The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-29

operative Home purchasing society ana
was informed that there was to be
meeting of the shareholders about July
10 for the purpose of talking over the
plan of reorganization and of taking
over the business of the Strauch part
nership. [ went to the meeting. AT
this session a temporary chairman was
elected and various members. including
myself, made remarks. Mr.. Strauch
suggested that, as there seemed to be
a lack of confidence in the present ad-
ministration, it would be we'll to re-
organize on the plan of a. Building and
Loan Association and that the whole
business of the society be turned over
to the new officers to be elected.
This seemed to meet with general
approval and it was voted that a COM
mittee of three be appointed to draw
up a set of rules and regulations for
the new society and that another COM
mittee of three be appointed to investi-
gate the books and report to the assoc
citation. / was appointed member
of the rules committee. A time was
set for the next meeting the following
week and the secretary was instructed
to notify the shareholders of the meet
ing time.
1.-The rules committee had their rules
ready for the next meeting, which was
to be held in Mr.. Strauch's office, but
when the time came there were fifty
present in the little office and there was
so little room that it was decided to
adjourn to meet in larger hall when
ever such a place could be secured.
Waverley hall was secured and the
meeting time set for the eighteenth of
July.
cat this meeting the new bylaws
We're taken up. I suggested that the
first thing that ought to be done was
the reading of the report of the COM
mittee appointed to investigate the
books, as we ought to know what we
were taking over before we took it
over. L called for this report three
times but the chair refused to recog-
| nize my request. Then the society pro-
ceeded to the adoption of the bylaws
and considering that they We're taken
up one at a time and had to be in
terpreted into half a dozen different
languages I think we made very good
progress. AS it got late before all the
rules had been considered it was de-
cided that we adjourn again.
81 was quite late in arriving at the
next meeting and just after my arrival
Tie SCSlCLdly OSSctn W ISdO du dTlICl0
entitled, Manager AS this was not in
the committee report as 1 had signed
it, demanded that the society be told
how it came there. The chairman call
ed on Mr.. Strauch and he said that
| it had been inserted at the request of
a lawyer. When / asked him by whose
authority the lawyer had been en-
ployed he did not answer. At this
heated discussion began and was car
ried on in both English and Hawaiian,
mostly in the latter tongue. After
much talk, in which it was maintained
| by many that as Strauch was already
| manager this reorganization had
brought the society back to its starting
| place, the article was finally adopted.
This gave Strauch unreasonable power.
L then rose and stated that I would
make no more objections but that
wished the secretary to record my vote
| against each of the articles After re-
questing the chair three times to order
| this done I was met by continued re-
fusals. Subsequently all the articles
We're adopted and the meeting adjourn
ed to meet on July 25 for the election of
officers.
"On the 23rd eleven men got together
| without the knowledge of the share
/ holders in general. and elected them
/ selves to eleven offices in the society.
i Some of these men are shareholders and
| some are not. The officers elected by
| this star-ehamber session are: Joseph
A. Akina, president; S. K. Oil, vice
| president; j. ]. Mathews, secretary;
M. w. Tschudi, treasurer; J. K. Kaka-
/ nj, chairman of the board of trustees:
/ S. N. Lul1ua secretary of the trustees:
/ L. K: Sheldon, w. K. Luther. Mr.. Sou
/ "a, Jno. P. Kahahau and w. Kelle.
| trustees. After this filed my protest.