Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-07
insurgents CAPTURE SEVEN0F
Nine DIRECTORS At ELECT|ON0F
LOCAL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION

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meeting OF the Honolulu Merchants
Association since is Inauguration
was held yesterday afternoon at .
O'Clock when - members CT that or,
ganiZation gathered in the makai pa
"ilion of the Young hotel to attend
the annual session and to eject a new
board Of nine directors. Those che.
sen as directors We're Otto A. Bier.
bach, George A. Brown. Ed Towse. s,
s. PaXson, Robert 3. Booth. John T.
Warren. Charles S. Crane, w. r. Far.
ringion 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 TeS.,ing 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 cut that the ma
jority of the former. voted in favor of
the proposed amalgamarion. Charles
Il. Frazier, when called upon by MIR.
Swain to set forth his object in
launching another ticket. said that the
object ok The second ticket was to get
a large attendance at the meeting.
There mad been some misunderstood
ing, herSakl, regarding the rumor that
those fpet5ons named by the nominal
ing committee We're opposed to; the
aFna on m ofion e. -
Mr.. Swain then named Norman
Watkins, to- conduct, the election, and
ballots werepassed out. The members
we're instructed to vote for nine per,
SONS out Of thef14Hon the ballot. The
first cohnt resulted as follows
o.. c. Swain,i So; George G.. Guild,
Al; Otto A. Bierbaeh, As: George A.
Brown. So; Ed Towse, 49,. S. S.. Pax
son, 48; Harry G.! Bruins, Sc; Robert
Z. Booth, s73; John r. Warren, Sc !;
w. d.. Adams a.; Charles s. Crane,
a.; w. C. McGonagle, So; w. r. Far
rington,l 81; T. NJ. Church. 69.na u
This vote elected but eight per-
sons to the directorate, and another
vote was callelT on the names of
George G. Guild, 0asC. SWAIN Harry
c. Bruins; w. d. Adams, Charles S.
Crane and w. G.. McGenagle. Mr.
Swain and Mr.. Bruins withdrew, leav-
ing the others in the running. The
vote elected Mr. Crane who received
26aballots againsti19 for Mr.! Guild.,,t
/. OF those directions elected. the
names of the following appeared on
the %insurgent" ticket. Charles S.
Crane, John r. Warren, w. r. Far
rington, George, A. Brown r. Nj.
Church, R. B. Booth and S. s.. Pax
son. 81. &C.
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-
tirihg president. in his address to the
members, pointed out that 1913 had
been q strenuous year for the organ
iZaticn from the fact that the legis-
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
ISOLATION 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
nerce in ol,ter that the merger might
become an established fact.
NJ NJ. Johnson, treasurer of the as
sociation, 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-