The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-10-07
LINK BALKs At THE
QUESTION MARK
fContinued Ion &c one.l

May give, May do this, May do that
This is the ruling principle of the pres
emit law relating to public lands in Ha
wall. / suggested that the words: Shall
have, Shall do this; shall do that, be
given more prominence throughout the
law. The amendment should read:
Any citizen of the United States over
twenty-one years Of age or person VINO
has declared his or her intention to be
come such, as required by law who has,
or whose parents are dead, have improv
ed any parcel of public land and e
sided thereon not less than FIVE years
Immediately preceding the date of APP
plication shall have a preference right
TO purchase, or otherwise enter public
land on the terms on which like sur
rounding lands is offered, so much IF
such parcel and such adjoining land IS
shall reasonably be required for home,
at fair price.
This, it may be interpolated. appears
trihe ineoherent, while it differs
radically from the preference rights
limitation clause in the Gambler Land
Bill which McCandless is pledged TO
work for until his dying day, or what
ever the Democratic platform has it.
Not Running the Campaign.
As to schemes or plans for the con
duct of the Democratic campaign, Link
rhodestly dIsclaims any responsibility.
He says the management of affairs is
all in the hands of the committee and
Mr.. Rivenburgh. The committee is rep
resented by Rivenbqrgh. AS matter
of fact Link is running his own cam
paign and is not bothering much about
the chances of anybody else on the
tiekel' so iar as ne nahlIesIs any de
SIRE 10 speak OF otners on the ticket
lie sweeplngly declares that the Demo
crafts wiz get IN most OF thelr candl-
oates ana tets the SITUATION go at thar
quickly reverting, to ms assurance thar
he wall be elected, that the Islands are
strong Tor MN and that the great issue
upon winch ne eNpec's to win is anti
immigration.
L. j. Ryan, the literary end of The
Link campaign, 4says again in his little
tract, and McCandless points it out
triumphantly;
Here IS what McCandless said at
Washington, ID. g., before the house
Ieommittee ON the Territories:
ION December ", 1909 the, Pacific
Commercial Advertiser, (Republican) a
IN its leading editorial said; Hawaii s
land laws, as at present operative, are
probably the poorest land laws in the
world. Through them the legitimate
land seeker receives no encouragement
in an attempt to found a home and
through them the land grabber and re-
peater are the ones favored, However,
The Advertiser as well as all the other
no lieb IN, 10 -, l,o
English language remain studiously 81.
lent as to how and where the proposed
amendments will materially benefit the
poor man or better the law as 1t now
stands without amendment. The reason
is easily understood. They can moi
show it,
Poor Place for Promises
1t is difficult to avoid the impression
when interviewing McCandless that he
knows little or nothing about land laws
past, present or future; his remarks oil
arguments, if they NAV be so called
being chiefly confined to abusing Re
publicans, denouncinp immigration for
the sake of denounefnp it. and without
reason; and promising to be elected.
One can't make promises in an inter
view. and promises, from all reports
are what mainly constitute Link ),
speeches to tbe Hawaiians in tbe conn.
trv districts. newspaner interview
naturally calling for common sansa rea'
sons. Link necessarilv falls down ON an
interview
Great Parade Planned
On tbe nigbt hefnre eiaction dav in
November tie RenubIicans viii hold n
grand toreblipht parade which will he
one of fine biggest affairs over ivan
in Honolulu onfrivaling even the SSreat
NIGHT narades of the 6rst and second
Gamma ions in the Terri+orv
Treas1,rar SbingIa If +ba Count, oor.
trial committee Who yasterday TOOL
hold of tbe active manage1ert on
affairs of the camnoign committae in
the absence of Chairman Itkinson laid
tbe foundation Of nIans for tbis n9ra AZ
vesterdav when he called mon foIonei
Jones Of the national Guard To take
hold of featnres az tbe 6arada and gai
ready
Torchligbts Inv the thousands will Ms
: ready for use # necessary II is like
ly that most Of the business bonses viii
narticinate and the whole narade Will
he demonstration in fav6r of Dela