The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-21

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fornia, one from Oregon and ! presume
that BY che time we have another
meeting, and ! am sure there will be
another meeting Of this congress, we
VIII have one from South America 40
well.
"As to just what we are going to
do, / have not the slightest idea.
had some idea that We would act some
thing like the transmississippi con
gress. They have permanent officers
but there Is not any Office, as 1 under
stand It, That congress consists OF
delegates gathered together as We are
here and the different States are rep
resented by governors or mayors;
whether the corporations are represent
cd ! do not know"
eyes, they are" said Secretary
Wood.
"Then It is as broad as ours
continued Mr.. Thurston. fsI have had
the pleasure Of attending two of those
conventions there and although il is
rather a loose organization, l can bear
witness that it is a force for good.
There was a convention held at about
the time of our annexation, when the
representatives learned what could be
done. 1t was something that Hawaii
had a general interest in and was nat
urally interested in the results, and
after time one of those meetings was
given for discussion of the subject.
Delegates were heard, resolution was
passed unanimously and copies of that
were sent to members of congress- At
this meeting, everything west of the
Mississippi was represented. We had
reason to know thereafterwards that it
had had a very material effect upon q
large number Of people who never paid
any attention to it before. | merely
cite that as an example Of what can be-
done.
H'The one great thing that is lacking
for Hawaii is transportation. But we
have never made any concentrated eff
fort to better it. If California and Los
Angeles are joining to benefit it and we
will join our forces with theirs, 1 be-
lieve we win accomplish more. That
is simply one of the innumerable points
that can be brought up and action,
taken. think that the best way to
go ahead is to take Mr.. Wood IS consti-
tuition and discuss it item for item,
thought for thought. Out of it I have
no doubt we will adopt some kind of a
proposition which win bring to the
front the various countries who have
not actively appeared here.
II think it an excellent suggestion
that we should meet at various points,
and if we do, believe that more will
be accomplished than has yet been
done.
81 believe that every country is GO
ing to get good results from this CON
gress and am glad to see that Illinois
has joined the Pacific and will take
more active interest in the Pacific
shipping than they have heretofore
Committees Named.
The following committees have been
named:
Constitution and By-Laws-Percy
Hunter of Australia, chairman; L. A.
Thurston, H. P. Wood, Alexander Hume
Ford of Honolulu; Chester Arthur Davis
of Colombo, Ceylon.
Nominating Committee--W. 81. Hoogs,
chairman; w. NJ. Buchanan, H. P.
Wood
Possible Directors-Fred c. Smith,
Oahu Railroad; Percy Hunter, Austria.
liza; Fred L. Waldron, Merchants As
ISOLATION; B. Won Damn, Hawaii Promo.
ton Committee; G. Fred Bush, promo
ton committee; j. A. Mclean, Inter
Island Steam Navigation Company; Chu
Gem, president Chinese Merchants As
ISOLATION; t. Takakuwa, Japanese Mer-
chants Association; ]. F. Morgan, pres
ident Honolulu Chamber of Commerce;
Willard Brown, chamber of commerce.;
@. Won Hamm, Merchants Association
of Honolulu; w. II. McInerny, promo
ton committee.
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