The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-01-07

some of Thief will go Forward by the
kinau Tomorrow Letters Conrerrug
Right to Sell or Lease.


Att uutN mooled question of Wheth- /
.i 'i NOT tIe Ieili1tlal government /
nus ar Ust ptcu granted Its original I
ana intended authority to handle all /
Pu'l, iaId malleis VIII uud praC-
','"i aoiuloh tomorrow morning when
the.e VIII pe forwarded Co some of the I
pure ildsti@ lh lhe bI3a tract opened 7
lH AUG ust iase thelr agreements of I
9eiNi rhJltuuS Jhth Co take possession T.
OH lner purchases nt once AS many /
OF lHe papers as it is possible Go get /
ready "ul ue sent 10y the hmau and I
lue "lheis Will follow as quickly as pos /
ai.t'.
Hoe' Jhe authority conferred hy /
congress ana rediilrmed iu the last /
N"lI' p'hatH'a from the Interior De- /
'dI liAv hi lne IeIrltorl3l government I
Ha' ."Neh up am land matters and /.
puts' IONS OF authority and powers .
raised sometime ago The last deCj- /
siolt US very sweeping, in "a way, ad-
HeIlus closely to the sput of the am
i!eNill'oh resolution ana the action of
I congress last spriu. As such IL is doubt
/ less satisfactory to all the people of
'lle nav Ndll'H lHlands.
AN lutufe Il VIII not pe necessary to
/ leIeI any transaction 90 Washington
LVi "ppi"Esa the authority or the Ter
I l'Yl l"' oulDl'is ptihS complete In the
I .'''' llVI' 'oiHeNiIoe ago Jhe authority
~ ~. issue paVenls confirmed. In the
( 'e''g'S last received Is authority also
"'i Ne,us' leases ana olhef transactions.
i,it'.,.g s''g go ' 6'U ol man We're Two
re,i,,. ,,,,l .,, -. sS'' ol Iile m
fa. Ntt.,,,,i., ','. ~. o. u,'7' az l'eFaIl-
s5,litia,, 49,, 49,, O.. ,'I 5ss' I'm
aI tra,isorti.t,. We piIyn ol appION
I5,, iUos III D,lls muse Det" o t"Ggh
I o5,Ig.i,,, ~ ~ @ % io'3' 4 ne
49, a.. VI ,iC s.''e on lne oIaa lanus
and was settled bv the general dacisio,,
lust rendered
The approval bv President Nrctyipte,.
Of the older transactions of tho II,5
waiian government have no b.oii,I,
whatever ON tbe penera1 stst,,s aS
land matters These transactione ,,,s,.a
approved by Congress. subject TO the
ratification of the Prasid,,..t and al
vance information of that Ratification
or confirmation arrived here some
months ago. The real news in connec-
ton with the subject is tba niacing of
the entire land question i'm fhe hands
of the Territory, as was originally in
i tended
In legal circles the s,,ggastior tbo+
suits may hereafter he broI1pht NV fbt
Acknowledgement ~ anyone hinder him
on account of the matter. is regarded
as extremely unlikely. The Interi-
or Department is the authority on land
matters, and it's decision is as much
final as is that of the Treasury De-
partment on questions of the admission
VI Ohllese INTO lhe Uhlteo states.
Governor Doie says we have had
several letters on the public lands mat
ter which taken together completely
clears up the whole subject. There was
never any doubt on the part of the Ter
rltory as to the situation and we feel
gratited that our view has been sus-
talned.
"The law prescribes that leases of
agricultural lands shall be made for
five years only. This does not refer 70
lands leased or sold for homestead
purposes, as has been clearly nointed
out by the Interior Department in let
ters previously received.
"The Territorial government. acting
upon the instruction received has fak7
, en- up the land matter again and will
proceed to make such sales and leases
and other transactions as NAV annear
best for the public at large
The two most important letters re-
! ceiyed by the last mail were as given
below. Owirg to their innorto roa they
were registered and were not delivered
at the capitol ,,.,4iI Friday afternoon
reaching the nublic saturday morning
. The first one reads as follows.
..Danart,,,oo+ 80 a., I,+,,,io
"OHca 81 ~ Aseistan+ Attor,lo,, CO.,
aral uaebinortn,o Daoarohay {oao
..,rt, ....,... -, - -'O
ST. ne A''oi heS -oeiieia'
o"
= Answering your letter OF the sra IN
stant enclosir0 letter of the 18th ul-
tlmo from the United states District
Attorney Tor HAWAII, together with a
Drlet prepared by hlm, and copies of
+ correspondence, al relative TO the au-
thorlty OF the pubic otlcers OF the Ter
rltory OF HaWall TO sell lease or other
wise dispose or pubic lands in the Ha-
2 Wanah ISLANDS, nave read the en-
7 closures named, put DO NOT AGREE
: WITH the united states District At
t torhe' III ms conclusion that the pubic
= ollcers OF the territory OF hawaii are
2 not authorized TO sell lease or other
5 wise dispose OF pubic lands IN the Ha-
Wailah lslahus' Nhlle the ground OF
e authority could nave peen more plainly
= stated II seems TO me that the conclu-
sion Is lar from dlihcult, ana that SUD
e Ject TO certain speclned changes ana