Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-24

There were not as many at the meet.
ing in the Capitol building yesterday
afternoon as had been expected and
yet those who were present were rep.
resentatives of the most substantial
element in the city and the consequent
was that notwithstanding the attend.
ance. the Fourth OF July celebration
movement was given shove forward
that will be sure to end we'll.
Governor Cooper called the meeting
10 order in the hall of the House OF
Representatives at about $50 o'clock.
He stated that he was very sorry the
attendance was not as grea. as had
been expected out, however. he saw
earnestness stamped on the faces of all
those present and that augured we'll
Mr.. Cooper called for nominations for
chairman and he himself was nominal.
ed by J. b. Anterior who put the mo.
ton. The result was a unanimous
choice of Mr. Cooper as permanent !
chairman. j. A. Gilman was elected !
secretary.
Among those present at the meeting
were the following: Governor Cooper, |
'udge Humphreys. j. b. Atherton, C. |
=. Cooke. Treasurer ". II. Wright. J.
" Cat. Wray Taylor, J. II. Fisher. J. |
m rown. f. R. Stackable l.. r. !
NJ = g. A. G. NJ Robertson. J. W. |
Me"'" =. II. Pratt. c Winston, A. G, |
enUr% !, Sam Johnson, NJ. NJ. Phil.
o. o. iia''% Chase. W. W. Harris. Hon.
ups, ~; lu ker, c. T. Wilder Col. J,
ean,uei hu W. ]. Coelho. l.. l.. Nc.
"is,l 'o,'"S Riggs, Marston Camp.
,, drews. Andrew Brown,
Del' ~, II wv DR.. c. l.. Garvin. viii
1eU,ss H. Nyd, Robert Boyd. Ed
- r'Huei' T.. ?, d. ng and Sam Leder.
TOwse, c. W. r. X
, Nr expressions as |
WI NooPo' uoN'" with reference |
10 what should be don, ho ro,r,h -,
70 the celebration Of I, snaat.,no ~,
July and Abram Lewis Jr ia ,hot tho
behalf OF w. o. Smith, 8 osont N, tho
latter had intended being pr ,ossihIo a,
meeting but had found II I'M 90
the last moment He wished ohotr
the meeting that Mr. Smith - ~ tho
man Of the committee in charge had
Fourth of July celebration for l% 20
$3.50 which he was perfectly willNN Id
hand over to the committee that shN
De appointed Tor tnlS year.
Mr.. Cooke next arose and told of $50
which had been left over from the in.
augural ball and which was still in the
hands of the committee. In his Opin'
ion, this could be turned over to the
Fourth of July committee for this year.
Mr. AthertOn as q member of the old
committee read the names of the MEM Gu
bers. Mr.. Cooke then read the report f3t
on the receipts and expenditures and or
stated that while the committee would III
undoubtedly be perfectly willing to IN
turn over the money. still it was his -
desire that the matter be gone about -
legally. Those members of the old ~
committee in the room were then ask u
ed what they had to say and they all O
expressed their willingness to turn Il
over the money. Mr.. Atherton prom Ci
lsed that he would see the absent MEM ~
hers of the committee and endeavor Ia !,
get a unanimous consent to the pro-
posal The matter was then left and
will be taken up by the committee u
which meets this afternoon at a
o'clock n
Next came the matter Of the choice L
of a committee to take charge of the II
work of the celebration. Col. Jones -
moved that committee of fifteen be "
appointed by the chair. Judge Hum
phreys moved to amend TO the effect
that the chairman be empowered to ?
add to the original number should o. c
casion warrant Col. Jones accepted
this amendment and then changed his +
own motion further to include the r
chairman of the meeting as the chair
man of the executive committee. The
motion carried unanimously.
Mr.. Cooper stated that as the choice v
of the committee was very RESPONSE {
BILE piece of work he would like to have
time TO consider. On motion Of Mr.. ,
Robertson, the chairman was empower
ed to make the selection Of the COM
mittee, announce the same in the morn
ing paper and call a meeting Of the
body for o'clock today.
Judge Humphreys said that he had
suggestion to make which had been /
mentioned to him by a friend. He
proposed that, in addition to he rCgu.
lar entertainment on the part of tn"
people, a state reception by the eXecu-
tive in the afternoon or evening Inis
would give the Governor chance to
meet his fellow citizens and of bringing
them together. After making rAer re
marks on the fitness OF the proposition
which he had advanced, Judge HUM
phreys finished by stating that the
Fourth OF July was day on which
both the Circuit Judge and the EXe"u-
tive could read the Declaration Of In.
4. ~. ,tfI hon
Judge Humphreys was aplauded at the
completion of what he hal to say.
Governor Cooper, in reply TO the !