THE MAUI NEWS, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1918.
THREE
RAYMOND ALSO
A VERY GOOD
PROHIBITIONIST
In A Letter To Dr. Goodhue, Who Has
Been Representing Him In Wash
ington, He So Declares
GOVERNORSHIPINCIDENTALMATTER
Dr. J. H. Raymond, being backed
strongly by a number for the Govern
orship, is, first of all, a prohibitionist
and an advocate of more stringent
laws against commercialized vice. He
believes that booze has been responsi
ble for the decline of the native Haw
aiian in numbers, wealth and influ
ence, and he does not hestitate to ac
cuse the plantation interests of being
large part responsible for the main
tenance of the liquor business in the
Territory.
This position of Doctor Raymond
was made plain by him in a letter
sent to Dr. E. S. Goodhue Inst Novem
ber, In reply to a request from the
latter that he outline his views on the
Governorship as a receptive candi-
date. Doctor Goodhue gave this and
a supplementary letter on '"Doctor
Raymond s views on the land ques
tion to The Advertiser yesterday for
publication, together with a state
ment of his own repudiating the re
ports that he made his recent visit
to the National Capital as the paid
agent of Doctor Raymond.
Whatever his original ideas may
have been. Doctor Goodhue is -today
boosting hard for Doctor Raymond,
and his statement herewith urges the
Democratic party of Hawaii to get
back of the boom.
"The time has come for me, I think,
to make a definite statement regard
ing my relations to Doctor Raymond
and the Governorship," says Doctor
Goodhue.
"Some six months before I left for
Washington I was In correspondence
with the administrative departments
in Washington and the President him
self concerning conditions here in Ho
nolulu the sale of liquor to soldiers,
prevalence of vice, and so on.
" As a result, I was summoned by
the Governor and requested to tell
him what I knew about the situation.
I did so and, in turn, asked him to
make strong recommendations to
Secretary Lane when he answered
jj-he cablegram which made my inter-
view wun tne uovernor necessary.
Everybody Was Satisfied
"At this time neither the Governor
' himself nor Mr. Huber, nor General
Wisser nor any other official, so far as
I could learn, fejt any alarm over
conditions here, or believed that- our
local officials were not dealing with
them adequately.
"They thought that things were go
ing along as well as could be expect
ed and, it will be remembered, that
! Mr. Huber expressed his .belief that
peiween nis aepartmeni ana inai oi
General Wisser there would be con
certed action In the enforcement of
the regulation affecting men in uni
form.
"The editors of the newspapers,
however, felt differently, and after
numerous interviews with officers,
soldiers and others here, and my own
observations about town, I came to
the conclusion that something radical
ought to be done.
Governorship Incidental
"In view of all this, I decided to go
to Washington, and took up tho Gov
ernorship matter at all because I felt
that Governor Pinkham would prob
ably not be appointed, and that we
must have appointed a man who
would stand tor liquor prohibition In
Hawaii.
"Accordingly, I Interviewed Judf.e
Coke, Mr. Huber, Rlchrd Trent and
other prominent Democra's, as well
as most of our Influential R?pubii-
cans, as to m.s advisability at making
a strong recommendation of aom.s ono
available an (suitable Democrat for
the vcsitloi -'to fill the br-sach.'
"Recent'. the Governor h'Tijelf has
taken the same stand and recom
mended Colonel McCarthy.
Sounded Raymond Out
"Not having the private use of any
man's brains but my own, I decided
to write to Doctor Raymond and ask
him if he would accept the Governor
ship were it offered him. Not that I
had the giving of it, but that I might
do what I have done. This did not
commite me to a blind advocacy at
all, any more than it would prejudice
me against qualifications of, for in
stance, Mr. Huber or Mr. Trent.
"I left here with an open mind.
ready to consider any candidate, re
solved to work for the 'best man'
who had the best chance to be made
Governor.
"Holding this attitude I received nu
merous telegrams and letters recom
mending different men, and gave
them careful attention. I wrote the
Governor that I did not think he
would be reappointed, but that noth
ing would induce me to oppose a con
firmation of his reappointment.
"Doctor Raymond wrote me (be
fore I left) that the acceptance of the
office would be at a sacrifice of his
business interests now beginning to
arrange themselves satisfactorily, but
that he would accept if asked to do
so by the President or Mr. Lane.
"Then I asked the doctor to give
me a Buccinct statement of his attl-
' tude towards important questions of
vital concern to us now. In other
words, to out line his policies.
"He did so in the following state
ment which, I may add, was accept
able to me, and in the hands of the
secretary of the Interior has been
. carefully considered:
Raymond Not a "Candidate"
, "November 26. 1917.
Dr. E. S. Goodhue, 1240 Kinau
Street, Honolulu, T. H.
My Dear Doctor I have your
letter of the twenty-fourth inst.
and hasten to reply. I have not
ed carefully all that you have
written with recard to your posi
tion on the Governorship and
also that you desire that I allow "
you to present my name to the
President, Mr. Lane and others
as a receptive candidate for the
position.
After having considered the
matter and having given it con
siderable study, I have conclud
ed to grant your request. It is
unnecessary for me to state again
that I am not a candidate; that
my business interests are such
that were I to accept a public
office I would be obliged to sacri
fice a gfat d al by so do ng, and
that my only jeason at this time
for permitting my name to be
used is that I believe it is my
duty to do so.
No Job Chaser
You will understand that I will
accept the office If It comes to me
In the way that you have Indicat
ed that it might, namely, as the
wish of you, and others who are
Interested with you, and as the
desire of the President and Mr.
Lane. I believe the office Is of
such great importance that the
dignity of it should not be mar
red by a repetition of what hap
pend four years ago In Washing
ton, namely, a half a dozen or
more men chasing the job. I
would not under any circumst
ances go to WaBhintgon unless
I were sent for by the President
or Mr. Lane, and even then, not
unless the office were tendered
me in advance by either of them.
I fully understand your position
in the matter and know what
you want and what we all want.
We want a man who will admin
ister the affairs of the govern
ment who would be free to act
upon his own initiative; who
would not be controlled by anyone
or any corporate body; a man who
is unafraid and honest; a per
son who has no financial or soci
al affiliations that would In any
way influence him in the per
formance of his duty as Gover
nor. If I were appointed I would
endeavor and can conscientious
ly say that I would furnish such
an administration.
It might Interest you at this
time were I again to state to you
just how I stand upon certain
matters, namely, public questions
that must necessary be consider
ed as vital issues In the affairs
of this Territory at the present
time:
For National Prohibition
First: I am a firm believer and
urgent supporter of national pro
hibition. I believe in it to the
extent that I am willing to con
tribute liberally, as an individual,
toward the assistance of those
who are working in Washington
for prohibition. I am willing to
contribute $1000 each and every
year lor ten years, if need be,
until a law can be passed m con
gress enforcing prohibition in this
Territory.
I do not agree with Delegate
Kalanianaole in his idea of sub
mitting the question of prohibi
tion to the people of the Terri
tory by way of a plebiscite. I
do not believe in it because it
could not succeed. It has been
tried and failed. It failed by
reason of the fact that the majo
rity of votes of this Territory
are cast by Hawalians and the
Hawaiians are weak and are the
most susceptible of all the na
tionalities here to tho liquor ha
bit. They have been Influenced
by the large interests, multi
millionaire plantation owners
who control the politics of the
Islands, and have been debauched
and prostituted by the use of
liquor and money In four cam
paigns to my personal knowldge
wherein I was a candidate on
the Democratic ticket and was
defeated by the shameful abuse
referred to in the said campaigns
by the influence of liquor alone.
Beaten By Booze
In my last campaign, 1916, as
a candidate for the senate, cer
tain parties who were agents of
the millionaire plantation owners
and my opponents, were repre
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sented by disreputable persons,
one of them the owner of a
wholesale liquor house on the Is
lands of Maui who, together
with another disreputable person,
fitted out a free moving picture
show and conveyed large quanti
ties of liquor which was distribut
ed free amongst the Hawaiians
within a short distance of where
our meetings were held, and I
was disturbed nightly while mak
ing my speeches by drunken peo
ple during the entire campaign.
The liquor traffic in the Islands
Is not confined wholly to those
Interested in wholesale houses or
saloon keeping. In many in
stance it Is foBtered by the plan
tations themselves. They are
responsible, In company with oth
ers in the business, for the sale
of liquor on the plantations and
In the small plantation settle
ments. This is a well known
fact.
It Is the curse of the Hawaiian
people. It is directly responsi
ble for ninety percent of all of
the sickness and the deplorable
physcal condition of the natives.
It has ruined their homes and
prepared them for the appalling
condition, namely, the destructive
Invasion of tuberculosis amongst
them.
Homestead Question
Second: I strongly favor an
equitable re distribution of home
stead lands which I believe Is
possible by changing somewhat
the present land laws .and which
will not injure the constructive
industries of Hawaii nor deprive
the Territory of its legitimate
revenues. I believe there Is
land enough that will offer home
steads for all who are sincere
and desirous of becoming per
manent citizens and who are will
ing to work and establish perman
ent homes.
Third: I favor the enactment
of laws which will, if possible,
eliminate prostitution and other
forms of public vice In the Is
lands. In closing I desire to lay patrlc
ular stress upon the fact that the
moral influence of the Governor
of this Territory has a direct bear
ing upon the enforcement of law
If I am appoint Governor of the
Territory I shall use all the means
at my command and all the influ
ence that I may have to enforce
the law. Very sincerely yours,
J. H. RAYMOND.
Would Re-Classify Land
In a supplementary letter, dated
December 5 last. Doctor Raymond
elaborates on his land paragraph
above. He wrote:
In the matter of public lands,
I certainly have my opinion on
the subject and would say that
we all understand how important
that question Is and it cannot help
but be an issue In the Islands
from now on. If is a very com
plex problem, one that cannot be
solved In a day.
I believe that in order to make
any headway at all there must
be a change In the Organic Laws
of the Territory. Personally, I
believe that before anything is
done there should be a careful
examination of all of the public
lands by a committee of lands ex
perts, in fact a committee appoint
ed by the secretary of the interi
or consisting of intelligent men
of his department who would be
able to ascertain within a
comparatively short time as to
the right changes to be made in
laws to enable the goverment to
handle the situation. By an ex
amination I mean that the said
committee' should visit all of the
lands, examine the character of
the lands, classify them and study
the best uses to which these
lands could be made.
Planters Control Water
We all know what first class
cane land is. We know that
there are two classes of cane
land the irrigated and the non
irrigated where there is sufficient
rainfall to grow cane. It is a fact
that the plantations own practi
cally all of the water and there
by control the first class. In the
second class there are a great
many acres of land as, for in
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stance, Waiakea Plantation on
Hawaii that offers a greater op
portunity for settlement than any
other.
As to pasture lands, there are
first and second class lands. The
No. 1 pasture lands owned by
the government are to be found
moRtly on Hawaii the Parker
Ranch. There are a great many
acres there that can be cultivat
ed nnd would make good home
steads. In the second class are
lands that are rocky, mountains,
and in some instances very good
grazing lands but are dependent
solely upon rain fall In order to
make the grass grow. As no de
pendence can be placed upon the
rainfall, It is necessary to have
large areas to pasture cattle In
order to shift them from one
place to another; in short, fol
low the rain. I cite this for the
reason that it will be impossible
to cut up a large area of pasture
land like the second class refer
red to in the Parker Ranch or
any other part of the Territory
and expect to raise cattle on such
small areas. Such- a procedure
would mean the cutting off of at
least one half of the present meat
supply of the Islands.
Independent Land Office
As to the office of commissioner
of public lands and the land
board, believe that the commis
sioner of public lands should be
appointed directly from Washing
ton, and it seems to me that if
he were a member of the staff of
the secretary of the Interior it
would be better than to have him
dependent upon the local senate
for confirmation.
The influence that is brought
to bear upon appointees by the
millionaires of the senate is such
that the average man can hard
ly resist; in short the person or
persons who are to administer
the land laws should be free from
local political influences and
should be directly under the
Washington office.
You will understand that we
are not very far apart in our ideas
upon the land question as I cer
tainly do "favor an equitable re
distribution of homestead lands
by an arrangement which will
not injure the constructive in
dustries of Hawaii nor deprive
the Territory of Its legitimate
revenues."
Urged Support of Best Man
"I was instructed by Doctor Ray
mond to act on my own initative to
support the man I considered worthy,
if he was available material, and not
to oppose Governor Pinkham.
"Doctor Raymond's position In the
matter has been open, dignified, sin
cere and disinterested.
"He has been and Is keenly sens!
tive to any indication that he has
sought or seeks office, and the quali
fications which have been stated as
his were assumed and advanced by
his friends and not by himself. His
money offer was submitted to Doctor
Wadman of the Anti-Saloon League
upon my arrival In Washington, for
immediate or future acceptance.
Part Alerady Spent
"Tho first $1000 has been paid over
fox prohibtion propaganda carried on
in Washington by myself at Doctor
Raymond's suggestion, but In my
own way, and absolutely without any
consultation with Doctor Raymond or
his friends.
"In fact, the first and only letter
I have received from Doctor Raymond
since leaving wa3 received by me in
San Francisco on my return. In tnis
ho expressed his gratification over
the prospect of prohibition for Oahu
and emphatically stated that so far
as he personally was concerned the
outcome of my trip was a matter of
Indifference to him.
"There is nothing truer than this
and I am convinced that If he is made
Governor he will accept the office
with ability and a deep sen'""'.. the
responsibility it involves.
"My attitude towards the various
candidates has been a receptive one.
Recommended Raymond
"When I became convinced that
Doctor Raymond's chances for ap
pointment were such that I ought to
take a stand, and after a careful re
view of all the candidates available
(Continued on Page Six.)
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