The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-07
ISSUES OF TOMORROW'S
BALLOTING SET FORTH
CIear-cut Record of Carter's Administration
Leaves Nothing Dubious for intelligent and
Business-Minded Voters OF Hawaii.

the expenditures of the former fiscal
year. Surely this is something worth
thinking about that has been accom-
| pIished by the present administration
| OF the loan money, received here
| during the closing days of 1903, S722,OO0
| had been paid out and put into circula-
| ton up to the close of last month,
| October 31st, 1904.
THE SALARY QUESTION.
| Naturally, public sentiment was in
many quarters wrought up against
lower incomes, but the more mature
and sober second thought of the people
{; has approved the Governors action be-
cause it has been shown that the work
| of the Territory is as well performed as
ever this year by the public servants.
and that in many instances the prun-
ing knife could have been effectually
used at an earlier date. Dissatisfaction
was created at the maintenance of a
few individual salaries and for this
the Governor was blamed, but it is
my belief that he does not know, even
at this date, the names of five per cent
of the Government employees whose
salaries were reduced. He went to the
heads of the departments, telling each
the amount that must be cut from their
pay rolls and leaving them to handle
the details while he dealt only with
the totals.
During the campaign that closes to-
day the charge has been made that
the present administration has per-
formed absolutely nothing. The Re-
publican party. to which Governor Car
ter belongs, could have afforded to
make it's fight, and winning one, upon,
the single platform of successful,
economic policy-a platform that should
easily have carried it to victory. The
Republican party has ever been party
Of performances. The Democratic
party is a party of promises, always
carrying a debt bearing standard;
while the Republican banner has been:
Debts paid and obligations never re-
pudiated.'
IMPROVEMENT IN DEPART
MENTS.
One reform that the Governor has
instituted consists in instilling into the
minds of all Government employees,
through the heads of their departments,
that they are the servants of the peo-
pie; that they are paid by the people
to do the work of the people; that they
every visitor to a Government Office
who has business with the Govern
ment; that every office door shall be
wide open during office hours; and that
any reported discourtesy on the part
of public servant will result in prompt
dismissal, should such charge be proved
against him.
Harmony among the different depart
Il,
sisted upon, with unity of action and
prevention of the duplication of work.
This was done with one object in view,
an object that has been accomplished,
the betterment of the public service of
the Territory
Other work done by this adninistra-
ton has been to Impress upon the heads
of departments and others who may
control the expenditure of public mon
eys, that it is not necessary to spent
the whole of an appropriation simply
because it has been authorized.
Strange as it may seem there were en-
ployees who regarded it as their duty
to spend everything in sight as prompt
ly as possible.
Efforts have also been made to in
duce public servants to live within their
incomes, to pay bills incurred for the
necessarfes of life and to promptly
liquidate their liabilities due to the
Territory through taxation.
LAND OFFICE INIoUITIEs.
Prominent among the accomplish
ments of this administration is the
roofing out of the old iniquities in the
Land Department. There were also
many perplexing questions of land set
Elements and exchanges to be COM
pleted. These are now almost wiped OUT
and the way is becoming clear toward
the tablishment of small farms and
an increase in our rural population. 1t
were better first to make an hoaest and
clean start before inviting settlers to
transact business with a department
that was mass of scandal, corruption
and entanglements.
In close connection with the land
office work has been the first perma-
nent step toward the preservation of
our forests and the distribution of the
abundant waters that have been going
to waste from the mountains of Ko-
hala, which should be of incalculable
benefit to agriculturists.
While the exposure and punishment
of grafters and embezzlers and the un-
earthing of dishonesty may not have
appealed to every Individual in the
community. the result has been decid-
eddy wholesome. A system is now in
force whereby any public official who
receives money. and cannot account for
every dollar OF that money at a mo-
ments notice, will be promptly dismiss
ed if not prosecuted
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION.
Here in Honolulu the additions To
the asylum and Jail, improvements of
the parks, and work on the harbor are
distinct marks of progress. Besides
the people must appreciate decided
strengthening in the personnel of the
Supreme Court, the highest Territorial
body to which all legal difficulties can
be appealed.
increased city water supply and the
extension of sewerage systems are noS
the least Of the benefits that the people
nave derived within the past year to