The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-04-21
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NOT NOW LIKED
DELEGATE SAID TO D1sAPPRovE
OF THE ACTION OF
CONGRESS.

(From Wednesdays Advertiser.)
The ways and means committee yes
terday reported on the "land bill Of
its chairman, Senator George Fairchild
Of Kauai, recommending that it be
tabled, and Offering instead substi
tute measure in thei form of a concur
rent resolution instead Of joint reso-
luton, rs it first appeared Under :he
new gnise it VIII be necessary for it to
be passed only by each house, where,
as joint resolution, it might be killed
by the Governor, either by veto or
pocket veto. The report, however,
strongly endorsed the plan.
From sections of the report and from
debate on the floor of the senate yester-
day, one of the whips which win be
used to get the mesaure through the
Legislature will be the allegation that
the amendments to the Organic Act
which were made by congress last year
relating to homesteading were not the
amendments that the legislature asked
for and that their application has re-
suited in failure to secure the good re-
suits the Territory was after. Fair
child objected to being handed
"lemon,' as he termed it, by the ma
tional body.
Senator Hewitt arose, and while not
opposing the terms of the measure,
called attention to a certain clause in
it which seemed to be direct slap at
the Delegate to congress, who, he
pointed out, was elected during the last
campaign on the strength of having
got those very amendments through
congress.
"If that is the gentleman S only OBJ
jection,' answered Fairchild, "I
might say in reply that l was speaking
to the Delegate yesterday and that he
stated that he did not approve of the
amendments that were passed"
1t is not probable that any more OPP
position will be shown to this particu-
lar clause in the senate, as that expla-
nation seemed to impress the house
favorably.
Chillingworth offered the following
amendment, which changes the tenor of
the resolution considerably, but which
| Fairchild adopted as not affecting the
main provisions of the bill:
"And provided, further, that at any
time upon two years notice having
been previously given, after the first
five years of any lease, the legislative
may, upon the request of the Governor
of the Territory of Hawaii, remove any
of said lands from the operation of this
act for the purpose of making the same
available, at value not less than the
market value of same, to be placed
thereon by three appraisers appointed
by said legislature, 1nder the law re-
lating to homesteadlng.
The matter did not come to vote,
however, as Judd wanted more time to
consider the provisions of the resolution
as changed by the amendment. Action
on it was consequently deferred until
this morning, Fairchild asking for as
speedy vote as possible owing to the
short time left of the session.
The report, stated in part, as follows:
"1'he object of this resolution is,
as was the one it replaces, to withdraw
all of the developed public lands and
waters from the operation of the Or
ganic Act placing them in the hands
of a commission for the purpose OF
making them render the maximum reve-
nue. in the interests of the education
and health of the inhabitants of this
Territory thereby removing them from
the imminent danger of being lost to
the people nnder the guise of home
steading at a fraction of their real
value. This action is in accord with
American principles under which 67,-
S93,919 acres have been set aside in
the various States and Territories.
"To the few ultra conservatives
who oppose the passage of this resolu-
tion fearing it may be considered a
radical or retrogressive step and be re-
garded by Washington as indicating an
inimicai attitude toward the homestead
ing of this Territory with white immi-
! grants, attention is called to the fact
that from our investigations we are In
clined to belief that the withdrawal of
t all the developed lands and waters and
the offering for homesteads of the un-
developed lands at nominal prices
, would result in the adoption OF a safe,
sane and sound homestead policy with
! the result that homesteading such as
. is desired will come more quickly than
= unueF Iht present law. We haNS wv
dence to warrant the belief that so
Q long as the valuable revenue producing
q lands are subject to homesteading at
e fraction of their value, there viii
!. be no pioneer homesteading of the 1907
/. coo acres of undeveloped lands to which
+. we urge the pioneer homesteader be
8 given free access and every Legitimate
D encouragement One of the reasons why
B 400 surveyed homesteads, comprising
{. an area of 44,266.4S acres, arc not ialo
r en np is due, In our opinion, TO the
/, fact that those desiring same do not
. want to forfeit their chance 20 home
0 stead ON yalua,ble developed lands, by
/ taking up ono OF the undeveloped home
: steads.