The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-12-15
TOWN MEETING
SUSTAlNS THE
HATCH MISSION
The Appeal to Congress Having
Been Made Honolulu Shouldn't
Interfere.

denim the Governor. For there is no
more honorable man than F. NJ. Hatch
1, the community and whatever he
will do in Washington, we may be sure
he will safeguard the rights of the
people. We should not bring condem-
nation proceedings against the Gov
ernor. even before he has n chance to
warm the gubernatorial chair. He
may have made an error of judgment.
but it is not for us to condemn. We
are too ready always to condemn, to
squeeze man like an orange and
damn him ever afterwards.
IT am not here as a special pleader
for Governor Carter. He has lots of
friends and no matter how we differ.
/ know there is no more honest or well
meaning man from the Atlantic to the
Pacific and that Governor Carter wants
to do right for the Territory. The
worst thing we can do is to hamper the
administration at this stage. We
want to put our shoulders to the wheel
cast aside all vindictiveness and preju-
dice and work all together as unani-
nous whole for the good of the Terri
tory"
RULES ADOPTED.
Chairman Smith then presented rules
for debate
"a peakers shall stand by their
seats and confine their remarks exclu-
sively to the resolution, noN one to
speak longer than five minutes.
(2) A vote shall be taken on the res
olution not later than $3.50 D. m.
Here Glen Quinn moved to strike the
recommendation of the committee rel
ative to calling special session of the
legislature from the report, but the
chair ruled the motion out of order.
Stewart moved to amend the rules
as five minutes was not long enough for
speaker. c. w. Ashford suggested
that the chairman could take care of
the meeting. A. S. Humphreys moved
that the limit be changed to fifteen
minutes. Lorrin Andrews suggested
that long speeches would be wearisome
and said five minutes ought to be suf-
ficient. Stewart moved to compromise
on ten minutes, each man to speak only
once, and this carried. Ashford's mo-
ton to change the time for a vote to
ten o'clock was carried.
NO INTERPRETER.
Jonah Kumalae moved that the meet
ing appoint an interpreter as there
We're many Hawaiians present.
I'VE are meeting tonight as Ameri-
can citizens said the chairman, '.un-
der the American flag and with one
common language, the English Ian
guage. We are all Americans tonight
there are no Hawaiians and don't be-
lieve there is a Hawaiian here who
cannot understand English"
Kumalae's motion was not put.
j. A. Matthewman moved that the
resolution be adopted and Senator
Dickey seconded.
MIR. THURSTON SPEAKS.
L. A. Thurston moved that the last
amendment relative to a special Ses-
sion of the legislature be rejected. He
said in part: II did not come here es-
pecially to speak, and was not at the
last town meeting. but l do not think
that these resolutions should be adopt
ed without discussion or some eXptes-
sion of opinion. There have been many
statements in the public press and on
the streets the subject matter of which
was the mission to Washington, which
is not mentioned in this report.
fully coincide with the views of the
committee in = leaving out this refer
ence to the mission to Washington.
was and still am opposed to such an
expedition as that of Mr.. Hatch, for
the reasons which We're pretty well
stated at the last public meeting. But
the conditions have changed entirely
from those of week ago. At that
time it was proposed to do something.
Now something has been done. The
matter has been presented before Con-
gress and there are now reasons why
we should not take a stand against it
and present a DIVIDED front to Con-
gress. We must present one united
front and not do as California has been
doing, sending divided delegations to
Although I am opposed
to Mr.. Hatch's going to Washington,
and believe that We are able to take
care of our own local affairs yet the
bill to approve the county act having
been already introduced, / for one be-
lieve that we should leave the matter
alone and not present wrang-
ling front in Congress.
II do not think that those who favor
taking the case before the Supreme
Court for a test. want the county law
knocked out. / did not believe that 1t
was a sound policy to have seven gov
in these islands with a popu-
ation less than that of one ward in
New York City, but the feeling of the
of the people are favorable to
county government and II was ex-
pressed in the conventions of both par
les and by the almost unanimous
voice of the Legislature, and l for one
accept the county law as the one which
will rule in this Territory.
But there Is the uncertainty about
he law, which even the original advo-
'ates of county government admit, and
he interests OF every citizen, every
nan. woman and child in the Territory
ire jeopardized until we know whether
I is law or not until they get an au-
decision of the Supreme
Court.
For this reason the committee has
allied upon the Bar Association for aid.
But when we say. as these resolutions