The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-23
ISLAND NOTES.

Last Sunday, April 18th, the consecra-
ton of the new Catholic church in Kuau
took place by the Right Rev. the Bishop
of Olba, assisted by Fathers Clement,
Gulstan and James. The latter deserves
much credit for the erection of the build
ing, which he has completed with hardly
any assistance. 1t is not quite finished
inside, but promises to become one OF
the prettiest churches on the island.
Through the courtesy of Mr.. u. L.
Wilder, the Superintendent of the ka-
hului railroad, a special train with &C
commodation for about $50 persons was
dispatched in the morning from Wailuku
to Paia. A large number of people took
advantage of this conveyance and alto
gether 900 people were present at the
sacred act Beautiful floral decorations
gave the church festive look. In the
old church building provisions were
made for very substantial refreshments,
which were freely partaken of by the
large assembly. In arranging this feast
Father James had found valuable assist
L
Langsi. The majority of those present
were of course Portuguese, but large
number of Hawaiians had met. Among
those noticed were Hons. George and
John Richardson and w. H. Daniels,
Judges Kepoikai and COpp, Messrs. Ka-
lua and Sheldon and many others of our
most prominent citizens.
Thursday the very much advertised
| political meeting took place for the pur-
pose of discussing resolutions instructing
the Mobiles for the coming session. These
resolutions were forwarded from head
! quarters in Honolulu, but nominally
| they were made up by the special COM
mittee, which consisted of Messrs.
| Morrison, Brewer, Road Supervisor
| Armstrong and Deputy Sheriffs Tread
way and Evans. The meeting was the
biggest failure possible. About forty
| people had met. Of these, of course, a
large number were Government officials,
while Mr.. Baldwin had brought his
bookkeepers, lunas and timekeepers.
Four of the Maui Mobiles were present
/ and also Hon. S. g. Wilder who is visit
| ing Kahului. The meeting was adver-
tised to take place at 2 p. M, thereby
again preventing the majority of the
voters from being present. The per-
Torrance started with the reading of the
resolutions, 40 less than thirteen in
number, in the English language Mr.
Kalua asked for an interpreter, but
Noble Baldwin did not like the idea and
proposed that the Hawaiians who did
not understand English should sit next
to some who did and have them trans
lating for them. Kalua opposed this
| idea; he was going to speak and in
tended to speak in Hawaiian. If Mr..
Baldwin wished the meeting to be only
for foreigners, just say so and he and the
other natives would take their hats and
go. Upon motion, which was carried,
Noble Richardson was requested to act
as interpreter. Before the debate upon
the resolutions started Mr. w. FL. Corn
we'll, with the view of getting the meet.
ing through this side of Xmas, moved
that every speaker be allowed not more
than five minutes to speak in. One of
Mr.. Baldwin's bookkeepers amended the
motion to insert three minutes instead
five, saying that everybody who met
there had already formed their opinion,
SO there was no reason to speak, but
simply to vote. Perhaps this gentleman
had had the advantage of studying the
resolutions before they were presented
but this was certainly not the case with
the majority of those present. It gave
us an idea who had helped to father
these interesting productions The first
resolution was to the effect that we have
all confidence in our Mobiles Adopted
Never mind which way they vote, we
have got lots of confidence in them.
Resolution No. 2 gave the right of con-
vening parliamentary sessions to the
President of the Legislative Assembly.
j. w. Kalua, seconded by J. Kalama,
moved that the resolution be rejected
and spoke at some length on the subject
as also did Messrs. Lafferty and Kalama.
An amendment that the President
should have the proposed power when
he had the consent of the majority of the
members of the House brought forth the
very interesting remark from Road
Supervisor Armstrong that it had OF
course been the idea of the committee
who made the resolution. If so we must
compliment the committee for wording
their resolutions so successfully.
After quite long discussion Noble
Richardson took the floor and explained
that it would. under the present circum-
stances, be impossible to pass an Act to
the effect of the resolution. Every ses-
sion elects their officers, and when