Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-09
JUDGE STUART
WOULD IGNORE
LAW-PINKHAM


i Continued from Page y
stances to the department Of the IN
terror.
II had an inquiry made this spring
Of Judge Stuart al TO whether he had
ever visited the other islands, 90
might know " he had knowledge oi
lands by personal observation, and he
stated he had not.
"His assertion 40 TO lands on the
island Of Oahu would indicate he ID
not personally familiar with the lands
/ and land situated on that island even
i "The bald facts az to our public
lands have been stated and printed
time and time again, and are within
reach Of everyone.
THE total arabic Iands belonging TO
the territory amount to but 5s,o44
acres, Of which 36,776 are cane lands,
2o,5s1 other agricultural lands, and
/ 1855 acres rice, taro and fish ponds.
"ouite IN area 10 solely dependent
TO the territory. Most Of the land ID
out on unexpired leases.
~ do not propose this morning to
further analyze every acre Judge
Stuart may imagine ne knows or does
not know, but n he will submit an In
CURRY about any specific parcel or par
GELS Of land he Will receive correct In
formation.
"The land laws are controlled BY
the Organic Act.
THE act 10 being concerned to.
Judge Stuart has signed home
stead agreement and does not wish 70
carry out his voluntary agreement, but
wishes the governor and land com
missioner 70 consent 20 q course thai
would destroy al true homeste adlnp
and turn our lands over to speeuIs-
tore.r
Purchase Price Refused.
When Circuit Judge T. B. Stuart,
shortly after he had taken the local
bench. secured lot No. "a of the Hale
kou- Waikaluakai homesteads near Ka-
neohe, Oahu, by drawing option No.
iS. which was the only homestead lot
left, he offered to pay the purchase
price of $425 which, he declares, Land
Commissioner Joshua d. Tucker re-
fused to accept.
day afternoon. after the second edition
Of the Star-Bulletin had gone to press.
Based, probably. on the commission
eris refusal to accept the purchase
price, Judge Stuart has begun an &C.
ton against the governor and the land
commissioner in the form Of writ
of mandamus ordering the two high
officials to appear In Circuit Judge
Ashford's court at 10 o'clock on Sat
urdRy morning, November 20, and
show cause why the land laws of the
territory should not be administered
according to Judge Stuart's way Of
thinking.
That the action of Judge Stuart will
reopen the old land question IN Hawaii
Is the opinion Of many who have be-
come interested. On the other hand,
II Is predicted that Judge Stuart has
fired the opening gun in the Demo
cratic campaign for the approaching
territorial election. and that the Bour-
bons intend to make the land question
once more live issue.
Settlement Stepped He says.
Judge Stuart's complaint attacks Bit
terly the governors land policy, and
alleges that. because of this policy,
settlement in Hawaii has practically
been stopped. The complaint declares
that, by the policy of the governor.
the requirements of Congress con-
corning the opening of public lands
in the territory have been each viii
fully violated In each and ey.
cry respect"
It is further alleged that frivolous
excuses" for their noncompliance
with the requirements of Congress
have been given by the governor and
the land commissioner, one Of these
being that they will not allow entry
OF any land until q road shall be i
built thereto" and also that such
lands should be held to meet the pub
lie debt"
The complaint further charges the
governor and the land commissioner
with .wrongfully withholding the pub
lie lands from entry. and .at the
same time are shipping in foreign peon
labor at heavy expense to the tax
payers: that in the last two years over
$4,000 Filipinos of the lower and ..rim-
inal class have been introduced into
Hawaii through the personal activity
of the two officials.
1t is charged that annoying. fool
ish, offensive, absurd and unlawful
have been inserted into
the homestead deeds of small settlers, |
while large corporations have es-
capped. Hundreds of poor citizens
have been deprived of and driven from |
their homes declares the complaint,
through unlawful and unconstitution
al acts" of Governor Pinkham and |
Land Commissioner Tucker.
Makes Many Demands.
Judge Stuart's complaint makes the I
demands of the governor
and the land commissioner:
sFirst-Accept from petitioner the
purchase price of said land, and to do
liver t. petitioner patent for the land
without conditions except that he shall
not convey to anyone already owning
30 or more acres of land in Hawaii.
"Second-That the reservation
placed in said so-called contract, name