The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-12-08
NO MEETING
OF SUPERVISORS

The meeting of Supervisors which
was to have been held yesterday was
put off because the committee appoint-
ed at the last caucus were not ready
| to report.
No regular meeting of the Board of
supervisors will be held until Janu-
airy 4th. The December meeting re-
ferred to in the county act Is evidently
not contemplated until there is an old
Board of Supervisors in existence. An
other meeting will be held the latter
part of this week.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
eminent either city, county or Ter
| ritorial after the first of the year, as
the appropriations expire then. For
the first six months the counties will
nave to live on credit and I don't
know where We will get the credit
under present conditions. have
heard all this criticism of Mr.. Hatch's
mission but not one remedy has been
offered. If Congress doesn't approve
of Hatch's mission the Territory will
be without government for a year.
session of the legislature would cost
100000. I move that it is the sense
OF the meeting that the action of the
merchants in sending Mr.. Hatch to
Washington be approved"
DON'T WANT RESOLUTIONS.
Chairman Smith suggested that the
object of the meeting was not to pass
resolutions but only for discussion.
Captain Kidwell inquired of Andrews
If it wasn't a fact that even Congress
sional acts had been knocked out by
the Supreme Court of the United
States.
Andrews replied that Congress had
simply been asked to remove certain
restrictions in the Organic Act.
f. w. Macfarlane said that no mo-
tons were contemplated in the call
for the meeting, and that it was sim
ply for discussion He said that it
was out of order to bring motions be-
fore the house.
Ed. Towse said he did not believe the
people We're satisfied to come to a
meeting and go home without deter
mining what should be done.
Mr.. Humphreys said that the meet
ing did not belong to the Merchants
Association, but to the citizens of Ho-
nolulu and they could pass resolutions
If they pleased.
Moroff, socialist, got up to talk but
the crowd wouldn't stand for the in
terruption.
Geo. B. Mcclellan moved that as
many of the citizens had gone home,
a vote now would not be representa-
tive. He moved for postponement I'M
til Thursday, a committee of five to
be appointed in the meantime to draw
up resolutions then to be acted upon.
Mr.. Matthewman accepted the amend
ment.
c. w. Ashford supported the motion.
He favored keeping away from. Con-
gress, 1t was not good showing for
the people. Besides the mission of
Mr.. Hatch had been surrounded with
too much mystery. He opposed the
hole in the corner methods of the past
twenty years, by which a clique met
In the back office of Castle & Cookies
and made all the nominations. Shouts
Of 'sit down." and stamping of feet
greeted this EFFORT. Ashford persisted
and asked for ruling. The chair
,an restored order by talking himself
IN favor of postponement.
w. c. Achi said he wasn't prepared
% vote. A. L. c. Atkinson moved to
adjourn. The motion was killed over
Mcclellan said there
was no possible hope OF action by
and a postponement should
De taken. w. w. Harris said that
be meeting was not called to consider
he Hatch- mission but the county act
md that motions were out OF order.
The discussion ended by Mr.. Smith
'utting the amended Matthewman res
'lution to vote. and adjournment was
AIKEN until Thursday evening. The
hair was empowered to appoint
Of five to draw up resolu-
Ions. He win name the men on the
ommittee today.
Adjournment was taken at eleven
clock