The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-12-19

The following is the correspondence
between Governor Carter and Senator
McCandless in regard to the petitions
filed with the Governor asking for the
expenditure of the entire amount APP
proprlat by the loan fund act:
December 9, 1905
Senator L. L. McCandless, Honolulu
Dear Sir: Your favor of December
9Th, with it's six enclosures, at hand.
I have examined the petitions carefully.
The frs one, with 101 names, from
the District of Koolaupoko, asks for
loan expenditure of $50, 10000;
The second is a petition from the Dis
trict of Koolauloa, with S66 names
asking for the expenditure of $4,000 of
Loan Funds;
The three petitions from the District
of Eva and Waianae are similar, bear
ing 2O9 signatures, and asking for an
expenditure of $2S, 800 of Loan Funds;
The last petition, from the District
of Kona (Honolulu), has 242 Names and
asks for an expenditure of SSO4,2OO of
Loan Funds.
l am somewhat surprised to learn
that these petitions do not bear on the
question which you have raised as to
the wisdom of the Territory's borrow
ing more than $75O,OOO at this time.
had supposed that these petitions would
| be to the effect that the signers con-
| sidered it wise for the Territory to bor-
row the whole $1,377 900 provided for in
the Loan Appropriation as passed by
the last legislature, and that they also
desired that the Executive should car
ry out every appropriation for which
! the Loan Bill provides up to the
! full amounts mentioned.
Every resident of any district desires
/ to have money expended i'm his dis
trict, and is perfectly willing to sign a
petition therefor. But the question
is broader and more compr hensive
I than these petitions indicate. 1t in
wolves the wisdom of a further in
debtedness, the TerritOry's ability to
pay, the fact (of which many citizens
are probably not aware that the Ter
ritory WILL with the small amount of
bonds issued, be paying nearly $500 a
day interest.
The situation is exceptional because
of the changes that took place in
adopting and putting into practice a
county form of government.
In this connection, l enclose you copy
of a message sent by me to the Legis-
lature on May Goth last which possibly
you may have forgotten.
l had also supposed that the petit
lions would bsar out and were intend
ed to enforce the statement Forwarded
by yourself and five other members o.
the last Legislature to the Pre- sdent
at Washington in which you claim tina
the $75O,OOO of bonds which the Terri
tory is about to sell in New York have
never received legislative consider
. alton or approval, and through which
YOU have endeavored to mislead tn,
, public into the belief that l was acting
in defiance of the Legislatures; tina
there was no authority of law for TIL
issuance of these bonds and that tn
people of the Territory did not approx
of the attitude l had taken in the mat
ter.
You and those who signed the peti
ton with you must be aware of tn
fact that there has never Eean LOAF
appropriation made by the Legislature
under which it has been possible t.
expend every dollar appropriated, ant
that no Legislature expects to do NOR
than set the limits within which tn
executive is to act
You are Of course. not aware of tn
number of people that have gone to tn
trouble TO let me know that they sup
port the attitude I have taken, an
tn ir statements convince me that
is not by any means certain that tn
people Of Hawaii nei disagree with m
= action. ! have sufficient confidence i
them to believe that they are too in
telligent to be led astray by your state
ment. They know too well my attitud
in relation to such matters, and that
any difference between the Legislator
and the Executive, the power rests al
solutely with the representatives c
the people.
Very sincerely yours,
y (Signed) G. r. CARTER,
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