The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-11

MUST GIVE
M'KinIey Fund Is
Waiting on
Action.
PLANS TO PUSH
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Acting Governor Cooper Chosen
to Lead Committee-Letter
TO Be Considered.

All things in the matter Of the Nc
Kinley Memorial committees work wait
upon the Honolulu sub-body. This was
shown at the meeting yesterday after
noon. There was a small gathering of
| the executive committee. there being
present only Acting Chairman F. A.
! Schaefer. c. NJ. Cooke. J. A. McCand-
less, T. C. Davies, the Rev. w. d. Wes-
tervelt and ]. G.. Rothwen.
When the meeting had been called to
order, Mr.. Schaefer presented his res
| ignation Of the craftsmanship, which
had been rendered to him as a result OF
| the departure of Governor Dole. The
| reasons assigned were such that the
| request for relief from the duties was
granted and the choice fell upon Acting
Governor Cooper for the succession
There was some discussion of the
! subscriptions and the estimates made
| OF total amount which had been brought
out up to this time were close TO
| $40 600. In the list for Honolulu there
are now only about twenty persons
who have given to the fund, and the
sentiment was that there should be
something definite done in this city be-
fore there was any more active cam
paign carried on in the country dis
tricts.
Chairman J. G. Rothwell. of the COM
mittee in charge of the collections of
funds submitted a form of letter and
enclosure for sending to each person
in the island who has not subscribed.
There is included an envelope address
sed, a postal money order application.
a letter to Treasurer Cooke to accom-
pany the donation, and finally the fol-
lowing letter:
Dear Sir:-It is the custom among all
civilized nations to honor the memory
OF the illustrious dead, and it has de-
volved on this committee to take the
initiative in securing the means for the
erection of a suitable memorial to be
dedicated to the memory of the late
President of the United States, VIM. |
Mckinley, a man who eminently serv-
ed his country in the exalted position |
to which he was called by the popular /
vote of his countrymen, American cit 1
liens.
The form of memorial has been rec |
commended in the shape of public rec |
reation ground in the district of Homo !
lulu, as a BETTING token of regretful |
esteem 20 the memory of one of Amer |
ica's greatest statesmen, whose sympa- |
thies and efforts were recognized to be |
always for the best interests of the |
public at large.
This committee have not yet heard /
from you on this subject, and desire to
afford to every individual resident in
Hawaii. regardless of nationality, the
of being represented in 80
meritorious an undertaking. You are
therefore invited to subscribe to this
fund such amount as you may desire
Enclosed please find subscription and
money order blanks to be used in for
warding your subscription, which will
have prompt acknowledgment. in the
form of Mckinley Memorial Fund
Certificate. The committee trust to re-
ceive your prompt and favorable re-
Spouse.
There followed some general discus
sion and the result was the passage of
a motion to send the letter and the
general plan to the Honolulu commits
tee for action. There was some talk
or making definite start at the work
Of the recreation ground, so as to show
would-be subscribers that there is
something in sight for their money.
Committeeman w. d. Westervelt said
that while in HiIo he found there was
some talk of the use to which the cash !
Is to be put. The general opinion SEEM !
ed favorable, until some one mentioned I
the Kalakaua bust, and as there was a !
total lack of knowledge as to what had !.
become OF the bust, for which there
vas made popular dollar subscription. =
the people seemed to shut up like
CLAIMS. There was some curiosity ex-
pressed as to the use to which this I
money was to be put, and it was said +
oy some of the committeeman that they =
had heard that the bust was now in the .
Bishop Museum, a place which seemed
put of keeping for ii. Mr.. Mark Rob-
lnson. the treasurer of the fund, said !
Yesterday afternoon that there had I
been subscribed something less than 7
$500. which he had completed to the |.
after sum, all of which had been paid
over TO Sculptor Hutchinson for his
work in the making of the bust. The
Dust when received here was offered 10 J
he government, with the expressed !
hope that ii be placed in the govern 4
nent building. r
The prOffer was refused, according TO :
Mr.. Robinson's recollection. on account
~ lack of funds with which to con-
struct suitable niche for the bust. .
rhe sculptor then finding no place for I
The work, had it put in the rooms of Z
he Kilohana Art League, where it has 4
for several years. The time .
s said to have been about five years
since the completion of the bust. Late
y there has been expression that the !
Dust should be given place in the gov 4
building, and there is a proba- \
oility that this will be done without I
great delay. .