Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-29
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tiCular, appears to have given the EX.
ecutive mind reckless predispostionI
to the use of this term. His many In.
tcrvicws published In the press, pub.
lie speeches, etc, abound with this
term of roproaCh and manifest more
over what may be described as a gen.
eral suspicion on the Governors part
as to the good faith and honesty of
all individual citizens as distinguished
from corporations, who have sought
or seek, assignments to holdings out
of the public lands"
! Dealing with the Governors refusal
to allow the Delegates attorney to secl
the report of Deputy Smith on the
homestead conditions, the Delegate
says, Let 1t be remembered that the
report in question was furnished more
than nine months ago, and that the
Governor has not seen fit to either is.
sue the patents, bring actions to an.
! null the holdings of the honest eaders
or to inform them whether or not
their applications will be ultimately
I granted"
! Much space IL given to the grinding
contracts and the figures given to
show that the hOmestcadcr under ton
! ditiOns the Governor seemed to favor
could make 50. 90 per acre, while the
/ plantation makes in the vicinity OF
! $75. "If II be true as stated in the
letter of Governor Frear to Senator
Hewitt, wherein he urged the making
of such contract that 1t is more ia.
! vorable contract than some other plan.
tations are making with homestead.
ers' vet this fact merely furnishes adj.
lditiOnal proof of the allegation in my
former communication to You that the
treatment of the homestcadors by the
plantations of Hawaii is grossly un.
fair and oppressive"
In handling the Aloha Alma Settle.
ment Association matter 1t Is stated
THAT the Governor has sought to sub
stitute n government Of discretion
for a government Of law.
Il There is no warrant In fact for the
3, Governors statement that the "Thomp-
son Settlement Association which ap.
piled for the Kaunamano land is
lclosely related to the Association in
Question. Neither Is there any
warrant for his statement that the
Aloha Alma Association was formed
for speculative purposes
Pahala Plantation nume system Is
discussed al length. 81 do not abatc
any portion of my contention that the
Governor has been dcrclict in this
matter His visit to the locality In
question together with his cabin OH
Gers was made several weeks after
the receipt by the Land Commission.
er of the amended applications above
Preferred to. and the Governor could
not then have been in ignorance OF
l the fact that those applications we're
pending-yet during the period OF
about seven months that have since
passed the Governor appears to have
neither submitted the applications
themselves, nor any recommendation
of his or of the Commissioner of Pub
lie Lands concerning them to the Land
Board"
. In the Waiakea plantation camp site
matter the rejoinder says in summing
i, up, I'VE are thus left to guess why
the plantation should require any EN-
ployes' houses or stables upon land IL
which It has no further interest; hut
the language last quoted would an
L, pear to indicate the Governors pre-
I'd In fa no all l..
the allotment of public lands to home
y steadcrs, and the bent of his mind in
favor of the probability that the plan
tation will retain the land or large
portion of 1t, by some means or 9th
err"
The Delegate jumps hard on tn,
Governors Interpretation of bona lid,
homesteadcrs when dealing with tn,
"Kekupulau Settlement Association.
= lie says the Governor assumes tha
the applicants had no idea of set
= Ting on the land and that their objec
a was purely one of speculation or in
5 vestment."
r But ii Is manifest" proceeds thu
+ re joinder, that the Governor bet weer
t the application of the Kekupulau As
c sociation and the writing of his repl!
to my complaint, experienced chang,
> of sentiment with respect to qualilCa
D lions or otherwise of otliceholders a,
hOmcsteadcrs. This change of base IL
= manifested in the exceedingly promp
!. opening and plating and assignment
T. of homesteads in Haiku, Maui, Il
members Of two separate settlement
y associations, the Lindsay and III,
= California, some of whom are now II
\ possession of their, assignments
d Among the farmers to whom sucl
: assignments have been made are thu
. following, all close personal or politi
. cal friends of the Governor, viz:
l "l-Edward D., Blanchard residmi
| in Honolulu, about 1870 miles from tn,
land in question, and on dineron
island; appointed by or at the in
stance of Governor Frear to the posi-
ton of Food Inspector, which he nov