The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-03
THE CABINET
The Official Dispatches
Discussed.
Matter of Claims Against Hawaiian
Government Virtually Left With
the Local Authorities.

The Cabinet met yesterday morning
at the usual hour. There were present
President Dole and Ministers Cooper,
Young, Mott-Smith and Damon.
The official correspondence by the
last two mails from the Coast was read,
which included the kilograms of Secre-
tary of State Hay and Mr. Hartwell,
published yesterday. The discussion
in the Cabinet dwelt mainly upon the
meaning of the phrase Graduating the
bubonic plague" which occurred in the
dispatch from Secretary Of State Hay.
The meaning of the word "eradicating,
as used by Mr.. Hay, was discussed at
some length, but no formal conclusion
was arrived at.
The kilograms of January 23rd and
| oath from Washington were stated to
| be in answer to letters written by
| President Dole to President Mckinley
on December 9th of last year and
! January 4th of this. President Dole's
| letter of January 18th had not been
received at the time the dispatches
were sent. The hope was expressed
| that in answer to letters OF January
18th and 9th the wishes OF the WASH
ington administration, as to the sitting
of the next Legislature, the sewerage
question, the filter system and the es-
tablishment of court of claims, would
be received.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs sub
mitted letter received few days be-
fore from United States Special Agent
Sewall explaining the meaning of
former communication of Secretary Of
State Hay in regard to British claims
referring the whole matter back to the
Hawaiian Government for invest1ga
| ton, determination and payment" The
only apparent difference between th'
former communication and the present
explanation appears to be tnat TIT
words quoted above have been substi
tuted for the words consideration ant
settlement"
The present communication furthe
requests that the claims of the Danis
and Portuguese subjects be considere
together with the British claims. Wit
the communication Special Agen
Sewall submits additional testimon.
which had been presented by the POI
! tuguese and British ambassadors
Washington to Secretary of State Ha,
= President Dole stated yesterday thu
he considered the matter had now bee
lett by the United States authorize
solely in the hands of the Hawaiia
Government and in future deaiin.
- towards settlement of the claims the
i would be governed accordingly.
The Minister of the Interior, M
Young, in his report on the recon
= mendation by the Board of Health
pay the firemen $1,000 for losses su
tanned, said he had been informed t
losses of the firemen were compar
lively small After considerable di
cussion the Executive voted the Mi
lister of the Interior be authorized
obtain from the Fire Department
accurate statement of the individu
losses of the firemen and that these
authorized, but that anything in t
way of extra pay be referred to t
Legislature.
Mr.. Young made a verbal report
the matter of the wharf and warehoJ
70 be erected near the Hea,ani Be
house. stating that he seen Command
Merry who had misunderstood the Loo
ton granted and had agreed that tn
be placed so that the end of the VIII
Will not be nearer the boat house tn
10 feet.
II was voted that the petition of
Thos. G. Thrum for a certificate
downright for the "Hawaiian AlmaI
and Annual for 1900" be granted.