The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-04-01
CIVIC FEDERATION
WILL Do BETTER
ANNUAL MEETING BRINGS OUT
SOME PLAIN REMARKS
AND A DEFENSE.

When the executive committee of the
civic federation held its postponed an
nual meeting in the public service rooms
Thursday afternoon, there was some
plain speaking as well as some whole
some criticism regarding the lack of
activities of the federation as n whole
and of the executive committee as q
body.
President Arthur G. Smith presided
and also acted as secretary upon the
resignation of Prof. w. A. Bryan, whose
resignation was regretfully accepted,
as was that of Robbins NJ. Anderson as
member of the executive committee.
| There were five new members Of the
executive committee to elect, beside the
two vacancies made by the designations
of Professor Bryan and Attorney An
derson.
Upon recommendations of the nomi-
nation committee the following were
d, elected members of the committee:
Edgar Wood, A. f. Cooke, Paul Super,
A. l.. MacKaye and William Kwai Fong.
TO fill the place in the committee Of
Professor Bryan, on the motion of DR..
Victor s. Clark, the election of II.
Mr.. MacKaye insisted that all members
of the executive committee who did
not attend meetings be dropped and
new men elected and upon Doctor
Clark 8 motion committee was named
to make nominations to take the places
of the deiinquents.
New oficers.
The new officers for the year elected
are j. M. McChesney, president; A. T.
, Cooke, vice-presdent; G. H. Dickey
treasurer; IL. Gooding- Field, secretary
Francis j. Greene spoke right up il
l meeting, stating that the old executiv,
committee had not accomplished VIVA
Q was expected of it and was open tt
criticism. He believed that the resolu
: tons and suggestions made to the com
: mittee by the 470 members of the fed
Grafton should receive more attention
;, President Smith replied that while h
I realized that there was much that coalt
: be remedied in this respect the officer
n of the federation had worked hard AM
/ done all that was possible under tn
l. circumstances, that while great dea
had been accomplished, especially in re
gard to parks and vice condition
n through the committees having thes
i. matters in charge, the fact remaine
/. that it was hard to get quorum.
o Few Had Borne Burden.
l. Mr.. MacKaye called attention to tn
o fact that the work of the federatio
, had been carried on as we'll as possibl
3, by just few men, who had borne tn
D. burden and much OF the expense, givin
o of their time and energy to do Uha
was possible, but that they could nc
l. accomplish everything by themselye
IS and all their efforts would be nullife
D. unless backed by the full executive con
O. mittee and members of the federation
Il Chairman George Il. Carter, of tn
sugar protection committee, was inyi
10 ed to speak before the committee on tn
r work under way for the preservatio
A. of the sugar tariff, and no made an il
10 teresting talk, joining with tho con
20 mittee in discussion of The best meaI
p ures to pursue.
'e Later the committee decided to sen
to certain of the civic declarations o
~ tho mainland, where the representative
:, or senators are still uncertain in the
- sugar tariff doctrine, strong letters asl
!, ing the assistance Of tho federation
= affiliated with that Of Honolulu throug
a the national civic federation, in thI
y fight.