The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-25

Two-thirds of the county platform of
the Hawaii Democrats is devoted to the
alleged shortcomings of two territorial
officials, the superintendent of public
works and the assistant treasurer. One
IS reprehensible in the eyes of the Big
Island braves because he won't get
people on the land, while the guilt of
the other consists in the fact that he
won't let the people get off the land
and on to a sidewalk.
The two planks covering the sore sub
iJects are:
1--WE heartily endorse that portion of
the territorial platform dealing with
lpublie land. We pledge our delegates
to support any legislation tending to
establish a liberaI administration of
the present land laws. We believe that
the land laws should be administered
IN such a way as to give any bona ide
homesteaders an opportunity to obtain
public land in sufficient quantity to en-
able them TO earn a living therefrom.
and in this connection we deprecate
the spirit in which the present law is
| being administered by the Hon. Mars
ton Campbell. commissioner of public
lands, for the reason that the public
lands under his administration are be
ing divided into lots so small as to be
inadequate for the above purpose. We
therefore pledge our representatives
and senators elected from this county.
to use their utmost endeavors with the
Governor of this Territory to have the
said Marston Campbell removed from
office as such land commissioner for the
above stated reason. The present land
law as recently amended provides:
In laying out any homestead the
commissioner of public lands shall in
clude therein an amount not exceeding
eighty acres in area, sufficient to sup
port thereon an ordinary family In
asmuch as the said Marston Campbell
has been surveying lands in blocks of
| from ten to twenty acres. of inferior
Hand and even homesteads by the
square foot. characterized in some
| places as pig pen homesteads and in
asmuch as We believe that this is not
sufficient for the support of an ordinary
family and is not in accordance with
the spirit of the said act. we believe
that the said Marston Campbell should
be removed from office as commissioner
| of public lands.
Nerve, Power or Desire
we believe that the present law BIZ
which the control of sidewalks and the
| building of the same is left in the
hands of the superintendent of public
| works is announcement and should be
amended. We believe that this matter
| should be left in the hands of the
| board of supervisors, and we pledge our
representatives and senators to advo-
| cate the passage of law TO that effect
| by the next legislature As an exam
| pie of the Inconvenience and DELAY
caused by this method of control over
sidewalks we cite the case of Henry c.
hapal, for many years a territorial of
ice holder, who is the owner of a piece
! Of land situated in the heart of the
| city of Hilo, and who has continuously
refused to construct sidewalk along
the same; the Governor of the Terri
tory Of Hawaii. the commissioner of
! public works and lands. etc. etc. dc
not seem to have the nerve. power OF
desire to compel one of the government
| officials to do his duty in this regard
# this matter were placed in the hands
of the local board of supervisors thi:
unslghtly blot in the heart of the cit,
of Hilo would soon be removed. .