Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-08
LOCAL man FOR
GOLLECT0RSH|P,
G|ST OF CABLE
TO WASHINGTON
Commercial Bodies Unite in
Forwarding Request to
Secretary McAdoo
RES0L UTl0N PAYS TRIBUTE
TO WORK OF STAckABLE {
II Change Is to be Made, Resi-.
dent of Territory Asked
to be Appointed

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A lengthy cablerrau,, signed BY the
Honolulu Chamber cf commerce and
TIE Honoluiu Merchants' Association,
mis- morning was forwarded to VIII
Ham q. MeAdoo, secretary Of the trca-
sury, urging that the person selected
TO take the place Of e. r. stackabie
as collector Of customs At this port,
IN case any change is 70 be made, be
resident Of the territory Of Hawaii.
Paying q tribute to e. r. Stackable
for his IA years Of service in the po-
sition which lately he has been ask
ed to resign. the trustees OF the Cham
Der Of Commerce and the directors OF
the Merchants, Association, meeting
in joint session at 10 O'Clock this
morning, unanimously passed a reso-
luton to the effect that the secretary
Of the treasury be informed BY cable
that, IN the opinion OF the CONNER
ciaI bodies Of Honolulu, the new col
lector of customs for the port Of Ho-
Dolulu be resident OF the territory
Of Hawaii. should any change be
made
The resolution which dnaliy was
adopted was In the form Of an amend
ment to a resolution offered by ]. A..
Kennedy. which was. not passed or
account Of the fact that II suggested q
step which the directors and trustees
did not favor the commercial bodies
taking at this time. The amendment
was proposed by E r Bishop and
was unanimously adopted, Following
the meeting It Has cabled to Secre-
tary Of the Treasury McAdo0 In full
the meseaee reading as follows
The following resolution was unS
animouely passed az q Joint meeting
Of the commercial bodies Of Honolulu.
this day, FOR which We ask your care
ful attention
Be Il resolved BY the trustees Of
the Honolulu Chamber OF Commerce
and the directors OF the Honolulu
Merchants Association that q cable
be forwarded to the secretary Of the
treasury at Washington stating that
the services Of the present collector
Of customs OF the district Of Hawaii,
Mr. e. r. Stackabie, have been highly
eficient for q period Of IA years past,
but II any change Is to be made, In
asmuch as we have among our citi.
zens men Of ability and standing able
70 I'LL this position satisfactorily TO the
government and the territory, that we
respectfully request that q resident
Of this territory be appointed to the
position
The resolution presented by Mr..
Kennedy follows.
BE Il resolved by the Honolulu
Chamber OF Commerce that this body
faNors the appointment OF local busi.
ness man for this position, In the
event that Mr.. Stackable no longer
continues to hold the same, and
That In view Of the efficient and
capable services which have been
rendered to the commercial commun-
ity Of the territory OF Hawaii. Of G. ].
Mccarthy, during the past three
years, as harbor commissioner, and In
further consideration Of his fitness for
the position Of collector OF customs,
both in his personal character and his
business abilities, which are OF the
highest order this body respectively
urge and reo1est the he be appointed
to the position OF collector of customs
for the port OF Honolulu And be It
further resolved that this request be
Immediately cabled to the authorities
in Washington
The first paragraph In Mr.. Ken
nedy.s resolution met with the approx
al Of those present, but it was the
last paragraph which started the dis
cussion. Several of those present
gave their views on the matter, stat
ing that, while they were not opposed
TO Mr.. Mccarthy for the position of
collector, they did not believe 1t would
be a wise policy for the commercial
bodies of Honolulu to offer recommens
dations In such q matter. Such had
never been the policy, It was said.
Mr. Bishop then offered his amend
ment, which was unanimously car.
ried. 49,.
IL was further voted to send by
wireless to the chambers of COM
merce ON the other islands copies Of
the resolution, with the request that
they give 1t their support The meet
ing was presided over by +. c. Ather-
ton. Present were F. C.. Atherton, J.
r, G. Hagens. E. d. Tenney, ]. w.
Waldron, j p. Cooke, E. f. Bishop,
A. w. T. Bottomley. J. A. Kennedy
and II. p. Wood representing the
Chamber Of Commerce, and w. r.
Harrington. r. B. Booth, o. A. Bier.
bach, Charles s. Crane, s. S. Paxson,
J. r. Warren and Ed. Towse, repre-
senting the Merchants Association.