The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-09-18
Pres dent

The appropriation herein provided for
shall be divided equally between the De-
partment of Agriculture and the Depart
ment of the Interior, as the necessities of
the investigations of each shall demand"
! Can any zane member of Congress eN-
plain why this proper and necessary pro-
vision was not included in the report of
the Conference Committee and made a
part of the Organic Act?
There is no answer other than care
lessness on the part of some and duplicity
on the part of others.
ID BY provision, inserted In the Organic
Act Mt the request of the special agent
or representative of President Dole at
Washington, the President of the United
States is requested to approve of the
official acts OF the Hawaiian Land Depart
ment from the seventn day of July, 1898,
&c the twenty-eighth day of September,
1859: among other things to approve of
twenty-five separate deals whereby the
public lands of the United States In the
Hawaiian Islands is disposed of to Jap
auese and Chinese, none of whom were at
any time either citizens of Hawaii or OF
the United States: even the Hawaiian
Land Law provided against such transact
tions. ,(See Sections 81 and IS, Land Act
of 1895; quaiucations of applicant) And
IS also asked TO approve of as many more
disposals to corporations. 1t is clearly
evident that the Land Department of Ha-
wall did not want any investigation of
Land Laws of Hawaii, or the proceed
ings hereunder" hence, the untring ef
forts of their lobby at Washington to
have such provisions stricken out. In
place of which, wholesale approval Is
provided for without invest cation. Amer
lean citizens here in search OF homes on
the public domain, would like TO know II
1t is the intention of CONGRESS- to have all
the public lands In the Hawaiian Islands
disposed of to corporation and to Jap
~ md Ov1f tlonNr oil ,Aat
wholly prohibited by reason of appraise-
rents so high for poor land covered with
almost impenetrahlc Jungle, hiuh up on
the mountain side and by entering into
conditions and terms OF payment that
would mako Shyock blush
This association win send the Land
Laws of Hawaii to any person applying
FOR the same. write II American Set
tlors' Association, Olaa II. - When YOU
get the law you can judge for yourself.
Tho land law for the disposal of the
public lands in the Hawaiian Islands, the
properly of the United States, remains
much the same as II existed under the
Republic of Hawaii, and so thoroughly IS
II ropud,ated by the people in the Islands
ttat the Republican party, IN convention
assembled, at Honolulu, May 80, 1900.
(Which was the only representative body
Of men that assembled in the Hawaiian
Islands during the past five years, If not
more. the Legislature not excepted.
adopted the following plank in It's plat
form:
I'VE declare ourselves in favor of the
extension of the homestead principle and
the enactment of such laws as VIII, with
the least difficulty and expense, provide
hcmos for the many"
This alone should be enough TO convince
any reasonable man that n change must
h. made. IT would have been useless for
the Republicans to put a ticket In the field
without such a guarantee in their plat !
form.
uniform homestead law for Hawaii /
Is necessary and without delay. We there |
fore ask Congress, at Its second session.
to reconsider Section 20. of the Act APP
proved April 30th and repeal the same, |
erncting In It's stead homestead law that |
will give an honest white man n chance !
to live in Hawaii; law that Will tend |
toward the development OF the country; |
n law that will not turn back from our
shores the practical American farmer, |
which has constantly been the result In
the past.
Respectfully,
SETTLERS ASSOCIATION. ,
The two-column circular referred to.
contains Allan Herbert's argument |
against long leases of land to the few
when they ought to go in the form of .
small homesteads to the many; also
the Advertisers story OF the Parker )
cattle ranch deals,