The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-03
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Upon at Annual
Meeting.
RESULT OF YEARS
WORK IS TOLD
Report Of President and Other
Officers-Anti.Saloon League
Nay Continue Work.


the Honolulu Protective League
was held yesterday afternoon at
the rooms of the Young Mems Christian
Association. After a year OF hard work.
which was productive of much good,
the society decided yesterday to dis
band and turn over its work to the An
ti-SaloOn League. feeling that the OBJ
ject for which the organization had
been formed was almost accomplished.
There were present when the meeting
was called to order yesterday after
noon Rev. Messrs. Pearson, Muckley,
Westervelt. Wood. Hartley, Soares. DR..
Burgess. Secretary Brown of the Y. NJ.
.. y. and Messrs. Theo. Richards. Lead
ingham. Geo. d. Mcclellan. GuIick and
u. II. Case.
SECRETARY REPORTS PROGRESS.
Following the reading OF the minutes.
Secretary Case presented his report of
the years work, which was approved.
Il was as follows:
To the Members OF the Honolulu Protec-
tive League:
provide that. at the annual meeting, the
secretary OF the league shall give an alb
stract report. j take IL this means an
abstract report Of the work undertaken
and accomplished by the league during
the year Just passed. For two reasons /
propose to violate the duties Of the Office
i'm this respect: First. personal reason.
IN that my time has been so fully Occu-
pied that j could not stop TO prepare a
report for an organization that seemed
90 be peacefully at rest; and second, IL
seems to me that, meeting here as We
have. late In the afternoon, with but a
limited amount Of time before Us TO
transact business. the members would
hardly care to listen 70 any lengthy dry
report from me.
QUE or committee appointed by the min
Isters or the city TO investigate condi-
lions at Iwilei. this committee met on
the Ind Of October OF last year. at which
time the Iwilei question was quite fully |
discussed, and an adjournment had to |
meet on the following Monday october !
18th. Al this meeting the suggestion was
made that club OF league be organized ,
on a broad basis. capable OF taking up :
and properly dealing with the lwilei is !
sue. and upon vote. IL was decided 10 !
form a league. A committee was there /
upon appointed TO draw up the neces-
sary plans for such an organization and !
present same at future meeting, this /
committee being instructed TO make 1
list OF representative men to be invited 4
at such meeting. On November 18th FOL
loving TINS committee reported its plan
Tor a league the same discussed and
accepted. and invitations extended to
some forty or fifty gentlemen OF the city
10 meet on November 18th to consider
the proposition Of forming the Protec-
tive League. At this meeting. held No
vember- 18th some fifty gentlemen were
present, and after considerable discus
sion had the constitution and bylaws or
the Honolulu Protective League were
voted upon and adopted
Since its organization the directors of
the league have held some seven or eight
meetings. the league itself having held
five. Important questions regarding Iwi-
lei. the liquor traffic, more particularly
the Dispensary measure that was before
the last legislature. the care and protec-
ton of homeless and neglected children.
ssisting women who desired to lead bet
ter lives and other minor matters have
received careful. thoughtful and practical Z
Ii is hardly necessary Tor I
The secretary TO take these up one by one
md tell you what has been accomplished Z
In each particular case. You are all /
ivyare of what has been done In ea-h A..
'ase. II
For some months past the league has :
leld no meetings nor have the directors I
net there apparently being no necessi- q
= for such meetings. As 10 what shall =
le TIC future of the organization, II it z
= to have a future, rests with the no a
'ers today.
The report of the treasurer, DR.. Bur