The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-29
PRETTY PLAIN TALK,
Continued from peee II

continued from peee IL
amendment was submitted requir ing
the Governor to change polling places
so that voters could vote for the SUI
pervisors from the districts in which
they had been registered.
Attorney Holmes. of Holmes & stan
ley. present in an advisory capacity.
was consulted as to the amendment,
and thought that il would meet the
objection which some of the Senators
had made to the provisions of the bill.
Senator Achi likewise urged the adop-
ton of the proposed amendment by
the committee. Then McCandless muv-
ed that it be adopted and the motion
carried after McCandless had been sent
for to vote upon II.
1t was after this that the sensation
of the meeting developed. Palmer
Woods brought up the question of the
number of Supervisors in the county
of Hawaii, stating very frankly that
he favored seven in place of nine. as
in the bill, both on account of the saw
ing in expense, and because he thought
that under the allotment as it stood
the people who paid the taxes would
not have enough say in the matter of
spending the income. He proposed,
first, to combine the two Hilos and
give the combination district two Su-
perVisorS 1t would be unfair to give
each Hilo one South Hilo having 500
votes and n. Hilo only about 81 His
plan was to have the Board of Super
Visors consist of seven members, three
from West Hawaii and four from East
Hawaii. The Konas he said, had the
most votes. which they would put
against the money of East Hawaii.
East Hawaii paid the taxes, and West
Hawaii would say how the public funds
should be expended.
Achi objected to the Woods plan, :
putting the two Konas in one super
visorial district would throw too much
work on the district ma gistrates ana
deputy sheriffs.
But if the members of the lower
House from there are satisfied, YOU
ought TO be- said Woods. They live
there
No. answered Achi. Il take TO
body's satisfaction. 1 am basing my
opinion upon my own knowledge Of tie
country And then he went >on to |
state at length why he favored giyingl
the proposed county of Hawaii r:ine
supervisors.
L am glad to hear this discussion" |
broke III DOWSett- Still, 1t is q mt |
ter with which We have nothing to do |
1t has not been referred to this com
nittee, and we cannot report upon it,"
The question was then variously dis
eussed by Woods, Paris Achi Nc
candless and Chaplain Desha. Final
Y Dowsett said that, while the COM
nlttee could not act, it might make a
recommendation. And then there was
more discussion. Paris finally threw
he bombshell by asking whether the
foters or the property owners who paid
he taxes should be considered prefer
IDLY by the Senators.
AS far as that goes, said Hewitt.
Who had been thinking pretty hard ever
since Palmer Woods opened the dis
'ussion, we all know that if we repre-
'ented the property owners who pay
he taxes, there would be no county act
1T an. Who do you represent on !
-hat?" turning to Paris.
1t is the voters who want the coun-
" act, and not the property owners" |
Paris admitted. And if | voted my
own convictions. I would not vote for !
his bill at all. I'll tell you that. But |
so long as 1 am voting to represent the |
people, I am for it,
The mass of the voters want coun- |
-y government The people who pay
The taxes do not said Hewitt THAT |
is true. If the people who pay the |
taxes had their way, this matter would |
not be discussed at ALL"
IF you are merely to represent the |
property owners broke in Achi, why |
not ask the plantation owners what |
they want done. and do it?
''The taxpayers do not want county |
government" repeated Hewitt 'The !
voters want the jobs
I'VE have to represent both the tax
payers and the voters as well as wei
cam said Achi. endeavoring to pour /
oil upon the waters.
"Of course, of course" agreed Dow
sett. also in the interest of peace.
And then the discussion became calm |
and general and the Woods proposition |
was treated as Dowsett had said that |
1t would be-namely, the committee |
having no power to consider it. there
was a general agreement that it would |
be taken up in the Senate. The Dow |
sett committee will report today TO the |
Senate on Sections IL and 80. LEAVING
the first named as in the bill and |
amending 80.