The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-26
Gathering of Leading
Business Men Of
the City.
sManzey's Feeling Address.
Message Of Sympathy-PIans
for Memorial Service.

YYONOLULU will show respect for
II the memory of the late Chief
A Magistrate of the nation, William
Mckinley, at a public meeting, to be
held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock in
Kawaiahao church. There has been
forwarded message of coincidence and
the committee which has the arranging
of the meeting will conclude the gem
eral plans at a second meeting to be
held this morning at the office of Mr..
w. G. Irwin.
These plans were made at meeting
of citizens held yesterday afternoon un-
der the auspices of the Chamber Of
Commerce at the rooms above the office
of Castle & Cooke. The meeting was
decided upon early yesterday morning
and when two o'clock arrived there was
a large attendance of business and pro-
fessional men gathered in the rooms.
There was an absolute absence of pro-
gram. there was nothing indicated in
the remarks made. but the keen sense of
I the loss of the nation, and the demand
that opportunity be given to the citi-
zens, irrespective of race or relations,
to indicate their supreme sorrow in the
untimely death of the chief executive.
There were many people present who
seemed to come for the purpose of add
, ing the weight of their presence to any
/ movement which was to be had in the
nF It'd;
, reavement, which is national. There
was little disposition to talk, the re-
marks made were to the point, and the
only expression of the feeling of the
| speaker, was in the speech OF F. M.
Swanzy, who seconded Inc motion for
| a committee to arrange the meeting.
| His remarks were SO heartfelt and
touched so close to the hearts Of the
men present. that they stand as the
!, only speech made during the meeting.
| It was soon after the hour, o'clock,
that President W. G. Irwin called the
gathering of business men to order and
! announced that it was meeting of
citizens, called to arrange for a public
meeting of expression of coincidence and
| sympathy upon the great loss which
| has come to the United States in the
death of the President. There had
been made, he said, a suggestion that
there should be appointed a committee
to arrange for a meeting such as was
held upon the occasion of the death of
:, the Queen, but that the meeting was
open for any suggestion from any one.
P. C. Jones said that it seemed to him
the proper thing to appoint COM
mittee which would arrange for a meet
ing later, as many of the people had
closed their business houses earlier IN
the day and in consequence did not
know Of the meeting. He said it would
be unwise for this meeting to lay out
a program, but that committee should
be chosen to make arrangements and
report through the papers what SEEM
ed best to do. That there might be
something before the meeting, he made
the motion that the chair. appoint
committee of seven for this purpose.
a. George R.. Carter thought that the
committee should not only arrange for
meeting, but that it should have the
> power to suggest to the people some
form whereby outward expression
might be given of the feeling Of the loss
to the nation. He noticed he said that
many flags were at half mast and many
were. not, and that some of the stores
had been draped and some not, and he
thought the committee should ask the
citizens to follow some uniform method
of showing observance.
The Rev. Mr.. Westervelt said that
at the meeting of the ministers plan
had been partially prepared for a joint
meeting to be held Sunday evening,
and that committee had been ap-
pointed to confer with the business
mems meeting. and cooperate in plans.
He said that Mr.. Parker had offered
Kawaiahao church and Mr.. Erdman
Central Union Church for Sunday even
ing. The proposal of Mr.. Macfarlane ne
thought better, that the meeting be held