The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-30
NJ BRIDE TELLS
ALL ABOUT It
Says He Was Acting for the
Best and Spending His
Own Money.

Acting Governor Mott-Smith yester-
day received a letter from Claudius
II. Mcbride, the Governors private
secretary, by the Alameda In this
Mcbride goes at some length into a
defense of his acts in the matter Of
fleet entertainment.
With the exception of the first para
graph which is withheld at the request
of Mr.. Mott-smith the letter is as fol-
lows:
| To E A Mott-Smith.
| Dear Sir:
(a) That during the time l was in
San Francisco getting suggestions for
| the fleet entertainment in Hawaii, I
was permanent secretary of the Execu-
tive Committee of Hawaii in charge
of feet matters in the Islands;
OBJ That during said time / was pri-
vate secretary to the Governor of Ha-
wall. and. in a measure, his personal
representative at San Francisco;
(c) That / was the only one from
Hawaii with any authority to get the
suggestions in question, and was also
the only one who seemed to be public
spirited enough to spend his own time
and money in getting the suggestions
in question:
(d) That 1 was the only representa-
tive from the Islands who was in close
touch with the way fleet matters were
being conducted at San Franchises;
(e) That I did not make, nor have
made, any arrangements of any sort
concerning the entertainment of the
fleet to be given in the Islands; that
have in no way hampered or embar-
raised the work of the committee of
which 1 was secretary. The most and
all that I did was to make suggestions
to my committee. These suggestions
the committee saw fit to turn down,
I took no further action of
any sort. Moreover, what I have done
here in connection with fleet matters |
has been done, as / thought, for the |
interest of the committee whichsI rep |
resented.
AS far as cabling for carte blanche |
is concerned, this on its face |
shows that 1 was deferring making |
for the committee, until |
I received such authority-it was a
for authority and nothing
else, and the authority not forthcom-
ing, / made no arrangements.
I have spent considerable money
Of my own in connection with get
ting the suggestions referred to,
which will probably not be returned
to me. I feel, however, that it
should be, for feel that anyone should
be reimbursed their actual just and
proper expenses for doing things in
good faith.
Moreover, Mr.. James F. Morgan,
who arrived in San Francisco the other
lay, after a long conversation with
ne, stated emphatically that he could
see from my letters, etc, that 1 had
lone nothing out of the way whatever,
out that, on the contrary, if he had
oeen there, he would have acted in the
same way, and if he had been here
while 1 was there, would have approv
I'd my actions, with the possible ex
,eption that the cablegram l sent to
he Star was unfortunately worded,
md on that account was not under
stood.
While the reorganized Executive
Committee have seen fit to displace me
Is secretary, I can only say that for
he time I was secretary Of the COM
nittee l acted as I thought for the
pest interests of that committee, and
I'm still ready and willing to do what
yer 1 can to make the entertainment
# our fleet a success in the Islands,
whether I am connected with the COM
nittee or not.
Respectfully.
G. H. MBRIDE.