Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-10-18
70 TEMPT FLEET HERE
PROMOTION COMMITTEEMAN
TO SEE ADMIRAL TRAIN
COPY FOR NEW FOLDER ON HA.
WAIl is APPROVED LOOK
ING INTO STEAMSHIP
STORY.

The text for the Hawaii Promotion |
new folder on Hawaii was
gone over yesterday afternoon at a
meeting of the Committee, J. A. Nc
Candless, Fred Smith, L. |. Spalding
and J. A. NJ. Johnson being present.
MIR. Spalding had taken an hour in the
morning to look the manuscript over
and had marked out about 1000 words
to make room for brief historical
sketch of the Islands. The copy was
approved chiefly as Spalding had edited
II.
Spalding was voted the thanks Of the
Committee for going over the dope"
and McCandless remarked that Spald.
ing had done the job very conscien
tiously. The banker was modest abou,
II and declared that he had found II
difficult to cut out any of the descrip'
tive material He looked appreciative.
ly at Boyd and the latter blushed,
One little argument was had over the
relative merits of the words "equable'
ness" and "equability." Boyd had IL
"equableness." in reference TO Hawaii
weather, and Spaldinc suggested "equa.
bility" Boyd won out with his equa'
hlenessness There was no copy Of the
stuff for the press to peruse and mem
Der expressed the wish that the details
Of discussion as to what was to be left
out and what was to 90 In should be
kept out of public print, but the wish
had more to 10 with the elimination
of what each member had to say than
with what was said, as separated from
the gentlemen who said II.
Boyd had declared in his sCreed that
there were no poisonous insect in Ha'
wall This went under the blue.pencil,
for It was thought that centipedes,
scorpions, yellow.jackets and mosqui'
toes were poisonous insects and IL
would hardly be fair to ignore them.
Mud plasters were informally recon-.
mended for insect bites when the bite,
were received out Of the ready reach
Of drug stores and other regular relic.
stations.
After the copy was read II was found
that the wireless telegraph system had
been left out Of the write.up. II was
voted. by all means, to insert some
wireless text The telephone system
was also voted In, the Rapid Transit
likewise.
The subject Of newspaper reports OF
the new steamship line from Portland
to San Francisco and Honolulu and
back TO Portland was brought up. the
Secretary suggesting that the matter
be looked into with a view to asCer
tanning what truth there might be In
the statement Of plans. It was moi
thought worth while to hold back the
publication of the new folder merely
for the mention therein of the proposed
steamship service. Boyd said the Ham
burg. American people were back of the
scheme, they we're not in the bushes!
only for money, but for increasing thu
German merchant marine.
The secretary announced that II. p
Wood, the new secretary, would arriv'
! today from San Diego in the Sonoma
; On the suggestion Of ]. A. NJ. John
son, who goes to the Orient today, A
Gartley was elected vice.chairman
since Chairman J. A. McCandless goe
to the Coast on the eth and 1t wa
necessary to have some one to conduc
the meetings of the Committee durin
his absence.
The Secretary handed J. A. NJ. John
son letters of introduction to the TO
lowing: W. Porter Boyd, L. 5. Vic
Consul at Shanghai; Thomas Mckay
ut Yokohama; b. Griggs Holt fOrmerl
of Honolulu. chief CIerk of the 7. NJ
S. S. Co. at Hongkong; Lieut.-Con,
mander Roger Welles, of the L, 5. bat
tleship Ohio, though whom he hope
to be introduced to Rear.Admiral Trail
of the AsiatiC fleet, and others.
Mr.. Johnson said he would do all Il
his power, while flooding the Orien
with National Cash Registers, to pre-
mote interest In Hawaii. He will ell
deavor to see Rear.Admiral Train an
induce him to let few vessels of tn
fleet visit Honolulu this winter. Tn
Ohio may go to San Francisco for a
overhauling, passing this way,
bunch of cruisers might accompany he
this far, stay awhile and then retur
to the AsiatiC station,
Messrs. McCandless, Smith, Spaldin
and Boyd all Clipped in and raise
fifty cents for johnson to spend o
riotous living or in inducing Train
bring few ships here. johnson wa
deeply affected by the donation and wa
at loss to properly express his thank