Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-09

mp to the present time no dennite eff
fort has been made towards securing
change In the Honolulu site.
1--WE are now making efforts to get
vote on the coastwisc suspension
law on May rs but are not yet certain
as to whether It can be done. We
are making personal canvass of the
House in favor Of the bill and shall
put It through II possible, 10
with personal regards I am,
GEORGE b. MCCLELLAN"
II was after this letter was written
that the supervising architect called
on Kuhio and Mcclellan relative to
the change in the site, and on May
Mcclellan wrote again IA follows:
Jas. F. Morgan, President, Etc.
Dear Sir;--Slnce sending You the
original Of the enclosed copy, the su-
pervising architect has sent for the
Delegate and myself to discuss the
subject Of possible change OF the
Federal building site.
"The Delegate made very clear to
him the fact that he would oppose
any effort to secure the congressional
T., legislation necessary for such
change. and made equally emphatic
the opposition Of the business COM
munity to any further agitation OF
the subject. The result OF II all was
that the supervising architect init
mated that all furter discussion OF
any change by the department would
be abandoned and we are hopeful that
the ghost is finally laid.
Very truly yours, I
| GEORGE b. MCCLELLAN"
Accompanying the letter received
from Kuhio on the last mail another
one was received from Mcclellan by
the Chamber of Commerce which
read as follows:
by this mail the Delegate Is writ
ing the Chamber in regard to the pos
sibility Of securing the remainder Of
the Mahuka block for the Federal
building site. Since our conference
we have taken the matter up here and
there and are trying to work out
some plan by which we can secure
the large additional sum necessary to
bring about this very desirable result.
"As soon as the Pearl Harbor items
were struck out by the Senate Com
mittee, the Delegate and l at once
took that matter up with the members
Of the committee and with other
friends in the Senate. We then went
directly to the President and were
able to enlist his aid, so that In the
end the items were restored In the
exact form we desired.
"The Organic Act bill has now
passed Congress, and we are doing
our best to get vote on the suspen-
sion bill before the session ends"
II The matter was discussed briefly
by the chamber trustees but action
on the matter was referred until fur
Their advice. was received. II being the
opinion of the meeting that there was
nothing the body could do at pres
emit
In one Of his letters Kuhio stated
that Hawaii was getting considerable
more In its appropriation for the
| hat han oil fnr a.
eral buildings on the mainland.
The remaining time OF the meeting
was devoted to routine matters, the
visit of the National Editorial Asso-
citation being discussed at length. be-
} ing brought up by the reading OF let
ters from Secretary Wood OF the Pro-
motion Committee and President
Baumgartner of the association.
President Baumgarten wrote that
he had the association in line for the
: trip here but that detailed informa-
ton was wanted about what could be
done for them in the way of enter
J tainment, etc. He stated that what
ever was given toward the expenses
of the excursion would be more than
] returned in free advertising in the
columns of the papers represented by
. the members Of the party.
1t appeared the opinion of the meet
ing that It would be fine thing to
have the newspapermen here but
that there we're possibilities Of harm
as well as OF good in their visit and
that the party should be taken care
of assiduously during Its stay In ord
er that the right Impressions Of the
country might be gained. 80.
The matter was referred to the En-
tertalnment and Finance Committees
of the Chamber, and about $4,000 will
have to be raised to entertain the
party.
Hawaii will be represented In the
Chamber of Commerce party from the