Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-23
KAPPA Plan and
LETTER NOT PUBLIC
Facts Concerning Refusal
To Give Bulletin
Correspondence

An article. appearing in the morning
paper evidently inspired, II not writ.
ten in the vicinity Of the Capitol of
fees, states that there has beer no
secrecy on the part of the Territorial
officials In connection with tho Kappa
land deal.
The facts do not bear out this state.
ment and cannot bear out any such
statement until Governor Frear or
whoever is responsible for TIC Kapaa
land business gives to the public tie
letter that was written to the Makee
Sugar Company interests AMI which
the Governor and everyone e,se con.
Eected with the Territorial government:
has thus far refused to allow pub.
lished.
Announcement that negotiations had
been opened between the Territory
and the Makee Sugar COMPANY inter.
ests was first made by the Bu lctin.
The public was apparently nat sup.
posed to know anything about it Tor
Manager Fairchiii wien Eh1 Bul | g.
I 4 n sent him a wireless requesting in.
formation as to the details Of the
proposition being made became very
much excited, wanted to, know where
the Bull letin got its Information
and charged the Wireless Telegraph
company with insuring no secrecy
Mr.. Fairchild evidently though; that
the Blu Ell n had secured its inior.
nation through a leak" In the wire.
less, a supposltion that was entirely
erroneous. II was also stated that the
Governor was very much displcascd
that the matter should have become
| public. Secretary MOtt.SGiih ut the
| time gave a brief review III The negu.
| tiations as far as he was informed
concerning them.
II appearing. that the Governor or
some one on behalf of the Territory
had made proposition to the repre-.
sentatives OF the Makee Sugar Com.
pany for whom I.orrin A. Thnrston had
become attorney, presumably in place
OF X. W. Breckons who had acted In
the matter on former occasions. the
Bulletin requested the Governor
for the letter sent to Mr.. Spalding. the
Makee Sugar Company or It's repre-
sentative.
| The Governor responded with what
he has termed complete explanation
of the matter This the Bulletin
has published. but the governor has
continually refused to give out the let.
tiers. and his subordinates don't dare
give them out.
Reporters of the Bulletin have
repeatedly been sent to the Governor
for copy Of this letter dealing with
Hawaii's public lands and therefore
rightly public property.
The public has responded that the
public would not understand the let
ter but he would give a general state
ment of the letter. Having published
his general statement once, the Blu
lletin has stated that the people are
entitled to the COPY Of the letter as
well as the complete explanation OF Il
II an explanation is required to make
them understand 1t as intimated by
the Governor.
The Governor has gone out Of his
way to tell one reporter Of the b. !,
lietin that he gave the full details
OF the transaction 10 another reporter
OF the Blu Ell n and they were not
published. There full details were
merely what had been published be
fore by this paper. The reporter was
sent to the Governor to obtain access
to the correspondence had by The Gov
ornor with Shading and Makee Sugar
Company interests regarding the dis
position Of this public land This re
guest the Governor has evadsd IL ea"?