New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-14
GOSSIP OF THE CAPITAL.
,,o1y A MIDOCEAN SPEECH FROM SEN
ATOR MORGAN WAS SHUT OFF.
-,opv OF THE HAWAIIAN COMMIssIoN-PRE
DOMINANCE OF YALE MEN IN HONOLULU
a sIAMEsE SENSATION.

WORK OF THE HAWAIIAN CoMMIssioN-PRE-
DOMINANCE OF YALE MEN N HONOLULU
"A s1AMEsE SENSATION.
n,.s,,reton. Aug 1S-Presdent McKiney's
y.u,auan Commission Is by this time in Honolulu
- ntu be the nrst visit OF Senator Cullom and
no,rssentatiye Hit TO the new PACING possessions
~, the islands Will not be new TO senator Morgan
We visited them year ago. In the party were
CONSERVATIVES Cannon. Of Illinois, ana Berry OF
Vsntucky Neither had at that time declared him
y on the subject % annexation During the
ova-e 4; was arranged to have little speech
rsking As everybody in Washington knows. Sen
,or Morgan Is a past grand master IN the art OF
r,akfug little speeches" When ne taxes the moor
a. the Senate for few remarks his eloquence hows
sloDg FOX hours without ripple. Representatives
cennor and Berry knew this tendency. They were
80 .hat the Senator would feel II incumbent
- hin, 10 make converts o. them before they land
"a - they were wary. In their own little
.,.ecres' they told how they had heard the SEN
,.or tY Washington. and proved Il by quoting from
MS az 5rtsses. Then they declared their nope 10
80 him again when they returned, and made
- choir satisfaction that the occasion one
ltoh called for using the eyes instead o. the ears
Tae r,lss Was successful. Senator Morgan gave a
very brie. talk. 1t was our only chance said
~ cannon .ater. Tor were too FAR out IN the
~ - =, make the Nfe-preservers any good II we
had ben forced 10 jump overheard to escape Nor
s@T1hS Alabama Senator did his talking TO the
N IS and they liked It. His oratory While
IIsrSsos seeming proix at home, Vas peculiarly
IT. HAN allan IDEA OF a good speech Is a Ions one
and 70 one could question the senator's ability 10
%. -t9t requirement. American senator good
Like. talk much for Hawaians in senate "ne men
tbev become Americans" was the comment OF one
- ;bo native leaders after listening 10 his speech
Il was at tine When the pars4ns, OF f He
nat,yes against annexation by making an kinds o:
false Established senator Morgan's nfu
enc among the natives and gained him Their conn
a.. no Senator will find his present duties on the
CCoomrniss!on 10 draft laws 70: the new territory
eongenia4
r, recommending legislation 10 Congress the Com
mission will have the aid OF Attorney General W.
q Smith. though he IS not one OF the members.
rs knowledge OF the laws and customs OF the
islands IS thorough. but as might be guessed. the
Ieral code IS not an extensive one. Attorney-Gen-
.-sl smith once explained it TO the writer in this
nav. I'VE follow as closely possible the Con-
s-it,,tion OF the United States supplemented by the
common law o. England. The Federal and state
Court decisions cited as precedents' ana some
Zines the decisions Of the English courts Then
W. have trace OF Polynesian Jurisprudence modi-
fed BY South sea practice. Then we try 10 season
everything WIKI the law OF common sense
Attorney-Cieue-al Smith IS OF me most force
tu men In the islands. His influence has been sec
ond only 20 that OF President Dole In shaping the
events which led 10 the overthrow OF the corrupt
Of hostile intricues until annexation was assured
A. the same time he IS the direct opposite OF the
President f. character. In Mr.. Dole a LOFTY ana
,nhexibie nature IS covered by al outward gentle
ness Of manner The ACKNOWLEDGEMENT is agrees
sve and has his share OF enemies. who cal! MN
"Bll" Smith l. In the form OF government which
Congress establishes there Is provision for ter
r,torlal delegate II will probably be Delegate smith
He would be very popular In Washington Inc
At,orrey-General would come a Hawaiian dele
gate when there was much discussion about who
was authorized 10 speak for the natives. he de-
Tended his own right. My father, he said was
q missionary from Connecticut Ny mother was
also missionary from come ,usrred In these
,aa u, and NJ , sa doesn't TY make me Hawaiian
Though he makes occasional trips TO the United
States. Attorney-GenerA Smith is equally familiar
Japan. another in NeV-Zealand. The people Of
IN other things one year /, IS europe and the next
year Japan, China or Australia.
1t is probable that in its recommendations the
Cullorn Commission will be guided by the two
Hawaiian jurists who are members. Their expert
ence has taught them that while laws are easily
made customs rooted b. hundreds OF years OBJ
servance are not easily Unuade. The judge the
island OF Maui IS native Hawaiian famed
orator Many OF the magistrates IN the remote dis
tricts are natives. Honolulu is full OF native
Hawaiian lawyers. They are good advocates, and
some noted elOQuen. plcaders. Under the
practice that now prevails natives ara tried by
pitts OF mixed blood by mixed Juries though the
pra lice IS condemned by OF the leading
men in the main Il gives satisfactory results. A
radical change in the method Of procedure IS not
likely 10 be recommended The members OF the
the Justices in Washington. When Il becomes a
territorial court the gowns viii probably be re-
Islands which adventures who have visited them
IN years past and who want 10 revisit them In the
future would Ike 70 have made This IS the cred
olulu without a certificate from the Government
Guy STAMPED Win s-y5 "a 1i So .44j ne e ,sn
depart IN the daytime. but Y they sailed in the
vii not take passengers who lack the Government
certificate and the opportunities FOR sto"aways are
iiousy by creditors Yet fits existence is an neon
venerce 20 the stranger who finds himself In debt
IN these mid-Pacihc Islands and plans to settle the
account after departure
College talk IS as common in Honolulu as IN any
town o, five times the size in the United States
II might more properly be called Yale talk The
student or alumnus OF other universities Is lone
some President Dole is himself graduate OF
Williams and other New-England colleges have
alumni. yet they few. CHIEF Justice Judd and
Justice Frear are Yale men. as are several OF the
attorneys who practise before them. Many OF the
dents At New-Haven. Last summer OF a score or
moe Of the students who were home from the
Harvard. the rest were from Yale; IT Is not IN
the Yale colors snd 70 speculate on the chances OF
the Y ale football team in Honolulu
Dr. Oliver W Holmes said that the dinner OF to-
day subtended a larger angle than the Revolution
Of yesterday; and this is -cry true OF Bangkok at
the present time. The wspapers OF that city
omit the news n order to give SUFFICIENT
space their accounts of domestic tragedy which
has created the greatest excitement among all