Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-08-08
HILO and FLEET

HlLO, Hawaii, Aug. 4.-Since the
failure of Hilo to secure the presence
here of all or any portion of the At
lantic Fleet, II has been suggested
by many that some effort be made to
have a part at least of the Pacific
Fleet sent to this port. or. ut any
rate. within sight of II, during the
stay of nearly three weeks which it
has been announced that the Fleet
will spend in Hawaiian waters In
August or September.
II was also suggested that the COM
mittee appointed to attend to the At
lantic Fleet matter should also retain
their organization and proceed with
the work to he done in connection
with the Pacific Fleet; but inasmuch
as more or less dissatislaC has
been expressed regarding the method
by which the committee was chosen,
and some apparently have felt slight
ed that they We're overlooked in the
naming of its members. and further
bt'dunt Nht i'lN NlluN llts
had no power to act In any other
matter except the one for which they
were specifically appointed, meet
ing was called for last Friday at
Fireman's Hall for the purpose Of de-
Gliding whether any action should be
taken, and of appointing new com
mittee to carry It out.
At the appointed hour there was
an enthusiastic swarm of mosquitoes
in attendance optimistically await
ing the crowds which II was supposed
would gather to carry out the OBJ
jects Of the meeting and effectuaIly
thwart any attempt ON the part OF
Honolulu to pose as the only rendez.
vous of warships in the Territory.
In the course of half an hour about
ten patriotic individuals had gath
cred and decided that Hilo did no,
care whether she had anything her,
IN the way of a feet outside the Mat
son line, the lnter-Island steamers
and the Jap fishing boats. Eventual
ly n few more wandered in and 4
was decided to have a meeting any
how. The gathering was called (,
order by Judge Parsons, who state,
The object of the meeting. Judg,
Parsons was then chosen chairman
of the meeting, and It was move,
that committee be appointed to as
lfapf "A N nphlt, hn
ter, and II there seemed to be reall,
any popular sentiment in favor of tn,
project that the proper steps be TAX
en- to carry it out. Otherwise 1t will
be dropped.
The committee consists of the fol
lowing citizens of Hilo and the neigh
boring country:
c. c. Kennedy, T.. 4. Richards, l.
A. Andrews. Henry Hayes, w. II
Smith, w. II. C. Campbell, Il. y
Holmes. John T. NOR, W. NJ. Keola
nui, Chas. Swain, w. II. Beers, Rev
S. l.. Desha. W. Kamau. G. +. Al
fonso, G. II. Wears. c. T.. Wright
Harry Irwin, j. U. Smith, X. I
Guard, ID. s. Bowman. C. II. Buck
land, Judge Chas. +. Parsons.
Upon general discussion of tn
matter II was considered best {
make application directly to Wash
, inston II anything is done at all, an
1t Is believed from some remark
: made by Secretary Garfield when h
, was here. that lie will use his inilu
ence with the Navy Department I
help us in the matter, No attemp
will probably be made to get NOR
: than three or four vessels here at tn
most, as 1t would be impossible to al
tempt to do anything in the way c
entertainment for IA larger number
or arrange for transportation to tn
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