The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-09-21
MAXIMUM
DELEGATION

Upon beautifully engraved letter
head of the Trans. Mississippi CONNER
cial Congress, with headquarters this
year ut Kansas City, Governor Carter
has received the following invitation
to attend the coming session of that
body along with twenty delegates from
Hawaii whom he is authorized to ap-
points
September 4, 1906.
Hon. Geo. r. Carter, Governor, Honolu
lu, Hawaii.
Nv Dear Sir. Enclosed herewith
please find copy of the official call for
the 18th annual session of the Trans
Mississippi Commercial Congress which
will meet in Kansas City, November
1923, inclusive.
You are authorized to appoint &c
delegates to represent Hawaii and
may add that the Executive Commit
tee is especially anxious that you
should attend the Congress in person, if
at all consistent with your other public
engagements and official duties, and
participate in the discussion of impor-
tant questions which will be considered
at this year s session.
Secretary A. +. Francis of Denver
has established headquarters for the
Congress at lila Grand Avenue, this
city. and will promptly furnish any de-
sired information.
'rhe commercial bodies of Kansas
City have organized local committee
on arrangements for the purpose of do
ing what is necessary in preparing for
the comfort and entertainment of the
city visitors on that occasion.
Yours respectfully,
FRED. w. FLEMING,
Chairman Executive Committee.
Hawaii receives rare compliment in
being allowed the maximum delegation,
the first rule under the head of repre-
sentation in the official call being thus:
''The governor of each state and terri
tory may appoint ten delegates and not
more than twenty delegates
Governors are among the ex officio
members with all the privileges of dele
gates except voting.
Each county may appoint one dele
gate through it's executive officer.
Each business organization one
delegate and one additional delegate
for every fifty members, provided, how
ever, that no such organization shall
have more than ten delegates"
A "free forum for the western coun-
try" is declared as the aim of the
congress, the executive committee say
ing it "would be pleased to receive
suggestions from any commercial, in
dustrial or maritime association in ref
erence to subjects to be discussed; or
from any governor, mayor or citizen
of the rans-Mississippi states" The
right is reserved to exclude any sub
ject political in it's nature.
In the catalogue of subjects in the
call some have relation to the reclama-
ton act. 1t will be remembered that
Governor Carter, in previous mail,
received letter from Mr.. Newell, chief
engineer of the Reclamation Service,
suggesting steps that might be taken
for bringing Hawaii within benefit of
the act.
Among questions mentioned, besides
the leading ones OF Importance to the
trans Mississippi mainland, there are
several in which Hawaii might find
more or less of its own interest, either
general or special-in other words, for
gaining useful information or for plac
ing the Territory in line to give its
needs common cause with those of the
great and potential West. For ex-
ample: Harbor Improvement, :"
Merchant Marine,'' "Oriental
Trade" Irrigation" Forestry
and Drainage of Public Lands
And, since the miscellaneous list of
questions contains the item "Alaslsa, I"
if Hawaii is going to accept the cordial
invitation rendered why not accompany
the acceptance with request that
Hawaii" be also topic of discussion
in the Trans Mississippi Congress9