The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-04-19

All parties and all interests are unit
ed in approving of the nomination Of
Col. Charles James Mccarthy, Terri,
toTial treasurer, as Governor, announce
ment of which was received from Wash,
ingtOn yesterday by Associated Press
despatch, and the consensus of opinion
based on his long record in public ifd
is that he will give the Territory Of
Hawaii an administration that will
meet all Of its needs. 49,,
- 1t came as most unexpected SUR
PRISE said Colonel Mccarthy yester.
day. - had reached the conclusion
that was out of he race
All afternoon yesterday a procession
of Territorial and municipal officials!
members of the two houses, professions
al men, and citizens in all walks wend.
cd its way to and from the office Of the
treasurer. Gifts of flowers accom-!
panied the many expressions of con,
graduation. While Colonel MCCARTHY
was smilingly receiving his many visit
orr. he was obliged to divide his at.
tentiOn between them and the telephone
which also was kept busy with messages
of good will.
Knows Problems
81 believe that | am fully qualified
to take over the duties of the office, -
Colonel Mccarthy said. IL have long
been in close touch with the affairs of
the Territory. know it's problems and
! know, too, something of the size Of
the task 1t is not an easy position.
''Some months ago" he explained,
~ was approached On the question of
the govcrnorship and | then said that
rs long as Governor Pinkham had q,
chance Of re appointment, I, could not
be considered as a candidate.
1t was on February eleventh last
that Governor Pinkham received In!
formation from Washington that he
could not be confirmed in the senateI
was appraised Of this and was also
told of message that he sent to See!
Rotary of the Interior Franklin X.
lane recommending that | be appoint
ct as his successor
Remained Inactive
Il heard nothing more of it and !
did not move a hand to further my
chances of appointment. 1t is pOssibley
of course, that friends of mine have
been working actively to have me
named, but | have done nothing myself
ami, in fact, from time to time in tho
past several months when wellwishers
came to me urging me to talk to SO
and so, and to do this thing and the
other to get official Washington s ear,
did not accept the advice. Though
have no particular friends at Washing
ton, | felt that enough had been done
when my name was duly presented and,
AS | said, when nothing came of it in
the weeks after February eleventh, |
Thought my name had been dropped.
"That is why the announcement ear
rird by the Associated Press despatch
has been such a surprise.
'Thc course that | have followed
,mHblrs me now to say one thing. l
have no strings tied to me and no OBJ
legations incurred through my nOmina
ION With the nomination coming as it
has, | am my own man. e."
at may have been a maneuver of
others VINO were IN the gOVernOrship
race or their supporters, but at ono
truc when NV name was first mention
ed, it was said that | was the sugar
planters candidate | made no answer
to this at the time. No reason to
answer it existed at that time, it seem.
ed to me. | felt that President Wilson
and the administration knew what they
were doing and if they saw fit to attach
Importance to statement of the kind,
it would not be difficult for them to
ascertain whether it were true or not.
Had An Answer
al was prepared to answer the re
port, however, - Colonel Mccarthy add
ed as he drew ont of his desk a number
of sheets OF paper bearing typewriter
columns of figures.
Here is a part of the answer he
went on. - have never made this pub
lie before. 1t il just a tabulated state
ment of what has happened to assessed
property valuations so far as the sugar
plantations of the Territory are con
rrrned.
II remember when this charge that
| was the sugar planters candidate was
first voiccd One of the biggest sugar
men in the Territory was talking to me
about it.
Where do they get that kind Of
an idoa after what you have done to
us - was the question he asked.
"Thcsc totals" he continued, re
frrrimg to the papers, 'Sh0w the IN
crrnses of the assessed valuation Of all
the plantations of the Territory since
1914 when | came into office.
Steady Increases
According to the tahulated statement,
the plantations of Hawaii in the year
lNlI had an assessed valuation of 500,
326,h2j. In the following year the
total was increased to $7S,040, 500; in
1916 the total went to $9S,573 1926; in
1917 it was $lI4,53O,O0O. 1t is cstimat.
rl that the total for 1918 will go to
$Il7,93I, 7G0 These increases have
been malc through the years Of the
Mnr.
con the general subject Of my att
tuur toward the sugar plantations |