Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-06
Gov. Dole to Assume His New Pc.
sitiOn ON June IA,
CONVENTION OF SUGAR MEN.
Jt Met on June 4, 10 Consider the
Question OF Labor supply In the
Territory OF Hawaii,



Chicago, June Ga special dispatch
20 the Chicago Record from Honolulu
May 20, via San Francisco, says
Plans for the Inauguration Of Cover
nor Dole and the territorial govern
ment are well under way A largely
attended citizens meeting was held
May 26, az which a committee OF Of
teen was appointed TO confer and co.
operate with the local government.
June "A, the day when the territorial
act goes into effect, has been declared
holiday. II is expected that hum
dreds Of people will be here from other
Islands. The annual Kamehameha day
races in Honolulu take place Monday
June II, and these always attract a
large number OF people. The Inaugural
ton day will be Thursday Of the same
week. The local steamship companies
are arranging excursions from almost
every port In the islands.
The inaugural ceremonies viii be
held from 10 to IL o'clock al the exec
utiye building il is probable that "a
platform and amphitheater viii be built
in front Of the building, as was done
az the time OF the nag raising. August
~. 1895.
Gov Dole's commission will be read,
be win take the oath OF office and De.
liver his inaugural address The com.
mission OF Henry Y. Cooper, secretary
OF the Territory, viii DE read and he
win be sworn in. Following this. Gov,
nnor and Mrs Dole and Secretary and
Mrs. Cooper viii give a reception 20
the public IN the han of the house 81
representatives In the Old throne room
where King kalakaua and later Lllu-
0llalani used TO hold court
a convention OF sugar planters and
other employers OF labor In an parts
Of the Islands has been called 10 meet
In Honolulu June 4, 10 consider the
question Of labor supply. With the
end OF imported contract labor together
with the apparent probability that there
will be legislation against the further
immigration o. Japanese into an parts
Of the United States. the planters have
been led 60 look elsewhere for "a labor
supply. Considerable labor troubles
on several OF the plantations with the
Japanese iaborers together with fear
that the japanese will become turbu-
lent, wherever they predominant ia
numbers. have also HAD the effect OF
deciding the planters 10 look elsewhere
for labor supply.
one proposition that win be brought
before The convention ls the importing
labOrers from Porto Rico. II Is argued
that Porto Rico is now part OF the
United States. 80 that there viii be-
no legal impeachment 20 importations
from there. Il is thought that the Por-
TO Ricans are accustomed 10 sugar cul-
tiyation and that the devastating hur-
rcane OF a few months ago has cree
ated surplus OF labor there which can
be- utilized here IN fact. the planters
association has already commissioned
S. T Alexander OF oakland. TO 10 20
Porto Rico and investigate the subject.
While the planters seem 10 have de-
cided on Porto Rico as a source OF labor
supply every other element IN the isle
ands almost Is very much opposed 10
the scheme Nearly every paper IN
the islands has protest against bring
lng the only class OF Porto Rlcans ike
ly TO come 20 these Islands to increase
the race problems that are already
here for solution.