The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-03-19

nese votes combined. It has increased
from 594 in 1909 to 1880 in 1910, while
the Chinese and Japanese vote combin-
ed increased only from 146 to 400 dur
ing the same period. Moreover, the
Chinese and Japanese can not be classed
together for the complainant purposes.
The Chinese and Japanese do not COM
bine. Indeed, the proposition has been
advanced by high civil and military Of
ficers and others Of allowing a large
number of additional Chinese to enter
the Territory for the very purpose of
offsetting the Japanese. Again, it can
not be taken for granted that those of
the native born Chinese and Japanese
who may remain in the Territory and
who may choose to exercise their right
to vote will be un-American. The actual
results thus far seem to support the OPP
posite view.
1 Nevertheless, as stated above, it is
| highly important, both because of exist
! ing racial conditions and for other rea-
sons, that the population Of the Terri
tory should be built up as rapidly as
possible on Caucasian lines and this has
been one of the main policies of my
administration from its beginning
Americanizing Hawaii.
The Governor says in his reply that
the problem is not new, and that it de-
serves and has had serious considera-
ton throughout his administration. AS
further answer to some of Knney's ef
forts to show that the administration
had failed to work for Americanization
of the Islands, the reply says:
Bringing In Europeans.
"My reply to the Delegates earlier
~
the specific ways in which have en-
deavored to carry out this policy that
very little need be said here.
SIN the first place, every effort has
been made, particularly through special
instruction and patriotic exercises in
the public schools, to train the chill
dren of all races in the Territory in
ways of good American citizenship.
i GIN the second place, on my recon-
mendation, a special income tax was
provided for by the first legislature Of
my administration chiefly for the pur-
pose of promoting the immigration Of
Europeans. and as a result during the
last two years more than 5000 Euro
peans have been brought into the Ter
ritory at enormous expense and about
1900 more are now on the way. Find
ing that conditions of employment and
! living were such that many of these
: immigrants left the Territory sooner or
later for the Pacific Coast, law was
enacted. on my recommendation, by the
second legislature of my administration,
extending the powers and duties of the
department of immigration from mere
" those of introducing immigrants to
those of looking after them after their
arrival so as to make conditions of en-
Il nd af
would remain here. In addition sue
cessful efforts have been made to i'm
prove living conditions by requiring the
: maintenance of better sanitary condi-
tions in laborers' quarters. Wages also
have been materially increased and the
prices of necessaries reduced. These
and other matters tending in the same
direction have had my earnest atten-
ton and some of them / have person
ally taken up directly with the sugar.
planters and others. Very satisfactory
results are already apparent.
Aiding Homesteads.
r "In the third place, have made al
+ special effort to promote successful
homesteading In my former
| reply I set forth the difficulties in the
way of homesteading and showed how
: it must necessarily be a slow process
r During my administration to date just
7 1000 homesteads have been taken as
9 compared with 931 during the preced7
: ing seven years of territorial govern
!, ment. The average number taken per-
!, annum during my administration has
been go per cent greater than the averl
q age number taken previously-this notI
f withstanding the imposition of addiI
: tional restrictions during my adminisi
}, tration for the prevention of fakd
}, demonstrating. My attitude against
J. speculative and dummy homesteadind
8 is one of the causes of the present at
! tack on me.
$ "It is stated that the Governors apl
}, pointed over Hawaii have been from
}, among the plantation element and sd
: closely related with those interests thai
e the results of their administrations
}, were foreshadowed at once they wer4
! appointed. Anyone acquainted with
!; the facts knows that at least two OF
J, the three Governors-Dole and myself
have not been from the plantation
element and that few, if any, amon3
those likely to be considered for thai
= position are less entangled with thosi
. interests. / do not mean to imply
:, however, that there are not progressiv
and independent men of good COVER
) nOrshlp timber IN the Territory Wht
- are closely connected with the sugar in
- terests.
Is Charges Absurd.
e, cit is complained that there is dar
8. ger of retrogression from territorial
a status to that of possession and fror
,e self. government to a government b
IS commission, and that that is alread
g being discussed in Hawaii only twelvI
j. years after annexation. The fact i
IL that that has been discussed from tim
SO to time ever since annexation; my prd
d. decessor devoted six and half page
'e to it in his message to the Legislature
Sc in 1905. 1t is a subject, however, TIL
he discussion of which comes to the from
n only when, as in cases like the present
g. antiprogressive moves are made OF
m racial lines for political purposes u
m lis recognized in Hawaii that the pre-