The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-10-22

Supt. of Public Works Marston
Campbell is negotiating for property ON
the mauka side of Beretania avenue,
between Nuuanu avenue and Fort, that
the street there might be widened
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suffered at the hands of the govern
ment and it is because of this, he says,
that he insists that the land law of the
Territory shall be nearer the American
principle than the present.
''Nor will McCandless admit that
conditions in 1895, when the law was
passed warranted the strict measures
introduced or their enforcement. He
cannot understand why, when the gov
eminent decided to shut homesteader
out from his holding for certain alleged
reasons because, it was averred that he
| had not complied with the law in the
matter of improvements, as to value, it
was not willing to accept the affidavit
| of the homesteader that he had spent
four hundred and twenty dollars on
house rather than the word of an APP
praiser who happened to be builder,
who estimated that the work was not
worth more than three hundred and
ten dollars. And again he says it is
not right that n homesteader should be
| deprived of an extension long enough
10 make additions to the value of the
delinquency These instances he says
| he can recite in columns of four and
back them up with proof. And it is
on account of the system which war
rants it and gives it a legal touch that
he wants the people of Hawaii to have
land law that will be 'as we'll for
the poor man as for the rich.'
Not for Himself.
81 can buy all of the land 1 want,
| if it is for sale, so the matter does
not directly affect me. l have plenty
Of land and buy all l can get that
l believe is worth buying and if it
will bring me returns. All land is
not profitable to hold and | do not
buy thing merely for the sake of
having it. There are men here, how
ever, who have not the means of Sc
curing homestead, or what they want,
and it is to aid those men that / want
the change. The bill drawn by Sen
ator Mccarthy and, 1 believe, Mr.
Ryan, is good one, though it could
be changed in some respects and not
do harm. l would have inserted an
amendment, for instance, that would
provide that: 'All public domain dis
posed of should go to American citi-
zens to be owned by American citi-
zens and used and cultivated by them. ,
/ believe this would be good amend
fnent and it would not injure legiti-
mate holder.
; Leaves Fight to Friends.
81 go away to the mainland on the
Siberia. Possibly L will go TO Wash
ington though L have no particular in
terest in going there. / will not be
here to combat the proposed amend.
ments. Emphatically | do not believe
they will be accepted and l do not
see how they can be; for it is not a
, new measure and that is what we want
rather than changes in the present one.
Under it too many bad items in the
, present bill are allowed to remain.
/ Practically the same thing was intro.
duced at the last session and was turn
ed down and l believe the calling of
special session will not help matters
: much in this particular. What il may
: do for the balance of the Organic Act
can not even conjecture. ! suppose
q there are things in il that need chang.
/ ing but they require consideration. Al
q | told you ! will not be here in the
flesh 10 fight the amendments but
have friends who are as opposed "a
the change as ! and they viii insist
: upon an entire new bill {"
> Original olaa squatter.
Possibly one other man has been II
a the limelight ON the land question 0i
this Territory 10 the same extern
as Mr. MccAndless but no Is not
land owner. His interest Ia the Ian,
. law II for what u may do 10 other
b rather than himself That man Il
IN Thomas J, Ryan, referred 60 by Me
% Candies, the original oOlaA Sqnaitor. ,
y. hyan's visit 20 Honolulu NJ The pres
10 cat time has 90 DO with ihq Land los
"A incidentally aud with Mecandless n
10 general sud frAlefnal WY.