The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-09-01


Delegates Worn.
In April, 1904, Delegate Kuhio intro.
duced q bill In congress called the
"Punehbowl Land Bill, " wherein it set
forth that large number Of Portuguese
had been living upon the land Of Au.
waiolimu leased TO the Kapiolani Estate
and had erected something over 1000
houses thereon and asked that congress
I pass bill whereby the said tenants
/ thereon could acquire q right Of prefer
ence TO purchase the pieces occupied
\ by them at the expiration Of said lease.
I The Portuguese all know that the bill |
/ has passed and they can not help but |
/ know and be apprised that Kuhio got
the bill passed.
Query: Did he work for this measure |
| for and on account of pOlitiesi If he |
did; then the Portuguese ought to thank /
him heartily for they should we'll know /
that their votes if they cast them for |
him was well placed. But, let me tell
/ the honorable Portuguese gentlemen
now champions of the preference right
of purchase lease that it was not
politics that prompted the Delegate to
introduce the bill in congress but It
was the fact that he learned that the
then government intended at the ex-
piration of the lease of the Kapiolani
Estate to notify the Portuguese tenants
to vaeate off the land and sell the same
at public auction in large lots and
whereby only the moneyed element of
our community could buy up the slopes.
The Delegate felt he owed the tenants
of his late aunt, the Queen Dowager
, Kapiolani, and from whom he and his
late brother succeeded in title a duty
to perform, n duty which would and
should give to said tenants, homes. He
grasped the opportunity and the law
was passed.
Informed Government.
After the passage of the law by con-
/ gress, he directed me to inform the
/ government that his company who
+ owned the lease would surrender it's
: lease at any time upon the payment
of what the land, would produce from
g the date of surrender to the end of
o our lease. Upon appointment L met
p Governor Frear and Marston Campbell
e in the formers chamber on the morn
y ing of Wednesday, September %, 1910,
e and informed them of the instructions
e of the president of the Kapiolani Estate
II and his desire to have the government
s. take over the land at its very earliest
opportunity. The subject matter was
discussed by the three of us at some
- length and the Governor replied in con
70 clusion that no appropriation was avail
~, , able at that time whether the sam,
20 could be used for the purpose, that h.
y was heartily in favor of it, and SAT-
~ he would recommend an appropriation
~ for the purchase of said lease as sooi
&c as the legislature would convene
90 quote Governor Frear over his signatur
:; - in your issue of September 30, 1910
relative to this interview. t'The Dele
~ gate has offered on behalf of the Kapio
~ lani Estate to assist the government il
10 every way possible in expediting tn
GU granting of titles to Portuguese of tn
e99 lands on the slopes of Punehbowl.-
lo Governor Walter F. Frear."
~ On the evening of October 25 1910
az az mass meeting of the political cam
IN paign was held at the hall of the Lusl
w tania Society whereat Kuhio, Frear an
Gu Campbell We're all seated upon the plat
Lto form. Kuhio in taking the platform t
. talk told the audience, most of all bein
J Portuguese, that he had succeeded j
getting the law passed in congress Civ
ing them an opportunity to acquir
their homes in fee simple in the futur
and his offer to the Governor to tur
the land over as soon as the govern
ment was able and willing to settl
with his company. He reminded tn
audience that the Governor and supel
intendent of public works We're both o
the platform, that the matter had bee
put squarely up TO them and if no az
tion was taken none of the resident
should ever blame him. We all kno-
n that both Frear and Campbell spok
that evening. And one or more, ] T,
: member vividly, including Mr.. A. |
n Vierra stood up and asked Frear if h
was going to act in the matter and
so when, and the only answer they e
was, the answer most any one can q
from him today, am see about"
No mention m message.
Y The legislature convened thereafte
and let me ask the honorable gentl,
man if the Governor said anythin
It about the purchase of the Auwaiolim
2. lease fro mthe Kapiolani Estate, Ltd
y in his messages. He had given OF
!. that he was in favor of it. He kne
5 it was compatible with the offer c
1t the Prince that he sanctioned, gave oil
. to you TO publish and the law W;
= passed by congress. VIII he eyplai
"a why he did not do it, although
q knows taat the Kapiolani Estate ha
i offorded the government Of the lOa
II and use of its valuable maps and pc
: nlitted its employees to go upon the Ian
n and make survey and drive stakes, ct
" Should it not have been a COVER
X mental measured However, the matt,
d lay dormant until the Hon. G. F. Chi
lingworth introduced a resolution (,
A. the payment of the sum of $4,000
r. acquire the lease. The matter was r
10 ferred to committee consisting
x Cecil Brown. George Fairchild ct a
~ ~ and after several hearings a bill vi
m passed and Mr.. Governor signed it.
"a In the hearing before the commits
3. of both houses every detail of the re
" enue the Kapiolani Estate would deri'
y, from the land was gone into and Il
NJ committee even went so far as to nj
- mo 1 4 fha Kapioiani Eefata xyas,id OF