The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-01-26
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a strong resolution supporter ny
strong and pointed speeches from Gov.
Frear, Professor Babson of the College
of Hawaii, l.. A. Thurston, Byron o.
Clark, and A. b. ingalls,, was passed at
a public meeting yesterday afternoon,
attended by 10 representative men of
the community. Immediately on its
passing, resolution that it be cabled
in its entirety to the Delegate was
passed and the money to pay the cable
tolls, at forty-seven cents word, was
collected for the most part on the spot
There were two present at the meeting
who voted against the resolution, one
being Joseph Y. Liddy, agent of the
Coast Seamen's s Union, and the other
l.. l.. McCandless. Mr.. McCandless
was late second on his feet, rising
so slowly that the chairman failed to
notice him on the first count of the
"noes."
There was no misunderstanding the
attitude of the many score present.
The speeches made were vigorous,
clearcut and weighty with matured
reason; there was a distinct refuta-
tion of the charge that the attitude
taken savored in the slightest of dis
loyalty, of hostility to American ship
ping interests or OF any idea of ask
ing for anything but the correction of
recognized wrongs Members of both
the Chamber of Commerce and the
Merchants Association attended the
ling, as well as a large number of
professional men and retired citizens.
The meeting was stunned, it was clear
to be noted, by the leading opponents
of the measure advocated, but in the
gathering all the opponents who could
be secured in the city would have been
in a one to five minority.
"The matter is like that of the Sab
BATH said Governor Frear, giving
the note for the addresses which fol-
lowed his. "Man was not made for
the Sabbath, but the Sabbath for man.
In the same way, the coastwise laws
were made for the public, not the pub
lie for the laws"
''We are making mountain out of
a molehill, trying to impugn the loyalty
of anyone over this question. We are
only trying to make it so that our own
citizens do not have to go to n foreign
port to take a passage for a port in
our own country said Professor
Babson.
"The suspension now of the coast
wise laws will build up business that
will be turned over automatically to
American ships as soon as American
ships are ready to handle it. 1t will
create a business which does not now
exist, and in that way our work will
be wholly in the interest of American
shipping. IL. A. Thurston.
These are three of the many strk-
ing points made by the various speak.
ers yesterday, points applauded by
those who listened.
Meeting a Representative One.
The meeting was called promptly to
order at the hour named, four o clock,
the makai pavilion of the Alexander
Young Hotel roof garden being filed
with interested business men, profes
sional men and Others. Harry Won
Holt was chosen as chairman, Ed
Towse being selected as secretary of
the meeting.
Among those present were II. NJ. Won
Holt, Ed Towse r. w. PodmOre, A, J.
Campbell Robert Cation, DIR. Rodgers,
I w. ii. Mclnerny, w. l.. Castle, w. IL.
Hoogs, James l.. Holt, DIR. Derby, +.
b. McStocker, Colonel Soper, w. b.
Stockman, c. n. Marquee, J. Markham,
j. X. Prendergast, NJ. A. Gonsalves,
w. IL, Babbitt, VIM. Lishman, G. p.
Wilder, w. w. Thayer, 5. Beardmore,
r. Anderson, ID. l.. Wilmington, Thos
Lucas, j. b. Enos, j. j. Balch, j. L..
Fleming, +. Herrick Brown, A. w.
Seabury, G. +. Bush, Rev. NJ. X. Ma.
kuina, Jos. T. Liddy, G. p. Osborne, +.
c. Rowe, w. w. Wright, w. l.. Howard,
w. G. Lyon, l.. l.. McCandless, James
Steiner, Charles Phillip, a. L. Soule
Judge Kingsbury, Bishop Restarick, F.
II. p. Waterhouse, Albert Waterhouse
A. A. Young, Professor Babson, Il. T.
Wall, ii. p. Wood, c. j. Day, p. H.
Burnette, Governor Cleghorn, Judge
Perry, Emil Berndt, Lloyd Childs, y. j
Lowery, G. II. Dickey, Byron o. Clark
j. ii. Hertsche, John II. Martin, Pro
fessor p. l.. Horne, Professor A. F.