The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-02-05
HONOKAA TOWN MEETING
FOR GOVERNORS BENEFIT
HawaiIs Executive Would Build Up
the Party as Well as the
Territory.

getting into politics and using their
own influence at elections. "A great
deal has been done for the homestead
ers above here" said the Governor,
but I don't believe they appreciate
II or think that 1t was the Republican
organization that helped to do that
If they want the assistance of the gov
ernment they will always find that the
best way to get 1t is by being with the
party in control. Political reasons are
not above everything and I do not in
tend to ignore my duty but we want
the people to appreciate 1t and help us
when we help them"
The Governor said that he believed
the more elastic county government
would do much towards satisfying the
people of the Islands. There was too
much of feeling that the government
was entirely apart from the people.
with the new knowledge obtained of
the County Act by the court decisions
the Governor said that he did not be-
leve a satisfactory County Act could
be passed without Congressional help.
Until there was a County Act, the Gov
ernor said he hoped to show that much
could be accomplished in decentralizing
the government.
The Governor spoke also of the bad
roads through which he had passed
but said he wished to compliment the
road board of the district in the COM
mon sense shown by the roads already
constructed He said the task of
changing old trails to modern roads
was difficult and expensive and he be-
lieved Honokaa was setting a good ex-
ample to the rest of the island in the
work already done. He believed that
n change of advantage might be made
in the taxation scheme and instead of
collecting road taxes according to pop
ulation it might be assessed according
to the needs of the district. He also
believed that it might be wise. when
the government set aside sum for the
permanent Improvement of a road, that
at the same time a certain. percentage
should be allotted each year for the
maintenance of the road. 1t was use
less to build road and then allow 1t
, to go into ruin, and when a road was
built the Legislature might set aside
certain sum for repairs each year until
rescnded. In conclusion the Governor
said he was glad to meet the people of
Honokaa and intended to do what he
could, and work early and late for the
people of Hawaii.
ATKINSON'S REMARKS.
Secretary Atkinson said that 1t was
his duty to report to the President, the
official acts of the Governor and he in
tended to do it. He was interested in
the success of the administration and
would stand shoulder to shoulder with
the Governor in giving the Territory
business-like administration. And |
hope that you will send to the legisla-
ture experienced men who are in sym
pathy with us and who will work with
u.s." said Mr.. Atkinson. He said that
they hoped to stop reckless expenditure
of money on the part of road boards.
Conditions are changed. times are hard
| and the only way to get good times
was to make every dollar that was
spent show. Since the first of the year
| the government had saved tremen-
| dous amount of money by cutting off
needless expenses.
WANT A RESERVOIR.
Mr. Kaiser, German citizen, said he
had been a resident of Honokaa for
| sixteen years, and wanted to say what
was most needed, was a reservoir The
| people of the village had no water to
drink, in the last drought he had sold
water to the people at twenty-five cents
a tin. THE people, they think / make
bushels of money, but 1t was not So"
said Kaiser Il nearly got broke but
they don't believe It," Mr.. Kaiser said
that they wanted $4,000 for water
system The homesteaders up above
had been compelled to beg and steal
their water and to fight for it, but still
could not get enough.
Guy Gere was called upon for state
ment of the appropriations made for
the district by the legislature, and
read off list showing over $4,000 at
the disposal of the government, not
counting an appropriation of Si2, coo for
new road in the loan bill. There was
a long discussion of roads, the con-
sensus of opinion being that the main
road-Kukaiau to Ookala-should be
built first. The Waimea road will next
be built.
Mr.. Louisson wanted a road through
from the homesteads. He said a good
many of the homesteaders had left.
What is the political complexion of
those people, Repubicans?" asked the
| Governor.
"Willing to be-" replied I.ouisson.
Manager Gibbs of Paauhau said that
Hamakua always got appropriations
but that the work was always left un-
done. The Governor replied that the
remedy was for the people to send a
legislature that would appropriate no
more money than there was to spend
and the Governor would then have no
discretion, he would have TO build what
the legislature ordered,
Governor Carter said that he did not
believe that Mud Lane could be aban-
doned altogether Mr.. Kaiser thought
II should be. He ttold of how he had
been unable to drive n team through
that road, he had an empty wagon and
fifteen mules hitched to II, but could
MT pull through. Me and my bullock
teams made all the roads around here -