The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1903-12-12
STEWART RESOLUTION.

citizens, acting through F. NJ. Hatch,
Esq, have caused a 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
therefore
Resolved, by the citizens of Honolulu
in a non-partisan mass meeting, that
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.
with another resolution of directly op-
posite tenor. II am in favor of local
control of local affairs and endorse the
proposition that local control is not
to be had in 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
but he thought it extremely ill-advised
and discourteous, to introduce a bill in
Congress advocating ratifying the
county act and the election held under
it, when a contest is on before the local
Supreme Court.
MR.. ASHFORD'S RESOLUTION.
Mr.. Ashford then introduced the fol-
lowing resolution:
Whereas, Mr.. F. M. Hatch has gone
to Washington at the behest of few
citizens, whose identity is held in Sc
crecy, for the purpose of securing the
enactment by Congress of legislation
| in regard to the organization of County
| Government in Hawaii; and
! Whereas, We deem such proposed leg
| islation by Congress to be a reflection
upon the intelligence of our people,
| their ability to achieve their own de-
| sires and their capacity for local self
| government:
Therefore Be it Resolved, by the
citizens, voters and taxpayers of Ho-
/ nolulu in a non-partisan mass meet
ing assembled: That Mr.. +. M. 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
ganization 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 copies
of this resolution be cabled to oul
Delegate in Congress, the Speaker o.
the House of Representatives, and the
President of the Senate.
Mr.. Ashford stated that if the Hatct
mission was to be indorsed then the
proper thing was to request Congress
to delay action until the people her.
have an opportunity to examine int
the bill introduced by him.
Ii CROOK HAS HARD TIME.
/ a. H. Crook seconded the resolutio
and said that the voice of the peopl
: had not been heard, and he wanted t
be heard on the question. No on
5 knows who sent Mr.. Hatch to Wash
3 ington. He went to San Francisco w
3 are told, and then to Washington
: sound influential friends in Congress
t and the next thing we get telephone
I mean telegram, no cable sayin
d he had introduced"
g -.I rise to a point of order" sal
Senator Achi, suiting the action
s the word.
S .'Sit down." said the crowd.
e Achi kept on rising but the crow
IT made so much noise that he couldn
% be heard.
d "Sit down. shouted Crook.
Il won't" said Achi, still standing.
e 'What<kind of point of order is it
n shouted George Markham.
lie He is not speaking on the resoluti,
s. before the house. Achi finally ma
lie aged to say.
ar Charlie Achi is out of order,' rul
De George Markham.
1e At this point High Sheriff Brown a
it Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth took nc
ic of Markham and he calmed down u
1e der their influence.
as THE POINT OF ORDER.
'e Achi then got the attention of t
. chairman and stated that the speak
~ could not talk on the Ashford resol
ton until the committee report
been rejected.
', ..If ba diprasSaS TOO far 7 will r.