Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-07

meeting Of the Honolulu Merchants
Association since its inauguration
was held yesterday afternoon at 5
O'Clock when IS members of that or.
ganization gathered in the makai pa.
vilion of the Young hotel to attend
The annual session and to elect a new
board Of nine directors. Those cho.
sen as directors were Otto A. Bier,
bach, George A Brown. Ed Towse. s.
S. Paxson Robert B. Booth, John T.
Warren, Charles S. Crane, W. r. Far.
rington and T. NJ. Church. Subject to
call from Chairman Norman Wat
kins, the directors will meet at an
early date to appoint officers. +.
Following the routine business,
which consisted, Of the reS,ling of sew
Cral enthusiastic reports, O.. C. Swain,
the retiring president, spoke briefly
on the matter Of the two opposing
tickets saying that, out of those
named by the nominating committee
and those on the "insurgent" ticket,
he wished to point out that the ma.
jority, Of the former voted in favor of
the proposed amalgamation. Charles
II. Frazier, when called upon by Mr..
Swain to set forth his object in
another ticket, said that the
object of the second ticket was to get
a large attendance at the meeting.
There had been some .misunderstand-
Ing. he said. regarding the rumor that
those persons named by the nominal
Ing COMMITTEES were opposed to the
amaIgamation. !
Mr.. Swain then named Norman
Watkins to conduct the election, and
ballots we're passed out. The members
we're Instructed to vote for nine per-
sons out Of the IL on the ballot, The
first count resulted as follows: \
O. c. Swain, So; George G. Guild,
II i Otto A. Bierbach, As; George A.
Brown SO; Ed, Towse, 40; s. s.. Pax.
son. As: Harry C. Bruins, sc; Robert
Is. Booth, 70; John T. Warren, IS;
w. D. Adams, A; Charles S.. Crane,
Al; w. G, McGonagle, 36; w. r, Far.
rfngton, 81; r. NJ Church, so,
This vote elected but eight per.
sons to the directorate, and another
vote was called on the names of
George q. Guild. o. C. Swain, Harry
G. Bruins, w. D. Adams, Charles s,
Crane and w. C. McGonagle. Mr..
Swain and Mr.. Bruins withdrew, 1eaV-
ing. the Others in the running The
vote elected Mr. Crane, who received
26 ballots against 10 for Mr.. Guild.
OF those directors elected, the
names of the following appeared on
tie @insurgent''' ticket: Charles s.
Crane, John T. Warren, w. r. Far,
rington, George A. Brown, t. M. i,
Church, r. B. Booth and S. s. Pax
son. -.'' ~
Generous applause greeted the
reading of several reports which set
forth the excellent work which the
association has accomplished during
the past year. O. c. Swain, the re-
firing president, in his address to the
members, pointed out that 1913 had
been a strenuous year for the organ
ization from the. fact that the 1egis- |
lature had been in session and that
many bills had come before the mer-
chants for consideration. He, praised
the work of the committees on public +;
affairs and promotion and urged the
organization to stand behind the Pro-
motion Committee. The Merchants !
Association, he said, had constantly |
been in favor of improving the har-
hor, saying that, as local shipping was |
sure to become congested with the
opening of the Panama canal, the as
sociation should uphold the work of |
the board of harbor commissioners. !
Mr.. Swain spoke of the Carnival and
said that by all means it should be !
made a success. He closed his re- ,
marks by urging the board of direc-
tors to take up the matter of amalga-
nation with the Chamber of Com
merce in orler that the merger might |
become an established fact.
NJ M. Johnson, treasurer of the as
ISOLATION, reported that the past year !
had been the most successful, from a
financial standpoint, in the history OF
the association, The ? income, he
said. has been larger than ever be-