Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-12-29
ALL IS READY
FOR WELCOME
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evening, the members or the Ad Club
can be provided with small paper Ian.
terms to carry In the march.
At the luncheon today, it was decid,
ed that the Ad Club reception commit.
tee should ride In the first auto In the
Earade. In the second Governor Pink
ham, Mayor J. ]. Fern. w. R. Earring
ton. Colonel Jones, and DR.. G. b.
Cooper. In the third auto AID Club Of
ficers VIII ride, in the fourth and
fifth the city and county officials,
other autos to follow. S.
Democrats Reaching City.
Democrats from other islands are
beginning TO arrive here to meet Gov
|ernor Pinkham., Though neither the
welcoming ovation at the wharf nor
the reception In the throne room,
which viii take place Thursday morn
ing, win be strictly Democratic af-
fairs, the new chief executives party
men are anxious to meet him and hear
his so-called inaugural address. This
address will be delivered in the throne
loom and viii follow the reception
Secretary of Territory Nett Smith
VIII receive The governor at this
time. Officials Of the territory, city
and county, the federal government,
and probably considerable number
Of officers of the army and navy here
will meet the governor at this fecep-
ton. The u. S. tug Navajo will be
Used by the members OF the Ad Clubs
White brigade. Dressed in white
cults, several score of them plan to
circle the Honolulan while she is on
her way to port. a governors salute
viii be fired after which the tug will
speed hack to the wharf to give the
White Brigade time to fall IN line on
the dock to greet the governor when
he steps from the steamer. The
march will commence from there, the
AID Club first In line with the COVER
nor, the Democrats following.
Because Of the uncertainty of the.
exact time the Hcnolularl VIII arrive
those having the plans for his recep-
ton ut the pier in hand were forced
to wait until the wireless could be re-
eeiTed from the steamer. Castle &;
Cooke, local agents for the Matson;
line, dispatched a message this morn,
ing asking that q message be sent at
once giving the time Of the vessels
arrival. ~
Up to noon today the message had
not been received The Ad Club met
at its luncheon at II o'clock, expect
ing the message at any time They
had been assared That IL The steamer
arrived at night, that is after, say, 8
o'clock. the company would have her
remain off port until morning. In that
event, ii was pointed out, the plans
could merely be shifted from Tuesday
to Wednesday. a=-3
Committeeman Busy.
Various committees Of the Demo
Gratis and the .Ad Club fastened to call.
special meetings this morning to.
change their plans in whatever re-
spects necessary In order to make
them conform to the delayed arrival
of Governor Pinkham in the liner Ho-
noIalan. Fortunately, the only plans
found necessary to amend relate to,
his welcome immediatelg on arrival.
The rest of the program, which has.
TO do with. his reception and address.
to be given In the throne room Of the
executive building on New Years day
20 far remains as 1t was origin
ally fixed, and in the absence In an
objection to it ON the part of the gov
ernor, ii viii be carried out along the,
lines announced Governor Pinkham
has signified his desire to make what
is IL effect an inaugural address on.
the morning of New Years day.
A conference was held this morn
ing by Col. Charles J. Mccarthy,
chairman of the committee to arrange
for this reception, with Secretary Of
the Territory Mott-Smith, Treasurer.
C0nkling and Superintendent Of Fub-
lie Works CALDWELL and an agreement
vas reached to arrange the throne
room for the. reception and address
Treasurer Gonkling wished the adj.
dress to be made oat-ofdoors, so that
a larger crowd could assemble. but
1t was pointed out, in objection to this,
that the new chief executive may be
heard better indoors. Il was also sug-
gested that as former Governors Car
ter and Frear made their opening or
inaugural addresses in the throne
room it would be more in accord with
precedent 20 have Governor Pinkham's
speech made in the same place.
Room to BE Decorated.
The room viii be decorated with
flags and the building itself viii be.
decorated with flags. a Inisander-
standing regarding this reception,
conveyed by an article in the morn
ing publication, was corrected this
morning by Charles Barron, chairman.
of the Democratic county committees
reception body 1t appeared from the.
article that Barron was trying to
beat the time of the other Demo-
Gratis and have reception for his
committee ats o'clock In the morn
ing, while the others had their own
at 10 O'Clock
The misunderstanding had its basis
in his announcement to committees
men, which reads as follows
"An Democrats are urgently re-
quested to gather IN body at the
Capitol grounds at eight o'clock on
New Years morning to join III Gov
ernor Pinkham's reception on behalf