The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-06-16
RUHIO SHOULD.
co INTO THE
DETAILS
Governor Would Like to
Know Where Land
Policy Fails.
HEARNOCOMPLAINT
From my People," or
From PubIiC---Land
Available.
HEAR RNOCOMPLAINT
(From Wednesdays Advertiser.)

(From Wednesdays 3 Advertiser)
That the land laws of the Territory
are working out better than ever is
the statement of Governor Frear, who
suggested yesterday that perhaps Dele
gate Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole might
file bill of particulars pointing out
Just in what respect the administration
has not been liberal enough in the mat
ter of administering those land laws.
The Governors attention was drawn
TO the fact that the delegate, imme-
diately after his arrival in San Fran
cisco, opened his batteries on the Gov
ernor through the medium of the news
papers there. A paragraph from one
of these interviews was shown to Gov
ernor Frear which reads:
fGovernor Frear's policy in regard
to demonstrating the Islands has not
been at all satisfactory. 1t has not
been liberal enough as far as my peo-
pie are concerned
Asked If he would make a statement
for The Advertiser as to this the Gov
ernor said:
Successful Homesteading.
"I do not know what the delegate
means by my people. do not know
in what respect he thinks the policy
of the administration has not been
liberal enough One of the foremost
policies of the administration has been
to homestead the public lands. That
does not mean that the policy has been
to merely get rid of the lands, whether
directly to corporations and other
large holders and aliens, or indirectly
to them through fake homesteaders'
at means successful homesteadlng,
and that required changes both IN the
law and in the administration of the
law. relating to public lands. After
great deal of investigation and study
q number of important amendments to
the law were prepared which were in
dorsed unanimously by the legislature
at its special session and were indorsed
by the delegate both then and when
the amendments were before congress.
They were enacted and came into the
law.
No Complaints Heard.
"That practically eliminated the
public land question from the last
election campaign; before that the land
issue was the principal question. These
changes had much to do with the
sweeping victory of the Republicans
last year, resulting not only in a large
increase in the vote for the delegate
but in a republican victory generally,
SO much so that not single Democrat
was elected to either the senate or the
house and very few to county offices.
''The methods of administration have
been changed somewhat to correspond
with the changes in the Law and at
present practically no complaints are
heard in land matters as compared with
numerous complaints a few years ago,
"There is no person who in good
faith wants homestead who can not
obtain it where he wants it anywhere
IN the Territory on government lands,
except where the land is still tied up
under old leases, and obtain it under
very favorable conditions.
Error of Congress.
''The principal objection now urged
is against the provision by which
twenty-five persons may petition to
have any land opened which requires
it to be opened in such cases. That
was not recommended by the admins
tration but was inserted by congress.
! do not know Just wnat the attitude
of the delegate was on that point in
congress l think that most sensible
people, including those who are most
in sympathy with the homesteading
idea as we'll as others, feel that it was
a mistake TO insert that, but under the
way in which we are endeavoring TO
work it out j think that il will not
operate in the Objectionable manner
that has been feared.
"The administration of the public
lands is, at its best, most difficult
matter and great deal of study has
been given to it by myself and others
in the administration, as well as by
outsiders, during the last few years
30 that now the land laws, think, are
working out better than ever before
Conditions are constantly changing
and methods Of the administration OF
the public lands have 10 be changed ac
cordingly from time 10 time. PeThap,
the delegate can file a bill of particu
lars, pointing ont Just in what respect
the administration has not been liberal
enO1gh in the administration OF the
land laws and in what way the ad
ministrati0n should change its methods
IN this matterp