The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-06
DR.. SCUODER
On MOHONk
Tells OF Work Done
There for These
Islands.

| Rev. Doremus E. Scudder, of the
! Hawaiian Board of Missions. return
ed yesterday on the Korea from a very
strenuous trip TO the mainland. He
had been gone a little over three
months and when found at his desk
at the board rooms was in the midst
Of a mass of mail that had apparently
| engaged his attention all the after
noon.
The doctor spoke very enthusiastic
| caIly of his trip and of the good that
| the promotion work is doing in San
| Francisco, the Coast and the East. He
| said that the friends of Hawaii were
| multiplying rapidly and that many
who had previously not interested
themselves in the islands had many
| questions to ask him and others from
| this Territory.
| The Mohonk Conference found quite
a few representatives present from
| Hawaii and the plank in the confer
ence platform with reference to the
| non-integral sections of the United
States. Alaska, Porto Rico. the Philip
pines, Hawaii. etc, was drafted for the
express benefit Of Hawaii. although
no mention is made of this Territory
in the plank.
HAWAIIS PLANK.
Dr. Scudder was the representative
of Hawaii on the Platform Committee
of the Conference and When the plank
was first drafted there was opposition
to it. Ordinarily opposition kills. for
the platforms of the conference must
be adopted. if at all, by a unanimous
vote, thereby giving much more
weight to the expression of opinion
than if in any sense radical. Friends
of Hawaii, however, made representa-
tons which finally induced the COM
mittee TO report the plank and ii pass
ed the conference. The pl34.k did not
call for legislation by Congress to per-
nit the admission of Chinese laborers
to Hawaii only, there being strong men
in the conference who would have
fought such a plank and prevented its !
adoption. But the way the plank final !
Iy went in was that it was the opin-
ion of those present at the conference
that Congress should pay more heed /
to the opinions of the people of the /
non-integraI portions of the American /
Empire and those well posted on /
local conditions therein whenever /
framing legislation for such territory
relating to taxation or immigration
There was opposition to the specific
terms taxation and immigration, as
being against the precedents and ira
ditions of the conference to be specific,
but it was here that the friends Of
Hawaii came in and urged the inser-
ton or rather the retention OF these
specific terms. stating that great as
sistance would thus be given the dele
gate
WHAT MOHONK IS
There were some four hundred in
vited guests present at the confer
ence, composing experts in all lines
of work, men who are well known To-
cally and many of them nationally In
addition there We're many guests of
the hotel who paid the regular hotel
rates in order to attend the sessions of
the conference.
Tell US, what is this Mohonk Con-
ference?" queried the reporter The
Conference said the Doctor,
lis an outgrowth of the establishment
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and an adjoining lake by two Philadel-
phia Quakers OF great wealth. Just
how many years ago, I have forgotten,
but 1 am sure it was more than TWEEN
~. two wealthy Philadelphia gentle ,
men by the name of Smiley bought q |
great reservation on these two lakes
and erected near each of them a mag
1iicent hotel equipped with all the
OF summer resort. They
were told by the knowing ones that /
The plan would be a failure. But they /
have spent vast sums in improving {
he property until now Mohonk hotel | ]
s undoubtedly the most attractive and 5
1nest appointed summer resort in the I
world and annually attracts thousands
# the wealthy class who desire alb
olute rest and quiet.
HOTEL FREE TO MEMBERS.
Not a drop Of liquor is allowed on :
be reservation and this, too, was &
ooh-poohed by the wise ones, who :
aid the wealthy, the desirable patrons n
{ such a resort, would not come unless I
hey could have their liquor. But the
makers proved themselves better busl- :
ess men than their critics. They r
ave simply coined money. Every :.
hing they have touched has simply =.
Irned into money. The hotel opens in Il
Il spring and closes in the fall After ?,
le hotel is officially closed the man II
cement entertain prominent men in
ted there for that purpose from all h
yer the country for the purpose Of
scussing matters of interest 10 the II
merican people. College presidents, 81
,ecialists Of renown in all walks OF
e. including scientists. ministers. n
etc. These people pay y
cir fare 10 the hotel, but then become -
= guests Of the Smileys and are en-
rtained royalty from Tuesday until /
-iday night. and leave Saturday Il
THE SPRING CONFERENCE.
Originally the fall conference con-