The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-25
SPEAKERS
IN FORCE
Home Rulers Seek
An Army of
Orators.
INVITATIONS TO
MEN OUT OF TOWN
Large List OF Special Guests is
Arranged-No Decision as
to Chairman.

Invitations to address the Home Rule
mass meeting of January 4th will be
sent during this week to Governor
Dole, Secretary Cooper and all the
heads Of departments under the Ter
ritoriaI administration; Judge Estee.
Chief Justice Frear and other judicial
] appointees of the President; to lead
ers of all parties, and men who from
their public service in other parts OF
the Union may be expected to know
what to tell the Hawaiians about
Americanism. The letters will describe
the nature of the meeting, the desire
of the Home Rulers to have a represen-
tative of each political party included
among the speakers, and that the pur-
pose of the gathering is to teach
Americanism as meant by President
Roosevelt as we'll as to endorse the
message of the President.
The Inter-Island steamers which left
the port Monday and yesterday car
ried scores of letters to representative
men, inviting them to be present. The
list is not given out. owing to the fact
that the men invited may not all come
to Honolulu for the meeting. The COM
mittee which has the meeting in
charge made out the list to include men
of all shades of political faith and
previous utilization, and as well all the
members of the Legislature. 1t is the
expectation that at least thirty of the
men invited from outside of the city
will make the trip next week to be
present.
Invitations to local men are being
drafted, and will be gotten out tomor-
row. There has been some talk over
the plans for the meeting. and on every
side there has been an amount of in
terest in the matter which seems to
argue for the size and success of the
meeting. The committeeman insist that
there will be no advantage taken OF
the presence of a large audience to
commit the representative people to
any radical motions or resolutions, but
that the meeting will be carried on in
a rational and dignified manner.
Prince Cupid, who is to be the chair
man of the committee having the mat
ter in charge, is to be the temporary
chairman of the meeting, calling it to
order and Inducing the permanent
chairman into office. The chairman
as yet has not been selected, but will
be a man chosen from the ranks of
the Home Rule party. 1t is intended.
while the speakers may be asked to
appear and represent the different
shades of view of all parties. that the
fact that the meeting is called under
the auspices of the Home Rulers, shall
not be lost to sight for a moment.
Among the names mentioned OF men
who may be asked to preside, are those
Of Hon. J. A. Akina, the speaker of the
House of Representatives. and Senator
Kaiue, president of the Senate. In the
event of the impossibility of either at
tending, it is likely that a member of
the Legislature will be asked to pre-
side.
Prince Cupid said yesterday that he
would take up this matter when he
had considered the question of the
program of speakers, and that a man
we'll known and representative would
be asked TO fill the place. He said that
he had no doubt but there would be
a full attendance upon the meeting, !
and that the list of speakers would be |
one calling forth the best men of all |
three parties 1t is learned from other |
sources that several professional public !
speakers and politicians already have |
asked that their names be put on the I
list, which it is said will hardly BE- I
done.
A.