The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-06-23
GARFIELD IS
TALKED TO AND
MAKES A SPEECH
(From Saturdays Advertiser3

(trom Salurt
Secretary Garfield brought the siren
uous activities of the day to a close
yesterday when he walked UP the gang
plank to the deck of the Mauna Kea
and sailed for Hilo, from which point
he will start on whirlwind tour of
Hawaii and Maui.
The Secretary wore a pair of outing
trousers that gave the impression that
they had been loaned by some oblig-
ing friend, a pair of canvas leggings
like those worn by the enlisted men of
the army. and what was probably the
second best sack coat he brought with
him. His touring costume was entire
ly outclassed in the appeal to the eye,
at least, by Governor Frear in his new
outing suit of wool Khaki, with new
tan puttees and shoes; and by Jack
Atkinson in his clay colored craven
nette outing suit with seasoned tan
puttees and shoes. The Secretary was
outclassed too in his outing rig by a
score of the Volcano excursionists who
went out on the Mauna Kea, giving
the impression that the trade in outing
goods at the mems furnishing stores
had been good during the day.
A WHIRLWIND TOUR
The party that is to make the whirl-
wind tour of the two islands consists
of ten. There is Secretary Garfield,
Governor Frear, Justice Ballou, Cap
tain Harber of the Maine, 1t Leahy
of the Maine, l.. a. Thurston, w. o.
Smith, W. G. Smith, Land Commits
sioner Pratt and A. L. C. Atkinson.
Automobiles sufficient to carry the
party, wherever there are roads were
on the forward deck of the Mauna
Kea. From Hilo the party will go to
the Volcano to see the wonders of
Pele. Then they will return to Hilo
and start from there by auto around
AAC IlA4O anu I1d4lldhld NOclSI " w oA-
mea. From there they will go by auto
through Kona.
From Hawaii the Claudine will take
the party to Maui landing them at
Hama. From there they will push on
to Olinda. Thence they will go up Ha-
leakala, and then through Makawao
and Central Maui finishing at Lahaina.
Thence they viii take ship to Homo
lulu, and from here by the cruiser st.
Louis will go to Kauai. The tour of
Kauai will include voyage along the
Ma Pail coast, landing at Waimea,
Makaweli or Eleele and thence by au-
tomobiles through Koloa, and Lihue,
and Kapaa, where the Kapaa lands
will be looked over.
A DAY OF DELEGATIONS.
Yesterday was largely day for re-
ceiving delegations. Appointments had
been made with several that had mat
tiers to present, and the Secretary was
at the Capitol before o'clock to be-
gin the work.
The first delegation admitted was
the Home Rule Party delegation ap-
pointed at a mass meeting held June
1S at Aala Park. This delegation did
not remain long. Their memorial ask
ed specifically for the amendment of
two sections of the Organic Act so as
TO permit changes in the lana laws
by the legislature.
The second delegation consisted of
L. L. McCandless, Edward Ingham,
John Emmeluth, Judge John Lot Ka-
ulukou and Allan Herbert. This dele
cation also had memorial on the
land question. It asked particularly
for a change in the land laws taking
from the executive the power to alien
ate public lands by exchange power
which is possessed by no other execu-
tive in the United States, from the
President down. Less specifically the
memorial and the delegation asked for
the extension to Hawaii of the prin-
ciples of the federal land laws.
THE LANAI CASE.
Secretary Garfield gave this delega-
ton considerable time, discussing the
subject with the different members of
the delegation and bringing out many
points. AS an argument for the TAX
ing away of the power Of exchange
the Lanai case was cited, it being
claimed that by that transaction, a
hundred natives whose homes, as their
ancestors had been, were on Lanai,
We're as ruthIessly deprived of any
right to their ancestral soil as were
the Crofters, whose expatriation start
ed an agitation in Great Britain that
had the most profound political effect.
AS to the general workings of our
land system it was argued by the dele
cation that it had brought about such
glaring inequalities that on Maui one
half nor cant of he 20 varc