The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-04-01
SILVER TONGUE
WINS THE SENATE
MErzaER's ELOQUENT WORDS
WOULD MAKE BOOK
FOR TOURISTS.

pledged In opposition, he won his hght II
| Tor the adoption OF his minority report n
on Senate Bill "a, providing for an APP 4
Ipropriation Of $4,000 for the building Il
Of a road into Waipio Valley, Hawaii.
| His report is one of the masterpieces
of the present session. AS promotion
/ Literature for the walled-in paradise of
Hamakua il is without doubt GEE of
the first water. 1t is possible the docu-
ment will be given to the promotion
committee with n recommendation that
Ii be printed and distributed to the
world at large.
''I maintain that the strength of n
majority rests in, and should only be !
preserved by, its Just treatment and
consideration OF the claims and de-
mands of the minority says tine re-
port. "The undersigned, it appears,
lhas been the minority in the matter at
issue from the start-a respectable
minority it is true-but despite this re.
lspectability, at no time during the
deliberations of your committee on this
bill. even under the weight of an ire
futable argument, has the majority
. shown any disposition to yield from its
lintolerable position and view the mat.
ter to the end of netting out justice;
. therefore appeal to the Senate to re-
]. iect the majority report and give fav.
!. orable consideration to the claims of
: reason, Justice and humanity, and give
!. relief to an oppressed peop.e, through
|. the passage of this bill.
!, ''Waipio is a settlement of several
= hundred persons, nearly all of whom
!. are citizens of this Territory, law
!. abiding. God-fearing, taxpaying, indus
= trious people. Many of the scores of
families located there have lived in
this valley for generation on genera
ton, their fathers, and fathers before
= them, drank from the same springs
titled the same fields and rested under
+ the same shade trees. The place has
e such natural charm in the grandeur
'. of its scenery and the healthfulness of
/. its climate that despite the neglect of
o past legislatures to provide the greatly
q needed medium for ingress and egress,
n the residents of the valley are loath to
x forsake it for an easier life in the Sec
tions more favored by legislative appro-
It priations, but less favored by nature.
Le "Of the hundreds who have lived in
le this valley and later sought to live else
where on account of the intolerable op.
r preston put upon its residents by legis-
r lative representatives in not providing
n. public wagon road into it, few seem
ID able to remain away for any length OF
as time, for the beauty of its crescent bay
70 and sandy beach, the inspiring water
IN falls, pouring from surrounding cliff:
ns at heights of thousand feet or more
v. the exhilarating, ozone-lafen breezes
IN the sylvan wildwoods fringing the bias,
IN of it's cliffs, the fertile fields and boun
CO tiful streams haunt them in thei
dreams and irresistably call them back
he "The only means of getting in or on
or of this productive and populous vale.
m. at the present day is over steep ant
or perilous trail, extremely dangerous t.
life and limb, especially during we
at weather. This is said to be the sam
ng trail that was used by Kamehameh
he the Greats grandparents when the
lie. lived in the Kohala mountains, but
has since been much worn by time an
the elements. Many long stretches ar
on inclines of one hundred per cen
n grade, and, indeed, some stretches ar
&c, even perpendicular. This trail shoul
- be preserved as a landmark, and as a
=" example of the universities and hare
90 ships endured by the inhabitants of tn
Ia Islands in the dark ages, before tn
~ reign of prosperity, sugar kings and el
lightened legislatures
"Tn addition to this sound economi
reason why an appropriation should /
ALI made and the road built the human
tartan aspect should appeal strongly I
:, any normal person in this age of r
ne fined and delicate sensibilities," col
'us tinues the appeal. "All about us her
.aS in the Territory we see our fellow
IN man-the workingman- travelling
rt- modern conveyances; going to and fro
rec his work and recreations in ease an
re- mobiles, electric cars, bicycles ar
lge horse drawn vehicles. Now. draw
mental picture of the poor workingms
at Waipio: laboriously, patiently ar
!. slowly climbing up that tortuous al
dangerous trail out of the valley, bu
rch dened near to the breaking strain
I'D, human muscular fiber with paltry Dc
sit lars worth of taro roots strapped
ito his back; carefully clinging to the owe
mes hanging lodges of rock he struggles Il
lad ward; thick beads of perspiratit
yed stand out on his agony-furrowed bro
Vho his hot breath comes in short, sha
ing gasps, his nostrils are dilated, h
lin cords in his throat are swollen and h
tongue is thick with the heat of boilii
blood throbbing through his arteri,
lot his back scourged by the knotty al
RY CALLING burden strapped upon it.
This Senators. il a picture of &
The Waipio farmer taking his produce
row market, TO exchange for the neeessari
lich of life for his family. II rivals a pi
the ture of the galley slave of medley
for times. viii you. Senators, allow SUI
and an everyday condition 10 continue
leir exist in civilized, prosperous Hawai-
These conditions can be Temedied by
act Of tho legislature, by the passa
Of this bill. and in no other way.
mo fShall the poor Waipio farmer "a
M tinue 10 carry his produce out over 4
Pail on his back while the legislatu
1ah wranPles session after session over 4
.hls propositions Of raising the income II
~ exemption and voting thousands a
~ thousands Of funds for promoiionf
.Ht oshall The accusation apply 10 80
nas Aau's inhumanltY "a man has ms
49, countless Thousands mourn ~"
80 H1imi minority frpau explains /
~ reason senator MfiTger received Hu
80 heavy vote In WBlp.a said seuAt
~ Cole oThis is the fret time i hn
- realized ihai Waimo an NHilfe0Gff
fdeH ~ the world fnf HFes hrFa