The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-06

OPPOSES IT
Is Against the Proposed
A'mory Site and
Militia.

I am strongly opposed 70 haV- : rh5
arnory placed in the Capitol grounds,
said Ex-Governor A < Cleghorn yes
terday- = am opposed to any armory
al ali and 10 any militia for his Ter-
ritory. The grounds should be reserved
exclusively for The Capitol building and
! for park purposes. The buildings there
now should De removed. excepting The
band stand. which was erected al the
tine Of The coronation have very
strong views on the a-mory matter.
and I can't conceive OF any reason
which would justify its location in the
corner OF the Capitol grounds as pro-
posed If the arrlory must be built
and the expenditure made from the
loan fund. then place 1t On tie size
between the automobile building and
the judiciary grounds
There are many associations con-
nected wi1h the Capitol grounds, histor-
zeal and otherwise, which should form
sufficient argument against the pro-
poszl. The present Capitol was the
old palace. and II is built on the site
of the smaller palace where many OF
the rulers Of Hawaii lived The large
mound on the south marks the graves
OF some OF HawaiTs famous chiefs
Formerly the old mausoleum stood
there. and when the new mausolsuul
was built up Nuuanu, Kamehameha "
ordered that the remains Of some OF
the chiefs be buried or the spot The
remains Of the mother OF Princess
Ruth. who gave her fortune 70 Princess
Bernice Pauahi Bishop 10 be used in
founding the Kanehameha Schools are
marked by this mound, and are also
in the same place, The remains Of many
other famous chiefs 7 believe that
proper care should be taken OF this
burial place. and an iron fence erected
about IL In the days Of the monarchy
the mound was fenced of and a garden
kept about il. but now it is utterly |
neglected
The palace grounds should be main I
tanned as park. and only the main /
building itself allowed 70 remain upon |
IL Recently called upon Supr Eol- !
loway and asked him 10 So that the !
rubbish piles on the Likelike side OF 4
the grounds were cleared away. That /
is a bad example for the government !
10 set for the public The grounds !
should be preserved exclusively for I
park purposes and the buildings other /
LA-e2- L4tr D1iA4 EA14AL E4-71-fl-l Anu
the d1apidatad old seats should be re- I
placed by some Of neat appearance.
What do We need with The militia
now2 One OF The benefits we derived /
from annexation was the strong arm :
OF Ih<= United States government be-
hind Us Now We have detachment
1f artillery here and that IS sufficient
for ali purposes The militia i OF no
and unless the members are
wiling 70 pay for il themselves il
should Be- cut Ont altogether If the
United States wants 20 make an al
owance Of uniforms ard guns. well and
good. but a government which has a
1lace for every cent OF its revenue. as
his Territory has. should not be call
q upon 70 support 2 military orgauiza-
on TIE detachment Of United States
ro0ps Is sufficient for all purposes. and
hey can be called upon in case OF
emergency. I believe the governor
-as the right 70 call upon the Federal :
roops. when necessary. And # there
hould be a sudden emergency, the
Dung men Of his country viii be quick
n respond with guns on their shoul- I
ers. T
u was somewhat mortified when Sec :