The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-10-23
|. |. NJ CANDLESs
ON LAND LAWS
From Thursday,s Aayertlser. }

hhuai yesterday ana began MS cam
paign Of this Island by making two
speeches, one at the Democratic meet
ing at Kakaako, and another at Liliha
and Wyllie streets. Both meetings
were large ones and both were enthus-
iastic. AT Atkinson Park, Kakaako,
seats had been provided for four hun.
bred, and these were all filed and half |
as many more people stood At Liliha |
| and Wyllie streets, the meeting was
even larger than the one a week or so |
ago at Liliha and School streets.
| McCandless was greeted with cheers |
when he appeared at the Kakaako meet |
ing. His speech was frequently ap.
plauded, and there was quite demon,
stration when he concluded.
"The Democratic party in its plat
FORM" he began, "declares for the
application of the principles of the
American land law to this Territory.
We have succeeded in securing such
declaration in the National Democratic
platform William Jennings Bryan,
our candidate for President, is pledged
to this. The Republicans are seeking
} to misrepresent this by saying that we
declare for the American land law as
whole. We do nothing of the kind.
: We declare for the application of the
principle of the American land law.
The Philippine Islands have the prin
ciple of the American land law. / have
l a copy of the Filipino land laws right
! here. 1t provides that any Filipino or
any American either can, on very rea-
5 sonable and simple terms, acquire 16
hectares, 3915 acres of the public lands
of the Philippine Islands. 1t strikes
, me that since the principles of Amer
lean land law have worked well there
r it ought to work well here. And if
3 the Filipinos, without any representa-
n tion in Congress, as they did not have
, any when the law was passed, could
e secure the extension of the principle
Q of the American land laws to their
}. public lands, why can not we, with q
representative in Congress, anxious to
work for something for the benefit of
: the people, instead of something for
! the benefit Of the plantations, do the
! samef
J, "The Republicans tell you not to
i vote for me because 1 own consider
: able land. What about the Republic
can eandidatef AS the owner of q
}. half interest in the Kapiolani Estate
|. he owns several times as much land as
:, II do. Ny lands, however, are not
WnuI dDOuC u uOEeu OE
o score of prominent Republicans who
are working hardest against me who
s own immensely more land than doi
t But suppose I do own considerable
:, land; suppose I do own land that ]
/ secured from the government, is that
|, any reason why the land laws should
: remain as they are, wholly within the
v control of one official and admins.
t tered so that the public, the men who
|, haven't land can't obtain any for
o homes or to exert their industry oni
Because I have land and yet am in
T. favor of land laws that shall make
t it possible for the people Of the Ter
D ritory to get public lands on reason
y able conditions. / am declared to be
II a public enemy, while the men who
l. have immensely more land than
It have and are opposed to making il
y possible for the people to get any
Q of the public domain for homes, they
It are the safe and sane guides. They
f are the solid and respectable citi-
y zens whose views ought to prevail.
l. "What are the influences that are
l. opposing reform in our public land
" lawss The Alexander & Baldwin in.
@ terests are among them. In addition
> to the many thousands of acres that
y the Alexander & Baldwin interests
r own on Maui through their various cor
porations, they control by lease 40,601
l. acres of government lands together
/. with water rights which produce from
y seventy to a hundred million gallons
5. day, and all this-land and water
v at an annual rental of ,175. 1t costs
/. Oahu Sugar Company to pump seven
S. ty million gallons of water day pei
r. year $21S,000. And yet Oahu Sugar
l. Company makes profit out of it. On
v that basis the water rights which the
d Alexander & Baldwin interests lease
Y from the government ought to be worth
d at least 100000 a year, with the land
# slk.Sk-S&.-Sk,-Ak,.lk
IS and the Bulletin explaining why onl,
one signature appears on what wal
o intended to be joint statement. Thii
~ was:
3 "The statement that appears in this
II MORNINGS Advertiser, headed Judge
q Dole on Cathcart, is not entirely cor
81 rect.
"Mr. Cathcart at no time ever mad,
any proposition to me or said anything
about making money out of Law
e breakers.
s. "Certain facts reported to me b.
Chillingworth were in iu-n reported
Y, by me to Governor Dole, but not, a
any time, in the presence of l.. A
u Thurston. Both Chillingworth ant
Is myself had afterwards every reason II
It believe, and do believe, that Mr.. Cath
10 cart was misunderstood by Chilling
worth and unsupported by me to Gov
81 ernor Dole; and that .undeserved ant
n. irreparable injury was done Mr.. Cath
% cart by us at that time.
re "Chillingworth and myself, realiE
ing that such had been the case, have
a. since used our utmost endeavors t.
IS repair the wrong, and We used all o.
20 our political strength to secure tn,
III nomination and election of Mr.. Cath
r cart as County Attorney in the cleo
ton of 1906, and we intend to do tn
1t same this year.
Ie "a. N. BROWN"
If Chillingworth Won't Sign.
u Explaining Chillingworth Is refusa
to sign, the Bulletin says:
!" "The above statement was handed
~ to the reporter by Brown with thu
- statement that it had been read Z