The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-08-27
JUST A WORD
FROM JOHN
Emmeluth Talks to
San Francisco
Paper.

The Examiner says: John Emm.luth,
leader of the Hawaiian Home Rule par
~, is at the Occidental. ostensibly on
his way to visit his old Home in Cincn
natl. Ohio. He arrived Tuesday even
ing on the Picking and will leave in
few days for the East. When seen yes
terday and asked concerning conditions
in the islands and the object OF MS
trip, Mr.. Emmeluth said:
Il am going back to my old home in
Cincinnati for short visit and while
am East will do all | can toward help
ing along the effort of those right
minded people who are end.avoring to
obtain an American system of govern
ment for the American Territory OF
I Hawaii. AS things are now in the ISL
: ands very little of the American phiios-
ophy of government is manifested. All
the officials from the Governor to the
| lowest constable are appointecs, and
every man of them is using his official
position, not for the public good but tc
further the ends of those who secured
:! his appointment
q The Governor and the Secretary 81
VI the islands are Presidential appointees
Il They in turn have the power to appoint
i the lesser executive officers who con
9 troll the positions of the hundreds of les
n ser official lights. This system makes
n these two gentlemen the political auto
Il Gratis of the place and the only ones
n benefited by their rule are those VINO
e stand in with the ring. II is a splendic
q cxemplflcation of what you people have
" been lighting here-bossism
q YES. am chairman of the tax com
& mission, the legality of which body Is
IL now a matter of contention. The oil
y creating the commission and appropri
n ating s5, 900 for its expenses was passed
y on the 1st day of May, the last day OF
the session of the Hawaiian Congress
according to our computation, though
the session ended on April 80, accordlhi
to Governor Dole. II was only by usins
the Joint agreement concerning I'M
hold-over Scholarships as club ina
we had the tax commission Dill passe'
at all, and as soon as II was passed
was nut in the hands of the Attorne
General that it's legality might be test
ed and that it might be defeated
q possible.
The present system of taxation
based on real estate and improved prop
q erty and every sugar plantation Is as
q scssed on it's actual cash value. Their
" Is also an income tax of per cent
- all incomes of over $1,000. This systei
needs much remodeling ana man
d. amendments and 1t is for the purpo'
of inauguratng these reforms that II
At commission has been created.
l. I'VE are a Territory Of tn" Inlt'
he states and we want a regular Amer
'ar can Territorial form Of government
W., don't want all the patronage TN
comes with official position and Il
mt authority to distribute several million
go. nr dollars to be controlled by ie
.rrnple who use it to further their oM
ends. We want a regular T"rrlt"rl
w. county government, which Will ndu
- white people to come and settle amor
lis with the knowledge that they will
rrnt.rt.d i'm their liberties and the
81 rights While | am East | viii Il" a''
lds possibly can to obtain this very mu'
-tb desired condition of affairs for the II
ar walian Islands, in whose prosperity
." am most deeply Interested
From other sources II was learn
inc that the dispute over the date endl
g IN, sixty-day session OF the Hawan
Legislature arose over IN" retusal
Governor Dole to consider Washington
birthday a legal holiday Dole cuntch
ed il was not holiday inasmurh as
had never been so created by co
4 gress. The Home Rule party argu
of that it was holiday whether ca
will rress had SO declared it to be or n
es- Those opposed to Dole contended IN
on the unanimous win OF the Amerlc
at people had made it holiday, second
Importance only to the Fourth OF Ju
au- and that whether or not Congress
ever officially passed upon the questi
the the day was always observed by u
one body as we'll as by every other pun
M -, H., xis+.a under me. shadow
one ,i, Nov
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