The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-11
Gov. Garter On
Band Difficulty
Continued from Page one)

| thought necessary to send all tn
| money from here. and therefore, WheT
| Mr.. Morgan left the Coast he placed or
! deposit $4,000, leaving over $4,000 here
With the advent of cold weather il
| San Francisco there was a likelihood
| of there being need for the use of the
balance among the people there. There
| is a great deal of suffering in the hos
| pitfalls and these Institutions are de
pendant upon relief funds to continue
their good work.
Mr.. Swanzy agreed with Mr. Peck s
statement of the situation. The fund
was subscribed for a particular pur-
pose and he did not think that any
other use could properly be made of
it, unless the relief committee in San
Francisco declared they no longer had
any need of these funds and the do
nors were satisfied to have them used
for another purpose.
Mr.. Swanzy said that hundreds nf
thousands of dollars of donated mon
eys for relief in San Francisco sub
scribed all over the country had not
been forwarded to San Francisco and
may never reach there. Should they
want any of these hundreds of thou
sands the San Franciscans might also
want Hawaii's little $4,000.
1T seems to me if the money is not
needed for the destitute of San Fran
cisco seven months after the fire. no
better use could be made of these funds
than to bring these Hawaiian bands
men back here" said Mr.. swanzy
IF a cable We're sent to San Fran
cisco to ascertain if the general COM
mfttee would release this fund, Or at
least, about $1,000, it would straighten
the matter out. Otherwise you would
have to go to the donors to ascertain
their views. An advertisement might
be put in the papers asking the donors
to express their wishes in this regard.
[ don't think, of course, that the donors
would have the slightest objection to
having the fund used for this purpose.
1T was a mistake to allow these
men to go away in the irresponsible
care Of a man like Cohen. At the time
the band went the Supervisors address,
ed a letter to the Chamber of Com
merce concerning the proposed trip,
and in this room it was stated that it
was desira BILE to have a guarantee from
Mr.. Cohen that the boys should be re-
present that they should not allow the
band to go away without getting such
guarantee. 1 believe Mr.. Cohen came
out in a letter in the newspapers ex-
pressing his indignation at his beins
compelled to put up a guarantee.
The boys are stranded and are not
going to be brought back by Cohen.
The Supervisors say they could not re-
quire a guarantee for the band. That
may be all right, but would like very
much to know if the uniforms and in
struments were guaranteed to be re-
turned here What guarantee is there
that the instruments will ever be
brought back here? The band should
be brought back here as distressed Ha-
waiians.
This community is to look upon these
bandboys as a deluded people guided
by the golden promises of Mr.. Cohen.
They have gone up against whole lot
of difficulties with Mr.. Cohen"
Chairman Smith of the Board Of Su-
pervisors answered some of Mr..
Swanzy's questions. He said five men
here put up $500 each to start a fund for
Cohen to take the band away. These
men are morally responsible for the
return of the band. AS to the uni
forms and instruments, they We're the
of the United States govern
ment. Permission was asked of Col.
Jones. commanding the First Regiment,
n. G. H, for their use and he holds
4 bond for their return. The band
was dropped out of the Territorial list
IF beneficiaries, and the Governor,
wishing to see the band perpetuated,
asked the County Of Oahu to employ it.
The county did so. The bandsmen
we're not, strictly speaking, the EN-, |
oIoyes Of the government.
Mr.. Peek thought that if the Off |
Gals of the Territory could travel on |
he army transports the bandsmen, who |
are militiamen in that they are a por
ton of the n. G. H. and therefore a |
part and parcel of the Federal army |
could get authorization to |
.ravel on a transport from San Fran
cisco here.
Mr.. Gait finally moved that the mat
er be Strengthened out by sending a
,ablegram to San Francisco as above
stated.
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
A meeting of the directors of the
Merchants Associa ton was also held
n the forenoon, those present being
Chairman George w. Smith, Secretary
9 H. Paris. G. j Waller, James Wake
ield, A Gartley and r. Cation.
Mr. Smith stated that it was beyond
Ae power of the Board Of Supervisors
o issue a warrant for money to bring
he band home. Mr.. Paris saw no
eason why the San Francisco relief
und should not be applied to this
A motion was presented by Mr.. Paris
hat the fund be devoted to bringing
he band home This was passed.