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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, February 01, 1904, Image 2

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MONDAY FEB 1 1904
GARTER AND COONTY LAW
The news by cable of a decision by
tho Supreme Court of the Islands do
i claring tho County Act unconstitution
al has been received hero Represen
tative Robinson of the Committee
said today that meant all proceedings
before Congress to make the act valid
would bo dropped at once
Wo do not altogether regret that
decision added Mr Robinson who Is
accounted a good friend of tho Islands
and whoro opinions on tho subject of
tho County Act aro approved by most
of tho members of the Committee
v Wo might havo been able to approve
tho net hero hadit been -only the
matter of a defect as to provisions
about tho title Howovor tboro were
many defects In tho County Act
which I know many members of tho
IIouso did not approve It was not
voll drawn Many of tho provisions
aro such as wo would not like to sanc
tion
The above is from tho pen of tho
Advertisers special correspondent In
Washington If discloses a situation
proclsely in lino with our idea of it
Congress will not act upon tho county
matter until near the end of tho ses
sion if at all and when it docs act If
nt all it will give us a law to suit II
Belt and a law that will most probably
jnot be at 11 sultod to local condi
tions Certain1 it Is that if tho meas
ure Is over passed by Congress it will
foist upon the Islands provisions of nil
sorts that tho Legislature would not
daro to pass
Tho people of tho Islands have Gov
ernor Georgo R Ciutor to thank for
UMrmunutyfiH
i tnc miserable nx in wmcn wo nnu our-
selves At thc very first Intimation
by tho Supreme Court of tho illegality
of tho County Act tho Legislature
should have been called together for
tho purposo of remedying Its defects
Had this been done tho matter would
have been settled boforo now and wo
would have had smooth sailing In tho
light of events one Is entirely Justified
In feeling that whllo Governor Carter
claims to bo in favor of county gov
ernment ho is secretly working to de
lay it In other words ho is an enemy
to county government and is Itsmost
powerful foe How long will tho poo
plo stand Idly by and sco their wishes
blocked In this manner
PRESERVE THE OLD HULK
Anything antique i e not funny
but antiquarian In ago or as coming
from tho glimmering past or from tho
old world is highly prized and appre
ciated by thoso of tho present age
oven if It was only a decade ago to
finally find a final resting placo In
some museum where It is shelved and
classified in other words a museum
is a store house of antiquity In con
nection with this appreciation for
things antique we desiro to particu
larly call attention to tho hulk of a ves
sel given up as being out of Its day
and dismasted now lying in the har
bors rotten row out of commission
This hulk was active only a generation
ago but today it is somewhat forgot
ten and is only awaiting so wo are in
formed a purchaser who will break It
up for kindling firewood Wo speak ot
the hulk of the steamer Mokolil That
little steamer is said to havo been tho
beginning of tho muklng of tho Into
Samuel G Wilder and she made tho
money that bujlt his residence known
as tho Eskbank from an Iron vessol
of that name wrecked many years ago
off Waikikl the wreck of which wa3
bought up for a song almost Mr Wil
der made monoy out of Its cargo after
saving a great deal of sugar mill ma
chinery liquors cordials otc and dis
posing of them to great advantage to
his fortune Tho little Mokolil then
was tho steamer that did the work as
sisted by native divers Being out of
commission Its machlnory taken out
dismasted etc leaving only Its hull
icmaining As being tho forerunner
to tho great affluence now onjoyed by
Mr Wllders heirs wo think they
ought to havo enough sentiment re
maining to prcsorvo this hull if pos
sible Wo dont mean to say In a mu
seum of itself but in some befitting
way by mooring it at somo place and
turning It into a public or pVlvato bath
ing houso or clso movo it up to Esk
bank and turn it into a hot houso or a
tea house It Is worth all of that to
tho S G Wilder Estate Ltd owned
and controlled by the heirs of the
lato deceased gentleman By doing so
all and ovory ono of them and their
chlldron as well as thoso to come
after thorn may point with pride to tho
boglnnlng of the foituno that thoy are
now enjoying living on tho easy side
of Easy street We glvo this sugges
tion free gratis
THAT DUMMY CASE
Somo of tho lodgers nt tho resort
or whatever It Is of Russian Frank
In Queen street havo taken offence at
tho venture of this paper that tho
burglaries committed in that neigh
borhood last week were not carried
out by Porto RIcans but by white men
who hong nround in that locality In
referring to tho matter it was not our
intention to specify tho men lodging at
Russian Franks or any other placo
Tho thefts however bore tho ear
marks of white men so plainly as to bo
almost unmistakable The robbery at
the old German womans place back
of the Opera House was committed by
a man or men thoroughly familiar with
tho premises and with a full knowledge
of where the old lad kept her money
No Porto Rican would possess this in
formation Our opinion remains tho
same that somo white man or men
familiar with tho lodging houses In
Queen street committed tho whole
chain of burglaries
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OPICS OF THE DAY
So Governor Carter has been hooked
by a steer Thats bad again Roose
velt would not have had that happen
for anything Imagine Roosovclt get
ting caught by tho horn of a Wnlmca
bullock Preposterous It is Indeed
painful to think that our own Football
George tho pet of tho Administration
should have fallen by the wayside in
this manner
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Mr Henshalls Doolcy jvprk in the
Star Is very good But Is It jiot a kind
of rapo on a mans life work and repu
tation to burglarize his trade mark
Dunnes Air Dooloy Is famous on at
IcaBt two continents and represents
many years of hard work To bo ex
tiemely charitable wo would say that
we do not think It either properbr fair
for Mr Henshall or anybody else to
builds cupoles on anyono elsos liter
ary castles
Bill Hulhul tho Hawaiian fighter
acquitted himself splendidly in his go
with Jack Weday Saturday night In
fact ho surprised his most confident
friends Tho sporting generally was
fearful that in running up against tho
bull dog ot the local ring Hulhul
would meet his Waterloo and spoil his
ascending reputation Butsrich was
not the case Ho not only hclil his
own but scored points that easily
places hlra in lino for more important
battles
Wo understand that Frank Hnrvoy
tho renegade Democrat prepared n
column and a half article to bo Insert
ed In Sundays Advertiser In reply to
tho charge of Tho Independent that
he was rcsppnslblo for all tho troublo
In connection with tho nomination of
a National Committeeman but on sec
ond thought and tho advlco ot hotter
poised minds ho decided not to do it
Harvey renralnds us of tho story of
tho panot that talked toNniuch Ho
has already talked too much and tho
moro ho talks tho worse ho makes
of a bad matter
Governor Carter told the pooplo of
Walraea that ho wanted county govern
ment and was ready to do everything In
his power to bilng It about If that bo
true why has ho not dono something
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I practical In tho direction Indicated Ho
has trusted to a vlslonnry prospect of
some action by Congress months hence
which even under the best of circum
stances will not snvo tho law from
moro troublo In tho courts when If ho
had called tho Legislature in special
1 session nt tho tlmo tho Act was
I knocked out tho county system might
I have been In operation before now
i Governor Carter may bo reasonably
slnccro In his county law talk but his
acts certainly belle his words
Tho absence of fire fighting nppll
nnccs In Hllo Is a matter of criminal
neglect on tho part of tho Exccutlvo
and tho law making power of this Ter
ritory Thoro Is poor encouragement
to build homes in localities not fitted
with ndequato protection from tho
greatest and only danger with which
house property has to contend And
thcro is no excuse for the lack of pro
tection Hllo Is as much entitled to
It as Honolulu She pays as much pio
portionately In taxes and lias as good
a right to adequate firo equipment A
Httlo additional monejl Invested in
water and hose would have saved the
Peck mansion and Incidentally Hllo
and the Insurance companies somo
yoooo
Ccitnln ones who pretended to know
all about how twas done gave It out
Sbtutday night that tho reason of the
fluke dcclblon given by Referco Tim
Murphy In tho Wcday Hulhul contest
was because tho backers of Weday
banked too much money on him and
rather than give Hulhul tho decision
It was better and safer for them all to
declare It a diaw as was done savo
Wedays loputatlon for the future and
as well savo their money which was
really moro to them than the fight To
attempt to give the decision to Weday
would bo too bald and raw for anyono
uninitiated could easily tell who had
tho best of It and how It was going
From first to last Hulhul was always
tho aggressor and Weday on the de
fensive
Governor Carter Is Bhowlng morn
and moro every day that ho Is a pol
icy man and Is catprlng to the samo
Influences that ruined Governor Dole
Ho is hoodwinking tho peoplo Into be
lieving that he is In favor of county
government when as a mnttor of fact
ho Is falling to do tho only thing that
can mako county government possible
He pretends to the public that ho
wants to get tho drill shed promises
back as a suitable slto for tho now ar
mory which -Is a very easy undertak
ing and at tho samo tlmo Is negotiat
ing with ono Sam Johnson of Siberia
for tho stables lot beyond the Judicial y
building for tho purpose indicated Tho
public pulso ha3 been thoroughly test
ed on this matter It Is not desired at
any hand to mar tho Government
parks with buildings of any sort The
availability of tfio present nrnioiy slto
makes tho selection of any other
property for military purpoBos ridicu
lous and oxtremoly unbusinesslike Tho
public domands that tho armory bo
plnccd on tho slto of the picsent drill
shed nnd nowheio else That Is cow
mon senso and business It Is Impos
sible to undoi stand why Cartor bobs
up at Intel vals and Insists upon pine
Ing It in ono or tho other of tho dov
crnmont parks
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