The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-01-10
.KUH|O WANTS
PUBLIC VIEW
Why Delegate Sent Ills
CabIegram About the
Young Building.
From Sundays Advertiser)

working hard to obtain building.
The decision of the committee pending
between the policy of buying or erect
ing building. Do not think it possible
enormous appropriation can be secured
TO purchase Young Building. Fear if
any effort should be made, may prevent
any appropriation whatever. Necessary
to choose between Cushman and Kuhio
bills. Awaiting expression of Honolulu
public opinion.
"KALANIANAOLE."
That cablegram was received by
Governor Carter yesterday in response
to ono sent on Friday evening at the
request of the Merchants Association.
The latter cablegram, by the way, read
as follows:
"What is the cause of telegram
What is the general opinion Young
bnildingf' Please give full explana-
ton. Reply Immediately.
"CARTER.
The reply of the delegate may not be
SO completely explanatory as it was
hoped that it would be, because the
Merchants Association wanted to
know what the occasion was to agitate
for the purchase of the Young building
for public use at this particular time.
But the Delegate cablegram explains
a good deal. 1t will be remembered
that ut the same time that Senator
Perkins introduced in the Senate bill
to appropriate $1,400,000 to buy the
Young building, Representative Cush-
man introduced an identical measure in
the House. That is the custom in
Congress when it is desired to hurry a
particular measure through.
On the other hand, Delegate Kuhio
has introduced bill appropriating
100000 for public building at Ho-
nolulu, as it was altogether fitting that
he should do. The Delegate, although
perhaps he does not make it clear as
he might, evidently is in some fear that
the Perkins Cushman bill will result in
the defeat of any public building legis-
lation whatever for Honolulu at this
session, or at all events that it will
result in the death of his own bill And
in this view he has sought to know the
public sentiment of the people he rep
rescnts. And that is right enough.
He says, in his cablegram, that he
is working hard to obtain public
building, and in the next sentence that
the policy'of the committee Ii. e., the
public buildings committee of Con.
gress) is "pending" between the poll
cy of buying or erecting building
The Delegate means, no doubt, that
the committee is wavering between the
two suggested courses, and in that
view also he has desired to get the
sentiment of Honolulu people.
The fear of the Delegate that an
effort TO get an appropriation to buy
the Young Building would defeat any
appropriation whatever is probably
grounded in a feeling, said to obtain in
Washington, against making any heavy
appropriations at this session of Con-
gress. However, Honolulu is in a sep
arate case from other communities in
this respect, as it lis recognized that
something big is due the islands from
the general government.
The cablegram from the Delegate to
Governor Carter was turned over to
w. w. Harris for the Merchants Asso-
citation as soon as it arrived, early yes
terday afternoon, and the leading mer-
chants had long consultation over it.
At the end of the talk, it was an
nounced that the Association would
meet to consider the repIy to the Dele
gate and to take any further action
it might deem necessary on Monday
evening at 1880.