The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-26
Whitney c Marsh, L6d.

advocated a pension to the queen while
denying that she had any claim on the
crown lands. He wanted a bounty of
four cents on coffee Urging the i'll eff
fects of the cutting off of the labor sup
ply, saying the cane fields would be
abandoned unless there was such
supply of labor, he insisted that Con-
gress should provide laws which would
permit the entrance of Chinese for field
work In closing he criticized Gov.
Dole and Secretary Cooper for the di-
version of the Chinese trust funds to
general expenses.
w. d. Alexander read long paper
on the land system, reciting the his
tory of the division of the lands and
favoring the local land laws as the ap
plication of the United States laws
would hasten the consolidation of the
lands.
P. M. Pond presented a petition from
a large number of young business men
and employees of business houses, set
ting forth the critical conditions here
and asking for relief along various
lines including fire claims payment, To-
cal expenditure of customs receipts and
Chinese labor for fields.
Delegate Wilcox then presented
number of Hawaiians with petitions.
The first was David Kalauokalani Jr.,
who had a number of papers. one series
being petitions for city and county gov
eminent, being signed by 96S voters;
another petitioning that the United
States take charge of the leper settle
ment signed by 796 voters; another
protested against the taking of public
lands for the purpose of benefiting tic
Rapid Transit Company signed by 81
voters; another asked that the public
lands be cut up into 40 and so acre
tracts and set aside for homesteads,
993 voters signing it. A paper was pre-
scented, too, protesting against eX-
change of public land for private lands,
the transfer being made for the promo
ton of private enterprises. The petit
ton alleged that lands on which they
bad lived for thirty years yet it had
been taken from them for the benefit
of the Rapid Transit Company. The
{ signers were D. Kalauokalani and 9TH
ers resident on Punchbowl.
| J. NJ Poepoe read a resolution by the
executive committee of the Home Rul-
ers, asking that Congress pass laws
permitting cities and counties to have
control of public lands and utilities now
! in the use of the Territory. The reso-
luton also calls upon the Senators to
assist Wilcox in passing such law at
| the next session of Congress.
Charles Motley appeared for num-
Der of Hawaiians to present a petition
from residents of the Kalihi camp. The
petition sets forth that the signers are
! foy1 ofc Of the
government and they ask that the Ter
titory exchange public lands for the
site of the camp, which shall then be
! given them as homesteads
! F. W. Beckley appeared for people at
Waianae, who complained that when
a tract of land was applied for by the
natives there the whole piece was put
up and the plantation got it, as the ma
| tives could not take so much land at
| once
| George Markham complained that
! Governor Dole was not in harmony
| with the people, because he did not as
| sist the Legislature by suggestion but
instead arrogantly held aloof He said
that he was in touch with all the citi-
zens and that they felt that the ap-
pointment of the Governor was a mis-
take, as the Hawaiians could not work
with him. He said that the people
wanted first city and county govern
ment He said the Hawaiians had
stood seven years aloof from the gov
eminent and could stand apart from
| American parties. He told Senator
Foster that he was opposed to annex
alton as were the majority.
As to the leper settlement, he said it
was conducted by the Board of Health
and he recited the Mikala case as a
sample of their treatment. He said no
effort was made to relieve the Iepers
but they We're there to make money for
| the board, and that men We're being
sent there to diminish the electorate, SO