The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-25
OF LOCAL
INTEREST
Hawaiian Affairs at
Washington.
APPOINTMENTS HELD UP
Hawaiian Debt and Postal Service.
Senators CuIIOm and Clark.
Political Representation.

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WASHINGTON, ID. C.. MAY Pan.
vary TO all expectations, the Presidapt g.
holding up Hawaiian appofntr,or..
which, II had been intimated M ,ha
white House. would be sent TO the sen.
ate the past week Two reasons bava
oeen assigned for this delay. both neces-
sHiily based largely on conjecture. al
'h'ugh coming from persons high in a
poiucal way. who usually know prettv
accurately what action the President has
~ hind IN Hawaiian affairs One of
'heHe u that Senator Culom has beep
away from Washington for the past week
while looking after his fences at the MI
nois state convention. IL may interest
his many friends In the islands to Ixnov
mat the outcome Of events there has
been favorable to the Senator's aspira-
ton TO be reelected next winter TO suc
ceed himself In the United States Senate
Having served as president of the Hawaii
an Commission, 1t is natural that Senator
Cullom should be called into freouent
and close consultation by President Nc
kiniey. who desires above all things that
the new Territorial Government shall be
ADMINISTERED by men who are not only
truly representative men but satisfactory
20 the people of the islands. This may be
the second cause of delay in sending the
nominations OF the remaining Federal Of
Metals to the Senate-a desire to know
Whether tertain names that have been
considered VIII prove acceptable to the
citizens OF the Territory
Ihe confirmation of Governor Dole. Sec
rotary Cooper and Postmaster Oat
promptly followed their nominations as a
matter OF course. The other appointments
viii probably be made as forecast last
week. 10 seems to be definitely settled
here In the minds of most people that
senator Clark OF Wyoming, who is not
unknown I'm the islands, and who took an
active part In framing the Hawaiian bill
while 10 was under consideration i'm the
senate, will carry off the United States
g. Baird. Baird is n well known attorney
of Cheyenne and was at one time engage
Der of Governor De Forest Richards
staff. II. J. Raw of Illinois still has the
lead In the race for United states Mar
shall. The offices about which there is
the most doubt are the Circuit Judge
ships for which places IL is probable the
President has not In every instance made
selection.
The Committee on Foreign Relations of
the Senate has partially Strengthened out
the tangle that involved the payment of
the Hawaiian debt, as was contemplated
bY the Newlands resolution Of annexation.
Secretary Gage appeared before the COM
mittee and explained the necessity for adj
ditional authority being conferred upon
him before he could take action to wipe
out the indebtedness. In accordance with
his recommendations, Senator Daniel of
Virginia, a member of the Foreign Rela-
tons Committee, has drawn and intro
duCcd bill which overcomes all difficult
ties. IL abolishes the Hawaiian Postal
Savings Bank and makes available on
July LIST out OF the United states Treas
ury so much money as may be necessary
demands 1RDOSitOrs a
er July LIST no more deposits shall be re-
ccivCd and no money on deposit shall
bear interest All money on deposit on
July LIST shall be turned over by the Gov
eminent of Hawaii 10 the Treasurer of
the United States. and the Secretary of
the Treasury is authorized to assume
charge OF all the assets Of the bank and
convert them into money. The Secretary
Of the Treasury Is also directed at the
earliest practicable time to pay off the
public debt Of the Republic Of Hawaii,
lawfully existing at the time OF the pas
sage of the resolution of annexation, an
amount not exceeding In all ti,WOOO, In
GLIDING the sum required TO pay the de-
positors I'm the Hawaiian Postal Savings
Bank. There Is also appropriated such
amount OF money as may be necessary TO
pay any accruing interest on the public
debt for which the United States may be
liable under the joint resolution OF Con-
gress. and I'm addition thereto an amount
not exceeding 10000 or so much of that
sum a. may be necessary TO pay the ex-
Ihis measure has been .favorably report
ed to the Senate and will probably pass
both Senate and house before the adj
iournment OF Congress next month.
In this connection 10 Is interesting 10
note that some comment was created by
The fact that this matter of the payment
Of the Hawaiian debt was handled by the
Committee on Foreign Relations, although
there Is n special committee of the Sen
ate to deal with matters relating to Pa
cihc islands and Porto Rico. This seem
IN
away BY the fact that the general Ha-
waiian Act was put In the hands OF the
Committee on Foreign Relations, and as
the Daniel public debt bill was merely
an amendment TO that Act, II very proper
Isl passed through the same channel. The
over-critically minded attempted TO see
some desire somewhere to regard the Isl
ands as foreign territory, In the sense
that Porto Rico, by legislative enactment,
has been made TO stand in the light of
being "a possession and not part OF the
United States, which was without the
pale Of the Constitution. Sucn an inter-
probation OF the Senate's action was clear
~ far-fetched.
The announcement in dispatches from
Honolulu that n Republican convention
has been called for the purpose OF elect
ing delegates TO the Republican National
Convention In Philadelphia on June lyth
has set the politicians gossiping. In the
calt Of the executive committee OF the
Republican National Committee last win
ter. In the apportionment or delegates TO
the Philadelphia convention, no attention
WIS paid 90 the prospective establishment
OF the Territory OF Hawaii and its right
TO representation on the floor Of the con-
vtrtlon. This apparent oversight was
called TO the attention OF Chairman Han
ma and Secretary Dick n few days later.
Naturally they avoided committing them
selves but II was made understood that
| 10 Hawaii became a Territory 10 would be
recognized by the convention proper as