The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-08
THE LAWYERS
ACQU|ESCE
Pan2acific Proposal Be-
lore Hawaiian Bar
Association.

Inc suggestion OF the SIOVernOr 1oi
the approval by the Bar Association OF
the project to hold a Panpacific Con-
sular Congress here during the present
year did not meet with the hearty ap-
prevail of Senator Smith nor Mr.. Derby
but there was friendly feeling among
other members of the Bar Associa-
ton, which body held meeting for the
consideration of request by the Gov
| ernar yesterday afternoon.
| There were present Messrs.. Stanley,
Anderson, Smith, Breckons, Robertson
Hemenway, Thayer. Holmes, Clemens.
Derby, Marx, Harrison, W. r. Castle
Mead, G.. F. Peterson, Warren and
| Rawlins. On motion the reading of the
minutes of the previous meeting was
dispensed with.
The secretary announced the receipt
of an acknowledgment from F. NJ.
Hatch of the resolution relating to ap-
peals, and a letter from Clerk McKin,
ley containing the same information.
Mr.. Hatch stated that he had presented
the resolutions to the Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court.
The chairman here announced that
the particular object of this meeting
was the consideration of a request from
the Governor that the association adopt
suitable resolutions encouraging a Con-
sular Congress here. The secretary
then read the following communication:
January 2, 1907.
Bar Association of Hawaii, Honolulu.
Gentlemen: Enclosed you will find
statement of project for the holding
of Consular Convention at Honolulu
in 1907.
The committee in charge of this mat
ter desires to secure for Secretary of
State Root as wide an expression of
opinion as possible, and would be
pleased to have you communicate di-
rect with him at an early date, either
by a letter signed by the officers of
your organization or by the passage of
a resolution expressing your senti-
ments in reference to the plan.
Also, in order to save time, if you
approve of the plan, the committee
would suggest that you appeal to Con-
gress for suitable appropriation by a
resolution directed to our Delegate,
Honorable J. K. KaIanianaole Very
sincerely yours,
PANPACIFIC CONSULAR CONvEN- |
TION COMMITTEE.
G. r. CARTER,
Chairman.
E. H. PARIS,
Secretary.
The chair said he thought it highly |
proper for the association to comply |
with the request and to adopt resolu-
lions accordingly
w. o. Smith said he was heartily in
favor of the movement and hoped 1t
could be carried out, but he failed to
see wherein the Bar Association, as |
body, was concerned. He thought the
duties of it were on other lines, and |
such measures were for action by mer-
camille bodies.
w. r. Castle took the opposite view
and said he believed the request was
germane to the duties of the associa-
ton. Asked for the resolution, and the
chair replied that he did not think 1t
was his business to prepare resolutions
before getting the opinion of the MEM
bers.
Mr.. Anderson then read the follow
ing:
OF A PANPACIFIC CON-
SULAR CONVENTION.
The Joint committee of the Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce and the Mer-
chants Association of Honolulu, in
conjunction with the Governor, as it's
desires to present the follow,
ing outlines of a proposal for a meet
tn he hnl1 tn. J,,1, 1n
year 1907 of representatives from every
American consulate situated at any
port tributary to the Pacific Ocean:
PLAN.
The year 1907 is favorable in that it is
not presidential election year. Public
attention has been very widely attract
ed to our external commerce by Sec
rotary Roots remarkable trip of six
teen thousand miles around the whole
South American continent and his
many public utterances and speeches
made since his return, by which he has
to stimulate Americas for
eign trade
The dirt has begun to fly on the Pa
mama Canal and that great enterprise
has become certainty. Every manu-
sacturer in the United States thus has
his attention called to the possibilities
Of the trade which is tributary to the
Pacific Ocean. It's completion, as Con- ,
gressman knight of California has i
stated, will cause consignments from
factories located on the Mississippi
River and it's tributaries to be sent {
o ports now unknown to such manufac- s
urers.
Locally, the first steamer has already I
g ,,.S
If the Tehuantepec Railroad, which is F.,
1nly one of a number of instances
which we have already seen of the {
'apid expansion of not only our own
but of that which passes our +
ioors. II
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