The Daily bulletin., 1889-10-31
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Daire Burrrtin
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THURSDAY, OCT 81, 1889.
THE PLANTERS CONVENTION.

THE PLANTERS CONVENTION.
The annual meeting of the Plant
ers' Labor and supply Company,
which hiss occupied three full days,
MSS in some respects an improve
ment on the conventions Of that
body for two or three years pre-.
vious. 1t was well attended from
first to last, the numbers increasing,
instead of dwindling 40 used to be
the case, toward the close. Untor
tunately portion of the Hawaii
contingent was detained till the last
day, through bad weather on the
windward coast of that island pre-
venting the sailing Of the steamer
The discussions seemed TO be more
general and less confined to q few
talkative members than on former
occasions There was lively in.
rerest amounting almost to enthu
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son aal HIa.s5os ee-- aaat
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practical experience; while from
first to last the old stagers-Messrs.
Baldwin, Smith, Glade, Macfie.
Walsh and others-never Jagged in
active attention to the proceedings.
Where the convention was lacking
was in the variety of subjects dealt
with, Some important committees
failed to present reports, for the
discussion of which room could have
been made by sacrificing a certain
amount of desnltory conversation.
However, some Of the missing re-
ports are said to be in existence and
uay DC puDIIsueu'
Overshadowing all other subjects
Of deliberation, as generally express
ed by the members, was that OF la
Dor, 1t was introduced in report
signed by NJ. Macfe, criticising
pretty sharply the snti-Chinese agi-
tation. The debate that ensued
resulted in the appointment of a
select committee to draw up a dellv-
erance Of the colnpsny's views on
the question. This committee may
be called very conservative one in
composition, including some mem
bers, besides lIr. Macfe, who have
probably been regarded a2 'pro-Chi-
nese," so-called, il their procliyi-
ties. The committee reported by
majority and minority, the latter
consisting Of AIr. Macfe, who still
refused to concede the necessity oi
restrictive legislation for the Chi,
nese, but looked for relief from &
preponderance of that element in
the introduction of other nationali,
ties, while recommending the adj
mission of ''such number of Chinese
laborers as may be requisite to re,
lieve the absolute necessities. oI
planters" The majority-Messrs
j, B. Atherton, II. p. Baldwin, W.
o. Smith and r. 'Halstead;-were
one with Mr.. Mactie in asking fol
mixed importation OF labor, also II
asserting the necessity Of continuing
the introduction of Chinese, They,
however, recognized the force, bott
in principle and power, of the agi,
tation for Chinese restriction, recon,
mending legislation to. that enc
but, wisely we think, leaving the
method and details TO the law-mak,
ing power OF the kingdom. On the
face of ii this resolution, that pass
ed almost unanimously, is satis-
factory meeting Of the views of the
agitators for constitutional amend
ment, and of the straight attitude of
the Government in that regard. The
phrase, necessary legislation"
covers constitutional amendment, !"
if the best minds in the country