The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-23

tIat tIr trn ~ y o. Brown. Ddmma-
Eunrr ~ Public iaTl1. to wash rrf0r.
U. g.. wHH authorized and directed iy
Dim Hud ihhl among uthrr uIuaf. th.
rl.I !. D. Blown was Instructed hF tNr
Governor t0 advocate tEr repeal nf mod.
IU..iI.n ut thHt p.Huso ~ section D. 0f
tI. NuaHI. fli which reads na follow.
InHt Uo corporation, domestic 0r for-
r.n. .u"l acquire uuu hold real rttH.t
u IIHua. iu rs., uf 1000 acre" uHI 40
r.Hl tH.. acquired and hold IY such
corpora ..H ur association contrary hc.r-
q. .H#U boz forfeited nuu cagHaat t0 the
United sUtrs, hut existing vested rights
u zeal ..taI. shalt not bc lmua red."
AND, WutruHa, H.. \. Dole, Attorney
General OF this Territory. has recently
rendered au opinion that leases OF pub-
Die land by corporations IN excess OF l0t
acres or in addition to tho land held IN
fee by such corporation Is not prohibited
by the above mentioned laws; and
Whereas there rs an evident desire on
the part Of public officials OF this Terri
tory to remove all obstacles and allow
corporations TO increase the already too
large holdings and thereby mouopolizc
all nc agricultural lands to the great
loss and detriment Of the citizens of this
Territory and.
Whereas, the Governor has, without AL
thority Of law, held regular and secret
conferences with the heads nj the de-
purtmouts under him since the erection
Of this Territory, end has denied to the
House OF REPRESENTATIVES access to or
copies OF the rgco'us OF the proceedings
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Gn,ergor I'm eucb council ar conference
nae favorable considered propositious
Welding valuable concessions and ex
changing or LANDS aud privileges in the
Territory TO mUuop-les, corporations
and private landed interests 10 the mani
fest ueuimeul or the homestead settle
mem System lonI l,yo5 ','|tu .S lu"u .,I
49, o5,,,,.5 -, ,,,. io,.,, oor,litia,,s
Of sniI OTTO v,o,,Id croafs I'm the near fu-
ture an Increasing proportion of small
land holders who would naturally be-
come the handspring of the progress and
proper development of this Territory.
The original resolution providing for
bringing suit In the supreme Court ana
requesting n Congressional commission
to investigate the matter, was kept in
tact
The whole amended resolution was
adopted by majority of 20 to b.
Dickey, Keiki Eumalae, Robertson and
Wilcox.
Gilfllan, Hogs and Prendergast We're
absent.
superintendent of Public Works Nc
Candies and assistant Rowell came in
for a severe scoring at the hands of
the Committee on Public Expenditure.
EDithets were freely llsed oven the In to
~,art.in Iyirs,,s ,d,,inis+ro+i,r hairc
,onemrod pou,oII Ia,,,a,,ar ,,,os ~
,ai,i,t 80. -, - ~
'P'Si' VI 'hS S''''''"l S''"ie Va lIie
7tLEila,
me committee round that on the Fan /
road contract bids, c. II. Dwight made |
an offer to complete the work for
500 975. a bid lust S25 below the 100000
io,, and far baIou, that Of any,
# bis co,,ne+itors -, cirou,,storoo tbo4
- i,,,. ansfa,,e, -, 49, $50,
nav, H., ad,,no ,,.,,ot 49, 49,, 80
,idd;r. E,rthorro,.o 80 o,,.
,oooo. p, -, . Va o,S
800 iiuu "ee" ie'IulIeu az ms MINUS
'iiu even tha' NOT lorleiteo on MS ran
ire to complete the contract.
A letter from Dwight to Capt. King |
was quoted in which the contractor
asked for leniency and claimed that he |
vas losing money
Tn annarer+ roenorso 70 .hi, ,n,oo,
- 1000 ~, o,,,,a,,.,otie s,s 900 "pp ,
- -. aPpi op. ,a'Ioi Vi si.,ovu was
Gnu iuit neI one vi so'ooo' LOT
inpd'u plils on the ran road.
Yet another sum of $4,000 was spent
making a grand total of $75,7SS13.
The report reads:
Your committee feels a natural deli
'acy in discussing n matter involving the
conduct of a person since dead. The
ate Captain ]. A. King. the then Minis
cr of the Interior, only followed the
common practice and undoubtedly acting
IN the advice of his subordinate and
With the consent of his associates in the
government perm, ,ed the bond to lapse
lie was what some members of the Gov
'rnment service today claim to be, an
honest man and one possessed of that
purity of thought which prompted him to
invest all others with the sterling quail
les which distinguished him.
An upsuccessfrI or irco,,o,o,,.
cement makes on, ,Inmoltes nan,, q ~
ness firm in the romnetitinns Of tSis
Ife. and what opnlies to Tho ordirory
lslufss life annlies with moro Fore, 10
n fairs Nrior,ad I, mil
pbt If was gross nepIoct of Tho nuhIic
interest To contlnua q u Dwtgbt In
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