The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-11-16
CHARTER WORKERS
END THEIR LABOR
80
Rules OF Convention Are Sus-
pended And Majority Present
Adopts Finished Draft
PROTESTS ARE NOT Needed
Delegates Smith, Achi and Green
Retire Rafter RoundIy Rating
Their Colleagues

Following a motion by Lorrin An
drews at the completion of the third
reading of the draft of the charter for
the city of Honolulu at the roof garden
pavilion Of the Young Hotef last night,
that the charter as amended be present
I'D TO the 1917 legislature, the vote stood
twenty seven for the motion aud nine
against. Thus ended the efforts of
those who have worked and wrangcd
for fifty seven days to outline q change
for the government of the city. |".
Whether the charter will be enacted
into law during the next session lof
the Legislature is up TO the voters of
Oahu, as to them will fall the duty of
electing those for or against the adop
ton of the draft as presented by the
charter convention. The legislature,
following procedure, will put the mat
ter squarely up TO the Oahu delegation,
and the charter draft will be one of
the leading features Of the next cam
paign in the island. &c.. r.. ~ ..
Rules Of Convention Suspended na7
1t was shortly before eight o. clock
when Chairman Pacheco called the con-
vention to order, thirty.nine delegates
being present. The first motion put be-
| fore the house was by f., j. Gay that
the rules of the convention be sus-
pended and the majority vote Of those
present be sufficient to pass the charter
after third reading. r. EesuFa Sc
For exactly one. hour the argument
for aud against the adoption Of the
motion waKed warm, Delegates Smith,
Achi and Green voicing vigorous pro-
test. Finally the motion was put TO a
vote and adopted by vote Of twenty
| five to fourteen. ..,.,..- .. '",.
Following. the announcement Of the
vote, Delegates Smith and Green an.
nOunced their opinion of the convention
in no gentle manner. and then silently
passed out into the night. '''. vs.,
AS Smith and Green vanished through
the door, Delegate ,Achi was given the
floor, and for fifteen minutes told those
present--that is, those who listened
that the way the convention was going
was contrary to law and that the con
ventiOn could not pass a resolution ex-
eept by n majority of the entire body
and not by a majority Of those present.
Achi finally wound up his protest with
the statement that he would file writ
ten protest with the legislature in 1917,
and then he too vanished into the night.
Sections Read BY Title f. =" 40. w
For the next ten minutes the secre-
tary of the gathering read section by
section from the book in his possession
while several of the delegates conversed
on the weather, the late worlds series
and other topics, Delegate Cohen finally
breaking the monotony by introducing
la resolution that the third reading pro-
ceed by the reading Of each section by
title only. ~'.'~s% ~ ~ W.
Delegate Lane protested against the
introtluct ton of so many "revolutions
but was finally prevailed onto sit down
and the motion of Cohen carried. o..
Then the reading Of the charter was
continued by title only and no one made
protest until section 216 had been
reached. Here Charles r. Qhilhngworth
wanted to amend the appointment of
district magistrates by the mayor to
appointment by the Territory. The mo-
tion was lost. 49, ~" ...
Following the reading Of the draft
ind the voting on the same, a vote Of
thanks was given to the Young Hotel
for the use Of the hall, The Advertiser
for the publicity and printing and TO
Assistant Clerk Coelho for his services.
Chaplain Kaleo also came in for vote
of thanks and Charles +. 'Chillingworth
made a neat speech in which he com
plimented Chairman Pachcco, for the
fair manner in which he had ruled the
convention.