Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-04-27
Maui Citizens In Mass Meeting
SUPPORT TELEGRAPH SUBSIDY AND
Request kahului Wharf Action

Waikiki. April ga large and en-.
thusiastic mass meeting was held in
the Waikiki court house last Friday
evening for the purpose Of passing res.
buttons favoring the passage of
House Bill 1872, re Wireless Subsidy
Bill, pending in the Senate, and also
to take steps towards asking sufficient
appropriations for construction of pub.
lie wharf and warehouse at Kahului
and to make 1t in fact as well as in
name n free port Of entry.
DIR. J. II. Raymond called the meet.
ing to order a little before p. IN. He
explained to those present, numbering
about two hundred of the best people
and leading citizens of Wailuku and
Kahului the dual objects of the meet.
ing. On motion of Judge Kalua. Editor
Robertson of the Maui News was call.
ed to the chair. while Attorney Case
Col. John Richardson was appointed
Interpreter.
As soon as the meeting was fully or
ganized. MIR. Keola introduced the fol-
lowing resolution:
- Resolved, That II Is the sense @
@ of this mass meeting that the q.
q. honorable members of the Terri. d:
% torial Senate, and more especial. {:
4: ly Honorables II. p. Baldwin, 5. 9.
+. Il. Kaiue and c. II. DiCkey, mem.
i. bers from the Second Senatorial q"
:. District, be respectfully request. I.
q. ed to vote in favor OF the passage d:
:. of House Bill 1872, re Wireless d:
d: Subsidy Bill, now being consider. :
{. ed in the Territorial Senate; and, 4.
% be II further
q" Resolved, That this mass meet :.
4. ing respectfully request Hon. S. 4.
.. Is. Dole, Governor Of the Terri. {.
:. tory, to sign the said Wireless (.
:. Subsidy Bill after it passes the (.
d" Territorial Legislature. {.
The resolution passed without a dis.
senting voice. all present being most
heartily in accord and in full sympathy
with the provisions of the bill. On
motion of Judge Kalua the following
twenty-five influential citizens of Wal.
luku were appointed by the Chair as
n committee of twenty-five to sign the
resolution, and the secretary ordered
TO forward same to the President Of
the Senate and also Governor of the
Territory: c. d. Lufkin, Jas. n. X.
Keola, G. b. Wells, T. b. Lyons, Rev.
J. Nua, John Kinney, David Crowell,
John W. Kalua, Geo. Weight, w. A.
Mckay, DR.. John Weddick, Frank
Summerfeld T. p. Du Bose, p. T..
Lamar A. Enos, j. II. Raymond, II.
W. Filler, II. b. Weller, J. p. sylvia.
j. X. Kahookele, A. j. Rodrigues, NJ &.
p. Waiwaiole, A. G. Dickins, l.. NJ.
Baldwin. VIM. Saffery.
At . p. m. wireless message was
received from Manager Cross an.
nouncing the passage Of the bill on
second reading in the Senate without
opposition. and the announcement was
received with applause by the large
ASSEMBLY present.
The following resolution was next
introduced. Both Judge Kalua and ar.
]. II. Raymond spoke most eloQuently
In favor OF the adoption of the meas.
ure:
+. Resolved, That committee Of (.
A: FIVE citizens be appointed by the q
: chairman of the meeting with au' @
{. thority to draft resolutions and (:
+: take action looking to free wharf g
and warehouse facilities at Kahu. %
/: lui; That the committee request +:
= the Hawaiian Senate and House o
. to appropriate such an amount as @
/. may be required to construct a .
. public wharf and warehouse at Z:
% Kahului; That, In the event the g
= said Senate and House. or com y
E. mittees appointed thereby, may o
find such legislation inconsistent q
" with their duties in the prem g
(. ises or with the laws of the Ter. e
- rltory, they then proceed to pass g
% resolutions to be forwarded to the g
g President of the United States, Q
' /. with the request that the Federal 4:
f: Government appropriate such sum g.,
- as may be necessary to construct e.:
9 said wharf and warehouse; the &.
@ Government, Territorial or Fed g
o eral, as the case may be, to con. g
{: denim such land as may by them g
o be selected for wharf and ware. d:
@ house purposes; and, further, g
(: that copies of the resolution be Z.
@ prepared by the committee to be :
d. forwarded by them to the Govern g
@ or of this Territory and to our d:
o Delegate in Congress. with the re- 4:
Z: quest that the Governor support 4.
Z: such action as the Legislature :
{: may take, and that our Delegate I:
(: use his influence in this matter "
(: in behalf of Maui, and, If neces- o.:
g sary, that the Delegate proceed "
9 with the matter at Washington, :
@ making 1t an issue Of first consid' 9
9 Grafton.
The resolution passed by a unani
nous vote and in accordance with Its
terms, the chairman appointed the fol
lowing named gentlemen TO act al