The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-09-09
Ak OPEN LETTER To HON. E. c.
NACFARLANE.


DEAR SIR: For few minutes
Yesterday ] had the pleasure OF
listening TO your remarkable ana
interesting argument before the
Legislature in favor of referring
the Oahu Railway bill to a select
committee In order that further in
formation might be obtained. L
sav remarkable for it seemed very
remarkable to me that you should
hint that any Of Your fellow MEM
hers were so weak and wicked as
10 allow themselves to yield to evil
influences from without against
public interest. You also spoke
81 disgraceful alobbylng in sup
bort Of the bill, and of the every
Strange change in the opinions
and vote Of several members. You
also referred to the Oahu Railway
and Land Company in such man
ner as TO cause your hearers to
conclude that the said company is
under the control of those who are
deliberately misleading the public
and INDUCING In bribery to put it
roughly. OF course your leglsla-
tive privilege protects you in all OF
these charges and inuendoes, IN
spite of the fact that you may do
the company thereby a very great
injury for which no redress lies.
Nv first thought and wish is to say
nothing, and let your haseiess, I'M
fair and injudicious charges go I'M
answered. but friends and others
advise Z challenge to you to pro-
duce all or any of your facts. 1t
seems TO me upon the whole that
this Is the wisest course. You are,
no doubt both fair and honest. You
know that the o. r. d L. Co. has
no chance on the floor Of the
House to refute anything you
NAV choose to say. But in
the public press it is differ
ent Here both have chance.
Now if you have any charge Of
bribery or undue influence to bring
against the company. do so where
you can be answered, and you will
be given q full, free and public OPP
portunity TO substantiate all you
say. I will say to you at once that
YOU viii miserably fail, for you
have not shadow or an iota Of
truth TO stand on. Everything
which has been done by the O. r.
& L. Co. or by or with its
consent or knowledge in its
behalf by those interested in
Il. for the furtherance of the bill,
has been open and above board. |
Il has not cost the company one
cent, either in cash or promises. |
AL information requested has
been furnished. We have furnished |
more than that, and have in fact |
furnished everything which APP |
pe2red necessary for the informa-
ton Of the House relative to the |
bill. 1t was suggested to me yes
terday. while listening to you, that
we ought TO have printed every
thing and distributed it in the
House. l am inclined to think now,
this would have been the wiser
course; but it seemed at first that
il would appear obtruslve and as If
the measure were for private and
not public utility. If the bill was
private grab it ought to have been
defeated as l believe you desired,
but if one Of public benefit it ought
TO have passed on its own merits.
as It certainly did. If it pleases His
Majesty to sign the bill, you will
find that the O. r. Il L. Co. will
proceed to build, as rapidly as pos
slble, and in the interest of the
stockholders, as well as the general
public, a substantial and we'll
equipped road. Bonds will not be
issued. as is sometimes the case, for
three or four times the cost of con-
struction, as in case of road very
near at hand of which we know.
Yours very truly.