The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-10-24
Would Cut Maui Out
OF Civic Convention
HiIO Delegates Would Hold Future
Meetings Only In HilO Or Honolulu
Say Maui Hasn't Facilities
AlsOFairT rAttraCtiOn

civic convention. More than this she
is putting in a permanent claim for
the honor, although she is willing to
let Honolulu have a crack at it oc-
c~asionally. But neither Maui nor
Kauai will ever have another look-in,
if the Hilo delegates to the last con-
v%ention have thei1 way.
At least this is the tenor of their
| talk, according to the Hilo Tribune.
In its issue of October IS, this paper
says
"Hilo for the next Civic Convention,
then Honolulu. then one and the
other of the two cities on alternate
years, but Maui and Kauai no more.
That was the sentiment of the con-
vention just closed, including the Maui
delegates themselves, said Frank j.
Cody, chairman of the Hilo delegation,
yesterday.
TN order of precedence said Mr..
Cody, the next Civic Convention
should go to Kauai, but Kauai showed
no interest in the convention. She
sent only four delegates to Maui this
year and those four did not even
trouble to present their credentials,
took no part in the proceedings, and
made no effort to press the claims of
the Garden Isle.
Maui Overcrowded
GAS for Maui, Waikiki was over
crowded. They haven't the accommo-
d~ations. Those who were not FORUM
ate enough to be billeted in a private
homeland | cannot say enough for
the hospitality Of the Valley Isle-got
little sleep. Moreover Maui, though
midway between Hilo and Honolulu,
is harder to get to than either of
them. As for Kauai, it is frankly in
accessible.
1.-The Maui delegates recognize
came to me with a proposal that here
after the conventions be held in Hilo
and Honolulu on alternate years. To
remove the proposal from any SEM
blance of selfish grab, we left it in the
hands of the Honolulu Chamber of
Commerce and there it is. l have
little doubt of the outcome
Least Interesting
George H. Wears, another Hilo del
egate, who has taken an active part in
civic conventions since the first one
was opened in Hilo, said the Maui
convention was the least interesting
of any thus far held.
"In fact said Mr.. Wears. they
have proved less and less attractive
to the crowds each year. Two years
ago the interest was less than the
year before. This was the poorest OF
the lot.
1.-The attendance was good, there
were lots of visitors on Maui, but
they were not interested in the Civic
Convention. They wanted to see the
horses running or the ball games
y They were not looking for information
so far as l could see.'
First Days Encouraging
"W. H. Beers, County Attorney O
Hawaii, said the first and second day!
of the convention were encouraging
but that after the first session of th'
y second day, the attendance began t.
fall off until, on Saturday morning
there were not enough listeners t
make the reading of papers reason
able.
But | must say the people of Mau
have the real American push. The.
filled in the ground for their count,
y fair, leveled it and built the Terri
al Building, the Horticultural an,
Machinery Halls in five weeks-an
the grounds were well kept and tn
buildings not u%nattractive. l thin
this a feat worthy of even a temper
ate climate 1t rather gives the lie I
y the critics who say these Islands ar
e%nervating.'
. "Hilo is DESTROYS of having the mex
d Civic Convention held in this city, a
was evidenced by the comments mad
, at yesterdays meeting of the Hill
Board of Trade.
"The Maui Convention was not
success in so far as the interest {
the delegates was concerned. At tn
~ session held on Saturday mornin
there were not sufficient delegate
present to warrant the reading of SON
of the papers and these were ordere
to be printed without being read.
Has any good work been starte
by this convention asked Chairma
Guard.
81 doubt it very much replied
Wears i'There seems to be a d
zdtd Iaes 81 interest in the Conve
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