The record-union., 1899-09-19
islanders Advised Not to Send a
Representative to Washington
To Take Part In the Forthcoming Discussion
as to the New Form of Government.
Senator Clark Of Wyoming, Who Is
Visiting the Islands, Expresses
the Opinion That It Might
Create a Wrong Impression, as
1t Might be Construed as Doing
Politics by Men Already In Of
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SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 1S.-The
steamer Coptic. from Oriental ports,
via Honolulu, brings the following ad-
vices from the latter port under date
of September 11th:
Senator c. d. Clark of Wyoming,
who has been here about two months,
is quoted as saying that the Govern
ment of the Hawaiian Islands will
make mistake if it sends a Govern
ment representative to Washington to
take part in the forthcoming discussion
as to a new form of government for
the islands The Senator is declared
to have expressed the opinion that
sending such a representative might
create a wrong impression, as it might
be construed as doing politics by men
already in Office. When asked to give
his views the Senator freely expressed
the opinion that if the islands desire
a representative they should send some
business man, but he was of the opin-
ion that no action of Congress that
would be unpopular here is to be
feared.
II have not the least doubt said
the Senator, that Congress will give
these islands territorial form of gov
ernment with a larger measure of self
government than any other Territory
has ever had. I have been surprised
to find a fear existing that these ISL
ands might be classed with the Philip
pines and might be given a colonial
form Of government. There is no
chance of this happening. Hawaii will
unquestionably be a Territory with
more local power than the United
States has ever given to a Territory
before. The disposition is to let the
people here manage their own affairs
as far as is possible.
.The way for the Hawaiians to rep
resent their views to Congress, in my
opinion is by means of delegation of
business men. By business men i mean
citizens who could go there and give
information on matters that will come
UP for discussion and thus prevent in
furious action that might be taken
through ignorance of the conditions
here. The difficulty in Congress is not
a lack of interest or friendship Every
one thinks that the best thing for the
welfare of the islands is what should
be done. A delegation of representative
business men could consult with the
Congressional committees that will be
in charge. They would find all actu-
ated by sympathy for the interests of
the people here"
Senator Clark expressed himself as
more than delighted with Honolulu
and the islands 1T is the finest coun-
r
wish / could settle down here. The
people of the Hawaiian Islands are the
most prosperous on the face of the
earth. There is not a community in
any country on the globe that is the
equal of this
Senator Clark arrived in Honolulu on
the 10Th of July. He has visited many
of the sugar plantations on the differ
ent islands.
The financial and commercial inter-
ests of Japan are evincing the greatest
interest in the possible action of Con-
gress in regard to contract labor in
Hawaii. The Kobe ''Shimbun," the
leading daily paper of Kobe, has sent
special correspondents to Honolulu and
San Francisco to study and report on
the industrial and immigration situa-
tion as it relates to japanese or may
be affected by legislation in regard to
Japan and the Japanese Shigetaro
Minekishi is the correspondent sent to
Honolulu and @. Asagawa the one sent
to San Francisco. Both gentlemen are
in Honolulu at present. and are thor
oughly looking up the situation.
Mr.. Minekishi is especially interested
in the subject of the disparity of the
sexes among the Japanese immigrants
coming here. and one of the purposes
of his investigation will be to see If
there can be remedy for it. He says
that a petition has been sent by the
Japanese of the islands to the home
Government in Japan asking that eff
forts be made to secure permission for
the emigration hither to unmarried
Japanese women of good character to
become the wives of Japanese already
here, so as to overcome the disparity
of sexes in the Japanese population and
reduce the immortality that always ex-
lists in a community where men great
ly Outnumber women, and which in
the present case is the cause of pre-
judice and opposition to the Japanese.
Naval Commander Henry has worked
out plan for the enlargement of Homo
lulu harbor which, it is stated, will act
ually more than pay for itself in re-
claimed land. and which will give room
for over three times as many vessels to
dock as can find berths now The COM
mander has been stationed here about
three months, and during that time has
given much time to the matter of local
wharf facilities. At present the har-
Dor is universally acknowledged to be
inadequate for the constantly increas
ing number of vessels that come here,
and ships are frequently compelled to
wait for several days before they can
get to a dock
Commander Henry's plan would
about double the area of deep water in
the harbor by means of dredging, and
at the same time it would reclaim from
what is now useless marsh several hun
dred acres of land. This land, it is
| thought, would be worth more than the
entire cost of the Improvement.
Colonel Ruhlen has received the order
of the United States Government con-
demning the crown lands of Kahauiki,
containing 1884 acres, and of Leilehua,
containing 14,400 acres, for military