The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-05-23
Monetary Questions Are
First on Frear's
Program.
DECKS ARE CLEARED
Governor Now Ready
to Buckle Down to
Big Task.
rrom sunday 3 Advortiser.l

That the whole question Of the !
finances Of the Territory is to be taken
up at once, was indicated by Governor
Frear yesterday. The executive, after
hard work, has cleared up great num-
Der of matters which demanded first
attention and now feels able to buckle
down to the big task Of looking into
the fiscal questions that confront the
government.
While speaking on the subject Of
finances, and answering questions put
to him by representatives of the local
press who called upon him yesterday
afternoon, Governor Frear intimated
that teachers in the Territory need not
unduely worry over the publication Of
a statement that they may have to go
without their salaries temporarily.
The matter win be satisfactorily adj
jnsted He also put quietus on the
suggestion that a special session of
the legislature may have to be called
to deal with the subject of finances.
Left to the Government.
When the legislature passed the new
financial act at the session recently
closed, it did SO with the full under
standing that the executive officers
would carry out the details The mem
bers of the legislature felt that they
could not delve into these details,
neither did many of them consider it
necessary. They knew that the gov
eminent is composed of perfectly capa-
BILE men who viii go into that subject
fully and carry out the details with
proper regard to all the various and
many interests of the whole Territory.
tsThat would be too bad, said the
Governor when his attention was drawn
10 sensational report in an afternoon
paper which stated that, sit looks
highly probable that there win have to
be a special session of the Legislature
for the purpose of amending the appro,
priations made for the payment of
school teachers from July to Novem'
Der 30.'
s'Is the report eorreetf' the Gov
ernor was asked.
al don't know anything about it, y
he replied. cit was mentioned 20 me
the day before yesterday, but have
not had time to look into yet. We
are going to take up all the finances
under the new act pretty soon and 60
over them and see how they work out
VIII OOuuC Oub &AA 1~@o~ASs
In an indirect manner the Governor
mildly deprecated the creating of scarei
without sufficient knowledge or cause
to back up the statements. Said he
ait will be difficult for persons whit
have not gone into it very carefully
to figure out how things are comini
out financially. We may have to eeono
mize at certain periods in oreder T
have money available for other periods
IA sort of scheme must be worke'
out for year ahead until we can &c
on new basis.
TT win come out all right, con
tinued the Governor, "but we ma,
have to adjust things temporarily 70
a little while. The legislature, in deal
ing with the finances, could not Civ
the time to working the matter oui
It had to leave it to the territoria
officer"
Swamped With Work.
Governor Frear recalled that th
same sort of thing has happened pre-
viously in Hawaii. tWhen the spt
cial income tax was enacted we ha
TO 90 slow for a while" he said, fti
we could catch up with the taxes. TIL
taxes did not come in until fou
months after the act was passed.
He added that the new act was quit
a eomplieaed one. He said the ter
Titorial officers had been swamped wit
work under the numerous laws passe
during the last legislature.