The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-12-01
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the site for postoffice touched every.
one in the community, the federal
building is to contain departments for
the custom house, the judiciary, the
army and navy and other departments
and these were not all represented.
For instance the Judiciary was not
very fully represented.
At this w. r. Castle said that the
whole of the federal judiciary direct
" concerned in the site was there, IN
the person of Judge Dole. Even MT
Spalding joined in the laugh at TINS
retort.
4 p. Cooke in calling the meeting
to order said that the first business
1vas IN consider the federal building
site and that for the information of
+bo Chamber he would read the min
ntes of the Chamber relating to its
att;tude IN the subject. He then read
fror, tho minutes of a meeting held in
March. 1907, at which the Chamber de-
cl;ned tn commit itself either way IN
regard to site.
Mr.. Spalding at once asked II any
instructions had been sent to george
n Mcclellan to take action in the
name of the Chamber protesting
AGAINST the exchange. Chairman Cooke
said he knew of no such instructions
being sent nor did Secretary Wood or
anyone else. 49,. .;o an,
b;s own hooks said Spalding quite
truculently, and it sort OF looked as
though Mcclellan had been over.
zeolons or else long distance mind
reader to have taken up the matter by
way of protest, as he did.
When the Chamber Acted.
Bnt Single asked that the minutes
of .July, 1907, be looked up and 1t was
found that in response to cablegram
from Secretary Cortelyou asking II the
commercial bodies of Honolulu favored
the Mahuka site, the Chamber had
committed itself, the minutes on this
point being as follows:
CATER a general discussion OF the
matter, it was moved by Mr.. Lowrey
and seconded by Mr.. Cooke, that the
Chamber of Commerce cable to Secre'
tarv Cortelyou at Washington in favor
of the Mahuka site; which said motion
was duly carried by "a voting In favor,
there being voting against the pro-
position.
Mcclellan Within His Authority.
"In view of this,'' said Chairman
Cooke. "Mr. Mcclellan was entirely
within his instructions in protesting In
the name of the chamber against the
exchange"
Just how Mr. Mcclellan had protest
ed was explained in the statement OF
the whole matter made by III. Il. Cooper
at the invitation of Chairman Cooke,
yery soon after the meeting was called
to order.
Mr. Cooper's Statement.
uI do not propose to discuss the com
narrative merits of the two Sites" be-
gan Mr.. Cooper. 81 was in favor OF
the Palace Square site Mr.. Cooper con
stantly spoke of it as the Palace
Square site, never as the Irwin sitel
before | became Mr.. Irwin 8 attorney
in the matter. Before leaving Honolulu
for Washington | discussed the matter
with Governor Frear. He said that he
had always preferred the Palace Square
site and would favor any effort to
secure it. He wrote letter to the de-
partment to that effect, which letter
preceded me. 1.-THE Gore site was also
on Palace Square.-Ed.
son arriving at Washington | went
to see Secretary Winthrop October %.
He expressed himself as very much dis
appointed at the selection made by Mr.
Taylor, as the building was designed
to be a general Federal building, to
contain the postoffice, the custom house,
rooms for the judiciary and for the
army and navy and all that sort or
thing. The policy of the department,
he said, was in favor of grouping pub
lie buildings about the civic center OF
cities where they were located, and
against scattering such buildings
through the business portion of the com
munities where they WERE For this
reason he had always favored Palace
Square.
81 asked him what the attitude OF
the department would be if the Palace
SQUARE site were still available. He
replied that the department would be
glad to accept it. L then telegraphed
to Mr.. Irwin in New York asking him
to come to Washington. He could not
at that time, but authorized me to sub
nit a proposition to the department, a
proposition that / had previously drawn
up. g.
"This proposition dealt with the
area, location, streets and so forth. Sec
rotary Winthrop was very much pleased
with it. / asked him if the appropria-
ton for the building would be endan-
gered in any way and he assured me
that it would not, the appropriation
not being limited by the expiration of
fiscal years or anything of that sort,
but was good until used.
az then telegraphed Mr.. Irwin ask
ing him to come to Washington. In
the meanwhile l had called on Secre-
tary Garfield on another matter, and
he asked me how was getting along
with the Federal building site matter.
He expressed regret that the Mahuka
site had been chosen, and not the Pal
ace Square site. In the meanwhile /
had another conference with Secretary
Winthrop ON Saturday, November o.
He told me that someone claiming to
represent the Chamber of Commerce
had come to him and protested in the
name of the chamber against the ex-
change. Secretary Winthrop did not
tnnw xrbo II was hut from his degcriD.