Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-11
CHAMBER ENTERS
fight AGAINST
CHARTER DRAFT
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AT q meeting Of the county and
municipal affairs committee Of the
Chamber of Commerce of Honolulu,
Iheld this date, resolution was passed
authorizing letter addressed to you
making request. In the name OF the
members Of the Chamber Of Commerce
of Honolulu. TO be allowed to appear
land be heard before a committee OF
the whole of tho charter convention
before action Is taken on any reports
returned to the convention from the
committee Of Is.
4 viii be pleased to be notified of
favorable action on this request.
Very truly yours.
RAYMOND G. BROWN, Secretary"
Meet Wednesday Morning.
The county and municipal affairs
committee of the chamber viii meet
Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock at the
| Chamber of Commerce rooms to re-
lceiye and consider such answer as the
Echarter convention may make to the
foregoing letter. E...-.. 80. ,
1t Is thought that the Chamber
OF Commerce workers may propose q
| compromise charter, to be made up or
| the lIcduluS HcdluEC6 VI Tic 1SSSuASA
Club and Achi drafts, already put be-
fore the convention. = = -.
Chamber OF Commerce, Civic FEEDER
alton, minority Of the charter conVen-
ton committee OF is, Charles Chilling
worth and many other members Of the
convention, Circuit Judge Whitney,
Senator G. H. Dickey. Judge Ashford,
Ex-Governor Frear. Judge Dole these
are few Of the forces which are gath
efing and heading the opposition to
| the adoption OF the charter suggested
| by the majority report of the commit
tee of is. Leading the forces backing
! the proposed charter, Is Lorrin AM
Idrews, chairman of the committee Of
10. -, 90 $50
| Claiming that the proposed charter
Is an actual step backwards, the OPP
position has been working hard to pre-
vent its adoption and is now doing the
work preparatory to the fight on the
floor Of the convention, by passing
resolutions through various civic
bodies.
Saturday night at meeting Of the
Civic Federation in the Chamber OF
Commerce rooms, meeting at which
Iit was intended that ex-governor
Frear and other well known political
thinkers OF the islands should voice
the reasons why they are opposed to
the suggested plan for a new charter,
the opinion carried that these speech
es should be heard by the Charter
Convention as whole, and the follow
ing resolution was passed
Uroe public Meeting.
RESOLVED: That before acting upon
the report of the committee of IS on
the subject of the proposed charter for
the city Of Honolulu, the Charter Con-
Evention be asked at its next meeting
to call for a public meeting on the
subject.
II is possible, however. that this win
not be done, according to NJ, 9. Pa
checo, chairman of the convention
.The time to have appeared before
the convention was when we called
the public meeting some time ago,
SAYS Pacheco People were not think
ing about the charter then, and now
that we have gotten down to work
they wish to enter the discussion. We
have not a great deal Of time left and
/ do not know whether or not the
convention viii grant the request, It
is up to them, and have no idea
what action will be taken.
Il think myself that the plans pro-
posed by the committees of Is in their
majority report viii have to be. thor
oughly trimmed down in parts and ex-
banded IN others before it can be.
adopted. Among other things, it Is
absurd to have an even number. OF
supervisors"
In the meantime the minority of
the committee of is has perfected an
| Independent organization, and will
hold together during the rest OF the
convention in order to fight through
their plans for a short ballot charter.
As chairman of the minority, Fran
els J.. Green has been leading them
in their preparations for the fight on
+ the floor of the Charter Convention,
but the actual spokesman of the min
ority in the wordy war which is sure
to spring up there is Senator Charles
Chillingworth. Referring to the sug-
gestfon that the convention might de-
eide not to hear the speakers who
wish to speak before it either as a
committee of the whole or at pub
lie meeting, Chillinsworth said this
morning: w. i.
Break Something or Someone"
Before they rule such men as Frear
and Dole off the floor there will be a
fight that will break something or
someone. We are not children and
we are not gagged, and on matter so
vitality concerning the welfare OF the
municipality through the future years,
the thinking citizens of the city. who
ever they ares have right to voice
an opinion, and that right shall be
given them if we have to fight until
doomsday."
Tomorrow night at the meeting of
! the convention Chillingworth will back
the proposal to hear these men and
he is confident that the majority Of
the convention win join with him on
this issue at least.
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