The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-10-04


Frenr in the belief that there are great
advantages TO be expected Of this in.
estigqton. / desire at this point TO
,ccord to YOU, Mr.. Secretary, the most
sincere tribute Of respect from both the
Delegate and myself with reference TO
he al solutely unbiased and fair meth.
DDS you have used, and the consummate
ability You have shown and the deter
nination TO 10 10 the bottom of things
aud hew to the line with an absolute in
difference as to where the chips may
fall. We expect n great many good
things of this invostigRtion,-m
things in proportion as you shall deem
It advisable or have the time and OPP
nortunity to dwell upon in any report
you may make. But even if this Incl
dent should be closed today, and not
another word written concerning 1t, i
think enough information has come out
to enlighten our community about mat
tiers heretofore unknown to ms, so that
the result here will be vastly better
understanding among ourselves as to the
causes of our piliiias, to be obviated
by remedies.
"There is virtue in people who are
antagonists knowing each other better.
II may be that if the Governor ana the
Delegate had known each other better
and each others views better this in
vestigation would not have been neces-
sary for the reason that possibly mat
tiers might have been arranged so that
nothing in the shape of formal com
plants would ever have been made.
That is "A possibility.
al can only speak for myself as to
when came into this matter | was
rushed from a sickbed at Kailua aboard
steamer and aboard another here in
Honolulu to go to Washington to repre-
sent the Delegate in this matter. That
is the genesis of my connection with it.
From that point on where | have repre-
scented the Delegate in my own mind |
believe | am entitled to certificate of
fairness, and / am glad to say that the
Governor considers me also so entitled.
"Inere has been an impression on the
part of some there were serious and
deepseated personal motives on my part
at the bottom of this complaint, but j
can assure you, Mr. Secretary, that to
the best of my knowledge there have
not been and are not, absolutely, any
such motives. deny it in the most
positive terms.
''Nothing remains for me to say, Mr..
Secretary. / had very much less faith
in the prospective results of this investi'
CATION before you arrived. | had met
you in Washington, of course, but it
was not before the second day on which
the investigation was held that / OBJ
served the really masterful manner in
which you were getting at the matter.
"At the same time have been most
agreeably surprised at the extent and
incisiveness to which you have gone and
with the excellent results thus far
achieved. Having seen so much to be
thankful for from you as investigator,
we confidently left everything to you.
81 desire to say, expressing my own
view and belief, that in the various
matters that have developed upon these
hearings the question of whether Gov
ernor Frear ought or ought not to be
reappointed has been dwarfed. What
1 shall be the relation of capital to labor
| What is the general idea in regard to
homesteading2 What should be as to
discretionary power as to the executives
What shall be done with regard to gov
ernmental supervision of transportation
rates and public utilities, and what
snail be done generally for the progress
of the Territory along the lines of what
we have been accustomed to call pro
gressiveismi All these things loom
vastly larger than the question of who
shall sit in the Governor s chair
SECRETARY FISHER.
81 will not say very much at this
time,n said Secretary Fisher in con
GLIDING the hearings. 81 appreciate
the kind and complimentary words that
both sides have expressed. | am here
primarily as the representative of the
| President. My function is one purely
of an advisory nature. All that | can
do is to tell the President what he
should do, because he has the appoint
ing power. / know what | shall say
to him and if it were not for the rule
that / must follow that l must first
tell the President what have to say,
/ would have no hesitation in saying
it now.
"However, / shall conform to the
rule of not saying anything in ad'
vance. There is only one thing | can
say now. i hope the people of this
Territory will have cleared up for them
the real facts that concern any Gov
ernor, and the real difficulties he has
to contend with, and that they will
appreciate that any Governor should
not be left to play lone hand as
the present Governor has had to play,
who by disposition is disposed to play
such a hand more than / wish he were.
"The fact of the matter is that your
destiny is in your own hands. There
is very little the government at Wash
ington can do or that l can do, and
the sooner that impression is removed
as to my power in that regard, the
better.
Gan / can do is to hold the mirror
up and ask questions that may bring
out the situation clearly SO you may
work out your own salvation. The
sooner you realize these things and
work out the right solution of the in
dustrial, social and political problems,
the better it is going to be. The right
solution is necessary.
81 don I believe it would be apprO-
pirate for me to go further into the
situation. But can express sincere
appreciation of the cooperation ] have
received on all hands and the frank