The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-09-12

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ui fHi government
cot rarker said h. ava rot sign the
nrff tmrnt hrf iri his power ~ nitnr-
ntb With Fred Wundenbefr
A. e.. Gehr ash a CDi Parker " he
had tHit any uf the other side that
Nuudruhttg . a advised him not 20
sigr. but Parker could not shy Col.
Ilfkrf HnId that pc did NOT say that
De- would sign the paper rs soon as
Baliuu had signed u. nor would he say
that he aprced o. sian Il " ID contained
the points reached by agreement
As 60 the Saturday night meeting at
McClanahan's office Col. Parker said he
was not certain. bot he said the whole
idea " himself aud Ballou was TO go
I'm with the Gehrs 20 get advantage OF
an inside pun they seemed To have. lie
said me declared everything on 10 Wun-
dcuhcrg. lie said he knew afterwards
that Wundcnberg and his attorneys
were before the council asking for the
issuance of the franchise to Jones. up
To the receipt of the Ryan letter.
There was much talk at the McClan-
ahai interview he said. but he said
everything YVES preliminary and moth
iug war accepted. as "c wanted 60 see
ney. lie said he was at the executive
council meeting and Ballou probably
then withdrew the application, but he
wanted the records examined. Then the
Colonel said that II was the governor
who said first If the opposing interests
got together there need be no auction.
Col Parker said he received n letter
from Gehr at the Arlington Hotel.
Washington, and tore 1t up without
reading It,
Upon REORGANIZATION. To Senator
Thurston Col. Parker said an agree
ment was in existence between him
self. McCrosson. Ballou and McClana-
han, and he didn't know where II was.
There was some talk over this but the
commission adjourned for dinner in It's
midst.
NIGHT SESSION AT HOTEL.
The night session was held on the la
npi e the hotel. and the way the work
was done was enough To give the com
mission an Idle" f how strong local
feeling may run. 1t was demonstrated
that Senator Bur n has strong feel
irg as To the powers of the executive
here, and every occasion furnished him
a chance To show how he leit on this
subject. Senator lnurston suggested.
near the close thpt Governor Dole be
summoned to appear and refute certain
charges made, and seemed surprised
when Nj. MCt ma AN read lettT In
which Re srT monCd ,he governor per-
sonally.
After som Irel 'minary diminishing
/ Col. Jones was put on the stand and
told # the me ing 1T the bungalow.
insisting that he held cut no Induce
ment tx apt III / furn shed In the work
done by the rer associated with him.
He said Mr. McCipplhen asked II Mr..
Boyd was not interested In the COM
L > l.. ,laat trul "A IA
not. lie denied also that he gave any
I assurances that the franchise would be
/ gre nted If there IVES union. lie said
/ he had no plans for a settlement OF the
meters.
| COL Parker created n mild sensation
by auggesting that Col. Jones had gone
TO Mr.. Irwin and said he had something
good and that some capital would be
needed to work 1t. Col Jones explained
that ii was another matter which he
wanted Mr.. Irwin to submit to his at
torney as IL meant the Interpretation
of n Federal statute.
Jones also repeated some CONVERSE
tons with Col. Parker. in which he
said, even up to the time OF his depar-
ture, that he was in accord with the
agreement and yet his attorney In fact
would not sign II. He stated that there
were no facts In existence or no reason
why Col. Parker would not receive as
favorable consideration as himself and
he feared more so. He said also that
there was not single government DILL
cial interested in the matter.
+. Wundenberg said he had refused to
sign the agreement ON account OF his
belief that 1t was one-sided and Great
ed n laugh by asking what was the
governors council.
MCRoSSON TALKS BACK.
]. n. McCrosson, who has worked up
the ditch scheme, was next called and
he told his story as he wished. He went
over the bringing in of the second APP
plcation for a license. which came aft
er the license for Col. Parkers plan had
been agreed upon, framed az II was on
the plans of the council. He said he
noticed n change In the attitude OF the
council as soon as the new application
came in. and the members then wanted
to see into the matter more closely.
While the council was considering the
question n letter came to Acting Gov
crnor Cooper, and 1t proving to be one
from the Interior Department saying
that in the absence of express authori-
ty the Territory should defer action
until Congress had acted. the governor
suggested that all consideration cease.
At once he went On to Washington to
Try and Induce the department to
change it's mind, and failed for the pre-
vious opinion was reafiirmed. He said
he still argued for reversal, believing
that there would be a chance for the
local government to carry out what
was the proper course, which was to
give the right to those to whom 1t be-
longed.
Upon his return he went to Kohala
and got the planters to sigr a petition
to Congress to pass the bill, and had
C. mass meeting held which passed reso-
lutions to the same effect. AS well the
signatures Of land owners We're secur-
ed. He then traced the course of the
bills introduced and saying that Mr..
Gehr had threatened to call him to ac-
count for certain language he would
repeat It, He said: IL said to Senator
Thurston mat knowing him for an hon
orable man. / was surprised that he
would take up the case OF n client who