The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-23

Captain Kidwell, st. c. Sayres, Judge
Weaver, /. NJ. Cox, Alex Lyle, W, NJ.
Graham, A. Gartley, A. RobinsoIf J.
P. Cooke, DR.. Mcdonald, James A.
Rath, Jack Lucas, L. A. Thurston, DIR.
Augur, George c. Beckley, Fl. Along,
C. A. Long, w. FL. Bromley, Rev #. S.
Scudder, Mort Dat, G. c. Won Hamm,
W. c. Weldon, George G. Potter, w.
W. Hall, J. NJ. Little, c. Frazier, Ros-
eoe Perkins, A. B. ingalls,, G. J. Waller.
and c. Harvey Elder Besides these
there were at least seventy others, rep
resentative men of the community.
Governor Frear's Presentation.
Governor Frear was called by the
chairman AS the opening speaker. The
Governor prefaced his arguments in
favor of the passage of the held-up
Kuhio bill by reviewing briefly the
history of the measure, the work that
had been done to bring it to a point
where its passage was assured and the
modification occasioned the Delegate
by the sudden change of front on the
part of the Honolulu commercial
bodies. He referred to the attitude in
Washington in regard to the bill and
related a conversation he had had with
Senator Perkins concerning it.
"Senator Perkins told me that he
was opposed to the bill on principle, -
said the Governor, ''but he was not
on that account opposed to any other
of the measures advocated by Hawaii.
He promised readily to introduce the
bill extending the reclamation service
to Hawaii, and promised to otherwise
assist us. If we are never going to
urge a bill in Congress because some
one is opposed to it in Congress, we
must be prepared never to ask Con-
gress for anything. No matter what
is proposed, someone will be found in
opposition.
eff we are to always consider the
opinions of those opposed, how about
the opinions of our friends. What will
be the effect on them? Three-quarters
of Congress and the Executive have
been for two years helping Hawaii on
this question. Twice the President has
recommended it in his message Our
friends have fought for it. Are we
going to turn them all down now on
| the eve of success?
Glow about our own Delegate and
| Mr.. Mcclellan? If you had seen them
when they got the messages from Ha-
waii concerning the right about face on
| this bill, You would think twice now
| about again endorsing that reversal
| They didn't know where they stood
The message took the starch out OF
them. There they had been working
hard for two years. thinking that thi'
matter had the practically unanlmou'
| support of Hawaii. Then they were
fioored by a blow from quarter leas
expected.
teThis question works both ways
| Why does not Captain Matson say tina
he will not urge any opposition to thi
bin for the sake of the people of Ha
wall. upon whom he depends for al
his trade and all his business? VII,
should he expect the people of Hawai-
to stand aside for his company an,
against their own interests?
"In regard to the suggestion tina
in asking for this exemption we ar
opening the way for tariff discrimina
ton against rs, the people at Washing
ton smile. They say that we dow
here do not understand the situation .
the relation between things. In tn
first place there can be no tariff di;
elimination. because the Constitution
will not allow it; but there are no cor
stitutional obiections-at least, so ia
against the suspension of the shir
ping laws. What does strike the pee