The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-20
.HILO PEOPLE APPEAR
AND OUTLINE
MANY NEEDS
MEMORIAL PRESENTED TO SEN
ATORS-JUDGE LITTLE AP-
PEARS WITH A HAMMER
RAINY TOWN GETTING BUSY.

HILO, September leland matters,
the revolution of 49, a hammer in the
hands of Judge Little and the coffee in
dustry occupied the attention of the
Senate commission in Hilo, together
with the towns requests for a federal
building and a harbor breakwater. Lit
ties hammer was used with Vigor on
everything connected with the Dole ad-
ministration and on the Supreme court
| that so often reverses him, and the
commission showed a disposition to so
over the ground that was covered years
ago by Paramount Blount" and de-
eide how the Queen was deposed. Loe-
bernstein knocked" the administration
| of the land laws, but was bowled out
on some points that were taken up by
Land Commissioner Boyd. The famous
'0l city and county act got in as part
of the record.
The commission arrived at about two
o'clock on Thursday. Hilo had many
committees to look after various mat
ters connected with the reception of the
senators, but there was much doubt
about the programme, owing to the fact
that it was not known how long the
visitors could be induced to stay, AS
an additional preparation the fire de-
partment turned out on Thursday
morning to sprinkle the streets. HilO
had been without rain for five or six
! udSS, ana IL was JlUle 10 ldy the uuSl.
Within half an hour after they land
ed Senators Mitchell and Foster we're
seated in Judge Little's courtroom, lis
tening to A. l.. LOuisson on coffee. Sem
atOr Burton had suffered from seasick-
ness, but he took his seat very soon af-
! ter. LOuisson declared that the United
States use a hundred million dollars
/ worth of coffee per annum and that the
new tropical possessions of the cOun-
{ IL a
given protection against the cheap Ia
/ Dor of South America and Guatemala,
where, he said, workmen are paid So per
! month silver. In answer to a question
| from Mitchell he said that he thought
| that a duty Of five cents a pound would
suffice, or a bounty of the same amount.
With LousSon and others who talked
coffee, the senators all asked about a
/ bounty. 1t was evident that all thought
| that a duty was not eXpedient, as it
would raise the price of the cheap coffee
that is very largely consumed through
out the states, but the senators appear
ed to think that a bounty of four or
five cents a pound might be obtained.
Phillip Peck Albert Horner w S. Ter
ry and r. A. Lyman all had something
to say about coffee, and. the subject
was brought up in the citizens memo
| rial.
! After Peck had presented the memo
| rial, LOebenstein opened up on the land
Question. He was somewhat wordy and
| the commissioners tried to pin him
| down to facts. Remember that words
are used to express thoughts and not to-
conceal them" said Senator Mitchell at
| one time. LOebenstein's charges in
| general were that the territorial admin
! istration was "unAmerican" in its ad-
ministration of the land laws, He
/ Charged favoritism and said that the
! American land laws should be in ef-
! feet. Under crOss-eXamination by Land
| Commissioner Boyd he named several
settlement associations which he claim
ed ought not to have been allowed lands
| one was John r. Baker and others
| The objection was on the ground that
! Baker already held more land than was
allowable to a settler, but Boyd said
that Baker had taken no land, appear
ing only as attorney for the others.
| Loebenstein also objected to the system
under which applicants had to stand in
line to make applications, and said that
at the time of the last Hilo opening