The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-10
BUSINESS MEN WILL
REFUTE WRONG
STATEMENTS
WILL PRESENT FACTS TO COR
RECT ANY WRONG IMPRESSION.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. DIS
CUSS FIRE CLAIMS

At the Chamber of Commerce meet
ing this morning the principal BUSH
ness discussed was the matter of pre-
senting information to the Senate COM
mission. The statements made to the
commission yesterday by eX-Judge
Humphreys were discussed and a pro-
posal was made to take them up and
refute them, but it was the sense of
the meeting that the better way was
for the Chamber of Commerce to pre-
sent facts to the commission without
reference to statements by other people.
There will be others making such
statements as were made yesterday"
said President Irwin, land l think it is
giving too much Importance to the
statements of one individual if we take
up those of Judge Humphreys"
Paul Isenberg, who proposed taking
up the matter, said that he understood
that Humphreys had quite a following
among certain people and that his re-
marks might do much harm. He has
been in Washington, where he did all
the mischief he could" said Isenberg
and now he has made statements be-
fore the commission which are out
rageOus and should be refuted." Isen-
berg thought that if Hawaiian indus
tries were to be showed aside, as indi-
Gated by Humphreys remarks, to
"Americanize the country, there would
soon be no people to Americanize.
Senator Carter suggested a resolu-
ton declaring that the attitude of
Humphreys was in in accord with the
best interests of the community, but
withdrew this proposal after President
lrwin's suggestion that it was better to
let Humphreys alone. w. f. Allen said
that he thought the matter should be
left with the committee already ap-
pointed by the Chamber to attend to
the commission matter.
A. j. Campbell said that Humphreys
had appeared as citizen and lawyer
and others would do So and the Cham
ber of Commerce should appear as a
body and present it's report. "Let him
talk as citizen, and we will talk as
body and state our views and the sen-
tors viii be the Judges" said osttffipbeif' 4
He also remarked that If the chamber
took up Humphreys remarks and made
fight over them, it would be doing
just what Humphreys wanted. C. L.
Wight was of the same opinion and
Bruce Cartwright said he didn't think
there ought to be any personalities
lsengerg and others disclaimed any
idea of personalities, saying that it
was the subject they had brought up
and not the man. The matter was final
ly dropped and left in the hands of
the committee in charge of work be-
fore the commission, which was con-
tinued and given power to act in the
matter of appointing a spokesman be-
fore the commission.
This action was taken after a re-
port from the President to the effect
that the commission would meet the
Chamber of Commerce on Friday at
9:3O a. m. He said that he had tender
ed the senators an excursion in be-
half of the Chamber of Commerce. but
that they had already accepted an in
Vitation from Captain Whiting to go
to Waialua on Sunday and all their
time was taken up until next Wednes-
day when they will go to Hawaii. Mr..
Irwin had offered to take up the matter
as Chamber of Commerce PROPOSE
tion, taking it off Captain Writings
hands, but the latter had said that his
invitations had been sent out, and he
would carry out the plans arranged
Senator Carter thought that the COM
mission should be asked to devote a
day to the fire claims matter He said
that it was very important propo-
sition and that the commission should
be given the records of the Board of
Health to show that there was proper
care taken in destroying buildings in
fected with plague and should also be
informed as to how the commission of
claims had worked and how the claim
ants had been protected against spec
ulators and eXorbitant fees.
A letter from Theo. H. Davies and
Company was read, calling attention
to violations of the law regarding the
storing of explosives as shown by the
recent Campbell Block fire. Secre-
tary Spencer was instructed to
write to the High Sheriff on the sub
ject with a view to having local firms
warned and notified of the provisions of
the law. j. A. Kennedy was elected as
the representative of the Inter-Island
Steam Navigation company
Those present at the meeting were:
w. G. Irwin, II. A. Isenberg, G.. p.
Wilder George r. Carter d. p. r.
Isenberg, j. G. Spencer w. w. Hall. A.
Gartenberg, F, A. Schaefer, w. f. Allen
c. L. Wight, w. II. Hoogs, A. A. Young
w. w. Harris, w. w. Dimond c. Bolte,
A. j. Campbell.