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Hon, W. O. Smith entertained the
Research Club nt his house yesterday
evening and read a paper before It
upon Municipal Government. Tho
meeting was held In the lanal facing
lint's street, there being about thirty
members nnd guests present. Among
the latter were llev V M Klncald,
Rev. J, A. Crnzan and Justice A. Terr).
At the back of the reading table upon
the nail the National and Territorial
flags had their folds blended vs Itli a
cluster of smnll flags in the midst. In
the absence of tho president, Percy M
Pond, the chair was tilled by the secre
tary, V A. Urjan, assistant curator ot
lllisliop Museum and nn officer of the
Federal Department of Agriculture.
Time was called on the discussion fol
lowing the reading of the paper nt 9:30,
when Mr. Smith Invited bis guests to
refreshment tables set nt one side.
Following is the full ttxt of Mr Smith's
paper:
Mr. Smith's Paper.
The subject of municipal goern
ment is a large one, and in attempting
to prepare a paper or an address
treating of It In a brief yit compre
hensive way there Is dltTiculty In
knowing where to begin ncd where to
stop.
Itnther than endeavor to enter Into
a, prolonged statement or a discussion
of details. It has teemed, upon reflec
tion, better to present suggestions nnd
thoughts upon certain salient points
nnd principles involved.
The statements made nnd views ex
pressed will be (Mi My those of others
who have made a study of the subject
and who speak with a ilcgieu of au
thorlty.
While therp may bo little presented
that Is new, nnd there mny bo a sense
or disappointment, If the tesult Is to
stimulate thought upon tho subject
and promote study and Inquiry, the ob
Ject will be attained
Any one Inspired with patriotic mo
tlves who nttempts to draft a charter
or nn act for the government of a cltj
or county In these Islands under exist
Ing conditions will be confronted wltb
many serious problems. Some ol
these questions are ns old as city gov
ernment Itself, others arise from th
peculiar circumstances of tbc enso.
In submitting the following brlel
stntcment the purpose hns not been
to merely raise objections and present
obstacles, but to emphasize the scr
ousness of the subject
The term "municipal government"
i's generally used to designate loinl
self-government, or corporato govern
ment. of a city or town
There mny be said to be two dls
tlnct general s) stems oi administra
tion, the municipal or self governing
and the centralizing or bureaucratic;
and there are combinations of both.
There Is much variety In the forms
of municipal governments, from thosa
In which the general government ex
erclscs large control, r.B In Paris ta
the cities In Great Ilritnln, where a
limited franchise and property quail
flcatlon govern tho voters, and to the
general American tvpe, controlled by
popular suffrage.
In Parjs, the tvpltnl modern clt) of
continental Europe, national and locnl
authority nre united In tho govern
ment of the city In a remurkablu man
ner. nnd, under the conditions which
exist there, produce admlrnbtc re
sults. There is n munlclpnl council elected
by the votes of nil the citizens of the
eighty quurters, which votes or with
holds the supplies, and acts through
eight or ten committees, nnd the Pro
feet of the Department oi tho Seine,
and, the Prefect of Police, both ap
pointed by and representing the gen
eral government
These Prefects represent the admin
Istratlve machine and are not under
the Immediate authority ofUho Coun
ell. The Prefect of the Department of
the Solne, whose Immediate superior
Is tho Minister of tno Interior, Is. In
tnct, tho Major of Paris, with complete
executive authority, that is to say, his
authority Is complete within the
sphere assigned to lilm, nnd is Incom
plete only to the extent of those mil
nlclpal tasks tho management nt
which has been confided by law to
the Prelect ot Police.
For limited and well defined pun
poses, tho Prefect of Police ma) nlsn
be regarded as Mayor of Paris. In the
ory It Is difficult to draw tho line Hint
cepaiates tho Jmlsdlctlon of these
two hlph officials. In practice how
ver there is a distinct lino of Acinar
cation In general, the Prefect of thu
Seine has control of most of tho gicnl
regular departments of municipal ad-
mlnlyratlon, while the Prefect of Po
lice has central over the ordinary po
lice administration, the enforcement
of sanitary regulations nnd kindred
matters
Tho municipal council elects Itr
own president and Iiih (Is own Inte
rior organization for its work. It votev
the budgets, or appropriation bills,
conditions and environment ot the, consists In the conduct of municipal
community Inffalrs without due regard to the duty
No sjstem Is perfect, and evils ox- that the city as a loca. organ of gov
1st under each form. j eminent owes to the State at largo,
vTho American democratic form is) "B A fifth cause of waste Is Indefi
suited only to a community In which nlteness of organization, on account
the average Intelligence and cduca- of which the Incidence of responslblll
tlon of tho voters Is of a hlgli order t' Is obscure and the people are un
Even with the standards of the Amer. able to hold themselves anef their off!
lean people great abuses and misrule clals to strict account for the right
nave existed in many cases,
In the prefatory note to the "Mu
nlclpal Program" prepared by the Na
tlonal Municipal League of the United
States, published In 1900, It Is stnted
At the time of the Philadelphia Con
ference for Good City Government,
raited In January, 1894, at the Joint
invitation of the City Club of Ne
York and the Municipal League ot
Philadelphia the feeling on the part
Of students of municipal government
and those Interested In Its reform,
was largely one of hopelessness The
papers read at the Philadelphia meet
Ing set forth a condition of affairs suf
ficient to fill the most stout-hearted
w Itln feeling of dismay."
The members of the Municipal Pro
gram were Horace E Demlng of New
ork, George V tiuthrle of Pitt
burg, Charles Illchnrdson of Phllndct
phis. Frank J Ooodnow of Nni
York, Leo 8 Howe of Philadelphia
Albert Shaw of New York, and Cllu
ton It. Woodruff of Philadelphia, alt
eminent men nnd of targe experience
Meetings were held In the cltloa cf
Minneapolis, Cleveland, ILiltlinnrc
Louisville. Indianapolis nnd Columbus
Informntlim was sought, discussions
wen- hnil, and the suggestions nnd
criticisms of a large number of per
sons throughout the eountiy Intcicst
conduct of public affairs.'
Upon the subject of the moral evil
and official corruption, tho committee
assigns three chief causes
"1. The first cause Is greed, not
the groci" of politicians particularly.
but the greed of the people generally
In n communlt) whero tho struggle
for life Is Intense nnd wealth takes
the place of culture in popular Ideas.
"2. A second cause of corruption U
the lack of civic Integrity, that Is to
say a deficiency In civic Ideals and nn
absence of civic unity, due In a largo
measure to the newness and compos
Iteness of most American cities.
"3 A third cause of corruption Is
the private control of public prlvl
leges by which special powers nre In
trusted to Individuals and corpora
tions without due responsibility for
their proper use."
And the committee proceeds to
state.
"The commlttco recognizes that
many of these causes nro such as can
be removed only through long contin
ued processes of education and devel
opment "There nre however, many of them
Inherent In our present Hvstnm rf
laws, and It Is the removal of such
through n better organization of city
government In nil its relations that
cd In munlclpnl government wero oh- the committee's attention has been
spcclflcnlly directed
The Municipal Program Commlttco
presenteil their report In n volume en
titled A Municipal Program,' stating
"Tho volume herewith presented
under tho title 'Municipal Program
represents the result of two jears ol
tallied
In presenting a statement of the
evils and dangers to be avoided, the
committee stnted that three funda
mental evils In the government of our
cities were recognized, namely
"1. The first of theso evils Is eco
nomic, nnd consists In the wnsto of unremitting aim painstaking endeavor
public funds, through the multlpllcn ,,) Prce-iit. In accordance with the
tlon of offices, the employment of In- orlRlnal resolution 'A working system
efficient officers, the payment of uxor- consistent with Amorlcan Industrial
bitant prices, and the expenditure nt nml U""1 conejltlons, and embody
large sums In relatively fruitless en- '"B ,ne essential principles that must
terprlseil.
2. The second evil Is 'political' in
underlie successful government In
this country." The proposed ronstltu
the true sense of the term, nnd con- ,lonnl arneniimentii nnd tho proposed
slsts In the Inadequacy of the servl-c
rendered by the city government to
tho people of the city and State. H
Is believed to be the true function en
Municipal Corporations Act constitute
the Municipal Program which wns
unanimously adopted at tho Colum
bus Conference. Theso two docu
the city ns a political organization so "len,B '"Esther with the leading pa-
to regulate tho relations ot tile citizens' ,vr8 V"-cmc-u ai cne inuiauapous
for tho city expenses Including polio-estlirstes.
In Dr. Shaw's ndrnlrnblo works on
Municipal Government in Great llrlt
aln. acl Municipal Government In
Contlncn'al Europe he treats of Par
ts as a typ- "the necessury starting
point (or a description of the modern
icfclmo In Continental cities," nnd of
Glasgow "for the moro rounded and
elnborato s'udy of British munlclptl
life In the roncr te
Wo nre all more f.unillai with th"
general features of the American dem
ocrntle tystem.
That eich bystem has Its ndvantng"
while differing radically In man feat
ures. is demonstrated by tnc icsuits
attained Thnt thero nre defects In
each is recognized
Tho best form for nny particular
nnd so to master the environment of
urban life, thnt the people of the city
ma havo iic fullest possible oppor
tunity for self development In clvlllzn
tlon As a matter of fact, however, the
phvslcal, moral and esthetic eondl
tlons. nmennblo to political control, are
often so neglected that the true ends
of associated life in the city nro par
tially unattainable
"3. The third evil of n city govern
ment Is a moial one. nnd consists n
tho corrupt use of civic authority fur
the furtherance of Individual ends It
Is patent In the utilization of public
funds as assets with which to pay po
Utlcal debts In the barter of fran
chises and contracts fur private renin
nerntlon of one kind or nnothcr In
thn failure to enforce the laws, and
sometimes even In the protection of
vice and cilme for a money eontilbu
Hon or for political suppoit
"This evil gets Its chief Impoitnnce.
not from the dlicct financial loss to
tho cltj. nor from the freedom enjov
ed b tho vicious anil eilmlnal classes
but from the Tact that It throwB poll
tics Into disrepute ami degrades civic
Ideals, m saturating public opinio!
with distrust anil a sense of helpless
ness that cooperation among tho pco
pie for tho attainment of truly poll! I
cal ends Is rendeied well nigh impos
slble "
The committee proceeding, stntCR"
i;very existing evil nns one or
more cniiFos anil to destroy the wvll
tho causes must be removed The
causes of the evils of munlclpnl gov
eminent nre, many of them, plain to
oven the casual observer Some, hot.
over an1 more- nlikciiro. nml often the
cihsi lire cause Is as Important ns tl
p.-Itent one The committee finds the
following piimipal causes of the fun
damentnl e v 11m ulicad) mentioned'
'Ol the economic evil wuste of pub
lie- funds
'I 'Hie first cause Is Ignornniu
whli h takes three foims Ordinary II
llteracj oi narrowness of liitclleetitnl
culture among public officials, Ignor
ance on the part of tho people of the
actual processes of their gov eminent,
and that species of lirnorance exhibit
od by men possessing wide general
culture when they are called upon to
perfoim public duties of a special na
ture uml for which they hnve no spa
i-lal preparation
A see olid cnusu of waste is par
ttsanshlp. by which la meant not the.
legitimate adherence to political or
ganization that stands for different pub
lic policies In thu city, but ratlu-r(tlu,
Introduction of Irrelevant Issues Into
the choice of clt) officers nnd the so
lutlon of clt) piuhlems
"3 A third cause of wuste Is Sta'u
Interference, I,) which Is meant th
attempts so often made, hv tState Leg
islatures, the majorit) of whose mem
bers nie Ignorant of cltv conditions
or at least responsible to u coiistitii-
encv tnus Ignorant to settlo lorai
piublems of government It paitlsan
chap means the Intioductton of Irrel
ovnnt lsrues Stato Interference meaiii
the Introduction of Irrelevant men to
govern
I A fourth cause of waste Is mil
nlclpal li responsibility. , which Is the
nnd Columbus meetings nnd a 'Sum
mary of the Program? prepared by
Professor 1.. S. Itowe, constituted the
report of the committee."
The limits of this address will not
permit of n moro detailed statement
of tho plan suggested by the commit
tee, but their plan Is deserving of most
careful attention and study.
The proposition to provide munici
pal government for Honolulu, nnd
other portions of these Islands, should
be approached illspasslonntciv, nnd
bo considered soluly upon Its merits
While tbeie are objections to the prcs
cut centralized form of government,
no rlght-niliidcd citizen would ndvo
cute n radical change unless satisfied
that the best Interests of tho commit
nit would he promoted thereby
If the time Is now ripe for a step
so serious, ami under existing condl
tlons so fraught with dangei. it should
only be tnken after tho most enieful
consideration li the thoughtful and
responsible elements of the commiinl
ty. nnd upon a wisely devised plan
Such n plan inn only be developed b)
dellborate and thorough study of the
situation b qualified persons
lllndvlsed and hasty action and a
defective scheme will not only result
In great cost and disquietude, hut may
be most difficult to control or remedy
when once the machinery Is set In mo
tion Views nnd methods differing from
those to which residents of the old
settled comniunltli'H of the &iiilcH nie
accustomed, ore sometimes tennen
'un-American." whoa in fact they
ma) repieseut tho truest Amerleau-
(bill.
The bnslc tmcrlcan Idea of govern
ment Is to eieate and maintain u form
of gin eminent best suited to develop
:ind piotect thn highest luteiests of
tlie cltlzui nml the communlt) Under
conditions existing geneinll) thiougli
nut the inuiitr) tho pnpulni form oi
city government with manhood sill
frage has accomplished ninn) good re
sults Hut even the most ardent nd
vocato of demncrac) cannot be blind
to the glaring evils and abuses which
have existed under the system Under
the common American fem of city
government, and tho political machln
or) whli h It has made possible and
fostered, the result hus in man) cases
been verv far from government "of
the people, by the people ntul for the
people.'' but rnthm manipulation and
government by thn scheming, skillful
few In too many Instances thu tyrnn
ny and despotism of the "machine
hns been dlametrlcnll) opposed In
true American principles
No patriotic American would nban
dun the democratic- theor) of govern
ment hefutiie abuses and fulluies occur
In some cases, but It is well for us to
consider Intelligently nnd honestly
whether wo believe that the best In
terests of this community political in,,
eliihti lul and social will bo promoted
by adopting, at this time the ordinal y
American form of city government
Thu best attainments In life ure tho
result of giowlh. development, evolution.
Tho establishment of a Territorial
Kov eminent under the Constitution and
lans of the United States marked a
community depcndB largely upon tlm counterpart of State Interference, and gie.it stride forward along the line of
democratic-republican government In
these Islands, lit is still, however, In
Its Infancy, and under the conditions
of the population and results thus far
demonstrated. It would appear pru
dent thnt further time be given for ad
justment to the new conditions, and
the development of civic Ideals, befor
another momentous step be taken
If experience shows that better re
sults cannot be obtained in the nffalrs
of the general territorial government
with the present voting population
then greater voting privileges and
powers should be withheld until lbs
character of the voting population Im
proves It is to be hoped that In the near fu
ture the majorlt) of the voters of this
community will show that progress hag
been made In their conceptions of the
responsibilities and dignity of citizen
ship, and that additional steps may
safely be taken In the development of
popular government
This end can be promoted b) tho
united anil harmonious efforts of tho
more responsible classes of the com
munity. The Discuttlon.
There wns general hesitancy In be
ginning comments invited by tho
chair, and as the) started with quer
ies Mr Smith came again to his reel
Ills conviction of difficult) suilound
Ing the problem here was largely
caused by the experience of a com
mittee of five, of which fie wns a
member, which last )ear undertook to
mnke n draU of a clt) and county in
corporation bill. The result wns a
tome of 170 pages of t)pcwrltlng very
unsatisfactory to Its creators, not
withstanding that they had beforo
them charters of many cities Includ
ing the new ono of Greater Now York
Experience of the older, or oven the
newer, communities of the mainland
was difficult to npply to the peculiar
conditions In this Territory, nnd the
same would be truo of Porto ltlco and
other parts of the new possessions. At
the snmc time the speaker did not bold
that because thorc were difficulties in
problems of governmfnt their solution
should be nvolded Hep!) Ing to the
taunts of being un American which
were thrown ot those who counseled
delay In adopting municipal Institu
tions, lie cited the else of Washington
rlt) ns the most glaring Instance ol
un American government while pro
due Ing the best results among nil
American cities There n reversion
wns made to government by commls
slon after a popularly elective sjstem
had been tried for somo )enfs.
One of the greatest benefits of ex
pnnslon to the nation would be that It
would Induce, on the part of tlm
great American people n greater de
gree of respect for the opinions ot
other people Thus, In dealing with
Mohammedans nnd lluddhists under
(he tlag the rltlit policy would be to
mnke the mobt of such principles c
those faiths ns were most In harmony
with tho Christian religion.
Ilcprcscntntlvc C II. Dickey told ul
a general Incorporation hill, for adop
tion as might he desired by different
Hawaiian communities drafted by
lit in whlrb occupied but IS pages He
asked why Mr. Smith's committee had
not worked on the bill submitted to
the Legislature, and tho reply was
that the measure was not liked h) a
majority of the committee.
Theo. ItlchurdB asked If Mr. Smith
had discovered that uo Interest In
iniiiiiilp.il government here had de
timed Mr Smith replied that he haci
met people of different parts of tho
Territory who formerly advocated it
hut hail changed their attitude since
the legls.itlvo election.
G II McClcllan related the work
dune hv a committee of tTib Research
tlub. or which tho results wero avail
able In wiltten form. As to cducat
lug the people, he wanted to Know
what could be done for Instance, sup
posing the coming elections did not
put the Homo Rulers in position to
rorce an undesirable s)stem on the
country whnt could be nccompllsfied
for mlvnuclng the matter In a desir
able manner He told of the excel
lent management of munlclpnl affairs
In Providence, It I., and tIio vllenesa
of a period ho had witnessed In Chi
cngu's affairs, having attended college
In both cities named What could
nicy uo, as a emu, toward adopting a
charter to local conditions and not
simply cop) San Francisco or Chi
engo?
Mr Smith answered that If It weio
nut un-Aineiliar. ho would suggest
looking Into the s) stems of some ol
the.llrltinh colonies mid went on ta
tell of the modified democratic Instl
tutlons of New Zealand the excellent
working of which he had witnessed on
the ground He cited tho moderately
successful re-suits of a similar comb!
nation of autocratic mid democratic
elements In the confpeisltlein of the Ha
waiian Legislature under the 18S7
constitution of tho monarchy and un
der the Republic It would be well
If Ameilcin cities looked nt tho s)s
terns of Main hosier and Glasgow He
hoped that the coming eduction would
show mi live leasing sense of responsl
hlllty in the Hawaiian electorate' At
all events, he would have mi) expert
ment of municipal government begin
with Honolulu nnd perhaps Hllo Ta
furco It upon all see tlons would bo a
rank Injustice to many Island com
miinltlcH In answer to another ques
tion from Mr McClcllan, he Bald that
undr-Hio ttrganlu Art it would be
very difficult tn old aln satisfactory
municipal legislation
H Ilciirdmiiro, a Manchester man,
wanted to know If tho matter of mu
nlclpnl contracts would he guarded,
telling of a scnndal In the city held up
ns itn example h) Mr Smith. A cniinc II
lor had used his official Influence to
secure a fat contract for himself
Messrs Smith and Dickey both re
plied to the effect that it should he
made unlawful for ma)or or councillor
to leeeive municipal contracts.
W I. Howard and E G. Keen raised
financial questions, the former-having
also testified lo the honest govern
ment of Piovldence It, I,
Mi Smith un the flnaiiclnl question
made some of the inott Interesting ob
servatlmis of the evening Under the
present conditions, he pointed out, a
The
" Yukon"
Refrigerator
Is perfect no other ono
to equal It. Has movable
flues, alr-llght locks, mot
nlllc Ico rack, and the lar
ger ones nro lined with
enamel. Shelves are
movable and tho refriger
ator Is of the best kiln
dried wood. Great varie
ty of sizes and at prices
from $10.50 upward. Mado
In Grand Rapids, MIcTi.
PRESERVES YOUR
FOOD
and Saves Ice.
Sold on Installments.
COYNE
FURNITURE GO. .Limited
PROGRESS BLOCK.
GO AWAY!
Ants do, it given the Antollne
treatment. Orcatest success
attends use oT this newly dis
covered ant exterminator. If
tho pests uso It onco they nev
er do again.
In tho pantry Antollno Is
lnvaluablo as It ts not a poison
but has tho desired result.
Honolulu Drugstore
AGENTS.
Still in Jhe Field
E. C. ROWE
has started In business again now at
550 KINO STREET, TERRITORIAL
BUILDING, whero he Is prepared to
do PAINTING and PAPERHANGINQ
In all Its l-rnnches, and will bo pleased
to sco all ot his old patrons, as well
as new ones. He has no connection
with any other shop. ""
550 KINO 8T.
P. O. BOX 293.
P. H. Burnette
Agent to Grant Marriage Licenses.
Notary Public and Typewriter.
Real Estate, Insurance, Collections.
Office, 79 Merchant Street, Honolulu.
THE ORPHEUM
Commencing
THIS SATURDAY EVENING
For a Short Season Only
HARRY GOGILL
AND
SUTTON'S ENTERTAINERS
IN
First Glass Vaudeville
JACK
AIMEE TASMA
Clever Performances on the High Wire
Introducing Original Aerial Wheel
Act.
LENA HARVEY
In Serlo-Comlc Effusions.
DELLA ROSS
In a Serks of Clever Dances.
ADALINA SARINA
Artistic Exhibitions on the Trapeze.
HARRY COG1LL and MAIE ARLEA
"The Booking Agent"
Inimitable Songs, Dances and Bur
lesque. DAVE CASTON
Character Comedian and Hungarian
Dancer.
LENA HARVEY
Patriotic Songstress.
ALTRO, THE TRAMP
Juggler Comedian Extraordinary,
AND
ROSE AQUINALDO
Positively the Most Wonderful Lady
Contortionist and Balancer of the
Day.
Hox offlco opens at tho Orphoum
Thursday at 9 a. m. (
Regular Prices.
A :. FIRST-CLASS -: ATTRACTION.
municipality of Honolulu would havn
absolutely no property on which to
borrow money The entire public
property of Hawaii wbb owned 1y lhe
United States, Under the Organic
Act thn Territory oven could not bor
row money excepting under the Tirol
tatlons ho quoted, Hie.wa's suro that
Congress would not surrender tltlo to
tho Territory under present conditions
here, and he doubted very much If tha
Territory would turn over the control
of public property to municipalities, if
it had tho disposal of such now, after
tho manner in which tho peoplo had
exercised their suffrage i. The munic
ipalities would havo quite a fund, not
withstanding, from property nnd per
sonal taxes, which would bo their only
security for bonds. ..lis resource
would of course Increase, with tho
growth of taxnble values
In the coursu of his remarks, Mr
Smith suggested that a stop toward
municipal Institutions might bo made
by establishing local boards of works,
schooTs, etc. Tho public health would
better icmaln under a system of centralization.
