The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-04
ADMIRAL MILLER
A POPULAR IDOL
Favored by HaWaiians
for Governor.
CONTEST Is WAXING WARM
BOTH DOLE AND sEwALL ARE
CONFIDENT.
Appointment of the Former May
Mean a Continuation of the
Family Compact
System.
CONTEST Is WAXING WARM
BOTH DOLE AND SEWALL ARE
CONFIDENT.
BY HORACE WRIGHT.
Special Correspondence of The Call.

HONOLULU, Dec. 27-Hawaii sends
New Years greetings to California. She
is only partially Americanized at present,
and her house somewhat in disorder, but
she lives in hopes of better and brighter
days and closer friendship with the con-
tinent
Conversations with men of all shades Of
political thought have failed to discover
extraordinary interest in the bills framed
for the future government of Hawaii.
They are very much akin to what was
expected from the Commissioners, but it
is not expected by many here that they
will pass Congress without considerable
amendment.
The main objections that have been
made by the American element are as
follows:
Too much appointing power is given to
the Governor of the Territory and not
enough elective officers to the people.
The qualified franchise given by the
bills is unjust and un-American, and
subversive of popular rights.
The special rights citizens" and deni-
zens, the men who did the work of the
successful revolution, are not properly
protected and rewarded.
But the main anxiety is as to who the
first Governor will be. Should Mr.. Dole
carry off the prize, it is feared he will
simply reappoint those who at present
surround him, and the disastrous power
of the family compact and missionary
influence" will be retained as at present,
resulting after the first elections in
Legislature opposed to the administra-
ton.
Mr.. sewalrs. friends feel certain that
he is to be the happy man, and they boast
that should he be selected he Will make
many changes and install in office the
Americans who aided him in consummat-
ing annexation.
The man who would make the most
popular Governor and be almost idolized,
especially by the Hawaiians, would be
Admiral Joseph Nelson Miller; but 1t is
feared that he will not be thought of:
We, as q rule, think that President
Mckinley will decide to give us an Ohio
man or some political friend with states
manlike ability to guide us; but should
he decide to select a Hawaiian citizen he
could find good material in S. Nj. Damon,
j. b. Anterior, Senator Baldwin, William
G.. Irwin Senator Cecil Brown, j. .. Car
ter, c. NJ. Cooke, Senator Waterhouse or
Hon. Sam Parker and there are several
others who have held ministerial prot
portfolios under the monarchy.
During the past week there has been
another battle royal in the Supreme Court
over Chinese habeas corpus cases in cons
nection with the Chinese restriction acts,
but up to the present the opinion OF the
court in bank has not been filed. The
Government s contention now is that
Treasury Agent Brown is fully authorized
to act independently OF the hawaiian OF
ficialS and that 1t is the duty OF our courts
in this particular matter to act as United
States courts, although not commissioned
as such Mr.. Brown is determined to
carry out his peremptory instructions at
all cost and he may go so far as to ignore
the process of our courts and decline to
permit Chinese to leave the ship even for
quarantine.
Columbia cases by Hon. T. NJ. Hatch
which is being watched with interest 1t
IS claimed by him that our courts have
no jurisdiction in the matter, as under
United States laws admiralty jurisdiction
is conferred upon the Federal courts
alone. and Hawaii has no Federal courts.
1t is thus sought to purge the unfortunate
steamer of the libels which cover her
from stem to stern.
Walter Won Gassbeck. private, Company
NJ First New York Regiment, died on the
10Th inst at Hilo Hospital of typhoid, and
Private H B. Moore. Company L of the
same regiment in this city on the 23d.