Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-10
BUSINESSMEN IN MASSMEEIING
START CAMPAIGN Of EFFICIENCY.

WIN I1e hOn- j. n hafanlanaOfes anu
appenGs hereto the letter addressed
'tc hmm With tho Ieply received tnerctn
Respectfully submitted
J. WATERH0USE,
JOHN III. WISE,
u. CLARENCE II. COOKE,
F. -. b. Won DAMN.
" ALFRED L. CASTLE,
" % C.. r.. HEMENWAY.
The committee also appended cor.
|respondence with Delegate KuLie. IN
which the delegate was asked certsSss
questions as to his attitude. The most
important part Of the Princes reply
is: as
Your first question Is as follows:
"Will you agree to the entire elimin-
alton of the Frear.kuhio controversy
at the coming Republican consen-
tion?a
Questions Evaded.
have never asked the Republican
party as party to take up the Frear-
Kuhio controversy: on the contrary,
have consistently urged that the par.
ty take no part in it Many months
ago | urged the Chairman OF the Ter
ritorial Executive Committee to have
the COMMITTEES do nothing whatever
about 1t. To my request that this
course be pursued. the committee re-
piled by actively entering the contest
In favor OF Governor Frear, thus In.
sisting that the controversy should
not be eliminated as party question.
And when. in March last. left Ho-
Eolnlu to return to my place in Con.
gress, did so In pursuance of an
agreement with representative OF the
business men, that In the then ap-
preaching convention, the Frear Kulrio
controversy should be eliminated. But
you are aware how we'll that agree
ment was kept when upon the assem-
bling OF that convention the "Busl-
ness Interests at once insisted upon
pleacing Governor Frear ct the head
Of the delegation to Chicago
Your next question Is: '.Wiil you
support the ticket as dominated at
the coming Republican Convention,
regardless of whether you are nom
mated or not?'
! have said above that / am q Re-
publican, which means that viii
nbide by the action Of the Republi.
can Convention. The only quaiifica.
tion / should make to this would be
That. II 1t should transpire that the
convention was controlled and domi
mated by coercion and bribery, and
that it's action by reason OF this
should not fairly represent the wishes
of the Republican voters, would not
feef bound by It. ! am sure that you
gentlemen, representing as you do
The business community, will most
heartily join with me IN this quaiiff-s
cation, since. as q rule. the business
community Of Hawaii Is IN fayu. OF
honesty and fair play
Your next questions VIII you run
as an Independent II you fail TO SCI
cure the nomination OF the coming
Republican Convention? Ny answer
to the question Immediately proceed
ing is sufficient answer. &
IN your next question you ask me-
70 define what ] mean By "a more
liberal administration Of the land
law.
Again do have no hesitation IN
answering. It has appeared to me-
that our present land laws have been
on the theory that APP
plicants for homestead are, as rule,
dishonest; that applications are not
made in good faith; that persons ap-
parently seeking homes are actuatedI
by hidden, sinister motives. So palp-
able has been this course that home
steader" has become synonymous
with sfakir" insofar as the present
administration Of the land laws Is
concerned. Quite contrary to the
rules followed by the executive de-
partments, by the courts, and by Con-