The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-12-15


legislation enacted at the last session.
citizens, acting through f. M. Hatch.
Esq, have caused n bill to be intro
duced in Congress by our Delegate,
whose object is to remedy the defects
in and remove the cloud from our
County Act; and
Whereas we favor the immediate
establishment of county government.
and believe that prompt action by
Congress will prevent legal complica-
tions and governmental confusion. and
will save money to the taxpayers;
therefore
Resolved by the citizens of Honolulu
we hereby approve the said action of
the Governor, and indorse the bill in
troduced in Congress by our Delegate,
and appearing in the Honolulu news
papers of today.
Resolved, that this resolution be ca
bled to our Delegate and the Presi-
dent.
ASHFORD ALSO HAS ONE.
C. w. Ashford also came up smiling
with another resolution of directly OPP
nosite tenor "t am in favor of ,oca,
control of Ioco, affairs and endorse tho
proposition that local control is not
to be had n'the Congress of the United
States. Congress provided us with the
machinery to carry on our government
and we will be greatly to blame If we
allow this Stewart resolution to be car
ried through. AS far as can ascertain
so far no one knows who sent Mr..
Hatch TO Washington, and any reso-
luton which seeks to represent him
as the agent of the people is not true.
He is the representative only of the
Governor and Attorney General and
one or two more, but not of the Ter
ritory of Hawaii. The delegate is there
to do the business of this Territory and
that mission should go through him"
Mr.. Ashford also said he favored an
immediate appeal to the Supreme Court
put ne thought 1t extremely ill-advised
and d1scourteous, to introduce bill in
congress advocating ratifying the
county act and the election held under
IT, When a contest Is on before the local
supreme Court.
MIR. ASHFORD'S RESOLUTION.
Mr.. Ashford then introduced tho fol-
lowing resolution.
1pho =,
30 ,uo,htSN 49, nos eo'e
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orao,, Co.. 49, " III ss
an act,aa. ~, ulpss - ,ne
in repard n tho ornari1a.,n, oe 60"
c.oyarnmart In lat. 80
wheraas NO doan, suob nronosoa ,or
isIation NV Congress 70 ha n roeaotia,
upon the inte,Iigenoo or our noonI.
their ability 70 aob,ovo thoIr o,,,n AZ
sires and their capacity for local self
government:
Therefore Be 1t Resolved, by the
citizens, voters and taxpayers of Ho-
nolulu in a non-partisan mass meet
Ing assembled: That Mr.. F. NJ. Hatch
does not in any sense represent the
people of this Territory in his said
mission and has no authority to ex-
press their hopes or wishes; that we
earnestly beseech Congress not to en-
act the bill proposed by Mr.. Hatch,
or any other bill in regard to the or
ganlzation and government of coun-
ties in Hawaii, without first giving the
people of Hawaii an opportunity to be
heard thereon; and
Be it Further Resolved: that copie.
of this resolution be cabled to our
Delegate in Congress, the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, and the
President of the Senate.
Mr. Ashford stated thar ~ the Hatch
mission was to be inuorsed then the
proper thing was TO request Congress-
10 DELAY action until the neonIe here
have an opportunitv TO examine into
the bill introduced nv him.
cpoox ms uApp TIME
a. ~; oIooh seco'iueu the resolution
anu saiu that ,he voice OF the people