The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-12-21
HAWAII'S NEEDS
Continued from Page ID

property, Il. A. Mott Smith, $4,000. H..
II. F. VOTERS, S4,69O; G. NJ. Cooke, slL-
$780,; Mrs. Meek, Sll,S00, Austin Estate,
S2l, 200; Bishop Estate, $3ISOO; Govern
I ment, 1850.
These items would naturally come un-
der several committees, and to look aft
er them Will take much time within the
next few days should Wilcox come -
town. If he does not, 1t will remain for
the members of Congress who are
friendly to the Islands to take up the
fight
one. of the peculiar measures which
have been introduced in the Congress
at this session is the bill which was
prepared by Wilbur f. Crafts, secre-
tary of the Reform Bureau here. Crafts
feels called upon to reform the world
and gets into everything which has an
Opening for an ambitious man looking
for openings into business which might
be said to be other peoples. His Dill
found as sponsor in the House, Little
field of Maine and in the Senate was
presented by Lodge of Massachusetts
The bill must be seen to be appreciated
and may be best introduced by this
resolution, which emanated from Mr.
Lodge:
Resolved, That in the opinion of this
body the time has come when the prin-
ciple, twice affirmed in international
treaties for Central Africa, that native
races should be protected against the
destructive traffic in intoxicants should
be extended to all uncivilized peoples
by the enactment of such laws and the
making of such treaties as will effectu-
Tally prohibit the sale to aboriginal
tribes and unciviliZed races of fire
arms, opium, and Intoxicating bever-
ages.
The bill Is entitled, A Bill to Prohibit
the Sale of Firearms, Opium and In
Itoxicants to Aboriginal Tribes and Ma
tive Races in the Pacific Islands, and
follows:
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assem-
Ibled, That If any American citizen sells,
gives or otherwise supplies to any abo-
Iriginal native of any island in the Pa
cific Ocean any wine, spirits. or any
other intoxicating liquor, he shall, on
Iconviction thereof, be liable to penal
ty not exceeding fifty dollars, and in
default of payment shall be liable to
Imprisonment for a period not exceed
ing one month; and for any offense sub
sequent to the first conviction the Of
fender shall be liable to a doubled fine
of one hundred dollars, with imprison-
ment for not less than one month nor
more than eleven months.
| Sec. g That commanders of all naval
vessels and revenue cutters are hereby
Iapponted justices of the peace for the
courts can not conveniently be awaited
Iof.
Sec. g. That If it shall appear to the
court that such wine or spirits have
been given bona fide for medical pur-
poses it shall be lawful for the court
to dismiss the charge.
| Littlefield says that he did not mean
| to reach Hawaiians, but the bill must
be amended. AS 1t stands, it would
make it impossible for Col. Parker or
Prince David when they next come to
the United States to indulge in a cock
tail or a cold bottle, and would compel
a bureau of Identification to be attach
| ed to the wet goods emporiums of this
country now that there are so many
new peoples travelling all the time.
The appointment of Roy II. Cham
berlain Of Iowa to be Collector of In
ternal Revenue at Honolulu is in line
with the policy which it Is said will be
| followed in the future by the President
of the United States in making appoint
ments to foreign services.
WASHINGTON, d. CT. Dec. r.
Among the new legislation which will
be enacted by the present, Congress is
outlining of the plan for public i'm
lprovements by the Federal Government
| in the Hawaiian Islands. OF the many
appropriations asked none will be more
important than that providing for the
establishment of a Naval station. The
estimates submitted by the Secretary
of the Treasury include an appropria-
ton of 100000 for that purpose.
The House Committee on Naval AT
fairs today completed it's organization,
which was broken up by the Illness of
Congressman Boutelle of Maine, who
for many years was it's head. Congress
man FosS of Illinois, one of the rising
chosen n.
Mr.. Foss has been one of the consist
ent friends of all Hawaiian measures
and there is no danger that whatever
| is needed for the Naval station, which
certainly will be established, will meet
with opposition in the committee. One
of the most prominent members of the
| Naval Committee is Henry G. Louden-
slayer of New Jersey, who will be re-
membered as one of the members of the
party of legislators who visited Ha-
wall four years ago. Mr.. Loudenslager
has followed the course of legislation
very closely and expresses great graft
iication at the success which has at
tended the plans of the friends of the
Islands While he would not discuss
the plans of his committee. he said to-
day that there was not member of
the committee who in his opinion would
oppose any appropriation needed for
the establishment at Honolulu of a Ma
val station such as has been recon-
mended by the Navy Department. ON
the contrary, he said the most friendly
feeling was evident in the committee
toward Hawaii and the prospects that
the appropriation would be inserted in
the Navy bill.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. Dec, THE
Secretary of Agriculture in his annual
report to Congress has much of inter
est on the general subjects of the sue
cessful introduction Of new things agri-
cultural, but indicates that he wants
more money for the successful work in
Hawaii. lie lays stress upon the intro |
duCtion into the Islands of general
farming and diversiiication of prod |
ucts. There is now in press n work ON
the irrigation systems of the Islands
OF the group. OF the Experiment sta /
tion the Secretary says