The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-09
THE COUNTY
GOVT BILL

90. uaBaU U.uu bas t.. uII0w.nF
s. % Lugn.nsi.iu. who was nominated
f.r tUs senate Uu tHe Republican ticket
40 tns hal primaries b. opposed TO coun.
ty government under the existing oJndi.
lions,
when matters =hap, themselves 80
that tuD government of the Islands mdy
ua dagoutrallzod" Dee sand yesterday, "a
w.ll work in favor OF %, ! favored the
measure before ANA was nominated on
that platform. But who thought the re
suit would be as il wasG
Tho actions of The Independent party
In the J., Eizlature during the present
session ouuNluocs me. with everyone else
that county government under such con-
d,tuus would be disastrous. In the nrst
pace We would need money for improve
mcuts, and the usual mode OF procedure
Is 10y bonding. II the affairs OF the
county We're administered by reputable
men there would be no difficulty met
with IN securing the necessary loan be-
cause the status or character of the Of
lciuls would have much to do with the
credit of the country so long as We dc
not control the lands | am of the op!n-
ion that there viii be disruption in the
ranks of the Independents within
short time certainly before the next
election, and / believe there will be an
entirely different and more agreeable re-
suit two years hence than we experience
ed at the election last November. II
am correct In this, / believe we can elect
men 10 county Offices who will have the
confidence Of the people You under
stand that l oppose centralized govern
ment, have opposed MIR. Dole as Pres
ldcnt and Governor, but 1 would prcfe.
to have things 20 on as they are Than
fly to evils we are not quite sure about"
COMMENT or THE HERALD.
The Views expressed by Mr. Loeben-
stein relative to county government Will
probably not be shared by the masses
though there Is some pretty sound iogic
! In them The idea OF a continuation OF
centralized government, even for lin
TIED period, IL rcpulsiye to most people,
ana change Is desirable Whenever 10.
cal government has been called for In
the past the press OF Honolulu has
laughed at IIilo for thinking II could get
along Gfter the apron strings were sew.
cred; a city 80 situated and the people
80 surrounded by officials with almost
unlimited power In the matter OF order
| Ing Improvements mas superior adyan-
! tagcs over every other district or town
/ In the Islands. Not content with cecur-
! ing practically everything that was ask
! ed for they wanted to say what other
towns should have and when. IIiiD had
| the nerve on one occasion to make n re-.
! quest that the Government band be gent
here 10 that the people who contributed
| toward It's support might have an oppor-
tunity to hear the music. The request
was met with Jccrs ana "A suggestion
that II the people of Hilo wanted TO pay
the expenses OF the trip, the band might
come up-somc time And this state OF
affairs has existed ever since the btni
was organized. IT rs In history that II
did come TO lIilO once at the expense Of
! the players, but II there IL another In
| the twenty-five years Of It's existence u
has been blottcd out by the rayages OF
1 time. Early In the present session OF the
| Legislature II was mooted that the biz
to discontinue the appropriation for the
band would pass, Then, and not until
then, did one OF the papers come out ana
plead for n continuation Of the organI-
Zation, promising that other towns
might hear tho music they paid for.
That IL probably the last Hio viii ever
hear from II, and In the future as in
the past the people may do their own
whlstllng. This Is mentioned as only
one, and probably the most unimportant
evils OF centralized government as II cx-
lists here and Is mentioned merely to
show how tho pulse or Honolulu beats.
II they want TO dance In Honolulu let
them pny the piper and the best way
for Hilo TO get out OF the expense IL 10
ask for change. The Herald does not
believe IIIlO Is ready for city govern
mcnt, but county government is feAB-
ible and should be given the Islands, not
one county for each Island, that VIII do
for little strip like oahu, but lot the
counties on Hawaii be 80 divided as to
make the transaction OF business less
Irksomc than under the present system.