Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-04-04
FAIRCHILD BILL
BRINGS CRITICISM
demonstrating Attacked and
Defended at Public
Hearing.

ElblfNN lNlNl' wv ill''NlllS was tN'llAN'
Joint Resolution No. /, containing II
bin which Congress would he asked
to pass. withdrawing all of the de-
vclopod agricultural lands of the Ter
ritGry from the application of the
humcstoadiug law and placing their ad-
miniatrlllun In the hands Of a commits
sion 10 rc appointed by the Governor,
the system to be In operation over n
period Of nrty years.
W. o. Smith declared that this
measure IL vicious one and | can
hardly discuss II temporarily"
r. FaNon Bishop was equally certain
that the idea could he applied success
fully II am In favor OF the general
rrnu Of that bill" said Mr.. Bishop.
We have to do something and the
time H. now"
! T.. Cooke declared that II plank
ombodyiug the land plan proposed had
been inserted In the Republican plat
form. not onn-halr OF the party candi-
dates would have been seated in the
houses Of the Legislature. lie also
challenged Fairchud to submit the idea
to plohisCltc.
Senator Chillingworth declared his
| aupport of the object sought to be OBJ
I taInyd In the Fuirchild bill, declaring
! that ne had no confidence In the "Nist-
! Ing humcstcadiug system
Richard Ivcrs declared aihat the
| present homcstcading system Is rs bad
gg II could be-" but did not care to
! commit himself on the general terms
Of the Fairchild plan.
! Senator Judd took conservative
! Wow Of the situation, declaring that the
land policy had to he looked at from
! the ylcwpoint of the nation and IN
preparation for ultimate Statehood. lie
did not approve Of the Fairchild plan
In it's present form
President Gilmore Of the College of
Hawaii pointed out the economic laws
appllcablc to Territorial land develop
mont and insisted that success was
linked with the cultivation of large
areas Of land under ON" central head
W. r.. harrington showed that Ha-
wall ~ the only place where no pubic
land II set aside for the benefit of the
! educational needs. and stated that the
large revenues are obtained ON th'
mainland from that source for educa'
tionnl purposes.
Ahc Lewis. n member OF the com
mission appointed by the Governor Il
study the land question before tn
amendments to the Organic amcndmcn
, were drawn up. told OF the diliicultie
, that hcsct tho members Of the commits
sion in endcavorng to secure publ
hearings and the expression OF the sen
tImcnt Of the community.
Campbell Missing.
The entire absence OF administrator
officials Interested In tho land question
was n matter Of comment when IN
meeting was called to order by Chair
man Fairchnd, in the Throne Room
with the exception Of Auditor Fisher
no member of Governor Frcar's oilicia
family was present, the chairman stat
ing that Land Commissioner Campbell
had been asked to be present.
Ir calling the meeting to order
Chairman Falrchid explained that tn
resolution cmbodying the new. lan'
policy had been introduced in the Sen
ntc by tho ways and means committc
! as q substitute to a resolution nskln'
for the setting aside Of tract Of gov
crnmcnt land on Kauai for the bench
of the College, Of Hawaii. The repor
of the committee and the resolution
were road. and Falrchlld then proceed
cd 10 explain the general terms of tn
nm n vae nronoscd TO ask Congress l.
cnort
lie nointed ont that the appeal l.
, IN, sunrcmo Court from rules and reg
ul,tIons nr tho proposcd commission
vould hc sufficient safeguard. and ask
cd for n "Cull. frnnlS and free discus
sion
q 8 Desly bcgan by asking Chair
man FoirchIld II II was the plan I
Withdraw nil Of the developed agrlcul
,uroI lands of the Territory from home
Stealing for n period of fifty years.
: "It Is" ISairchild replied. I'VE cs
innate. however, that that Is an are
counlIy ms large MS the developed land
that will he fully adapted to settlcmcr
NV homesteaders,"
The real views on the plan began I
receive expression when Senator Jud
nsl,cd w a Smith n he was opposc
or favorable to the bin.
81 can answer that very briefly" wa
the rcpIv. 81 am not only not in IL
. yor of IT. but I am very strongly OF
poscd To II. II seems hlmost imposs
bile that the men behind the idea al
/, sincere in advocating II. It would re
moyr the hulk of the public lands frOi