The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-15

r5orsI Qualification limited tne nu-z1Es@I
~ electors. Now a1 one fell swoop We
ATTEMPT 70 transplant an Anglo-SaxoZ1
70 this community; Ne are
sz-7-slv atter1 ping AZ one step 70 90
,xf1st has taken hundreds Of years Tor
ar Ar~Io-Saxor community 10 develop.
and At 2 great loss 10 ourselves II
KS nv o0inion at-er annexation InaE
VA should 20 slow and by easy stages
r7y-z more and more Of The government
70 the people n q gradual development
instead Of forcing the hot house trans
planting as Is attempted here We
should give county government
chance 70 grow rather than jump Al
one"
WAIT FOR CONGRESS
u should wait until Congress says
YES or no on The bin before them, sSal1
II. Damon. before taking any other
action. Then II there i 10 help. the
legislature can De called and We can
conduct our OWE affairs and grow Up
into 4 self-respecring community W.
ara under the American form Of gov
eminent noR. ard whether We Ike 4
or not have 10 stay Jhere. a good many
Of Us have found il hard 10 throw OF
our old r7onarchiaI IDEAS
II Congress does not aet- call upon
the legislature, ask what the people
want you 10 do The legislature has
raised 3 six months and an eighteen
months appropriation bill and how you
can 90 back Of that I don't See The
best way is 10 go back 10 the American a
system Of government and ask what
the people through their representatives,
wish.
c. II. Cooke, asked 10 be excused.
when called upon He said he thought
ne had his mind made up when ne
came 10 the meeting but had heard
so many opinions expressed that ne
wasn't certain what should be done.
No NEED OF COUNTY Law
I spalding said The views of
Judge Dole and Mr. Cooper ard Mr.
Taurstor impressed me strongly ana
accord with my OWE humble opinion
/ am prepared 10 do as far as Mr.
Thurslon does and say that Territorial
conditions IN every way. financial III
particular. 90 not require county gov
eminent al the present time do not
believe that Congress win cOerce Us
into IL in case We fail 10 act. bur viii
give Us tine 10 prepare for county gov
zr1Ynenl- As a representative Of the
financial interests 7 heartily endorse
the remarks OF the three gentlemen
have named
RATHER PAY DOUBLE TAXES
L confess that I am somewhat turn
ed about by the expression OF legal
opinion said P C Jones. 4 an i'm
pressed with what Judge Dole has said
relative 10 the Territorial approprla-
tons. and II the appropriations q 1891
can be continued I believe the difficult
II IL largely solved I personally must
confess that I don't believe in county
government and I would rather pay
double the taxes under the Territory
than oue-half under the county. II ne
must have county government be-
hsve that the most economical way
would be 10 submit rgle matter 10 stae
Bar Association and pay for d~aW1ns
an ac1. through which a one horse team
couldn't Be driven I suppose II S10.o9o
or $50 600 was allowed for preparing al
act. much better results would be OBJ
tanned than by calling the Legislature
together That body has but few legal
gentlemen IN II and the matter Is aIso
most entirely one requiring legal opin-
ion II the Bar Association would take
the matter up beTter results could be
obtained. / can safely say that the
banks ara willing to assist the govern
r1ent in any way thar they can 90 50
legally
I suppose your fee 10 the Bar Asso-
citation would be contingent 70 their
preparation of a Iaw through which a
team could not be driven" suggested
Governor Carter
CAN Use APPROPRIATIONS.
7 agree with Judge Dole and Mr.
Cooper and Mr. Thurston that Il the
Attorney General gives an opinion that
The government can be carried on By
the use Of the old appropriations you
would BE- justified in doing SO, said
J. A NcCandless- That seems 10 De
the consensus Of the opinion OF the
T. zFyars The only other way. Is 20
e4a on the legislature for appr0prla-
tons. We can III afford 10 spend 100000
81 1885,. o98 for session Of the Iegisla-
ture while new county act Is likely 10
mean an election every six months or
So We can't afford IL The sugges-
ton OF Mr.. Jones is a good one, we
would then have all the members Of
the Bar Association lined up Oh the side
Of the County Act
Judge Humphreys declined 70 express
his impressions. saying ne had not been
aI>Ie 10 form any views as yet on the
subject
40 OPINION YET
General HartweIl was called upon 70
speak. as one chosen 10 defend the coun
u act. and who necessarily must have
made a close study Of i and who could
throw light or the legal objections 10
IL Governor Carter said that II seem
I'd as II every lawyer had z different
opinion upon the county act and also
upon the question Of appropriations
The Attorney General, M Garter. stat
sd had given him no opinion IN the
matter as yet
WHAT SHOULD BE DONE
General Hartwell N opening said that
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