The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-07
TOWN TALK
BY THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.

Governor Frear has a task on his
hands when he crosses swords with
"Col" Spauding, of Kealia. The Col
onel" is after government land ana
wants its cheap, as a matter of course;
the governor wants to protect the peo-
pie and there is where the battle COM
mences. For many years Spaulding has
had a snap; he has had control Of
valuable cane lands at a ridiculously
low rental; the leases have expired or
are about to expire and the "Colonels"
snap is at an end and l hope Governor
Frear will make him pay a good round
figure for any land he may buy or
lease. Under Carter's administration
Spaulding or men closely connected
with him, made the statement that If
the government did not provide ac-
ceptable leases for the Kealia lands
the plantation would be abandoned,
the mill dismantled and sent to the
Philippines. OF course, the statement
was a bluff. No man was found who
expressed regret at Spaulding's depar-
ture, on the other hand, 1 am told that
when Carter and Spaulding met at the
club, the governor shook hands with
the Kauai Colonel and wished him a
pleasant voyage. Spaulding and his
mill are still with us.
9 9 .
Sheriff Rice of Kauai by his mystic
rious message to the High Sheriff tell
ing the latter to come on the next
steamer, reminds me OF his last hurry
up telegram of the kind. Rice appears
to be somewhat excitable as well as
mysterious. In the former case a
wireless announced a double murder
on Kauai and Chester Doyle was
hastily dispatched to the scene. Brown
was sheriff then, and he awaited de-
tails with considerable interest. Doyle
didn't find the double murder to have
been much of a success. After landing
he learned some new facts, and Brown
got a wireless from him: Murdered
man not dead yet, other one recover
ing"
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E. A. Mott-Smith, the new Secretary
of the Territory, probably knows as
much about the intricacies of the new
liquor license act as any one in the
islands, for the reason that he played
no small part in drafting that much
abused instrument, being at the time
Of its passage attorney for the Liquor
Dealers Association. He drafted one
bill and helped to draft others, parts OF
which finally became incorporated in
the one which was passed and became
a law.
One draft of section for the pro-
lposed law which he presented did not
go through as returned from the steno-
grapher, and in Difference to the feel
ings of this same stenogTapher, who
is employed in one of the offices OF
Capitol, the reason has up to this time
been suppressed.
At the instance of Senator w. D
Smith, Mr.. Mott-Smith turned to the
stenographer and dictated his idea OF
the clause relating to the qualifications
of the members of the Board of Liquor
License Commissioners. 1t went some.
thing like this: mo person shall be q
member who is or becomes engaged in
any business for the sale or manu-
factue of intoxicating liquor, or who
is or becomes a member, or identified
with any temperance, anti-saloon or
ganization, league, association, or pro-
paganda."
When the transcripts were returned
by the stenOgrapher the clause read:
mo person shall be a member who
is or becomes engaged in any business
for the sale or manufacture of intoxica-
tionu liquor, or who is or becomes d
member, OF identified with any tent
perance, anti-saloon organization, lea
que, association, or with PAPA GAN
DALI"
Papa" Gandall happened to be one
Of the venerable members of the upper
house in the Legislature from Kauai