Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-02-19
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money cut any ice with the natives
in the last election as a great many
people supposed? | think II that Gucs-
ton Is answered correctly, you will see
that we are resting rather easy. l do
not believe there will be many who
will deny that money was Haunted In
face of the party and of individual
members Of the party. We carried tho
day without money and we will carry
the dispensary bill.
81 do not wish to say much about the
single tax bill but. from what | can
gather now. this will also be made n
law. To my mind. It is the only just
method OF taxation. II is the method
that will show us such progress as Ha-
wall has never before seen.
yes. we will make some provision
for Llliuokalani for we think that she
should be looked out for. She was our
Queen and 1t was through no fault Of
hers that she was ousted from her
throne. We look upon her as our moth
er and We know that her heart is with
the people over whom she ruled at one
time. In this matter. We expect the
hearty cooperation of the Republicans
for they have a clause in their plat
form that calls for the same thing we
are proposing.
THE appropriation bill will Of
course take up a great deal Of the time
of the session for we intend to 90 to
the bottom of everyappropriation that
Is called for. A great deal has bean
said about the Independents and what
they do to arrest all development. On
the contrary, we are in favor of alt
development along healthful lines and
we will appropriate all the money ne
cessary for these needs.
I'VE have an admirable school sys-
tenn in this country and we are going
to make 1t still better by appropriatinG
money for the putting up Of new
pWllWluSS anu lOl Nit b'N''i ''lhiihaNi =
of schools where our own people Will
find It possible to qualify themselves as
teachers. We want Hawaii for the
people of Hawaii
THE water system of this city AMI
fits suburbs will be question that will
also take up a great deal Of our ttma.
W ,,. ,,,+o,prI,tiny gvCtop, rpsar-
voirs in Nuuanu valley that will not
only supply the whole city Of Homo
lulu but which will run the electric
light works in Nuuanu valley and the
pumping stations on Beretania street
and in Kalihi. II is the present calcu-
latiOn that, with an appropriation OF
courses Of the Nuuanu streams into n
system of reservoirs ana attend TO all
other matters in connection with this
new departure. We have 1t on good att
thority that during a wet spell this
Arrangement will be capabl" Of storing
up enough water to last for six months
hul ms a VI NN'li 'NNA u ipl uiNNh'i
drop falls during that time.
"Of course. IL Is unnecessary for me-
10 mention all the minof matters that
will come up during this session N
fact. | could not. for do not believe
that we know everything that Is liza
Bile to come up, alth Juga ! 10 not hest.
tate to say that a vast number Of bills
have already passed. through our hands,
Then you see the Republicans will have
a lot Of bills we know nothing about y
A prominent member inthe councils
OF the Republican party and in the eau.
cuses of that party gives the Bulletin
the following outline OF the Rcpuh]i-
can policy in the Legislature
1T Is our intention to move along
conservative lines, rather than radical
II will be our purpose tomake a sincere
effort to redeem every promise
made in the Republican platform. On
all party measures, the Republicans
will stand together, winners or losers.
We shall do our best to convince
enough Independent members that our
bills deserve their support.
Concerning our disposition toward
the Queen, 1t has been the feeling that
at caucus meetings that she should be
treated literally along the line sug
gested in the Republican platform.
That is to say, she should be voted a
liberal pension. We do not believe she
should be reimbursed for the loss Of
her crown lands, nor are We In favor
OF an extravagant pension. The other
side, We are told, propose a pension OF
$4,000 per year. This we think is too
much. Different members in caucus
have advocated $4,000 to $4,000 a
year. We will probably settle on
$1,000 We hold that the Queens pen
sion should not be more than the high
est salary paid to any Territorial Off.
ciaI
las to the fire claims, the Republic
cans have decided that It Is the business
of the Territory to pay these losses.
We will favor the appointment of a
commission to first determine the per-
sons who sustained losses in the plague