The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-01-23

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r9a held yesterday afternoon at which
III citizens were invited 10 submit,
ideas Fer beneficial Legislation OF TO
voice protests against vicious leeisla-
tion.
The meeting was q large and most
representative one, only members Of
the board Of supervisors being con
tpicuous BY their absence Neither
were any Of the newly elected legislat.
pfe present, but these win, Il was as
serted, appear before the legislative
eommittee Of the board at later time,
fhen. bins viii be acted upon By the
George r. Wears, president Of the
board, presided, and r. N Deyo acted
~ secretary. The Legislative commit
iee, TO which an questions we're finally
referred, consists Of =. n. Deyo, Judge
G. r Parsons and DR.. H. B. Elliot, and
Al these gentlemen were present and
took an active part in the discussions
~ the meeting
More Money u Needed
One " the important questions acted
upon was the evident necessity for
more money for the experiment sta,
tions. II they are to be made of prac-
ticnl value 70 tho small farmers of the
Territory Mr.. Moore Of the Maui ex.
pertinent station, stated that the pres
emit allowance was too small to do
much work with He also spoke at
some length regarding the homestead.
ling Of the land, and favored the nine
LYNNE .years lease method, 80 that
homesieaders could nor sell their land
lee r..InII.+t - ...~fI.I.. a.. ..--.- : 4 -.
except q bona fde homesteader. This
question was referred 10 the legislative
COMMITTEES with the Recommendation
hat larger appropriation be asked
Secretary Deyo brought up the ne.
cessify for leeislation to secure more
loom Tor : eemtegy IN Hilo. J., AZ
scott, manager Of the Hilo Sugar Com
pany, reported, however, that his com.
pony had recently released the land 70
the Bishop Estate Company. and that
the matter was In fair way to be ad-
Iusted 70 the satisfaction Of Hilo, as
he Bishop Estate would undoubtedly
axe up the matter with the govern
uent FOR I SETTLEMENT. Mr.. Scott also
1tated that when the present crop Of
aane vas harvested on this. land il
would b available. Mr.. Scott was
|banked for biz work in this respect.
Discussion Over PARK
Much discussion afose over the mark.
ing Of the land along the Waiakea
River for the new homestead tract.
This question has been up before, said
Ar. Scott, but nothing was accom-
David Forbes, manager Of the Waia.
kea Plantation, stated that no such
proposition as was now conten,blkted
had been put up to the eovernu.nf be-.
fore, Is the former plan was 10 PARK
ilong the river and not TO the new
road, This road has been changed in
t. location, and now Mr. Forbes, as
,ne Of the park commissioners, sng.
gested that . parking strip Ave hun
ired feet wide BE- reserved aI0ng the
banks Of the river.
P. G. Beamer moved that the cues
zion Of just where and how much park
ing be Reserved be referred to the park
;ommissioners Of HiIo. TO report back
Q the board AZ the next meeting.
litter considerable discussion this mo-
ion carried.
Plans For New wharves
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The question Of approving the plans
or the proposed new wharves and
water front approaches at Kuhio and
Reeds Bay was realized as being. az
important matter for Hilo. II was
inally decided TO leave this matter IA
the hands Of the special COMMITTEES.
headed BY y. N. Holmes. 10 fake fur,
Their action when Charles K. Forbes. I'll.
|perintendent Of public works. returns .
from the Coast.
president Wears brought forward
me question Of increasing the term Of
ofiiee Of county officers from two to
four years, thus doing away with one
election and saving this expense. He
poke In favor Of this propagation,
holding that It would mean greater
fiiciepcy by the county Officers, who
would not feel obliged to Edo politics.
tor reelection as soon as they we're
sleeted. A red,hot discussion fol.
John A. Scott stated that some n.
pervisors which the county has had in
the past ought to have been firod with.
in two months, instead Of waiting two
years, and he was certainly not fnl
Favor Of increasing the term to four
years, and not IN favor Of the recall.
Julian Monsarrat who was present
as the guest Of President Wears. WINS
| granted the floor and spoke most EN-.
phatieally on this subject, stating that
he was opposed to longer terms than
two years, which was sufficient.
Give these ofliceholders four wears
to campaign in,p remarked MI. Mon
saFret, "and they viii remain in for
Blamas People Of Island
1.-THE people Of Hawaii are respon.
pible for the poor quality Of many o.
our county officers. = he continued.
edood men cannot afford to serve;
they cannot sacrifice their business n.
terests 70 do the work which would be
necessary. believe that two wears Is
long enough as term Of ofiice.
II was suggested that the recall
might be made effective 10 hold county
Officers 70 their work. DIR. Elliot and
others, however thought that the re-
call would not be solution, especialIv
as a few soreheads might cause all
kinds Of trouble and expense BY insist.
ing upon special elections.
Mr.. Moore asserted that one Of TIE
great items of expense n alaet; =, /. -,