.
8. MRhaulu for the fifth and c., A.
Rice, sixth.
After a recess while the credentials
committee did its work, Chairman
Thompson called for nominations for
temporary chairman of the convention.
Senator II. A. Baldwin Of Maui, nomi-
r"tod George w. Smith of Honolulu.
il was generally understood that, under
Il e rule Of rotation among the islands,
adopted some years ago, Maui was to
h"ve the craftsmanship this time, but
the Maui delegation had eaueussed on
tie matter, and had no candidate who
" lshed to preside, hence Smith, who
has had lot of experience in such
matters, was asked to take the place.
On report of r." committee on rules |
h" was made permanent chairman, and
h" made a short address which aroused
tie only applause of the session.
remFnd Of the Times
After expressing appreciation of the
honor done him hv being chosen as
chairman, Mr.. 'Eith said that the
times demanded active interest in |
party affairs by all citizens. "Two |
years ago, " he said "the outlook for |
our country was ominous, the conditions |
for Hawaii threatening. By vicious le |
glSIntlrn, the party now in power |
threatened to MAIN our principal in
dustry.
''Werc it not for world events over
which "" have no control, we would be
in most deplorable condition.
'.As the situation stands, there is a
united Republican party, with every
prospect, Of national victory. We can
not contribute to that victory, but we /
can give it our united moral support.
With the close of the great conflict in
Europe, conditions WIN arise creating
issues which the party in power is not
prepared to manage. This has been
shown by the record of the past few
wears. You will be called, upon as a
q W n Ill 1akf ~ I
las been carefully studied by com.
mittec and | hope that after the plat.
form is adopted Hawaii will do her
share IN 20 far as she can, in the ma.
tional public benefit of endorsing the
Republican party"
Committee On Rules
Phe rules committee consisted of L.
NJ. Judd, chairman and member at
large; A.. NJ. Cabrinha, first precinct;
+. X. O'Brien second precinct; ]. W.
aiun, third precinct; F. W. Macfar
lane, fourth precinct; J. NJ. Kaneakua,
sixth precinct.
After organization, the convention
took recess until 1880 in the evening
to give the platform committee time
to prepare report. The committee.
named by Chairman Smith, consisted
of the following:
First district-H. l.. Holstein, DR.,
f. s. Gnodhue.
Second district-Rev. S. l.. Desha,
John r. NOR.
Third district - p. J. Goodness,
Judge .. W. Kalua, r. A. Drummond,
II. A, Baldwin.
Fourth district-H. +. Murray, X. C.
Brown, William Thompson.
Fifth district--A. d. Cooper, c. N.
Arnold, w. G. Achi.
Sixth district--C. A. Rice.
List of Delegates II
The report Of the cred entials com.
mittee showed the following list Of
delegates entitled to seats:
FIRST DISTRICT
First precinct-Daniel X. Kaloi.
Fourth prccinct-John Hoa, N. X.
lyman, o. W. Rose, f. da Silva. !,