The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-01-24
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
San Francisco, January 10, per S. 8.
ZeaIandia.
(From our Special Correspondent
Tho Chinese Ouesfinn.

Board or Trade ana the L eQerdCeO
Trades Committee have had their
conference and the result is that
both sides favor running "labor"
trains into the interior during the
busiest part of the fruit and hop
season. The Federation guarantees
plenty of men if the farmers will
supply them decent accommodations.
The Examiner which started the
whole inquiry has organized white
labor bureau to which fruit growers
can apply if necessary. The same
journal will run the labor trains.
Something of a sensation has
been caused by a letter of @. P.
Huntington to the New York Cham
Der of Commerce asking that body
to recommend the repeal of the
Exclusion Act. Huntington attri
buted the opposition to Chinese to
the hOOdlum element alone. AS the
California Legislature will pass
resolutions this week opposing Hun
tington's proposition his argument
will be we'll answered. The trouble
with Huntington, as stated by the
Examiner, Post, New York Tribune
and Times and other papers, is that
his steamship company, the Occi-
dental and Oriental, is losing money
in consequence of the cutting off Of
the coolie trade. The losses are fixed
at $4,000 a month.
The case of Chae Chan Ping has
been appealed to the United States
Supreme Court to test whether the
Scott Law applies to Chinese labor
ers who have return certificates.
Judge Sawyer, it will be remem-
bered, ruled that it did. Ex-Gov-
ernor Hoadley of Ohio will repre-
sent the Chinese and the Supreme
Court will hear the arguments on
the second Monday in March.
War in Hayti.
While the United States has re-
covered possession of the steamer
Haytien Republic, the trouble there
is not over by any means. General
Hippolyte's army has fought two
battles with those of President LIE
gitime, and In both the Government
forces have been defeated. Hippo
lyte was within twenty-five miles of
Port-au-Prince at latest accounts, and
the days of Legitime's presidency
are believed to be numbered. Hip
polyte threatens to exterminate all
Americans at Port au-Prince and the
o. INnlAno noI AA1o,oko II
remain there. The Yantic is at New
York, yellow fever having broken
out among her crew. One officer
is seriously i'll. The United States
and all foreign countries will send
more men-Of-War to POrt-au-Prince.
Legitime's government has agreed to
pay $4,000 indemnity for the
seizure of the steamer Haytien Re
public, $4,000 Of it being paid down
on the 14th inst.
The Political Pot.
At the celebration of the twenty
sixth anniversary of the emancipa-
ton proclamation in Alexandria,
Virginia, by the Frederick Douglass
Library Association, letters were
read from Harrison and Morton,
both conveying congratulations and
encouraging the negro element to
constant upward efforts. There is
in the Indianapolis letter, however,
a passage which seems to throw cold
water on the hopes of those count
ing on the selection of colored man
for a Cabinet position. He says:
you have shown great patience
under severe trials, and there may
be yet further calls for the exercise
of this homely virtue. It is quite
possible that the high expectations
of our friends may not at once be
realized, but we can at least keep
things moving in the right direc-
ton"
Cabinet speculation is still rife.
The great trouble is in locating Mr..
Blaine and the common opinion is
that he Is too strong altogether to
be ignored. Senator Frank His
cock of New York is the latest to
call on Harrison and go away dissat-
isfied The turn of affairs however
has not been at all favorable to Pa
cifc coast ambitions. General Har-
rison is reported to have said that
he would not appoint Cabinet Off
Ger from the Pacific coast unless the
Republicans of that section abandon
their fractional contests.
The public debt statement up to
January 1st shows a decrease of $14,-
427, 595 during December. The in
terest bearing debt is S952,091, 1896,
the debt on which interest has ceased
is s., 255,478 and the debt bearing no
interest is 1871, 015,793. The total
debt is S1,6S5, 363,271 and less cash
it is 81, 1914, 69S, 500. The cash in the
treasury is $615, 591,677, of which
$6O,636,264 is available for debt re-
duction.
Ex-President Hayes is mentioned
for a Cabinet position.
The President has appointed
Leslie Cullom Of Tennessee, Collec-
tor of Customs at Port Townsend.
The Democratic Senators in In
diana took possession of the Senate
chamber on the 9th inst. when the
Legislators convened and would not
allow the Republican Lieutenant
Governor Robertson to preside.
They have elected their own presi-
dent pro tenn and will not let Rob
ertson get inside the door though
he was elected by $500 majority.
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