The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-12-21
(From Wednesdays DailyJ

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The Republicans have started work
upon a charter for Honolulu. All but
two of their Committee of thirty" who
are in town were present at their meet
ing last night, and one of those, Car
ence NJ. White, was sick abed.
A full set of officers of the committee
was elected and a committee on 81 ope
and plan of work was appointed to re-
port back to the full committee next
Thursday evening.
Geo. w. Smith raised the point as to
whether the committee had been APP
pointed to "obstruct charter legislation
or to promote it, and the chairman re-
piled that the press did not appoint the
committee.
w. o. Smith made a strong speech for
immediate and earnest action. After
passing a compliment to the members
of the Territorial executive committee
the meeting adjourned.
Promptly at 1880, T. McCants stew
art chairman of the Republican exc
Icutive committee, asked If the charter
committee should proceed to business,
saying as the executive committee had
appointed the members he would call it
to order, but thereafter it would be en-
tirely out of the hands of the execu-
tive committee. He said he had no
plan to propose and thought no one
present had and suggested a committee
on scope and plan be appointed.
Meantime Secretary E. r. Hendry of
the Republican executive committee
was requested to call the roll. Sixteen
of the thirty were present at 1880 and
before g. twenty-five had arrived.
They were C. Bolte, ]. II. Boyd, Geo.
A. Davis, ]. H. Fisher. A. v. Gear, j.
A. Gilman, DR.. Geo. II. Huddy, Enoch
Johnson, s. X. Kane, ]. l.. kaulukou,
r. A. Mott-Smith, Chas. Motley, ]. G.
Pratt, w. C. Roe, w. r. Sims, G. w.
Smith, w. o. Smith, Ed. Towse. T. Nc
Giants Stewart, Fred It. p. Waterhouse,
Philip L. Weaver, T.. Oscar White.
Chas B. Wilson. F. Wilhelm, Carl
widemann of the committee Of thirty"
to draft charter and J. p. Cooke and
Secretary f. r. Hendry of the Repub-
tican executive committee.
Upon nomination of Geo. A. Davis,
Col. ]. H. Fisher was unanimously
elected chairman of the COMMITTEE of
thirty" and upon nomination by T. Nc
Giants Stewart Carl Widemann was
elected secretary and ]. A. Gilman
treasurer.
An Informal ballot on a committee on
scope and plan of work was had which
resulted as follows: w. o. Smith, 10;
n. McCants Stewart, 49, A. V. Gear, 9:
Geo A. Davis, o. Geo. w. Smith s;
j. H. Boyd, s; C. Bolte, Z: Philip Wea-
YER 7, and the rest scattering.
OF these the first five We're finally
decided upon, Mr.. Boyd stepping out
in favor of G. w. Smith because he said,
Mr.. Smith was born and bred under the
American flag, while he had only re-
Gently become an American and knew
very little of municipal matters. Col.
Boyd made the motion, ]. A. Gilman
seconded it and it passed
After some parliamentary discussion
on this and other matters 1t was agreed
that the next meeting should be at 1880
next Thursday evening in the same
place. Judge Estee of the United States
District Court had offered the use of
his court room but it was said to be
hard to make ones self heard there.
Half a dozen members had reached
for their hats to go when Geo. w.
Smith. as a member of the committee
on plan and scope of the work of the
COMMITTEE of thirty" arose and
sprung the only thing to jar the rou
tine of the meeting. He said 1t was
matter of comment in the press and on
the street that the Republican charter
committee had been appointed to OBJ