The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-09-14
A Letter to Senator Lane.
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interests and the interests of your en-
ployers, for you surely know that Jim
Kennedy has been blamed for what you
did at Wailulku-people saying that you
were obeying his orders-besides this
you are starting big fight with the
highest officials at Washington. You
know that the Commissioner of Immi-
grafton has approved the policy of this
Territory in securing labor. You know
that President Roosevelt has approved
it and heartily supports it. What sort
of fight, John, do you expect to put
up against the President, against the
man who is making the biggest trusts
and monopolies in the world come to
time and obey the laws? There wouldn t
be sign of you left after you got into
q scrap with Teddy. This immigration
law of ours is the first law of its kind
that makes our planters get their la
Dor under definite and legal system.
1t does away with all the old shang-
haing; men can come here without be-
ing at the mercy of immigration
sharks; it abolishes every trace of slave
trade in labor, but it compels the
planters to pay more money for their
labor and they will get better labor.
For the first time they are giving land
to their laborers, and If you were a
far-seeing statesman, John, you would
advise every Hawaiian laborer to get
in on the deal, to work on the planta-
tions for few years and get their
own acre or two of land with their
own little homes. The planters can
not refuse to the Hawaiians what they
are giving to Europeans, and they
would save the expense of bringing la
Dor here. But whatever you do, John,
don't try to buck up against the Pres
ident in any fight against immigration
If you do, you'll never know what hit
you.
POLICY OF CONDEMNATION.
Now, while we are about it, let us
gather up little more political drift
wood. Tell me, as a Republican lead
er, if it has become regular policy Of
the party to condemn every Governor?
President Mckinley appointed Gov
ernor Dole. After while the Repub-
lican party, in convention assembled,
refused to endorse him; then the party
condemned him; then there was howl
to remove him. He was not removed
and when the time came for a success
sor President Roosevelt appointed
Governor Carter and he is now getting
the same dose of medicine. Is this
potion to be regularly administered by
the Republicans to their local execu
tive? If so, count me out. I've got
just as much Hawaiian blood in me,
John, as you have. But I'm an Amer
lean too, just as you are, and don't
believe that every President of the
United States is making a mistake
about our governors. The man has not
yet been born who won't make an er-
ror once in while. Did you never
come out wrong in adding up column
of figures, John? But you didn't go
round bowling about it. No, you cor
rected the error and did better next
time. And that one error of yours, or
may be two or three of them, were not
held up against you by the directors
of your company. They did not go |
round town knocking you. Not bit |
of it, they watched you try to improve !
and knew that you were doing better
because of the error you had made.
CREDIT SIDE OF TIE LEDGER.
Your account in the Inter-Island di-
ledger shows that you got
credit for your good deeds as well as
having something charged up on the
debit side. Is it fair not to give
governor any credit? Must the only
entries made in his account be of mis-
takes? Is that fair play? You seem
20 think that Governor Carter does ev-
anything for the planters. Don't you
know that he has had many rows with
he planters because he would not do
,hings they wanted? Has he not
topped the pernicious system of land
exchanges that was enabling them to
gather up every acre of land that was
worth having? Don't you know that
hey want him out of office because he
Won't renew all the leases of sugar
ands, and there are many Of them to
all due in the next six years? Should
here not be q credit entry In Carter's
ccount for getting the Territory on
money running basis so that all the
Employees do not have to pay two per
emit discount on their salary warrants2
low about grating and stealing pub
&c money, has not that disgrace. been
yiped off the face of Hawaii? Are {
ct public officials who are responsible
or public money placed under bond
or the safety of the taxpayers? Has :
OF the reputation OF Hawaiians as !
ublic officials been redeemed through
he punishment o. few bad eggs In c
he basket, that gave you all q bad 6
anne? Have not Hawaiian bonds been
Did on the mainland for the first time,