The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-01-14

Their and given a decision on all points,
so that if we pass new act, the court
could not draw another point from it's
pocket and decide the act void on
grounds which might have been passed
on now.
MANY STAMPEDED.
There is also the question of whether
we want any county government. Many
people here were stampeded into think
ing they wanted it. The cry was that
all did and therefore they agreed. 1t
was my belief before and after annex
alton and is now that our country and
it's electorate are not such as should be
given the full powers Of New England
local self-government. There the cleo
tive franchise has been exercised for
over a hundred years, during which the
people have had self-governing COM
munties. Without speaking deroga-
torily, our electorate is nothing like
that. The people here have never had
to do with the election of their rulers
except in the legislature, and did not
even control the Legislature. Under the
Republic property and educational
qualifications excluded the great major
ity of the electorate of today. At one
fell swoop we propose to bring the full
Anglo-SaXon system, and we expect to
get along as if we We're an American
community. We try to do at one step
that which has grown up in hundreds
Of years elsewhere. believe that it is
best to go by slow advances by stages,
giving more and more self-government,
rather than forcing a county act-giv-
ing an opportunity to grow, rather
than taking a jump"
S. NJ. DAMON's VIEWS.
S. NJ. Damon said that speaking for
his element of the community he
thought it best to wait and see what
congress. had to say to the question
that had been asked of it. This had
become an American community and
whether we liked it or not we would
have to become accustomed to it. 1t
had been hard for some to get rid of
the old monarchieal ideas. But It
would have to be.
But as to the immediate thing to be
done if he might be allowed to ex-
press a suggestion it would be that the
people be consulted through their re-
personalities. He did not believe that
the appropriation of 1901 could be uti-
| liked because the last legislature had
made appropriations for the whole
period
Governor Carter called on c. NJ.
Cooke, but he said that though he had
come with what he thought were de-
finite ideas, what he had heard at this
meeting had thrown so many different
lights on the subject that he did not
now feel that he had any views to ex-
press.
f. 1. Spalding was called on. He
said he had come rather to listen than
| to speak. He had been much inn
pressed with what had been said by
Judge Dole.
P. c. JONES' PROPOSAL.
F. c. Jones said he did not favor
county government. He would rather
lpay twice the taxes under the terri
ltorial government than under county
government. But If we lad to have a
county government he thought 1t would
| be betted and cheaper to refer it to
/ the Bar Association and pay them $40,
900 or 500 900 for it, than to refer it to
the Legislature in which there were very
few lawyers, while this was largely a
legal question.
Governor Carter suggested loosely
that the $4,000 fee ought to be contin-
gent on the validity of the act they
framed.
Governor Carter called on Judge
Humphreys but he said he had no
matured views to express and would
, therefore not take up the time of this
representative gathering with express
sion of what were mere impressions.
| General A. S. Hartwell was called on
as one who had given much study to
the subject He began by saying that
it was an English Chief Justice Loru
Peterborough, he believed it was who
said that he could drive a coach and
six through any act of Parliament that
ever was passed. But that was no
reason why acts should not be passed,
He .-ardly believed the lawyers would
enter into any conspiracy not to attack
ANY act of the legislature,
He believed that 1t was futile to dis