Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-11
CHAMBER ENTERS
Fight AGAINST
CHARTER DRAFT
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majority report and q minority report.
AT q meeting Of the county and
municipal affairsf committee OF the
Chamber ofHC0mmerce of Honolulu.
held this date, resolution was passed
authorizing a letter addressed TO you
making request, in the name Of the
members Of the Chamber Of Commerce
OF Honolulu, to be allowed to appear
ard be heard before a committee OF
the whole Of the charter convention
before action is taken on any reports
returned to the convention from the
committee OF Is.
Il will he pleased to be notified of
favorable action on this request.
Very. truly yours,
RAYMOND c. BROWN, Secretary"
Meet Wednesday Morning.
| The county and municipal affairs
committee OF the chamber will meet
Wednesday morning at o'clock at the
Chamber Of Commerce rooms to re-
Fceiye and consider such answer as the
charter convention may make to the
foregoing letter. SEQ
1t is thought that the Chamber
of Commerce workers may propose a
compromise charter; to be made UP OF
the leading features of the Research
Club and Achi drafts, already put be-
fore the convention.
| Chamber of Commerce, Civic FEEDER
alton, minority of the charter eonye1-
ton committee Of Is, Charles Chilling.
worth and many other members Of the
fconvention, Circuit Judge Whitney,
/ n II RRF1n AahfnPGls
! Ex-Governor Frear, Judge Dole-these
are a few Of the forces which are gath
ering 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 An.
dfews, ehairmanfof the committee OF
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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. 10 ~ - -
Saturday night at meeting Of the
Civic Federation in the Chamber OF
Commerce rooms, d meeting at which
1t was intended that Ex-Governor
Frear and other we'll known political
thinkers of the islands should voice
the reasons why they are opposed to
the suggested plan for o new charter,
the opinion carried that these speech.
es should be heard by the Charter
LCoHYeIifion az q whole, and the follow.
ing resolution was passed iE.1s... 81. :
URGE Public Meeting. 3. - :, ;
Resolved: That before acting upon
the report Of the committee of 10 on
the subject Of the proposed charter for
the city Of Honolulu the Charter Con-
yerltfon be asked at its next meeting
to call for a public meeting on the
subject
Il is possibie, liowevef. gtnatthis viii
not Be done, according to NJ G. Pa
checo, chairman Of the convention.
"Tffe time to have appeared before
the convention was when we called
the public meeting some time ago,
SAYS Pacheeo.s aPeople 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 will grant the request. 1t
is M to them, and have no idea
what action WIN be taken. L.
II think myself that the plans pro-
posed by the committees OF Is In thsif
majority report will have to be thor
oughly trimmed down In parts and ex-4
banded m others before it can be
adopted. Among other things, It -
absurd TO-, have an even number OF
supervisors ""t'.te 4 -. :''@>' a
IN the meantime the minority Of.
the committee of Is has perfected an,
Independent organization, and will
hold together during the rest af the
convention In order to fight through
their plans for a short ballot charter.
AS chairman Of the minority Fran.
els ]. Green has been leading them
in their preparations for the fight on
the floor Of the Charter Convention,
but the aetuaI SPOKESMAN or the min
ority In the wordy war which is sure
to spring up there is Senator Charles
Chillfnsworth. referring to the sUg-
gestion that the convention might de-
eide not to hear the speakers who
wish to speak before it either as
committee of the whole or at a pub
lie meeting, Chiilfngworth said this
morning: re-,
"Rreak 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 are, 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 will join with him on
this issue at least
In the meantime manv prominent
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