Ke Aloha Aina, Volume XXXIV, Number 82, 27 March 1920 — The New Freedom [ARTICLE]

The New Freedom

TJjL paj- u> .' Uie Hawaiiaji ComrniBsion in WashlngUm, exprcssed the fo!lQ\ving «'pihion: - 1 /\ fr lt secws iiiCoiiceivaHe/ 3 tHāt tVe legislative eommission as a l">ody wonld indiilge in any such antks or raisrepre-, sent the Icgi?lature and in airsūgg<^<f. ( Indeed } the idea Ls absurtl ; ht tne *rea&on that the eonuniiioii iook witb it a brief prepared by Attoru«y General Irwin, setting fm*tfe ih*' legislative cffeating thē eommieeioii and cntit&enilii)g the thc" eoiniiWou .. ; 'ami Umt tlie Attom«s>- Cei)erAl in'hii? bi;ief fully t*xplabed of the variou| ,desiretl ift our land lawa." '-The arrivftl home of Sena£or Wjse oti Wednegday of tliis week, and fhe inforjniati6n whklyihat gqntleuian gave about tlk woi'k of the lW&%ii .ComuM% JuSy befirs out the opimon quated iu |hft SKCfgsioft. of qī ihe eommiaau.n il wa& a ? ron\nyfssion.,' the 1 whole way und Uie blafoe for the uctioji Jaken by the eommittee on territ.uries, so far as we know at prescntj cannot be laid upon the shouWers of the _ .Thc fn<*ts, as reporte4 Wise, are that whi|o the committec on territories was iu session, amī while,, a discussion was in_progre§s regardmg the proposition of leasing 25 per cent. df 1&e eanelauds tb thopiantations, Secretary Lane waŪced into &&XQom. He was' ihvlte(i to give his views upon th'e ma^ter* aad expi , essed himfcelf as jtrosgfy-in favor of leasing all the eane lands to the highf?t bidder } >tating tliat sueli action would' be a great lielp ia the proj^®ecL "rehabili t$ tion.'' . The committ6e at «nee "seized upon this suggestion, and aithtmg}i well knowtng £he. sejījtiment of the. ai|d, we]Jl knownig t<jrms ,yf tlie in^n^llen^issued to the by the Hawaiian lcgislature, all objeetions wea-e overruied, and a bill drawn up embodying the ideas of Sec?ret&ry imne. ' • " '■ i ? Now, it ia well kuowii that "Grandma" Pinkham is and was responsible to a large extent for the general attitude of Secretary Lane totfards tjie homesteading problem sof this Territory ; and to get right down to brass tacks, the pilikia in whieh we now fin(| is direct][y attributable to the viciojisly ,atttagonistic attiiude of toward» cvcrytliing connected with the homesteader and homesteading. lt is well knbwa lhat Pinkham was at one time employed by th| ,4ata agamst and at that t!hie made a tgw*qf _and photographed every old tumbledown ahaek he, cgjne across aad every abandoned homestead, as an argumesit ag£jiiist homest"eadihg. When Pinkham became governor (by the aid of the pk|ntersj thp infoj-ma.tion y thu§ appears to have been -used to good effect upon Seoretary Lane. This, together with the. fact tiiot all the memberg sugar lobby at Wa&hington wgre being entertamKl at Lane'e liome, and that Lane in returtt, 'w'āa constantly "bdng entxrtaincd at the homes of the sUgar lōbhyistft, >makes \i evideiit that hoinesl;eadmg and the horne&teader i» Hawaii were, so to speak, in the hands of the Philistmes, and that homesteading would be nullified or killed off just as soon as that ttould conveniently be done, Secretaiy Lane has ioever bee» regarded as a Democrat; 'all hia action» and his sentimerits show r him in a differeiit light, And his despicable treatment* of the unanhnous demands of the Democrats of several,times expressed, for -the remoj r al of Pinkham, the planters' and the appointment of L. L. McCan(BeBs, n9ed not here be iqferred to. The femazing hurry showa.by Chairman Cyrry in this matter qf kil!ing 65" ,also suspicious: jn fact it ean argue only qne tkjng, and that is that, the planters and their obedient tojols in congress wish to railroad the proposi* tion thro«tgh *without giviug th£ opposition time to express itsel,; a wjholly unAmenean, uniair and un.jusjtified .way gf do- ' ing business.' Thecommiitee apparently is prepared to put the ; opinions of Secretary Lane above the interests afid welfare of , the x people of and.,at aame lime* as well, to oSēr a | the t^^ ? at|re ; of the Teiritory- f , ; . [ The maiier .up to |his, <$i§t homesteading ; in is m <bQgerj| kil}ed off aC tlie behest of a ; vicious a-«d unscrupu]ous sugjy obby, and that if homesteading ; is to be saved, no thne in to Washingt£>n g ; ātrong deputatipn tha,t wjjif upon its to be heaid J before ths/x>£},mjtt.ee „on teiritqaes f , Xt i§,apj?are«t %r. ,C|iriy nor his commi|t<k, wilj ► wait for o|fcsts.. bill must be pushec ► througli if it ktq bp made law at aU, ane apparently tibe oniy way io hoH ]that bill up aiid prevent its pasl sage is to have ji fighting delegation on the ground tc 1 fight it to a finish. Eyen if the committee on territories is un- ' favorable, we. believe there \vill f till be enojagh opposition ir • Congress, when the situation here i& L nown, to prevent the pas- ; sage of such outrageous and reactjtanary lcgislatiou as that eml bodied in Kuhio's bill. y ' ; A Joke , Ha. wai&n ,tlien loai}ing hjm uoi more home, buy stopk, farming impleiWrif4 i see<te, etc, and keep nigwejf and family unti ► his or 'Wii iwe'āloeie grcn\ s up, eertainly the ► biggest j(Ae t3nat- iias everjSi' jDriuig upon this taxitory s \ W i and the prac W \ «Uy ot S3«w«» if h|g that.iimch of a loaii ► Wher<», th'en, thc |ome frpxn \o buy agricutoa to'jrtow, aiid cultivate t|« ||}land, and %o hls fam2y ir.aturlng of iiie crops? [ Xf ouf jhomciteader wantp4 to plaii' f. At : fnmS7o to 1100 an even i £ he perforaied the; wotk whieii out at iln W lower oh "50 acres, $5,6w, or at Uio higher esaūinate a ['£8.000. AnJ ūien. tots\he wouM lju\ve to wjwt a year and a hai C|for retunq not ilie time occvipkd in get & ting tlie laiid The We p#fe<stly \vjlling to lel tlie Hawaiians tak<

ufcier must oiia fche ttaie tiiat disi»yēfy IxāolfUadw I&ihio'a and, tfce plaut«rB' people .are asked to give their bamesfcea*i the fin© eane lands of -thjs terrik»ry... • 4rea# §& right to, mW. upoa pajstoril 9r ; agricultutal lands. . , /k ,J^H ~ What >hefteftt, they get of •That giyes them m rijsxts they., «ot but \itidēf thē specious pretense ( of < ¥dhabiKta.^on w bf the right tb homestead %e res|[ va|uable eane In th|s propositloritfi9 planters are like the rjm» ft niekel m thfc ohurch eolleelion box aod a the plaiiters āō not even contnbute wīiile at time they rob the* Hawaiiaai of birt|ii|ht M the la«d* JJii(kr.|£uhio's liill wiUVptott'n his will only leasfc it, Under the preseut t}ie own his homeHead. * J^H Y% t|u? "rehfiibUitation , ' £i jcheme' ia the bigge«t attempted to j)p perpctrated upon an already ,outraged It really.nte&nsi rt rehaBilitation" for pxpiring leases and a colossal robbery of all the remaini|ig rights eommoircitizen, , , l^H - The Corping Party Primaries^B In q£tmection with the coming Democratic Pri -nary tion, the eall &r whieh appears i|Lthe preseoyssue of tins eaeh preeinct club, if the club is to maiotain its the party, must take an active interpst m the diection. no eueh thing on the part of a precinet chib aa lettingtion go by default, asd retaining of&cgrs, wifH action been suggested in the case" of ap|oe backward ,If Ihe old officers arj? to be retained, their natnes must bejH |ried on fche ballot,.together with the territoTial,and <»uaty and the fees x iccidental to the fiīing of nomin^H tlioroughly representtsive.of the party, an,<l if thisresult||B be aecomplished ; the rules must be sfefip% Official nomination papers caay be hael oa #pplication to the chairman N or seeretary of «ihe Territorial- CominitteeaH jthe secreUry oi eāeh county commit,tee. A gpmplete and eaiH understood digest of the rules to £e election None but the genuine signature muet appear on the ination paper, othenybe it is a forgery and may be prose^H The necessary fees as specified in the Cjfucial Call mu3tjH company the nomination paper when sent to the secrkaryH the €ounty committee or to the secretary of the Territorial c(|H mittee, otherwise it will be rcjected him. The money fejiH such fees is applied towards printing the ballote and for 9 ofcher purpose. Any halanee is returned to tiie club. Xf caqjH dates are not able to pay all the feea a cpllection should be tacH up by the club to help. , |H . The nomination paper must be fifed with the SecretaryH the precinct club and the fee paid 011 or liefore May 1, at 8 J Any other plan of nomination or election is Void ElectioSß vice-president and assistant sccretary is not necessary to cc« plete organization, but the election of three judges to cond|H | tlie,.next election is ,very important T and cannot be dispen|H It is the duty of the socretary of the coufity arrange and have printed all official ballots (Eulea, sec. §, p. 9 Except the printed official ballota, do, U(Ot fqr prin|H blanks, but/use ariy paper; and handwriting is as good a3 prn|M ing or type-writing for all business except ballpts. Write eithjB Engliah or Hawaiian. Either will be accepted if otherwiselB Conformity with mles. | . H Kuhio And Statekopd 1 We notice that Kuhio is again trying to kid the people icj the belief that he ean get statehood .fQr th*ip y t£iri.tory by t)9 simple exj>edlent &_h>ill that ; jecTin viewr Kuhio's very presence in Qong£§ss is proof eeā dusive that the people of Hawaii are that th|fl , w&uld not know what to do with statehoQd Jf, thsy had it7|M k jfact, the best way to kill any ehanee of sta.tehood thisTerritoj|J jhas had or may have is to teep; to Congr3 ft is an adyertisement,to the L T i§ a oj horse pr!hcipaīity composed of a ma]nrjty ol H»hs[ anH bo3 who eaSiriot see beyon4 the endg rsspectivo, noses; tw , are either too cōiTupt tō resist th.e <>fer Qi a.few.dpU^sJor thJ| votes, or toō and silly to see lixat iiiey being xnajl , monkeys of by "our delegate + " or too_pig-headed and too hopii lossly partisan to see goo3 in anyone ''Eepua} liean" plastered all over him. - ;•::••• M It is usually risky to indulge in prophecy/but we realh" » . lieve that Ilawaii will aeveg ae§ Stat^ood r Jiftt a thousaJ| years; anc| |>y that tipie of *us will, vory ,care wha h44iappened in Hawaii. Instead, itiseutir§|y ptobable thl a coj rrtission fbrm of goveniment, and will |ose jl|ttle ine» • we already possfcss, / J ! Nl> . we are not going to h|ye ior # &ad « ■ one knows-thb Wttet than does Kuhio, j >. Rather straiige isii t it> jaot- as yet h£&cd t| . Advrrtiser aecuse Pivsidcut o,f killiQg j3f..sjoUsfUi< . | our soldsers in Frane.e b>- sending rotten to as ha] L|Pe»ed 111 tiie Spauish Ameneau war, under "e&eienk"- Repu jjlicaii auāpices, too. Probal4>'.the beef supplied to our troops j France was 0.K., otherwise we would jiavsi|eard about it ei jnow. Anyway this fact should go a long way to eme the mon t| ing papers distress at the laige amount of moaey that wj | lrcvvu » hi experuueiitin§ 011 Liberty motors and a« t jplanesj We should bo thankful for Xact th«t th«fs hav« fthe present wai no ciubahne4 beef sc&adaīs sue& a§ -iiiie world when.we had our littieafāir with §psBi. j j . - -Jt- -. " - v J ?, Sttange H> ut we had to wait until proluij|lcfi Hit i