The Washington times., 1901-10-02
A TRANS-PACIFIC CABLE.
The Subject Seriously Discussed
by the Cabinet.
Attorney General to Examine Laws
of Landing Rights-President's At
titudc on Matters to BE Consider
ed by the Pnn-Amcricnn Congress.

ed by the Pnn-Amcricnn Congress.
The Administration is~sefiouslv consid-
ering the proposition to lay a trans-Pa-
cific cable. Several corporations have re-
Gently been corresponding with the Gov
ernment with view to acquire landing
conces ssions at Honolulu. Guam and Ma
Mia. In the Cabinet meeting yesterday
morning the matter was discussed at some
length President Roosevelt has asked
Attorney General Knox to examine into
| the laws governing the landing rights.
The only cable to the Philippines now
is that of a European company who
gained landing rights from the Spanish
Government, which cover period of forty
! years, not yet expired. An objection to the
proposed cable is the argument that the
| United States is bound TO hold valid the
Spanish concession. 1t is on this point
that Mr. Kncx viii make a report
one of the principal companies which
desires to lay the cable is the newly or
ganized Pacific Commercial Gable Com
| pany of which John w. Mackay is the
head. Mr Mackay was recently in Wash
! inston and discussed the subject with
the President, who is thoroughly sensible
Of the great need for closer communica-
tion between San Francisco and the new
| possessions.
| 1t is estimated that the cable would
cost about si5,OO0OOo. All companies sub
mitting proposals to the Government are
! Offering TO make special arrangements for
rapid handling of Government business
| and to materially reduce rates for COM
mercial matter between this country and
| the Far East
Four of the five delegates from the
| United States to the Pan-Amerlcan Con-
| gress. which convenes in the City of
| Mexico on October q, were received by
the President at o'clock yesterday after
| noon. The important questions of re-
cprocity, arbitration. international sani-
| tary laws and the establishment of an in
ternatlonal court of claims were discussed
| with the President, who gave the dee
| gates general idea of the policy he de-
sired they should follow in this most int
| portant conference of the nations of the
| Western Hemisphere. Before the delega-
| ton departs, on October u, they will be
| given their formal instructions signed by
| President Roosevelt.
Henry G. Davis, the chairman of the
| delegation, was not with the party which
| called at the White House yesterday.
Business, connected with the West Vir-
| ginia tax commission. of which he is the
head, made it impossible for him to attend
| the first meeting of the delegation. held
yesterday morning. The delegates who
| waited upon the President were w. !.
| Buchanan, of Iowa. Director General of the
| Pan-American Exposition: Charles NJ.
| Pepper, of the District of Columbia; John
Barrett. of Oregon. and Volney w Foster,
| of Illinois,
| The delegates met formally yesterday
morning. The plans to be followed We're
| briefly discussed. The delegation will
| leave Washington on October y on
| special train, which will carry also the
| representatives of number of South
| American countries who have arrived or
viii soon arrive in Washington, which is
| the shortest convenient route to the City
| of Mexico. At st. Louis the delegates of
! all nations will be entertained by the Of
| ficeTs of the Louisiana Purchase EXpoSi-
| tion. banquet will be given in their
| honor. Mr.. John Barrett, of the United
States delegation. is commissioner to
| Asia of the exposition. The members Of
| the delegation paid a visit 10 Acting Sec
retary Adee, of the State Department,
yesterday morning.
The Japanese Minister accompanied by
| DR.. Hatoyama, one of Japan's foremost
honorary degree of doctor of laws from
| Yale on October 25. the occasion of the
| bi-centenniai, and Mrs. Hatoyama had n
| pleasant chat with the President yester-
| the first of the Diplomatic Corps to call
| at the White House, but his visit was
purely INFORMAL.
Dr. Hatoyama is q graduate of Yale.
| class of 1881. In his native land he has
| been successfully member and Speaker
| of the japanese House of Representatives
| and professor in the Imperial Univers-
| ity. For commercial conditions In the
| island kingdom of the Orient, DR.. Hato-
| yama predicted great improvement in the
| future.
/ A. 5. Dean. of Marion. Kan. will be
| appointed United States District Attor-
| ney in that State to succeed /. f. Lam
| bert, who held that position under Presi-
| dent Mckinley With the appointment
will close a hot fight which began when
Republican politics in the grasshopper
| State were turned topsy-turvey by the
| election of Burton to the Senate over
| Senator Baker. Since that time Senator
| Burton has been strongly recommending
| T. II. Tracy for the position. but his
| name was withdrawn and Dean quickly
decided upon.
George b. Cortelyou. Secretary to the
nearly week on business connected with
| the filing and probating of President Nc
Kinleys VIII. is expected to return to
Washington this morning. He left Can
ton yesterday afternoon about o'clock
| Judge Day and Mr.. COrtelyou are admin
| istratOrs of the estate. Capt. Charles
| LOeffler, the Presidents doorkeeper, who
was witness to the Presidents will, re-
| turned from Canton yesterday.
| Among the callers who saw the Presi-
| dent yesterday were DR. Frederick H
| Wines, Assistant Director of the Census;
Representative kleberg of Texas. Repre-
| sentative Tayler OF Ohio. Senator DebOe
| of Kentucky, and ex-senator Marion But