The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-12-11
THE MEMORIAL FUND
OAHU LOCAL COMMITTEE HOLDS
SESSION.
Question of Merging Local Fund Into
Proposed States Monument Comes Up
Today.

The Executive committee meets this
afternoon in the private room of the
Bank of Hawaii One of the matters
to be presented and discussed will be
the merging of the local fund and mo-
nument into the mass movement In the
States as outlined in the letter to W. O.
Smith, appointing him Vice-president of
such a general committee.
While certain of the members of the
local executive committee may be in
favor of such action, several of them
have expressed themselves as decidedly
opposed to such action.
Governor Dole as chairman of the
committee and c. Nj. Cooke as treasur-
err have been busted already signing and
j countersigning certificates for subscrlp-
tiOns already made.
The term Treasurer of Committee of
Residents has been held to be some
what vague as several have imagined 1t
to mean treasurer of local committees.
| This is not the case, Mr.. Cooke being
the only treasurer of the organization.
A request was sent to the Gazette Co.
| for the value of the certificates present.
| ed by them in order that they might be
credited with the amount on the books
of the fund.
A meeting of members of the Oahu
Committee to raise funds for the Nc
Kinley monument was held yesterday
afternoon AS this was the first meet
ing held the proceedings were principal
ly a general discussion of plans and
suggestions. AS the relation of this
committee to the Executive committee
was not very clearly understood, a COM
mite was appointed to confer with the
Executive committee or members of it,
A number of suggestions were made
which Will also be presented to the
Executive committee. Among these
was one made by r. H. Chamberlain,
that inasmuch as there is a wide diff
ference of opinion as to the form the
memorial should take, it might be a
good plan to leave it to the subscribers
to the fund to determine by ballot The
suggestion VISA that as the Executive
Committee had decided to issue memo
rial certificates to all persons subscrib-
ing fifty cents or more that fifty cent
subscription might be taken as the Vot-
ing basis, and each subscriber given as
many votes for his choice of form the
memorial is to take. as his subscription
is multiple of fifty cents. The votes
could be received at the time the SUBJ
scription is made, and filed away until
the subscription is complete, when they
will be counted and the form determin-
ed.
Inc newspaper members of the COM
nlttee had suggestions to make as to
the form in which subscriptions should
be opened at the various newspaper Off
ces, which VIII also be presented to the
Executive committee for its considera-
ton.
Henry Waterhouse Is chairman of the
committee which met yesterday, but in
his absence r. H. Chamberlain was
elected vice-chairman, and w. r. Far
rington, temporary secretary
The japanese members of the COM
mittee have already gone ahead and
prepared and issued a circular stating
the objects OF the movement and soli-
citing subscriptions from among the
Japanese
Another meeting Of this committee
has been called for Saturday afternoon
at 2:3O o'clock, at Henry Warehouses;
ONCE and 1t is hoped every member of
the committee VIII be present.