The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-21
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Refuse 70 Discuss Suggestion Of
d oOnHts sioas Gosernmem'FOr
.. These Islands a.
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MANI, BELIEVE PRESENT &.
2.,i.e FORM IS BEST BY FAR
Some See Much Coed h Proposal
To Make Honolulu Great
Free Port ,#ssft

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Although put up to several of the
hig men in the city for their opinions,
the peppasal Of Judge Stuart, of q
form Of commission government for
this Territory has not apparently
awakened great deal of interest. A
number of men said last night that
they were not prepared to say any.
thing about 10 as they had skipped it
in reading the paper; others that n
matter Of change of government was
such a'vitai step that they did NOT
care to dise,iss the letter Of the cirenit
Judge without first giving themselves
a chance to think IL over; One who
has lived here through an the forms
+0f government since Hawaii had a
government said that in his opinion
the present form of government was
the best that the Islands had ever
had. ,1,.e, &c.. .... -.
Under the Republic, II was said,
the newspapGrs were always calling
for improvements and progress that
We're not made. There were no roads
to- speak of and the schools were in
no such condition as they are today.
II was harder to reach the powers than
were then than il is at present. Pub,
,ie opinion did not have so much to
do, with getting things as it has now,
or maybe there was net 30 much pub.
ia fAs.saffnt - ~
fairs is better off today and Is much
closer TO the city government than he
eVer,was to the monarchy, the repub-
lilo .,ors the territorial government, be-
fore county government went into eff
feet, said one person,
Picks Flaw IN Plan
One man who takes a great deal of
interest in matters Of a civic nature
stated that the appointment of the
judiciary by the commission, as pro.
Eosed by IHd9e Stuart, would be q
very poor arrangement as the liberties
Of the people depend on the courts and
to have the judges subservient to the
men who appointed them would be a
step backward. The same man, how.
ever, was heartily in favor of making
d free port of HonolnIu and gave il
as his opinion that this feature of the
Stuart commission government was tho
only hing ofmeFit In It,
Another man who has been active
IN matters OF the political life of the
Territory and q former territorial of.
feial, stated that the salvation Of the
municipal government here was the
passing of the charter submitted to the
legislature by the charter convention
recently held 1t would straighten
things out well and give Honolulu O
remedy for the ills connected with
municipal government here, he de,
Clared. "
A high judicial official stated that
he was opposed to commission form
Of government as against the present
territorial form, as a matter of prin.
ciple but that not having read Judge
Stuart 5 proposition he was not in a
position to disepss it at this time.
Suggest Philippine Form
Several persons ednVersant with the
commission form of government in
the Philippines were of the opinion
that that form would ft here splen.
didly and that the commissioners, in.
stead of being appointed from the
army and navy and from civil life in
Hawaii, should all be men of the cali
Der of the first. commissioners of the
Philippines. They thought that the
Judiciary, however, should. be appoint
ed by the President. @"a - "a
} Under the Philippine form Of gov
eminent the govsnor'general and his
commissioners act as the higher house
Ia the legislature, which consists of
two houses, the lower one being elect
cd by the people. The upper house
has the right Of veto and the different
provinces have the right to elect their
governors and municipal officers, levy
taxes. and Otherwise conduct them
selves as cities and towns of the main
land do. @jH, l.. 49,.
How it Would Work
Qndsy the Philippine plan, the com.
lnissieA would number fye members,
"a majority of whom would be men
of affairs from the mainland and the
Others Hawaiians, The army and
navy would not be represented on the
commission, but might be in charge
Of departments to look after their in
terests, under the commission, which
al all times would be subservient to
the government at Washington. All
of the commissioners would be ap-
pointed by the President, by aud
with the consent Of the senate, while
the members Of the territorial assem-.
bly, would be elected by the people of
the Islands, - ...s..t. ill.,.