The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-07-23
c. O.P. CONVENTION
PROMISES TO Be A
VERY TAME AFFAIR
Program Is All Cut and Dried and
There Is Nothing In Sight To
Arouse Much Interest
PERMANENT CHAIRMAN
WILL BE A HONOLULU

non, which will meet in the mRkai
pavilion of the Young roof garden at
nine O'Clock this morning. promises to
be the most peaceful gathering Of the
Kind the Republican party has ever
held in these Islands. There was last
night not the sign of n ripple of any
sort. During the day there were
number Of meetings of sub committees
to discuss various planks in the pro.
posed platform, and last night, while
the document was still in pieces, it
, was in such shape that the platform
committee, 10 be named by the chair
this morning, will have little difficulty
! in putting it together in such way
that 1t will probably be approved by
the convention.
The meeting will be called to order
by Chairman Emil F.. Brrndt, Of the
territorial central committee. Eli !,
Crawford will start out It. secretary.
and will probably be elected permanent
secretary.
Honolulu Chairman
Although entitled to choose the per.
manPnt chairman Of thr convention,
Kauai will not do so. Charles \. Rice,
who had been mentioned for the place.
failed to get away from NRwiliwili
Saturday afternoon. j. NJ. Kaneakua,
who was also being considered. con
tracted n heavy cold n day or so ago
and last night his voice WIS in such
bad shape that he announced that he
would not be a candidate for the
honor. This brings the matter square
ly up to Honolulu. and here the two
names mentioned are \ G. NJ Robert
son and Committee Chairman BeTndt.
After the credentials committee has
completed its work, tn" platform and
other committees will be named. fol
lowing which recess will probably
be declared.
VIII Endorse War Policy
According to Speaker n. l.. Hol,
stein, who has been one of the most
diligent workers on the platform since
his arrival in the city, the platform
will endorse the war policy of the vii
son administration and will contain
planks on the following subjects
'PrOftPering in fOodstuffS should he
punished.
Endorsement Of the work of Dele
gate Kuhio.
Promotion.
! Needs of soldiers returning from the
| war. and pledging the party to give
them preferential rightsiin taking up
public lands and obtaining homes.
Endorsement of woman suffrage.
Public school system should be fur
thcr developed along vocational lines
Opposition to changes in the land
laws by congress until such changes
have been approved by the territorial
LEGISLATURE.
Tenement house life is not conducive
! to the moral or physical welfare of the
! people. The party will support a law
which will give powers to counties to
deal with such conditions in their
towns
! Divide pastoral lands owned by the
Territory in areas of not less than
| 100 acres nor more than 500 acers and
make the same available to bona fide
raisers of live stock.
! That the burden of Territorial taxa
tiOn be more equitably distributed than
I in the past. This plank advocates a
graduated tax law, by the terms of
! which the percentage of taxes on
! salaries and incomes generally shall in
crease in proportion to the amount of
such salaries or incomes.
I Those are the planks which may be
regarded as decided upon by those who
have been working on the proposed
! platform. 1t is expected that others
will be brought in this morning, in
which case they will 60 diIect to the
platform committee.
Kuhio's Announcement
| As stated in yesterday = issue, KuhiO
will present in writing the formal an
nounccment that he will again be a
candidate for congress. In his letter,
published elsewhere in this paper, he
gives his views on various political
questions.
II is figured that the convention will
be in session a part of the morning, at
which the work will be practically fin
shrd up. The afternoon session will be
given over to some extent to speech
making. Adjournment sine die will be
! taken before four o'clock.
Maui Delegates
| The Maui delegates, who arrived yes
torday to join those already here, were:
Harry Baldwin, DR.. w. d. Baldwin,
! II. b. Penhallow, r. A. WadswOrth,
! Frank f. Baldwin, d. T. Fleming, p. J.
Goodness, J. w. Kalua, 3. r. Kalama
and Philip Pail, of Molokai.
Desha Boosts Kuhio
Rev. stephen l.. DeSha, Republican
leader of Hilo, who arrived in the city
Yesterday, feels quite certain that ku-
hio will be reelected to congress by
the largest majority ever given to him,
although he anticipates that the total
vote this year will probably be light
rr than two years ago.
~ think understand popular feel
ing, be says, land from what | have
hrard and know Of the situation ]
feet certain that Kuhio will come out
victor by an overwhelming vote of
r,r or six to one. KuhiO has done well
for US, and his work is improving the
longer he is in congress. This is n"
, time to think about change, aud |
rm confident that the people of the Is
lands fully realize that fact. The
Prince will carry every island in the
avg bl mn'orties never realized be;
fore-nO matter who runs against
him.
Speaker Holstein, Of the house Of
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