The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-04-14
Declines To Affirm Or Deny Incl
dent At Meeting of Kauai
Commerce Body
CHAMBER DECLARES FOR
KAUAI PLANTATION ROAD
demonstrating and Proper Con-
troll Of Territorial Waters
Slogan of Conference
(special by Mutual Wireless.l


LlHUE, Kauai, April lI..-Go,orn
Pinkhnm faced members of the Kauai
Chamber Of Commerce here TODAY. A
special meeting had been called to hear
him speak on the Karaa railroad and
water tangle.
There was one development Of start
ling importance.
ThOrVald Brandt, manager of BishOn
4 Co., Waimea, asked The Governor to
confirm or to deny the accuracy Of an
interview with Albert ITormrr. president
of >the Hawaiian Cannpric~ nssnciation
published in The Advertiser April 3.
Interview With Horner
The Governor ignored this open chal-
lengP, made to his face
The interview with Mr.. IIorncr, made
as a formal statement, and approved by
him before publication, whrrh the Gov.
ernor would neither affirm nor DENY, was
as follows:
81 (the Governor) am not RESPONSE.
bile for the settlers being down there.
Besides, am against the government
lands being taken up by homesteader
DEMONSTRATING Is not n success, will new.
err he n success and you know it damned
we'll
Thread Affecting Settlers
- am going down to Kauai soon and
settle the whole business. | am going
to settle that side (menning Makee)
first, and then if the others want anv.
thing theyTan come to me aftcrward.
81 am going to make those fellows
sign up (meaning the homestraders,
hut he did not say with whom) and af.
ter they have signed I am going to
make them sign another paper stating
they are satisfied.
All the cane lands of the govern
ment should remain in the ownership
of the government and be leased to the
sugar plantations.
Was Deliberately Planned
II deliberately planned to let this
(the Kapaa pilikia) drag on and wear
those people ont down there, and |
have about accomplished my purpose.
Now am going down to Kauai and get
, this thing fixed mp to suit myself"
This was by no means all
BY vote of forty to one, Gaylord
=. Wilcox, manager of Makee planta
ton, only dissenting, the chamber pas
sed resolution in favor Of the Lihue
railroad petition. Crystallizing of the
movement was through action Of the
chamber in October 1914. The most
prominent men of Kauai are members
of the organization. '.. ~
Harmony Is Lacking
Governor Pinkham said, in his adj
dress on the general situation that it
vas the result Of lack of harmony
among the hOmesteadrrs of Eapaa and
Of friction between Lihue plantation
and Makee. He had expressed similar
sentiments in Honolulu.
Hans lsenherg. president of Lihue
denied that there had been friction
between the plantations.
General addresses Of Othe~s favored
! homesteading. Protection of the gov.
eminent against aggres~ors was urged.
Corporation Is Suggested
! Governor Pinkhnm suggested a cor.
nOration to handle all territorial waters
OF the island. According to plans of
Cot Il. s. SpaIdin@, owner Of Makee.
these would have been turned over to
a company. in which his plantation
would have been Ia'tnpr The Kauai
hamher adopted IA resolution rOndem,
ming any alienation of the Territory $
waters. This was last October
The Governor and &. X. Harrison
territorial hydrog"aI her win remain
indefinitely to arrange details Of a cor
| pOratiOn, the executive said.
Commission Is Proposed
F.. n. w. Broudhent, manager of
Grove Farm plantation, colonel of the
Fourth Regiment. \. G. H., and a
staunch friend of hOmrsteaders and of
the whole DEMONSTRATING movement.
suggestrG that commission. indepen,
dent of the plantations, be empowered
to r'tam the bet Il IvisOrs to handle
details Of Omsr">ation and distribu.
tion.