The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-01-01


could be- found who would accept So
1t came about that the name OF Ha-
wall was not IN the list and viii not be
when history takes up the celebration
and makes IL part ~ the records of the
nations capital
PEARL HAHBDR.
The iong-delaycd work or cutting
through the reef which shuts iu Pearl
Harbor may now be advertised at any
day and within thirty days after the
placing OF the advertisement the work
will be under way. The delay which
has marked this work has been due to
several causes, not the least of which
has been the desire of the Navy De-
partmcnt to first secure within the
hnrbor the land II win need for the es-
tablishment oi the purpOsed naval sta
tion.
Major Horner. in charge OF the work
Of rivers and harbors at san Francisco,
was sent to Hawai- and a report upon
the dredging was made two years ago.
but this was not enough to start the
enterprise. There were to be even yet
some delays. There were new maps
and the land which was wanted could
not be selected with any certainty.
Even yet this has not been done II
the reports Of certain officers in the
Navy Department are TO be believed.
But the work Is so urgent now that
the War Department Is ready to pro-
ceed and orders which may result In
the completion of the task this WIN
ter have been sent out.
Several efforts have been made by
the friends of the Navy Department TO
have the appropriation for this pur
pose turned over to the Navy, but the
War Department has succeeded
through it's friends in having the mon
ey kept where It was placed by Con-
mn - n ina ta1Xt u1IH in
accomplishing the task which Will mean
go much for the Island.
GEAR AT WASHINGTON
George ID. Gear who is here in the
two-fold capacity of aspirant for a
and watcher of the interests
of the Territory, has begun to fight
against the continuation in Office of
Delegate Wilcox. Mr. Gear did not
arrive in time to get his machinery in
motion so as to prevent the seating of
the Delegate, and so must make the
heht in the Committee on Elections. IN
pursuance of this plan he has seen sew
eral members of that committee, and
Will be given chance to get in his ar
which Will be of the form of
the brief which he submitted in the
courts in Hawaii when the question of
the legality Of the election was raised
there. The committee VIII meet soon [
after the holiday recess and then will
come the tug of war, the fight being
made upon the legality of the procla-
nation for the election and the rights
If the people of Hawaii to have a Dele
gate before there has been specific leg
station by the Legislature providing
'ur the holding of the election for a
Delegate.
The argument of Mr.. Gear is thus ex-
pressed:
There is no law of the islands un-
Ter which such an election could be
leld. There is an old law of the Ha-
raiian Republic which authorizes the
election of "A state Legislature, and it
vas at this election that the ballots
we're cast for Wilcox to be Delegate Z
n Congress. Wilcox does not repre-
ent the American people now resident
II Hawaii He represents the kanakas ,
olely. The natives did not know what
hey were doing when they voted for
i'm, and he and his followers so repre-
ented the situation that his election,
n my opinion, will be declared invalid. /
During hs campaigning tours Wilcox /
lectiOneered with especial activity /
mong the kanakas. He told the ma 3
ives, very few of whom can speak
'ord of English, that it was the desire
f their deposed Queen that he should
re sent to Washington as Delegate.
great many of the Kanakas. natural s
" still remain loyal to their Queen,
nd when Wilcox made this plea, he ,
aptured them But even when they ,
asst their ballots, very few of them
Understood how they were voting. They
vent to the polls wearing Republican
mblems upon their hats and in their /
but they voted the Wilcox
icket.
His victory was one for royalty and
ot for the principles of Americanism. i
think | have sufficient evidence to @
nseat Mr.. Wilcox. The simple fact :
hat his election was Illegal ought to :
e clinching argument against the re-
nntion of his seat in Congress" b