The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-24
HAWAII At
WASHINGTON
Unseating Of Bob Finds
No Supporters.
PROTEST WAS RECEIVED
Statesmen Hopeful Of Experiment
With Porto Rico Labor
Here.

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Dec. 9-..rhe
formal protest against the seatins of
Robert w. Wilcox as delegate from the
Territory. which Is signed by A. H.
l.oebenstein and a. ". Kepoikai. has at
last been received by Congress and is
In the hands OF the committee OH elec-
tions. That Il will have little effec.
seems assured. for there seems to be a
feeling that there should be no ad-
vantage taken of the failure to elect a
Republican since there was not even
unity among the Republicans in he
city Of Honolulu. One of the most con
sistent friends of Hawaii. a man who
has visited the Islands and who fought
on the nOOr and i'm committee for all
that was given TO the Territory i'm the
way of advanced government, cited the
fact that the Republicans had been
derelict In their duty and that i'm his
opinion and that of some OF his cor
respondents there would be no reason
to believe that the party would get to-
gether Co support the administration.
and therefore little consideration should
be paid to any claims set fortn by
them.
Even such conservative man as
Congressman Hit OF Illinois. whose
friendship and loyalty To the Islands
may not BE- questioned. seems to have
little heart Co take up the cudgsIs fur
tner when the peopie who nave been
so greatly benefited did not get togeth-
er and work for the good Of tie Is
lands. Ire VIM not light Wilcox. but on
the contrary believes that there viii be
no foolishness displayed by the dele
gate when he gets here. Mr.. Hit was
Outspoken In his denunciation Of. ~.
men who had scratched the Republican
ticket and thus may have aided in the
election OF the Independent candidate.
but said that he would not take any
; active part in the Hawaiian legislatio
except where 10 came before his COM
mittee. for the reason that he did not
think that there would be necessary
. any hard work since the Islands would
: have a man on the floor of the House.
: The Coast papers will tell Of tne cele-
bration OF the centennial of the estab-
: lishment OF the permanent seat of gov
ernment In. this city on December 18th
but they will not perhaps say that in
all the preliminary arrangements there
was an entire overlooking OF the Ter.
ritory Of Hawaii. The committee hav.
, ing the affair In charge Is made up oi
y "a member from each of the other State,
and presumably from the Territories
But although Alaska was given plac,
= the new Territory Of Hawaii was over
looked entirely. Then when the tim,
: came that this was discovered by thu
Advertiser and called to the attention
: of the committee there was no chanc'
J. for the selection OF man who coul,
serve. An effort was made to nav
|. Hon. william q. Irwin come from Sal
Francisco for the occasion, but he wa
! To sail on the same day IA the cere
!. mony and had To decline. a genera
: search for the whereabouts of q ria
waiian was made but up to the tim
OF this letter there was no one on nan
10 take the place.
= That portion Of the estimates OF tn
: Secretary of the Treasury which per
" tains To public buildings for Honolulu
and Hllo has been taken up by tn
members OF the committee on publ
buildings and grounds and will receiv
:. early attention. There will be In a
- probability no public building bill thi
session. but the committee will IN a
- probability take steps 10 Introduce sue
bills from time Co time as they thin
IL most meritorious and there may .
e. several of those measures which VIII
- put through at this session.
The FIRST OF the shipment OF Port
pa Hlcans has been made and althouE
or the yellow press attempted To mai
IN capital out OF 10 there II nothing hei