The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-02-16

system of hydrants, the equipment OF
a fire department. and the establish
ment of fire limits to prevent unsightiy
buildings from being erected for tenn
porary use. When a town Is going
ahead. as Hilo Is, 1t seems to me that
1t would be much better to build for
the future. and not for temporary oc-
cupancy. for the only purpose of get
ting big rents. believe that you will
find that a mistake has been made In
the end. and that IL buildings are erect
ed with an eye to the future 1t will be
n better investment. In addition 1 be-
lieve that Hilo should start now on
the foundation for n sewerage system.
This trip has been a surprise to me
in many ways. I have met n great
many people who thought that the Gov
ernor has a soft snap. They think
can do as / please, order what work
wish done. and do as l wish generally.
AS matter of fact the work l have
been doing on this trip has been large
ly 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 1t is. They have an
idea that l 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
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 decentralizing the government,
and of giving the people right to eX-
press themselves. He wanted to build
up the outside districts of the Terri
tory.
~ want to touch also on the political
or. I may put 1t, the social needs of
Hilo," said the Governor. There is
only one difficulty when 1t comes to
politics in Hilo, everyone has organized
a party for himself and everyone
knows heap sight better than his
neighbor how it should be done. 1t Will
be some time before you are shaken
down together. Every community has
to go through the same experience and
the time has come when Hilo must do
the same thing. Honolulu has passed
through her experience. l know that
the selection of the best men is the
ideal way-that you should vote for the
best men, but it is not the practical
way In a democratic form of gov
eminent where the people rule, in the
end they must divide into parties. 1t
Is always two parties, and this is a
good thing, for the one is a check on
the other. During the time this
change is being made there is likely
to be friction, but as long as the diff
ferent factions oppose each other very
little can be accomplished. AS soon
as the people have shaken themselves
/ together into one party or the other,
you will be able to accomplish some
thing.
| "Hilo has been a great surprise to
me. was surprised at the great
number of people that turned out, at
their intelligence and refinement. l
was surprised also at the great number
of working people and at the amount
of business done here. Hilo has a
bright future, with it's beautiful climate
& it is cooler here than anywhere else
| in the Islands. You are backed by the
largest and richest area in the Hawai-
ian Islands and I believe you should
build here the foundation of the largest
city in the Islands. (Applause0 There
is more wealth tributary to Hilo than
to any othe.' city. To get this. COM
merce must be brought in through
main arteries, by good roads and In
addition to that. railroads.
' "a few years ago I visited the Vol
cano House and now look at the change
which has been made in Olaa and Pu-
ma. This marvellous growth Is due to
the railroad, and it shows what brains
backed by money and energy can do.
What Is needed is the construction OF
, a railroad which will tap the rich cane
fields from here to Kukuihaele and the
productive Waimea plains and the Ko-
hala plantations. Eventually such a
railroad must encircle the island, for
all along the coast are irrigable, rich
and habited lands which ought to be
profitable for any such enterprise. In
the future have no doubt there will
be such railroad bringing the wealth
of the island into Hilo, and there will
, be new industries, and new homesteads
where men can make living; and all
roads will be tributary to Hilo which
will be great credit to the people Of
Hawaii nei.''
! The Governor also detailed the coun-
ty experiences through which the coun-
try had passed. giving the history of
county legislation from the abortive
attempt of the fret Home Rule lesis-
lature to the final declaration Of the
Supreme Court, that the last act was
in contravention Of the Organic Act.
1--WE may find we can't get all we
want In the way of County legislation"
said the Governor, "but We want to get
all that We can, and We want legisla-
ture that will give 1t to us. There is
a bare possibility that the delegate
may be able to get Congress to act II
he will not tax. mo- for an answer. but