The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-07-02
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
SPECIAL Meeting:
QUORUMLACK|NG.
Eleven Members Of Chamber Of
Commerce Rally To Promo
ton Mans Support
'REGRETTABLE INCIDENT = >..
Says FRED /. WALDRoN
Promotion Committee Members
Refrain From voting-only s
Two Negative Ballots .
lFrom Wednesday 5 Advertiserl


BY vote of eleven to two, a special
meeting of the Chamber Of Commerce
of Honolulu recommended yesterday
that the Hawaii Promotion Committee
reconsider it's action in accepting the
resit nation Of II. +. Wood, its secretary |
and director.
As put by Wallace r. harrington |
mud seconded by J. T. Warren, the mo- |
tiOn read: |
HBa it Resolved, That the Chamber |
Of Commerce Of Honolulu recommends
10 the Hawaii Promotion Committee
that II. ?. Wood be reinstated as its
secretary until January l6, or until
snch time as he may have opportunity
TO return to Honolulu and reply in per
son to the criticisms directed against
him by"a majority of the committee. "
There were present about thirty
members of the chamber, which did not
constitute quorum, and President
Waldton' ruled that any action the
meeting might take must be construed
as the sense of til" meeting and not OF
the chamber. -Four members of the
promotion committee attended, but
none of them voted
Minority Members opposed
The minority members of the com
mittee, Chairman Emil A. Berndt and Ed
Tows. both expressed themselves as Op-
POSED to the puIpOse of the meeting,
thOu. h they favored the retention Of
Mr.. Wood.
al believe this meeting is entirely
uncalled for said Mr.. Towse. 81 be.
lieve it is setting bad precedent. So
far as ! am concerned, the decision Of
majority of the committee governs,
and, except in matters of very grave
consequence, ! do not believe the cham
her should go behind the findings of its
committees.
"T regret the meeting exceedingly,
said President Waldron of the chamber.
This who'll affair seems to me high
" unfortunate occurrence. 1t was only
brought to pass by nagging criticism
which would destroy the usefulness OF
any public body, if unanswered
Mr.. Farrineton' did not agree. "Or
the contrary he said, al think it il
an excellent thing for the community
that man who is under attack shoulC
be given the opportunity of clearing
himself in public. If there were more
of this disposition to bring matter
into the open, Honolulu would be bet
ter off.
harrington Principal Speaker
Mr. Farrneton was the princlpa
speaker in support of his own motto
and Lorrin A. Thurston defended tn
action of the promotion COMMITTEES.
general discussion followed, in whic
Chairman Berndt of the promotio
committee, Ed Towse, J. r. Warner
Henry Strange and w. A. Bowen too
part.
The burden of the arguments uphold
ing Mr.. Wood was that he had bee
rttacked behind his back, without civ
ing him an opportunity to defend hin
4elf for conditions the existence 9
which in part admitted, but for while
he shared responsibility with past con
mittees, while being forced to acceI
all the blame.
In rebuttal it was contended that tn
affairs of the committee had grown
n point which demanded that they /
nut on business basis; that M
Wood was not thu man to it and thi
therefore the committee had taken a
ton designed to make use of his ablI
ties as an advertising man and prom
ton worker, by retaining him in Sa
Francisco as tho representative or u
committee, while its affairs here we
placed in the hands of an executive.
Wood Opposes, Home Work
''ThCre seems to be no division
c'tnion as to the wisdom of acceptir
Wy. Wood = resigration,' said NJ
STRANGE. LAS I understand the stu
ton, 1t resolves itself into a questit
Of when it is best that his resignati(
,h"nld take effect.
t'Conditions of management and a
counting existed within the commit
which We all know none of us, as but
rrsymCn. would have tolerated in o
affairs for five minutes
Mr. S+rc""" sumn'a riZed the growth
interest in Home Work, the gener
tn"Iing among business men aud suisse
hers to the promotion fund that Hor
Wo"k was not receiving sufficient 9
trntion from the promotion committe
the movement taken np by the AID 1t
to forward Home Work. and the G
Nosition that had been encounter
trCr Mr.. Wood.
"Nr. Wood,' he sail, frankly d
not believe in Home Work. He W
absolutely opposed to t. When t
new promotion committee was nomini
cd, we wee all agreed that h" had b.
ter resign at the end Of the San Fra
riscO fair. The Question is, shall
H"cC"t his rasigmat.cn nov or then
Committee Kept No Accounts
"Mr. Wood - sold Mr.. Farr'""'
is heingNattacked in a manner whi
esmirches bis character, and for N
'""@ 10" which other individuals w
Ics%"""'hl
"Thr investigated" of the Haw
Audit Company disclosed that the co
r,ttt"r. hal been keoping practically
accounts. That brought mp the q
;.r~ If responsibility.
~ am free TO admit that, in