The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-10-30
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER go.
yIinI.terInI Tactics.

The public meetings resulting from the call of
the Planters' meeting have done much towards
developing the tactics oF Ills Majesty's Ministers,
and others in public positions or in Governmset
employ. The first citizens meeting, to which all
interested in the questions under discussion
were invited, was held in the Mechanic Engine
Ccmpany's rooms, and passed of without any i'll
feeling. The two representatives Of His Maj
esty's Government who were present behaved
themselves very creditably, and it was the subject
OF remark and certainly rebounds TO their credit
This meeting adjourned without fixing time or
place for the next meeting, and without author
izing any party or parties to make any arrange
ments to that end. IL was. however, generally
understood that the Committee 10 draft resolui
tions would he ready to report on the following
Tuesday, and the ArmOry and Kaumaknpili were
both mentioned as the place Of meeting. ThA
Committee was named. and Mr.. C.. E.. Williamsl
appointed Chairman, his associates being Messrs.J
Joseph p. Cooke, III. A. Widemann, I'D Assoc
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court) Curtis j.
Lyons and William Bennett. Ii will be remem-
bered that w. Claude Jones, Esq, was Chairman
OF the ADJOURNED meeting, and consequently the
only individual authorized to give notice OF time
and place Of the next meeting. The Committee,
not being able to make their report on the day
set, determined to defer the meeting to Thursday,
and gave notice of the fact, without informing
the Chairman of the meeting of their intention,
as courtesy demanded they should do.
On Wednesday morning, Mr.. Jones, as Chair
man Of the adjourned meeting, caused posters to
be circulated, fixing upon Kaumakapili as the
place Of meeting. Thursday noon posters were
- Il M.
the Committee, fixing upon the Armory as the
place of meeting. In justice to Mr.. Williams,
however, We should say that Judge widemann
secured the Armory and was the prime mover in
the arrangement to meet ut that place. Judge
widemann and Mr.. Williams were both urged
to give up the idea OF meeting at the Armory,
and requested to bring the majority report of the
Committee before the meeting at Kaumakapili,
and both ~peremptorily refused to do 30. They
were told that the citizens would meet in large
numbers at the last named place, that the Chair
man and Secretary Of the adjourned meeting
would be there that it would be the only legiti-
mate meeting, and that the minority report would
be read there. Nothing that was said would
cause them to change their minds. Judge Wide
mann was the master spirit among the Secession
lists, evidsntly acting upon advice from others in
the Government, determined to rule the meeting
or ruin it. The result Was that the majority of
the Committee met ut the Armory, where between
thirty and forty a. highly respectable" persons
assembled. and the minority went to Kaumaka-
pill, where at least five hundred equally respect
able persons assembled The Minister of the
Interior took the floor at the start and protested
against Col. Jones holding the chair, for reasons
which we could not understand, and which we
believe were trumped up in order to gain time,
fer at this time the seceders were rushing the
majority report through, without discussion, and
adjourned to Kaumakapili, where they entered
into the discussion On the minority report. occu-