The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-18
POINTS FROM
FREAR'S REPORT
Governors Comprehensive Re-
view of Our Local
Affairs.

Affairs.
Governor Frear in his report to tn
Secretary of the Interior makes tn
immigration.
Authority should be given to tn
Territorial Board of Immigration t
assist European immigration wit
funds contributed by corporations.
Land Laws.
The Hawaiian public land law
should be amended, after the repor
of the commission appointed to inves
tigate that subject, So as to facilitat
the settlement of such lands by bon
fde citizen homesteaders and proven
their distribution to spectators.
My observation and experience dur
ing the past year has convinced m
that radical change is necessary il
the mode of disposition of the publ
lands, and, accordingly, I have ap
pointed an advisory commission o
seven members to make a thorough
study of the subject and submit it
report before the next session of Con
gress, when I trust definite proposal
for amendments may be submitted t.
you.
Postal Facilities.
The statistics show not only an in
creasing as well as an absolutely ant
relatively large amount of business TO
the population, but also the need of /;
postal savings bank and a reduction
in the rates and increase in the weigh
limit for the domestic parcels post
Another urgent need is an authorize
ton for the detail of officers from tn,
Honolulu office to sort on the steam
ers from San Francisco the mail
which accumulate there in large guam
titles for sthe entire Territory during
the intervals between steamers.
Coastwise Laws.
The bill suspending, for a period o.
six years or less, according to contin
gencies, the coastwise navigation law
SO far as they relate to the transpor
tation of passengers between Hawai-
and the mainland, which was passed
by the House at the last session, shoui'
be passed by the Senate at the mex
session.
Needed Benefits.
Provision should be made for the ap
plication to Hawaii Of general Fedora
appropriations, especially those TO
soil, topographic and photographic
surveys. forestry and reclamation.
Authorization should be made TO
the completion of the Hilo break
water and the survey Of at least Ka
huIui harbor.
An appropriation should be made t.
reimburse the Territory in the sun
of $23, 1880 for maintenance o
lighthouses after the establishment o
Territorial government and before tn
Federal government took charge.
The Judiciary.
The bill passed by the House at tn
last session providing for an addition
al United States District Judge 70
Hawaii should be passed by the Senat
at the next session.
Section "a of the Organic Act shoul'
be amended so as to add, or PERM
the Territorial Legislature to add, t.
the enumerated disqualifcations o
iudees-particularly for the purpos'
of disqualifying a Judge who has act
ed as counsel in a case-that havln|
been held not to be disqualification
at the present.
Naturalization granted by the cir
cult courts of Hawaii prior to the nat
uralization law of 1907 should be rat
fled as far as the question of jurlsdlc
tion is concerned, if it should be held
in A case now pending before the Fed
eral Supreme Court, that such court
did not have jurisdiction at that time
Section 90 of the Organic Act shoult
be amended 50 as to increase the sal
aries of various officers, especially those
of the Circuit Judges.
County Loans.
Section So of the Organic Act SHOULD
he amended so as to permit counties e
issue bonds without necessarily having
tbe newer of taxation, and also so az
to give the Territory greater Latitude
as to the times at which its bonds may
be made payable.
Removal of officers.
Section 50 of the Organic Act should
be amended so as to permit the GOV
ernor to remove heads of departments
without requiring the consent Of the
Territorial Senate.
Divorces.
The most notable feature Tin re Cir
euit Court was the increase in dl-
vorce cases, of which there were 3O4
in 1907 as compared with an average
of 1873 for the seven years with a pre-,
vious maximum of only 128 during that
perfod. Further Territorial legislation
may he required to prevent too early