The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-13

Hllo had asked for the whole eartf
7 with the expectation of getting a small
! portion of it But find that the needs
of Hiio as mtlined by your citizens
committee hs f been very modest. Yor
i have asked Monly for what is i'm
portant and@needed. You have seer
the memorial of your committee in the
papers and [ want to congratulate you
,, on the manner in which your leading
men have CODE together. believe il
would be q gc1d plan to ask these pub
lie spirited MN to continue to act as
a Hilo Improvement Committee, in or
der to crystalline out public opinion as
to the requirements of your village
They have suggested'the order in which
they wished the improvements TO be
made, but think I should make one or
two changes. 1t seems to me that the
most necessary Improvement, is fire
protection for Hilo. the putting in of a
system of hydrants, the equipment of
fire department, and the establish
ment of fire limits to prevent unsightly
buildings from being erected for. tenn
porary use. When a town is going
ahead, as Hilo is. it seems to me that
it would be much better to build for
the future, and not for temporary oc-
cupancy, for the only purpose of get
ting big rents. 1 believe that YOU will
find that mistake has been made in
the end, and that if buildings are erect
ed with an eye to the future it will be
a better investment In addition | be-
lieve that HiIo should start now on
the foundation for a sewerage system.
This trip, has been a surprise to me
in many ways. 1 have met a great
many people who thought that the Gov
ernor has a soft snap. They think
can do as l please, order what work /
wish done, and do as / wish generally.
AS a matter of fact the work I have
been doing on this trip has been large
Iy educational. / was surprised at the
lack of knowledge of real conditions.
People prejudice cases without a full
understanding of the facts, they tell
me what the law is and don't know
themselves what it is. They have an
idea that I have simply to give an order
and that it must be obeyed. There are
three departments to the government,
that of the justice, the legislative and
the executive, and each of the three is
a check on the other. The executive is
simply to carry out the laws of the leg
islature which is representative of the
people"
The Governor spoke of the necessity
of depending on the Legislature and
of electing a good one, as there are
many important measures to come be-
fore that body. He said he was in
favor of decentra1izing the government,
and of giving the people right to ex-
press themselves. He wanted to build
up the outside districts of the Terri
tory.
81 want to touch also on the political
or, I may put it, the social needs of
Hilo," said the Governor. There is
only one difficulty when it comes to
politics in Hilo, everyone has organized
A party for himself, and everyone
knows a heap sight better than his
leighbor how it should be done. 1t will
De some time before you are shaken
Town together. Every community has
o go through the same experience and
he time has come when HiIo must do
he same thing. Honolulu has passed |
through her experience. 1 know that |
he selection of the best men is the |
deal way-that you should vote for the |
pest men, but it is not the practical |
way. In a democratic form of gov
rnment where the people rule, in the
nd they must divide into parties. It /
5 always two parties, and this is a
God thing, for the one is check on
he other. During the time this
hange is being made there is likely
o be friction, but as long as the diff
arent factions oppose each other very
tile can be accomplished. AS soon
s the people have shaken themselves
ogether into one party or the other, |
ou will be able to accomplish some
hing.
'Hilo has been a great surprise to
lie. / was surprised a the great
lumber of people that turned out, at
heir intelligence and refinement. II
as surprised also at the great number
working people and at the amount
business done here. Hilo has
right future, with its beautiful climate
it is cooler here than anywhere else
the Islands. You are backed by the
rgest and richest area in the Hawai-
n Islands and I believe you should ,
lid here the foundation of the largest s
ty in the Islands. (Applause.) There :
more wealth tributary to Hilo than
any other city. To get this, COM :
cree must be brought in through :
ain arteries, by good roads and in
EDITION to that. railroads.
"A few years ago I visited the Vol s
no House and now look at the change I
hich has been made in Olaa and Pu- s
|. This marvellous growth is due to g
e railroad, and it shows what brains c
Icked by money and energy can do. [
hat is needed is the construction of
railroad which viii tap the rich cane s
Ids from here to Kukuihaele and the c
oductive Waimea plains and the Ko- I
Ia plantations. Eventually such a
iiroad must encircle the island. for d
along the coast are irrigabie. rich V
d habited lands which ought to be
oftable for any such enterprise. In r
e future L have no doubt there will c
such a railroad bringing the wealth u
the island into HiIo, and there will p
new industries, and new homesteads
lere men can make a living; and all Ii