The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1914-03-28
DR.. RAYMOND WRITES
REGARDING PLEB|SCITE

which they should be obtained.
(See Report of said Committee.
Mr.. Pogue must admit that the
Minority" to which he refers has
had all Of the time and opportunity
necessary to discuss the matter with
the Board of Supervisors and if said
minority has not taken advantage
OF it, it is no ones fault but their
own. He must admit that the
majority, namely, the people
throughout the County, has not had
an opportunity to discuss the mat
ter with the Board of Supervisors,
and it would be a physical impossi-
bility for the said majority to attend
meetings of the Board for that pur-
pose. That the law in itself pre-
scribes the modus operandi by
which the public may have the
opportunity of hearing both sides of
any question to be raised under the
said law, and that their Judgment
shall be final as will be shown by
the result of their balloting.
In regard to the second count, it
is rather late in the day for the
Honorable gentleman to bring up
the question of doubt as to whether
the people should be given the right
to cast their vote at this, or any
other time under the law passed by
the last Legislature, the Plebiscite
Law. The proper time for him to
have raised the question was when
he advocated the very law referred
to and it is believed by the majority
OF well informed citizens that the
said bill introduced by Representa-
tive Norman Watkins was none
other than the "Pogue Bill" that
the bill was inspired by Mr.. Pogue
and heartily supported by him.
The writer was told by Mr.. Pogue, !
when in conversation as to the best
means of securing an appropriation
for the reservoir at Olinda, that the
Plebiscite method would bring re-
suits far quicker than having it 90
n the Loan bill, the time being
either prior to, or during the session
IT the Legislature that passed the
aw. | contend that if the above is
rue, that the proper time to call
or discussion was prior to the intro
luction of the bill and that not
laving done so, the Bill having
'een passed by the Legislators, re-
oresentatives of the people, and be-
anne a law, it is no more than
light that the people should exer-
ise their prerogative under the law.
[ the Plebiscite Law was considered
ood by Mr.. Pogue during the time
hat he was acting as Chairman of
ne Board Of Supervisors in power,
Is good now when he is no longer
hartman of the Board of Super
isors and no longer in power. In
ne matter Of the necessity for such c
nprevements, he has only to con
alt the report of the Committee of
ltlzens referred to, as well as that
the County Engineer and further
take into consideration the long
rought just past where it is gener-
.ly known throughout the County
nat there was no water in the Kula
lpe Line for about one month.
-e has only to consult the Board of Il
-eaith TO satisfy himself of the
OF improvements to the n
'ater System of Wailuku and Ka- q
llui, as well as the people of Hama,
satisfy himself as to the necessity
preventing accidents and possible '7
IS OF human life by reason of rot
n bridges in the Hama District.
In the third count Mr.. Pogue
ggests that the County of Maui Il
,pend the five hundred or thou
nd dollars, what the Plebiscite 8,
Ould cost, for purchasing tanks to l.
pply water, presumably during
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