The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-18

Those aspirants for political honors
who employ Asiatics tor laboring or
mechanical work Will not stand much
of chance at the approaching con-
ventions. Walter Dillingham; is being
frowned upon for that reason; 1 do not
know if Dillingham; employs japanese,
bul people around town say he does;
if their claim is correct then it lis all
off" with Walter. Cecil Braown start
ed the wave against office seekers en-
ploying Asiatics when citizens should
be engaged. During the last Terrific
rial campaign he was running for the
Senate on'his own ticket; while asking
voters for their support he had a big
gang of Japanese repairing his home.
When election day came around Brown
was showed under Personally. | am
sorry for the fact for Brown was a
good man; but lie employed Japs, in
stead of voters, and, when election day
came around he failed to be elected
Speaking of Asiatics recalls a witty re-
mark made the other day by a we'll
known lawyer. He said: "If men en-
ploy Japanese carpenters they must
go out of politics; if they employ citi-
zens, they must go into bankruptcy"
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The situation points to a big ma
jority of Hawaiians in the next legis-
lature, and, no doubt, they will take
great delight in cutting the salaries of
the "haoles' who are employed as
heads of departments under the Terri
tory; of course it is to be expected that
Pinlham and the Board of Health VIII
receive a good soaking. Hi Henry Will
occupy the center of the stage for a
brief time and then he will pass into
private life where he belongs 1t is
said that the pay of County officers
will be raised so the program will be
to cut down the Territorial salaries
and raise the county. The coming
legislature promises to be an interest
| ing> one.
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The biggest row of the next session
Of the legislature is going to be over
! the Nuuanu dam and it is going to b.
a peach of a row. In the first place,
/ the legislature was buncoed into pro-
yidiug the money for 1.-THE project
was definitely voted down and then
when general appropriation Of $780,
600 for Improvement Of Honolulu wa
ter works was passed, the money was
devoted to the dam. The real reason
for voting it down probably was that
the proposer of a rival water scheme
failed to raise the cash TO carry his
project through, and the business-like
lawmakers who We're relied upon to
carry it refused to vote on mere pro-
misses. They voted down the Nuuanu
proposition to prepare the way for the
other scheme if the cash was finally
produced. The promises were prob
ably good, but coin was wanted The
next legislature, in all its dignity, will
want to know by what authority the
executive end of the government re-
vived the dam project and contract
ed for it. Then there is the cost. That
dam is going to cost $25O0OO if it has
cost a cent. 1 am told that not a quar-
ter of the work has been done yet, and
$4,000 will about cover the outlay so
far The government is already liza
BILE for about 100000 on various phases
of the work and the piping to follow,
hence there is nothing to do but pro-
vide more money to carry it through
the alternative is to consider the $780,
900 as thrown away. Here are two
pretty causes of a legislative row. Add
to them a report from Engineer Kel-
logg that the plans are wrong, that a
lot of the work done is wasted, and
there are the making of a rumpus that
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Apropos of the japanese encroach-
ment in the skilled labor field, l know
one case where it proved very useful.
A water tap got out of order in a GER
tain Makikl house during the week, and
it ran all night, making a noise like
small caliope. The sldent of the
house telephoned for a plumber the
FIRST thing in the morning, and was
pr omised one at once He went home
in the afternoon and found the music
trife louder than ever. After tele-
phoning again to the same plumber
and being told that a man would come
out the next day he tried to stop the
pipe himself and got nicely sprayed.
The caliope seemed to resent being in
terfered with and worked up some
higher notes. Then the resident pro-
ceeded to call up every plumbing firm
he could think Of 1.-THE men all quit
at 4:8O," one told him. Others offered
men Gin the morning" though it was
only about half past four. The suf-
ferer gave it up and was wondering If
the pipe would drive him to a hotel for
the night when he thought of Japa-
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