Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-30

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try IN which they do buslne IS scn
riott. In censer--part Of the sfrlk.
4 inu school exhibit. BeIow--view
| OF part Of star-Rulletin's booth,
which was visited by more than
10000 people In two days.
for discussion. He sketched briefly
the work and the play ahead of the
convention. His speech. brief and
happiIy-worded, set the keynote of the
gathering as one in which sober
thought and careful, yet deliberate
discussion would be expected.
George w. Smith Responds
George w. Smith, president of the
Honolulu Chamber Of Commerce, made
a brief and to-the-point response,
pointing out that the conventions are
OF territory-widc importance and have
brought the men of various islands to-
getlfer admirably.
Chairman Mckay then named the
following resolutions committee:
chairman. Rev. George II. Laugh
ton. Hawaii; Emil A. Berndt and
Lawrence M. Judd. Oahu; Dan H.
Case, Maui: Hermann Rohrig, Kauai.
Later procedure was adopted under
which all resolutions must first be
presented on the floor Of the conyen.
ton end are then referred to the
resolutions committee.
The preliminaries of organization
having. been conipleteH. Governor
Pinkham was introduced and gave his
address. He was greeted with a long
round of applause and after his adj.
dress the comment on it was OF a
very favorable nature What the
governor said struck home quick and
deep.
|. Later In the day the resolution
committees first report was one car
rying q resolution of appreciation for
the governor's presence and OF hts
speech, tribute Immediately adopt
ed.
Afternoon Session Marked
BY Warm Debate
II was at the afternoon session that
the fur began to fly. Just before ad
journment in the morning the first
run for good roads was fired when
/. Lorrin Al. Thurston, chairman OF the
holdover committee on roads. submit
I ted the reprt of the committee. After
sketching the history of the "high.
way act, presented to The last legfs-
lature but NOT enacted; after telling
! how IL had been drawn up as directed
nv the Maui convention two years AGO.
his report recommended that the bin
he presented to the Legislature Of
biz.
This came back from the resolutions
i.ccmmittee with a Scotch verdict by
Chairman Lsughton, who said that
the committee had stood three and
two on the hill and therefore submit
i ted il to the convention without
4 recommendation.
Here the sparks began to fly. w
! r. Farringtcn had secured an amend
ment to the original motion of refer
ence. by which amendment the chair
was to appoint one or three members
Of a committee on each island tc
press the subject Of good roads, and
especially npkeep. before the various
boards OF supervisors. Thurston. Far
ringtcn and others warmly defended
the highways committees report
while E. H w. Brosdbent of Kauai
led the opposition and was supported
by Case OF Maui
WHY Kauai Objected
i The proposed act calls for a certain
measure OF territorial funds to be ap
propriated snong the counties-aT
adaptation of the state-aid system o.
Massachusetts This is the feature
that aroused the particular ire OF the
kauai delegates. They held tina
Maui by care. public shirt and will
ingness to abandon notifies has Cd
rood roads. and that Kauai should no
have to pav--through contributing Il
territorial funds-for the roads o
q other counties. RroafbeEt fought hart
end ably for this view. but almos
from the first the convention wa
iagainst him.
Thurston made brilliantly eloouen
ard logical sBeech extempore in favo
OF the bigger. broader view tina
what heirs me c. drtv heirs all AM
, he nointed nut that in some section
|. lof the Island of Hawaii. it is impos
sible to secure enough by taxation t
build roads He declared moreover
] that belt road Ground the Big Islam
; would be territorial asset
Highways Hill Endorsed
: As part Of the afternoons in.eresi
} Norman Lyman the Hilo district road
} builder, reed his illuminating papel
i which was received with much ar
; probation and expressions OF assen
! to its statements. This also contrib