The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-03-04

ton to this scheme, and in the
course of it gave an account of re-
marks which he had heard made pro
and con on the same question, ION
another OCCASION" which everyone
present understood to mean in yes
terday's secret session. The lords
of the Senate have a habit OF bring
ing up in secret session some of the
schemes upon which they are afraid
to have the light publicly shine, and
in consequence Senator George, who
is blunt, honest old fellow, who
hates shams and indirections, took
keen delight in thus adverting TO the
arguments brought forward under
cover Of closed doors. From all APP
pearancts the subsidy crowd has in
one way OK another obtained . pretty
solid footing in the senate, and its
strength is by no means confined to
the republican side of the chamber,
though, Of course, majority Of its
friends are of party of the left 1t
ia said by well-lnformed senators that
this Pacific cable steal IS to go
through the senate, and many predlc-
tons are heard that it will 90
through the house. Mr.. Blaine is
quoted in the printed documents as
favOring the subsidy.
If there ever was barefaced steal
before Congress this is one. The
veneer upon the job is so thin and
so malodorous that it is surprising
any seIf-respecting senator could
lend it his support The simple his
tory of the JOB is as follows: A few
months ago sharp Yankee from
Boston, Alfred S. Harlwell by name,
went down to the Sandwich Islands,
and by dint Of those methods which
have heretofore proved so elIicacious
in securing fayors from Kalakaua's
Legislature and government, came
away with concession for a
cable from San Francisco to Homo
lulu. The Hawaiian Government
gives or agrees to give Hartwell S25,-
600 year for period of fifteen
years if he will construct and put
into operation such cable line.
Armed with this, Hartwell returns
to this country, gets some San Fran
cisco spectators in with him, and
they swoop down upon the capitol
with little proposition that this gov
ernment shall see the now deceased
Kalakaua's $4,000 and 60 him
1925 900 better. Hartwell and his
colleagues have actually managed to
convince Secretary Blame and COM
nittee of the senate that it is the
duty of this government to give him
guarantee Of $250,0 a year for a
period of fourteen years as reward
tor his construction of a telegraph
line to the Sandwich Islands. Hart
well says tie cable will cost 5,000,-
600 or 100000, and that it must
be run for many years at an enor-
nous loss. In glowing language he
pictures the benefits this country is
to derive from such telegraph line,
the control of the navy of the future,
the influence upon commerce after
the Nicaragua canal shall have been
constructed, etc. AS a matter of
fact Senator Jones, who knows some
thing about cable construction from
his intimacy with Mr. Mackay, thinks
this Sandwich Islands cable can be
built for 81 600, 0O0 or -, 800, 900.
Mackay's transatlantic cable cost
only $1,000, 900, and it is much
longer, heavier and costlier than
the proposed line to Honolulu.
With 1915, 900 IN all promised by
the Hawaiian Government, Hartwell
and his fell0w-schemers think, with
the proposed subsidy of So, 800, 600
from the United States, they will be
able to lay the cable and give this
country the inestimable advantages
to be secured by Geographic connec-
ton between Claus Spreckels' sugar
plantations and Claus SpreckeIs'
Office III San Francisco And,
strange as it may appear, a large
number of republican senators seem
to think it would be very fine thing
for this country to build cable line
aud make a present of it to Mr.. Hart