Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-02

when l learned of the masterful mind
you have brought to bear upon 1t. and
your masterful method of conducting
it, .- III
The question of the governorship,
he thought, is of less moment than
that of progressive work in the Terri
tory. ..-s
After Mr.. Ashford had finished, the
secretary asked Kuhio if he had any
thing to say. The Delegate said he
had not, and Mr.. Fisher closed the
hearing with a. very brief statement
My function in this matter Is pure
~ advisory in character" he said,
land all / can do is to advise the presi-
dent in regard to the reappointment
CT the governor. i can say to you
that I think / know what will say
to the president, but OF course what
is to be reported to the president can
not now be made public.
Il hope this investigation will clear
up much of misunderstanding and
straighten put some Of the things that
may have needed Strengthening out.
mo governor must be left to play
as lone a hand as your governor has
been left to play here, and as perhaps
he is by temperament rathr disposed
to play.
"All can do Is to help bring out
the facts here So that you people Of
Hawaii can work out your own saliva
ton. 1t must be worked out and work
ed out right. No other basis Is going
to do any good. /, 8 t.s
81 want to express to you my sim
cere appreciation Of the help that has
been given me here by all concerned.
and the cooperation on all hands. It
has made my work easier than 1t
would have been, and it has been a
very agreeable feature of my inyesti-
CATION. / thank you."'.
So with the mutual expressions Of
esteem, and the declarations of Gov
ernor Frear and Attorney Ashford
that both sides now understand each
other better than at the beginning of
the investigation, the Secretary ended
his hearings
Day Is Interesting. 81
+. The statements of both Mr.. Thurs
ton and Mr.. sIvers were particularly
interesting. Mr.. Thurston was first
called on to explain about the Hilo
Railroads acquisition Of it's forty-fiYe
acres of terminal at Hilo, and after
dealing with railroad matters at
length, he was asked about immigra-
ton, homesteading and general sub
jects which Mr.. Fisher has. been TAX
ing up. He declared that while pres
ent conditions do not favor home
stealing, he believes a solution of the
problems can be worked out and ex-
pressed himself as greatly in favor of
working them out with governmental
assistance. Mr.. Thurston scored en-
phatically what he alleges is the pol
icy of secrecy among Hawaiian plant
ers regarding the publication of their
experiment station data and reports,
saying that he is utterly against this
secrecy.
There is no use Disgusting the fact
that the general tone of the larger
landholders has not been favorable to
small holdings in their vicinity" he
asserted. He favored legislation to
regulate transportation matters by
public utility commission appointed by
the Governor with the consent of the
Senate, but opposed an elective COM
mission.
Both Mr.. Thurston and Mr.. Ivers
were asked at some length about the
cOipartnerShip of corporations here
to evade the law against any one cor
pOration holding more than one thou
sand acres of land, and both declared
that there is no attempt to eVade the
law wilfully or against public policy.
Mr.. IvCrs said that as for the five
corporations that Brewer & Co. peo-
pie have recently formed and OF
which there has been much discus
sion the whole five together do not
hold one thousand acres of land, they
were formed because various pieces
OF land lying close to five plan
tati0ns had been owned by Brewer &
Co. as All investment but it was now
thought better to form the companies
and to handle them more in connec-
ton with the plantations.
In immigration matters Mr.. Ivers ex-
! ressed himself forcibly. He told Sec
rotary Fisher that the Filipino immi-
grants are adequately inspected for
disease before they come here, and
agreed with the Secretary that if there
is any objection on the score that they
are physically unit, IS can easily be
remidied by arranging for an inspec-
tion that WIZ be along the same lines
and as rigid as the present immigra-
ton laws governing foreigners coming
tito the United States from any other
country. This inspection, he agreed