The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-04-14
His Eecellency" on Kauai

~ OVERNOR P1NKHAM is still on the
~ Garden Island and still vaporing garrulous-
ly OF the things he is going to do. The latest
advices from KAUAI state that the Governors visit
there has made it plain to the Kauaians why near
y two years have passed without anything being
done in regard to the main question concerning
their island. The Governor made two public
speeches. in neither of which was there one
definite statement and he talked to a large num-
Der OF people without pledging action along any
line He bubbled over with egotlSm, proclaimed
his honesty and fearlesSneSs from the h0uSetOps
and querulousy informed the Kauai chamber OF
commerce that his efforts were not appreciated.
After listening to him, the people OF Kauai UNI
dersteod. They had then every reason to know
WIN the Governor fails to measure up to the re-
quirements of his office in any particular To
the plantation men he was obsequious to the
humesteaders he was as nearly tyrannicaI was
possible, but to neither did he appear capable of
making one clear-cut, understandable statement,
either regarding his pitful dillydallyng of the
past his probable meanderngs of the future.
In I,hue, when prodded by the frankness of
some of the chamber OF commerce speakers, he
repeated his stock excuse that the delay concern
ing the Lhue railroad license and the relief of
the kapaa honest cadcrs was due to "a fight be
tween the plantations but failed utterly to make
his allegation good when his words fatty
I.lcncd to his face BY Hans Isenberg.
lie was challenged to face Albert IIorner and
dcny that he had openly expressed his hostility
to- homcSteaders in general or to explain, if he
were able his statement that he had deliberately
PLAYED with the railroad proposal for eighteen
months in order to assist in the plot to break the
home Steaders back, and render ruitleSs their eff
tD hlm on
~qurmed before the challenge but failed to answer
| Governor Pinkham had a good deal to say about
the WHOLLY unjustiIcd inspired communications
to- the press" and about the "VCiOus attacks" made
upon him and his "ircnt!S Of decade and half,
but in not one instance did the Governor dare tC
take up for reputation any Of the allegations made
ritIyr by the press itself by those quoted in
the press.
Except that it gave the Kauai residents chance
Ito see and hear for themselves the only excuse
Tor the fuddling of the past two years in Their
urgent necessities the visit OF the Governor to tn,
Garden Islands accomplished nothing The Gov
crnur learned no new facts. The officials in wha'
he calls my cabinet" had chance to gathe
some necessary information whene> err they coul(
shake His Excellency" and get away from hi
eternal "reminiscences. but they could have accom-
plished greatly more if they had not been trailing
the Governor en- massc.
"'Ihe Government, which is the chief execu
Itiyc'S new name for himself, used repeatedly il
his I.ihue speech, is still on Kauai, where he i
still going ITO see if anything concrete can b.
drought about" in the matter OF the formation o
a company to conserve and distribute water TO
Irrigation. He may be able to reach a conclusion
but if he does it will be for about the first tim
since he took Office