The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-12-14
HAW AII'S
FUTURE.
Probable Action
OF the Present
Congress.
ALL LEPERS MAY
BE SENT HERE
Measure for Making Molokai the
Dumping Ground for [
the Nation.
Federal Buildings, Revenue Gutter, Pa.
cifc Cable and Effect Of VIII
cox.sm on Investments.
Especial Correspondence)


IIyAsH1NaToN' D. c" Dec l.,
wv Despite the fact that ava
from the center OF the strii
one feels out OF 1t, Hawaii wi
be in the center of many battle legi:
lative during the short term of tn
Fifty-slxth Congress. which will ope
Monday and until the 4th of Marc
next engage the best efforts of nearl
1000 citizens. or course there are no
SO many members of both branches o
Congress but to see the efforts beinl
prepare the work, the figures which
must stand as the basis for Congress
sional action and the recommendation
OF the chiefs of the bureau of the Gov
eminent. brings realization that thu
time of the term means that there Is q
constant draft upon the resources OF
every department to meet the demands
OF the legislative branch.
Friends Of Hawaii who have stood by
the new Territory In the fights of the
past are still active in their interest
and promise to again show their feeling
of sympathy when the time of legisla-
ton comes. Even with Wilcox on the
floor there will be no lack Of the old
time friends who will stand ready to
introduce and push to passage any leg
islation which Is needed for the Is
eminent of the Islands are certain OF
tot alfhnt,pb thara
many in contamination. In "a genera!
way these may be said to bear upon
the lard question and to have for their
object the making more nearly like
that OF the other Territories the basis
of the holding OF the public domain.
One of the measures which will be
introduced in all proba bilitv but which
will be put over in the stress of the
business of n short term will be that OF
Congressman Kahn of California for
the taking over by the general Gov
eminent OF the leper settlement and the
assembling there Of all those suffering
from tho sar'e aff,'ction from all parts
of the Trn'ted States. Ther" has h"n~
no gene-al discussion Of such n rrcns-
IRE hut II v'as outlined on the stump
by RaNr ard ha saws he thinks that
on the ra-t Of the Islands and the gen
eral Government. The placing of the
settlement u~der tho specific control Of
the NTorirs IIcsrital service would in
sure the most scientific care of the un-
fort,ra'es aid there would he no dam
ger OF I've relaxation OF any of the seq
reration laws.
First In inheritance, however, of all
TIE tNi~oe v'rich viii come up for the
corsid e~"tior of the CONGRESS at this
tir,e viii ne the appropriations az out
lired ~ tie renort of the Secretary of
the Territory to the President. These
estimates reached the Treasury De-
partr0ert too late to be INCORPORATED in
the REGULAR book OF such estimates but
have been made the subject of a spe-
cial r0r>,r',',-ioa tiN- 70 Congress hv the
Secretary OF the Treasury. In no wise
have trov hoeN charrad or amended
ard 7 WIS assured todav by one of the
chiefs OF that department that there
would he str0ry wea sureS taken IN the
effort to have the monies asked for
eivau ut thiS tir'e OF the subjects con-
sidered rs Of paramount Importance
now TIE rrrchrse of site for a
Federal building for Honolulu. the cree
tion Of q roetof'ice and custom house at
Hilo a"d TIE enlargement of the har-
Dor facilities at the Capital are in adj
vance but the extension of the light
house svstam 10 the group and the
earlv pushing Of the Pearl Harbor
opening work will come close to the
front.
Captain Shoemaker. chief of the
revenue cutter service, is of the opinion
that crlv nv direct LEGISLATION may
there he sent t. the Islands n cutter for
the Use OF the collector of customs IN
patrolllre the coast for possible SNUG
glers. The service Is now on the regu-
lar basis which was establihed for the
50 feguardinF Of the continental sea
coast. Reca~tiv there have haon many
demands made upon this branch for
the detailing OF vessels for the use of
the War Department. which IL col
ing the customs revenues I'm Porto 7
Cuba and the Philippines. But in ems
case the cutters which We're asE
have been refused ror the reason that
the service has rot the oxnanslon ca
pacitv 10 permit the sending OF vessels
10 those coasts. So In the case of Ha-
wall, though there has been M recon-
Wendntlon from tho special agent IN
charge NJ that establishment that there
should he vessel nothing may h.
done uniii trre rrs hesn made hF
Congress such rrovision NJ win permit
the expansion ~ the service
Much regret N fell ln circles well in-
formed as % the probable result ~ ~.
Bsetins Of the Islnnd legislature %
the snrinV over ihs rrr4suoe in 10
honses - q ma iorliy far the Indepond,
snis There Il expressed fear that