The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-05
Action May bs Delayed Until the
Next Congress.
CALIFORNIA MEN NOT HOPEFUL.
Representatives Mcguire and Geary
Think the Present Congress win
Take No Action on the Matter.
stone VIII Introduce n New Bill.

A late number of the San Fran,
cisco Examiner dated February
18th has the following in relation
to the prospects of the amendment
to the Diplomatic and Consular
Appropriation bill, setting apart
$5OO,O for a cable from Cali.
fOrnia to Honolulu:
Representative Stone of Pennsyl-
Vanta express eel to the Examiner cor
respondent today his confidence that
the bill introduced by him yesterday,
To incorporate the International Cable
Company, would become q law at this
session should the House refuse to
to agree to- the Senate amendment
to the Consular and Diplomatic
Appropriation bill, apprOpriating
$5O0,OO0 for a survey for u cable to the
Hawaiian Islands. Mr. Stone, how
ever, will not attempt to force any
action on his bill unless the House re-.
jects the Senate amendment.
81 introduced this bill at the in
stance of Admiral Irwin" he said.
eve have had the matter in cOntem-
platiOn for some time. / was rather
surprised that the amendment to the
Appropriation bill was passed In the
dice that, and have so advised the
friends of the bill. II 1t can pass the
House / am in favor of it. II It eau
not pass / will press my bill. Senator
Perkins is ready To introduce a sim
liar bill in the Senate whenever the
House takes adverse action on the
Senate amendment. OF course, I
would prefer that the Government
huIld this cable, but IL the Govern
ment will not build it, it should be
done by private enterprise"
The California MEM erS do not take
such hopeful view Of possible legis-
lation at this session toward building
a cable to Hawaii. Judge Mcguire
said tonight: ain my opinion there
Is no chance for the passage of any
bill, or for the acceptance of the
amendment to the Diplomatic Appro-
priatiOn bill authorizing the construc-
ton of a cable by the United States or
granting q subsidy to aid in it's co u
structiOn. AS to the passage of the
bill Incorporating a company for the
construction of such a cable as q pri-
vate commercial enterprise there does
not seem to me to be any necessity for
such enactment. Such q company
with all the rights and privileges of q
company incorporated by Act of Con-
gress can be incorporated under the
laws OF California or of any other
State in the Union. 1t is possible that
a company Incorporated by Act of
Congress might receive more cOnsid-
Grafton in dealing with the Hawaiian
Government than a company incCr-
pOrated under general laws or under
State laws. The real purpose, as 1
undo stsnd it, of all the promoters OF
the Hawaiian cable enterprise is to
secure Government subsidy to aid
in the constructit n of q cable as q
Government enterprise. AS I have
said already, 1 am quite certain that
the present House will not grant any
such subsidy nor authorize the con-
structiOn of cable by the Govern
ment."
Representative Geary was also posi-
tive that no action would be taken in
this matter by the House. "At every
session of Congress since have heen
here" he said, "there have been peO-
pie before the Foreign Affairs Com |
mittee advocating a Hawaiian cable.
/ think Mr.. Pond of San Francisco
has company incorporated in Cali
fornia for this object. A survey for
such purpose was made two years
ago. The present Democratic major
ity in the House did not favor bill of
this kind, and i am positive it could |
not pass. The Senate amendment to ]
the Diplomatic bill will undoubtedly
be defeated"