The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-10
SENATOR M'CANDLESS
answers GOV. CARTER

Editor Advertiser: In reply to your
article of the sth inst, in which Gov
ernor Carter insinuates that I tried to
Tdefraud the Government in land and
water rights, thus trying to justify
himself in his attitude towards the
Loan Bill, permit me to make the fol-
lowing statement:
First-as to the land right to which
I think the Governor must refer.
During the month of January, 1903
the Government, through the Commits
,sioner of Public Lands, offered for sale,
under special agreements, seven lots
at Lualualei, Waianae, Oahu, known
as the old Mikilua Ranch. Lot No. 2
was purchased by me for s2S25.o0, John
F. Bowler purchasing the lot adjoin-
ing, known as lot No. 8, for $12OO.0O,
and the remaining five lots were sold
for about $4,000 each, as I recollect-
One of the conditions of these agree
ments was that the purchaser should
build or have built upon the lot pur-
chased by him a house costing not less
than $4,000
On December 20, 1904 John F. Bow
Ter, through his attorney in fact, Mr.
NJ P. Robinson, agreed to sell to j. >.
McCandless lot No. 8, and on that date
I presented an agreement, on behalf OF
]. s. McCandless, asking J. w. Pratt,
the Commissioner of Public Lands, TO
approve of such sale and consent to
lot IN
which Mr.. Pratt wished to defer action
until he could investigate and aScer-
tain if Mr. Bowler had fulfilled all con-
ditions of his agreement. Sometime
during the month of January, 1905,
John Lucas was appointed Special
Ranger to inspect all the buildings up
on the Lualualei lots, and reported
that all honesteaders at Lualualei,
with the exception of John f. Bowler,
had complied with the conditions, and
estimated that John T. Bowler's house
cost 90, being $4,000 less than the
agreement called for. Upon this re-
port both the Governor and Commis-
sioner of Public Lands refused to al
low this transfer, and just here L
wish to state that the Governor, in
company with Mr.. w. A. Buick, the
manager of the Dowsett COmpany's
ranches, on New Years Day, about
two weeks prior to Lucas visit, per-
sonally inspected the Llualualei home
steads, and told me that Mr.. John F.
Bowler had not spent $4,000 on his
house.
During all this time Mr.. Bowler was
in San Francisco and arrived in Homo
lulu the latter part of January, 1905.
Upon his return he stated to me that
he had spent over $4,000 on his house,
and further stated he had made an
affidavit to that effect, this statement
being corroborated by the ComInis-
sioner of Public Lands. Still the Com
missioner of Public Lands refused to
allow the transfer, and later proceeded
to annul Bowler's agreement and ad-
vertised and resold lot No. 3. at pub |
lie auction, to the Hawaiian Trust CO.,
Ltd, of which Governor George r. |
Carter is Vice President, so advertised |
on its letterheads. A few days later |
the Hawaiian Trust Co, Ltd, resoid |
said lot No. to Samuel H. Dowsett, |
one of the principal stockholders of the |
Dowsett Co, Ltd, of which corpora |
ton the Hawaiian Trust Co, Ltd. is |
agent. and George r. Carter one of |
the Trustees for its bondholders.
a Second-as TO the water right. Lot |
No 2 of the Lualualei lots purchased |