The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-12-26
DELEGATION
SATISFIES


. the Joint meetiue OF the trustees .
y uf the chamber ~ Commerce. .
= ana the directors Of the Mcf-
= chants Association OF Honolulu, y
= held IN the 18th day of Deccm- y
= Der 1906. TO submit the names =
= Of nj least three gentlemen to be y
n sent to Washington by the
4 Chamber of Commerce and the
4 Merchants Association of Hoo =
= nolulu. Jointly. and to communi- =
n cate with the other islands, call =
4 ing attention to the rccom- y
y mendations OF Mr.. Hatch. and 4
4 TO report to a Joint meeting OF =
4 both bodies" begs leave to re- y
4 port as follows; 4
X Communications have been 4
r forwarded to the Island of Kau- 4
X AT. and To commercial bodies on y
X the Islands Of Hawaii and Maui 4
X with "A request that the result OF y
X any action they may take be 4
X sent to this committee by wire 4
X less. "
X We recommend that n delega- 4
X ton OF five gentlemen be sent TO 4
\ Washington by the two bodies y
X Jointly, to urge the passage by y
X Congress of a bill to carry out y
X the recommendation of Presi- y
X dent Roosevelt, that seventy y
y five per cent. of the Federal \
X revenues in Hawaii be set apart \
X for use in such Territory. and \
X that such delegation be as fol- y
X lows: y
X w. o. SMITH, y
X NJ. p. ROBINSON, y
* G.. w. SMITH. y
f. A. McINERNY, y
X j. r. GAIT. \
X We further recommend that y
* the delegation be authorized to y
y select and appoint press agent, \
X who shall also act as secretary, \
X and that the joint bodies ar \
X range to meet the drafts for ex-
y penses of the delegation not to \
X exceed Ten Thousand Dollars y
X (S1O,OOO.OO). !
Xxx r 4
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X II II 4
With the adoption of the above re
port presented by the Subcommittee
of the two mercantile organizations O
Honolulu at a special meeting hel,
yesterday afternoon, the Chamber o
Commerce and the Merchants Associa
ton have prepared the way for a dele
cation to go on to Washington to d.
missionary work in Congress.
The special meeting was preside,
over by George w. Smith, presiden
of the Merchants Association. with j
r. Gait as secretary. There were ais
present, ]. f. Lowrey, president of tn
Chamber of Commerce, j. G. Spencer
A. CARVE, l.. Tenney Peck, Robert Cat
ton, e. II. Wodehouse, w. w. Hall, w
w. Harris r. Fl. Trent, Mr.. Reidford
G. p. Wilder, S. G. Wilder, E.
Brown j. A. Kennedy, Jas. Wakefield
III. A. Parmelee, E. H. Paris j. A. NJ
johnson, j. f, Morgan, w. Hopper, i
w. Macfarlane, w. LAM.
Chairman Smith, in opening tn
meeting, said the two organization
were called together to hear the re
port of the subcommittee, and the re
port handed in by w. w. Harris, wa
read by secretary Gait.
On motion of A. Garvie, seconded b.
Mr.. Hopper, the report was adopted.
Mr.. Cation asked whether the dele
gates from the other islands had an.
provision for financing their expenses
The chair replied that it was suppose'
the other island delegations would ar
range their own finances. Mr.. Harri
added that he believed he had mad
this plan in his letters to organization
on the other islands.
A wireless telegram had been receiv
ed from C. A. Rice of Kauai statini
that the planters company were hold
ing a meeting and another wireless
telling of the result was expected an,
time.
A wireless from Mr.. Lufkin of Wal
luku, Maui, asked for full information
concerning what was expected of theil
delegate the time to be consumed OF
the journey and at Washington, anC
finances. He wished this informa tior
to go by letter on last nights Claudine
Mr.. Harris complied with the request
The chair, after the report wa!
adopted suggested that the next thing
In order was the raising of the neces
sary funds to pay the expenses of the
delegation. Mr.. Lowrey moved tina
this matter be left to the finance com
mittees of the two organizations. The
motion was passed.
The chairman announced that the
delegation would probably leave fol
Washington on January 10.
Add Lobby fix yfat
CASE FOR MAUI.
Dan. II. Case, county attorney fol
Maui, received a wireless telegram
yesterday morning that he mad beer
selected as Maufs delegate to ac-
company the delegation from Oahu &c
the National capital. Mr.. Case states
that he will be unable to accept.