The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-24
JUST A WORD
FROM JOHN
EmmeIuth Talks to
San Francisco
Paper.
IS DISCOUNTED
QUITE AS USUAL
Gov. Dole Charged With Heinous
Offence of Not Recognizing
Washington's Birthday.

The Examiner says: John Emue,,,tb
ieaoer OF the Hawaiian Home Rule par
/ ~, Is at the Occidental, ostensibly on
his way to visit his old home in Cincin-
natl, Ohio. He arrived Tuesday even
ing on the Picking and will leave in a
few days for the East When seen yes
terday and asked concerning conditions
in the islands and the object of his
trip, Mr.. Emmeluth said:
Il am going back to my old home in
Cincinnati for short visit and while
am East will do all l can toward help
ing along the effort of those right
minded people who are endeavoring to
obtain an American system of govern
ment for the American Territory of
Hawaii. AS things are now in the ISL
ands very little of the American philos-
ophy of government is manifested All
the officials from the Governor to the
lowest constable are appointees, and
every man of them is using his official
position, not for the public good, but to
further the ends of those who secured
his appointment.
THE Governor and the Secretary of
the islands are Presidential appointees.
They in turn have the power to appoint
the lesser executive officers who con-
troll the positions of the hundreds Of les
ser official lights. This system makes
these two gentlemen the political auto
Gratis of the place and the only ones
benefited by their rule are those who
stand in with the ring. 1t is a splendid
disqualification of what you people have
been fighting here-bossism.
Yes, / am chairman of the tax COM
mission, the legality of which body is
now a matter of contention. The bill
creating the commission and appropri-
ating IS, 600 for its expenses was passed
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 30, according
to Governor Dole. 1t was only by using
the joint agreement concerning the
hold-over Scholarships as a club that
we had the tax commission bill passed
at all, and as soon as it was. passed 1t
was put in the hands of the Attorney
General that it's legality might be test
ed and that it might be defeated If
possible.
THE present system of taxation is
based on real estate and improved prop
erty and every sugar plantation Is as
sessed on It's actual cash value. There
is also an income tax of per cent on
all incomes of over $1,000. This system
needs much remodeling and many
amendments and it is for the purpose
of inaugurating these reforms that the
commission has been created.
1--WE are a Territory of the United
States and we want a regular Ameri-
can Territorial form of government We
don't want all the patronage that
comes with official position and the
authority to distribute several millions
of dollars to be controlled by few
people who use it to further their own
ends. We want regular Terrltorlai
county government. which VIII induce
white people to come and settle among
nc with the knowledge that they Will be
protected in their liberties and their
RIGHTS While I am East l will do all
possibly can to obtain this very much
desired condition of affairs for the Ha-
waiian Islands, in whose prosperity L
am most deeply interested.
From other sources it was learned
that the dispute over the date ending
the sixty-day session of the Hawaiian
Ieoislature arose over the refusal OF
coyarnor Dole to consider washington
b,rtbaav a legal holiday. Dole contend
al II was not holiday inasmuch as II
had never been so created by Con-
Grass The Home Rule party argued
tbat II was a holiday whether Con
aress had so declared it to be or not
Those opposed TO Dole eontenaed ina
the unanimous viii OF the Ainerican
people had made 1t a holiday, seconu
i.s,,1ortonce only to the Fourth of July.
and that whether or not Congress hao
over offlcially passed upon the question
the day was always observed by tna nat
hodv as well as by every other puolie
body that existed under the shadow OF
the American flag.