Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-13
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With their speeches greeted WITH
storms of applause, and with the fore
going resolutions unanimously adopt
cd by more than 1000 citizens Of every
nationality who crowded the area in
front of the speakers stand, the men,
! bers of the special citizens committee
| appointed by the Palama Improve
ment Club, at a massmeeting held st
Aala Park last evening. presented to
| the people of Honolulu their plans for
| securing for the city real municipal
charter, to be framed and ratified by
! the people. r.. ..-,-.".. .....-
Following a fiery speech by Attor-
| ley Lorrin Andrews, which was trans
lated into Hawaiian by Judge Ma
haulu, John c. Lane called upon. the
Hawaiian people present to abide by
the plans set forth by the members of
the committee whereby the people of
Honolulu should be, given greater
lower in the making of laws for the
| City of Honolulu. The resolutions
were then read, which were adopted
! by the people present with a TEMPEST
of lays" calling upon the legislature
to pass an enabling act permitting the
! citizens to frame d new charter and
/ giving the city the rights and proper
ties of real municipal government.
AS called for in the resolution, Geo.
T. Carter then selected a Committee
of seven to present copies of the adopt
ed resolution to the governor, the SEN
ate and the house of representatives,
and to secure the passage of the en-
abling act at the present session of
the legislature. Mr.. Carter chose for
the members of the committee: Mayor
Fern, D. Kalauokalani, ST., John c.
Lane, Colonel c.. ]. Mccarthy, Ed
Towse and Gabral Keawehaku. Mr..
Carter is also a member of this COM
mittee, as stated in the resolution.
Los Angeles Plan Suggested. ~...
! The meeting was opened by George
I f. Carter, who. in his opening re-
marks, urged the people of Honolulu
to pattern their plan of city govern
ment after that adopted by Los An
geles, which city, he said, has most
perfect form of municipal government.
j This was secured, he said, by the fact
/ that the people of that city worked in
Irnison, and he urged the people of
Honolulu to do likewise. He referred
/ to this city as Poor Old Honolulu"
end said that the meeting last even
ing would mark turning-point in the
| government of the City of Honolulu
Under the present arrangements" he
said, Honolulu can get nothing with
out first having to apply to the legis-
lature for it. The present charter has
long been milestone around the
necks of the people of Honolulu, and
if we must accomplish anything to
remedy these faults, we will have to
work in unison" Going in'o detail
concerning the present charter, he
!, told how, If Honolulu wanted any
thing in the way of new roads. new
schools, or any other Improvements.
that the burden of these needs, while
being borne by Honolulu and the
| county of Honolulu. are also borne BIZ
the counties of Hawaii, Maui and 9TH
ers. -. -.
Justice Robertson Speaks.
Mr. Carter then introduced Chief
Justice Robertson, the principal speak
/ er of the evening, who said in part:
The meeting this evening, as | UNI
derstand it. has two objects in view.
| First, the increasing Of the powers o.