The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-07-25
County Committees
Are Retained In
Party Organization

ed by the amended rules of the party
adopted at the biennial convention
in Honolulu last week. The duties
of such committees are more clearly
defined and their jurisdiction is strict
ly differentiated from the Territorial
Central Committee. County cam
paigns and elections are left practic-
ally under full control of the county
committees while the main control Of
the party is in the central committee
which has practically sole control in
regard to territorial matters.
The more important re%visions of
the rules affecting precinct clubs and
the territorial and county committees
follow:
Section II of Article / of the rules
and regulations of the Republican
party has been amended to read as
follows:
Each precinct club shall meet
biennially, in the same year as the
general elections at 1880 D. m. on
the first Thursday in June, or upon
the call of the territorial central COM
mittee, or its executive committee, or
the county committee, and shall
make nominations for the officers of
the club and delegates to the terri
torial convention, and on the second
Saturday following said first Thurs.
day in June they shall by ballot elect
officers for the ensuing two years and
delegates to the territorial convention
as hereinbelow provided. Nomina-
tions shall be open from 1880 to $3.50
p III. and shall be filed in writing
with the chairman of the meeting.
The chairman shall noun to the
meeting Immediately upon the fill
ing of any nominations, the name
of the nominee and the office for
which he is nominated; and this
announcement shall be prima facie
evidence as to the validity of the
nomination. Provided, however, that
such nomination shall not entitle the
person so nominated to be a candi-
date if he shall later be found in
eligible to hold the office for which
he vas nominated.
Each precinct club shall meet on
the first Thursday at 1880 D.. m. of
the third month next preceding the
date set for the general county cleo
ton to make nominations for mem
bers of the county committees to be
voted for on the End Saturday fol-
lowing said first Thursday as herein
belaw provided. Nominations shall
be open from 1880 p. m. to $3.50 p.
m. and shall be filed in writing with
the chairman of the committee. The
chairman shall announce to the COM
mittee Immediately upon the filing of
any nominations the name of the
nominee and the office for which he
is nominated; and this announcement
shall be prima facie evidence as to
the validity of the nomination.; pro-
vided, however, that such nomination
shall not entitle the person so
nominated to be a candidate if he
shall later be found ineligible to hold
the office for which he was nomi-
mated"
Duties Are Set Forth
Section 8 of Article 2 has been
amended to read as follows:
1.-THE county committee shall be
charged with the general care and
supervision of the party within its
county. 1t shall take such measures
as it may deem %eXpedient to secure
the organization and maintenance of
a precinct club in every precinct, and
to secure the cooperation of Republic
can voters with party workers, and
shall have general charge of all cam
palgns within its county, subject,
however, to the control of the terri
torial central committee. If any pre-
cinct club shall fail to nominate and
elect a member of the committe, or
IN case of a vacancy, said committee
shall appoint a member by nomina-
uon of the executive committee of
such precinct club, who shall serve
for the remainder of the term"
Section IL of Article 5 has been
amended to read as follows:
The territorial central committee
shall meet on the first Monday of
each and every month at Republican
territorial headquarters, Honolulu, at
1880 p. m, o. at such other times
and places as the committee may
direct. Called meetings shall be held,
upon two weeks notice by the sec
rotary to the various members. when
directed so to do by the chairman
or the executive committee of tie
territorial committee, or by written
request of five members OF the com
mittee."
Section Z of Article 8, relating to
appeals, has been amended to read
as follows:
A appeal in writing may be weak
en- from any action of a precint club,
or its executive committee, to the
executive committee of the territorial
central committee on territorial mat
tiers, and to the county committee on
county matters, as the case may be.
In the event of an appeal, the re-
cords of such appeal, or a certified
copy thereof, shall be sent to the ap-
pellate body by the appellee's secre-
tary. In case of dispute the decision
of the executive committee of the
executive committee of the territorial
central committee shall be final on
the question whether the matter is
territorial or county"
The committee added a new sec
ton to Article 8 which states that
no fractional vote shall be permitted
in any territorial convention.