Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-12-22

simple. The general irrigation bill
was a proposition to turn over con
troll of the public lands of this Ter
rltory to the dit b companies for the
next nifty years. Il was true that
| they were afterwards to be home
steaded upon certain conditions, but
the homesteader would find out that
possession was nine points of the
law. lie agreed with w. r. Castle
that II was uIwise to pledge our
selves in advance to support moth
ing that had not been submitted to
the Legislature. There were two
specific hills now before the cham.
E, Der which all agreed should be kill
| ed, and he favored specific refer
encc TO those bills In p'a'c Of tho
Second paragraph of the resolution
| lie offered an amendment along these
lines which was afterwards adopted
w. o. Smith defended the resolu.
ton as drawn by the trustees. H.
pointed out that Submission to the
I bcSls dlule ulu lOt HcNttN I" NY h'hH
approval by the Legislature. but
there was Still an appeal. The Or
ganic Act had given our Legislature
wide powers and this was the proper
body to pass upon the particular
classes of bills named In the resolu-
ton, particularly those amending or
affecting the Organic Act.
J.R, Gait thought that one thing
the chamber needed badly was man
in Washington who would give them
prompt notice when any bill AFFECT
Ing Hawaii was intro !uced into
either house of Congress.
| A.Lewis stated that while the res.
clutiun read Submitted to the Leg
stature" 1t would be generally un-
derstood as llling for an approval
by the local Legislature, which
might be an undesirable limitation
under some circumstances. lie Sec
onded Mr.. Thurstons amendment.
S. NJ Bal'ou was called upon By
the president TO state the import OF
the McCrosscn bills under discussion.
Mr.. Ballou said that he had como
prepared TO answer any inquiries
concerning their undesirable fea'
lures. but there was apparently no
division of sentimdAt on the merits
of the bills. The Wahiawa water
bill was merely a proposition to grab
water that had been. developed and
utilized by somebody else. The gen-
eral irrigation bill involved the fun
damental principle of whether the
remaining pubic lands capable of IT.
rigation should be developed by pri'
vate capital on a Nancy making basis
or by public capital in the Interests
of the homestead He contrasted the
clause of allowing withdrawal OF
. leased land for homesteaders, IN
) which the homestcader dealt only
/ with the government. with the cor
= responding clause In the present bill,
0 In which the homcsteader wOuld
: have to deal with a money-makine
@ corporation. He declared that ever,
1 acre of public land remaining wa'
$ necessary for the homcsteader II II
@ was only to counteract the state o.
8 affairs shown by the military ant
$ naval census which Dr.. Clark hat
$ taken and published in recent mag
{ azine arti lie, and that Hawaii wat
considered in Washington only n
O the base OF military protection To-
O the hi lions of property on the Pa
Z cifc Coast.
[ Delegate Kuhio, when asked 10
). his ideas. declarcd In favor of max
d ing specific protest on the bills
& lie also took fling at som
q phases of local sentiment by tell
/ ing the chamber Ia go slow AM
Il not TO vote foolishly and reverse IL
n self later on. THE people OF liza
q wall made 1t hard for me In Con
II grcss by being unable to settle o.
one thing and stick to it," he said
"If you make your protests now, site
IS to them"
n The vote on the amendment to tn
l. resolution was fourteen To four !
IN favor. and on The amended resolutio
n was unanimous.