The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1921-03-29
Do NOT WANT SUPERVISORS
TO Be ELECTED At LARGE

voters in regard to the proposed sup.
ervisors at large plan a public meet.
ing was held at the County Building
Saturday afternoon. There was A
large and representative audience
from all parts of the Island, the Cir.
cult Court Room being filled to over.
flowing with many people standing in
the lobby. The discussions were
substantially as follows.
The Substance Of the Bill
Sen. c. A. Rice acted as chairman
and stated briefly the object of the
meeting. A Supervisor at Large bill
House, and had been passed This
Bill provides that there be five super
visors for Kauai to be elected at large,
the chairman and executive officer
| to receive $500 a month and the
other members of the Board SIS. This
Bill was now before the Senate Com
mittee and before taking action on II
they were anxious to learn the wishes
of the Kauai people.
A Mistake to Change
F. A. Alexander, manager of Nc.
Bryde Plantation declared that our
present system of electing Supervis-
ors was an excellent one, it had been
in operation for many years, and had
given us the best of results. He
thought it would be a great mistake
to change horses in the middle of the
stream. They had this Supervisor
at Large plan on Maui he knew Maui
well and the plan did not work as
we'll as ours. He was not at all in
favor of the Bill.
Well Satisfied
Joe Bento, Kalaheo Homesteader.
assured the meeting that the Kalaheo
homesteaders were well satisfied with
the present Supervisors and present
systems, and do not want to see any
change. He had lived at Kaiaheo
ten years, and had no complaint to
make.
Too Lengthy to Read
VIM. Hardy, of Waimea, asked for
a reading of the proposed Bill, so that
the meeting might act more intelli-
gently in regard to it.
Senator Rice replied that this
would take too much time, he had
already given the main points, and
nothing would be gained by the
lengthy reading of the Bill Mr.
Hardy then suggested that they hear
later the objections to the same.
The Reasons Why
Representative Hoopale, the spon-
sor for the Bill in the House, was then
called for. He quoted Bento as ask
ing Legislature for $500 for Laval
Roads and $4,000 for Piwai Roads
If he was so happy and contented why
did he do that? II the present Super
visors are so satisfactory and on the
job, why does he do that?
"Now you want to know why |
stand for this measure, we'll I will
tell you, and then you will know l
am Homesteader myself at Kalabeo
and / can tell you | have had hard
tine of it. have lived on tha.
homestead since 1914. For five i1>s
during the flu epidemic the roads
were impas sible, and while we were )
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get up there to see us, the roads were
So had. Why, in those times .heIe
were 20 autos stuck in front OF my
place, and DR.. Waterhouse, he was
one of them Most of the time my
wife can't get any water out of the
pipes. My mother was sick there,
and we could get not one drop of
water out of those pipes. And many
time, | myself have to drink dirty
water. Why camouflage this bust
ness, ladies and gentlemen? You
know yourselves that the Kauai Sup
ervisors are so years behind the
times. / suppose you are afraid that
Lihue and Hawaiian would get all
the Supervisors if we elect at Large. |
Well, suppose they do? If the people
elect them, then it is alright, no mat
ter where they come from,-it is gov
ernment by the people, that is what
we want, and if Lihue or Hawaiian
gets it, never mind, that is o. X. 1t
is silly argument that they should |.
not do that. You must trust the
people. You placed confidence in
me when you elected me-" Voice |
from the audience, THAT was a mis-
take!D Il challange any one to |
show any wrong in my record as rep !
(Voice-"Pela paha")