The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-04-17
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Hawaii Exposition Commissioners
squelch Fiery Appeal Of John
Hughes That Erection Of Build.
ingBsAbahdohed on Ground Of
Having Been Unfairly Treated.
(From Wednesday Advertiser

NIIoht NtahtuadJ 1AONNAhAo~itf
Declaring that the memherr Of tho
Hawaiian Exposition Commisaion. had
not been treated fairly, Commissioned
John Hughes yesterday at meeting
Of the commission moved to abandon
The erection Of a building for the Ha.
wall exhibit at san Francisco. His mo
ton, however, found no seeonder. Al
tsr, much impassioned eloouenee on the
part Of Hughes the business 81, the
meeting proceeded,
Hughes outburst interrupted the
reading Of Chairman II. P. Wood 8 item
ized list Of expenditures TO date from
the earliest inception Of the. work Of
preparation in 1919. This list showed
total Of $9s45.7O expended to date.
Hughes .waxed indignant at what he
declared was G snbversion Of che win
Of the people as expressed by the last
legislature. He said the Governor had
no Just cause for having over-ruled the
commissioners; that he, for one, did not
care 10 be- run over. The commission.
ers. he said, had worked hard and con
seientiousIy TO fulfil the wishes Of the
business community, and that after
months Of preparation they were treat
ed stlilte q lot Of school children The
legislature, be said, had planned an ex-
hibft Of Hawaii's Industries to show
the people Of the mainland the tremen-
dous strides made in agriculture aud in
the Development Of civic institutions in
Hawaii.
Predicts An Accounting.
nsWe are spending the people 3
money, . Hughes said, "and the next
legislature is going to demand an ae-
counting. 1, for one, am not in favor
OF proceeding along the lines to which
the Governor thinks we ought to limit
the exhibit.
Right here and now, = said Hughes,
81 resign from having anything to do
with spending $4,000 of the people =
money for building like that pro-
posed. / have gone over the plans. Ii
is not worth $50, 900 to put up shell
like that with nothing in IL but jams;
tors, lecturers, singing boys and othef
ineidentals Of that sort. i resign from
having anything to do with it,
2 NConInibsionef J.fN. y. Williams said
that II Hughes was to resign his resig,
nation would have TO go to the Cover.
ernor, as the commissioners could not
act on that. Hughes said he did not
mean that he wanted to resign as q
fair commissioner, but that he resigned
~ building inspector and would have
nothing to do with being responsible for
spending $4,000 for sneh purpose.
Williams Explains.
Williams said, 'tIf it had been
known Mt the time this appropriation
was passed that Hawaii would be up
against free sugar in 1916 the Iegisla-
ture would not have appropriated $780,
900 for an exhibit. However, the legis.
latnne was wiser than the rest Of us.
1t is very important that Hawaii should
do its best to help out San Francisco
because Of the Intimate Business iela-
tionships that exist between this Ter.
fitOry and California. 'They need
our help now, and it may be that Ha.
wan will need California's help and
moral support in 1916 in the fight that
we are going to make to try and save
our industry,
Williams said that Governor Pink
ham realized the financial straits ahead
and that lie believed he was acting for
the best when he decided on cutting
out tue Industrial exhibit. Governor
Pinkham's idea, he said, is to show The
atmospheric" of Hawaii and hold out
the lure Of, the tropics TO tempt tourists
TO visit Hawaii shores.
Desired Exhibit Impossible.
a'None Of the Industries are in a
position TO spend money for a general
agricultural exhibit, said Williams.
1.-THE sugar planters feel that it would
be throwing good money away to put
a $4,000 sugar exhibit in San Fran
cisco. The pineapple people cannot ex-
hibit and general exhibit would cost
great deal Of money. II would be
doubtful whether the Territory would
get any material benefit along those
lines for an expenditure short of $780,.
600, which is now absolutely out of the
question gG
II. p. Wood reviewed the history Of
the exhibit. The original site selected
by Captain Matson, w, q. Irwin, Rolph
and others was one of the best lOca-
tions to be had, but 1t was not one on
which Hawaii could have put up a
small building or cheap one.
Buildings have to be in harmony
with their surroundings, he said.
1.-THE discretion as TO the expenditure
Of the funds rested with Governor
Pinkham. He had decided that Hawaii
could not afford TO 90 ahead on the
scale Of expenditures originally planned
and SO changed the site. IL had to be
sOsp YRS
Mr.. Williams then said, ''We cannot
afford to have California call us quit.
tiers. Hawaii must make an exhibit
along the lines that IL can afford, ~ i
Order Bids Be Sent
He then moved to advise Architect
@. III. Dickey by mail to cable all the
bids received for the CONSTRUCTION Of
tho. building. In the mean time the
commissioners win ask an opinion from
the attorney. general in regard TO who
shall certify the vouchers and sign the
contracts As the appropriation Is UNI
debthe general supervision of the seere'
tary Of the Territory II is likely that
that official will have to exercise the