The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-21
ARE NOW
IN HARNESS
Charter Committees Of
The Republicans.
MUNICIPALITY LIMITS
Question Raised as TO Whether City
Should Take in all of
Oahu.


Oahu.
The charter committee of the Re
publican party met last evening and
adopted the following report prese-t-
ed by w. O. Smith, chairman of the
committee appointed to report upon
the scope and method of procedure in
the work o. framing a charter for the
municipality OF Honolulu:
Col. J.. H. Fisher, Chairman General
Committee OF the Republican Par
I ty.-Upou the Subject OF Municipal
Government for Honolulu.
SIT; The subcommittee appointed to
Iconsider and report TO the general COM
mittee upon the scope OF the general
work and method OF procedure, beg to
report as follows: That we have con-
isidered the matter referred TO US and
Irecommend:
confined to municipal government for
Honolulu.
| Second-That q committee Of Ave or
seven members be appointed by the
general committee to prepare and sub
nit draft Of charter OF act Of incor-
poration for the city Of Honolulu, with
power to employ such assistance as
may be found necessary.
Third-That committee OF five be
Iappo3nted 10 collect literature upon the
subject OF municipal government, for
the use Of the general committee.
| Fourth-1hat q finance committee OF
i've be appointed.
Fifth-Thaf a committee OF five be
lappointed TO report statistics as to the
present cosf o. the government Of Ho-
nOlulu, showing the cost of maintain
ing the public school system, public
health ana sanitation. police depart
ment, pubic improvements and such
other details as the committee shall
ldeem meet. also TO report upon the
lpublic reveune derived from the city.
| Sixth-That the said committees re-
port at each meeting Of the general
COMMITTEE
l Seventh-1ha& the general commit
tee meet ON Tuesday and Friday even
lings Of each week at 7:30 .. m.
Respectfuniy submitted,
WILLIAM o. SMITH.
/ r. MCANTS STEWART,
GEO. w. SMITH,
A. ". GEAR. '.'
Dated, Desem6eF 20. A. ID. 1900.
The report was taken up section by
section, and the discussion was
II
Ommendatfon. Chairman Smith felt
that the scope of the work should be
confined to forming municipality for
\ Honolulu alone, divorcing 1t from the
Island Of Oahu an a whole A city
government for the whole Island
would be too unw1eidy. There should
be a city and a county government, II
at all. p. L. Weaver wanted to avoid
Territorial, county and city officers
and expensive payrolls. Three sets OF
officers would be difhcult to watch. T.
McCants Stewart wanted to leave open
the matter of whether the municipal
boundaries should be confined to ordi-
nary city lfmttetions or be co-exten-
sive with the island. and make It one
the city and courty OF Honolulu. In
this manner the city would get the
benefit Of the taxes derived from the
plantations W. %. Smith thought. Il
municipal government was to be es-
tablished. the experiment should bt
tried upon the city alone. A. V. Geal
did not want tie hands of the com
mittee tied ae 60 boundaries. ]. G.
Pratt said the county and city govern
ment should be one. citing Wyominl
as an authority. and do away with ;
duality Of ofiSees- Stewart made ar
amendment as follow: "And that tn
boun daries Of Honolulu be let for fl
ture consideration" This ard the sec
tion we're carried
The numher of membe-s of the char
ter committee IN the section wa
changed by striking out the word sew
en-.
Section passed with on amendmen
that the report should take effect Il
the other districts of Oahu outside o
Honolulu.
The first committee was elected b.
ballot as fouowS-
Charter CUmH4ttee-W o. Smith
chairman; George A. Davis, T. Nc
Giants Stewart, y. @. Pratt, A. v. Gear
Statistics Comnittee-E. A. Mott
Smith, chairman; J. II. Boyd, C. Bolte
w. r. Sims, r. p. t. Waterhouse.
Literature-P. L. Weaver. chairman
J. L. Kaulukou. George w. Smith, E
Towse, 8. x RA0e.
Finance-L. l. McCandless. chair
man; J. A Kennedy, f. o. White,
A. Gilman. Enech Johnson.
The charter coDmi ttee will meet thi
afternoon at 2 p. m. in the Office c
G. A. DavfA
The following members Of the gen
eral committee were present: w.
Smitn, c. Bolee. J.. A. Gilman. G.
> Davis. 8. K ka-De, A. ". Gear. F.
T. waterbUase, J. II. Boyd. E. A. Mott
Smith, J. II. Fisher. Enoch johnson
J. Kaneaka, J. l. Kaulukou, Charlie
Motley, J. g. Pratt, l.. L. McCandies'
T. McCanfs 6tewart, W. c. Rowe, "
r. Sims, Ed Towse, p. L. Weaver, T
o. White, r. Wilhelm, c. B. Wilson.