The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-12-03
W Q, SMITH
RETURNS
His Narrow
From Railway
Wreck.


day in the Alameda from visit to Bos-
ton. New York, Washington and Chi
cago, and on his return to the Pacific
Coast narrowly escaped death in train
wreck He intended going over the
Santa Fe railway to Los Angeles but
in endeayoring to get his ticket chang
ed from the Northwestern to the south
ern line. he found it could not be done.
This train crashed into another pas
senger train at Franconia. Arizona. and
scene of horror followed. Many were
killed and scalded to death. although
the passengers in the Pullman car.
were only badly shaken up, but their
lives were in jeopardy for some time
after the accident.
With reference to his visit to Wash
ington and interview with President
Roosevelt in company with j. II. Ather-
ton and f. NJ. Swanzy of Honolulu. and
r. =. Rithet of San Francisco. Mr..
Smith said last evening:
President Roosevelt was extremely
| affable and came from his inner room
to meet us. He talked earnestly Of Ha-
waiian affairs and expressed great
deal of interest in local politics. His
knowledge of our politics was full and
about the population and labor situa-
| tion and spoke of the relations of Cuba
and the United States touching the
tariff. and while l would not attempt
| to quote what he said my impression is
that he believed the Chinese Exclusion
act would be re-enacted and that some
concessions would have to be made to
Cuba or something done for that ISL
g.. . l. al
cerned
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke to us in the
clear. forceful and direct way so char
acterlstic of him. He showed a great
deal of interest in the prosperity of
| Hawaii.
| He spoke of his earnest desire and
determination that only upright men
| should be appointed to office here.
"The President asked about the diff
ferent kinds of laborers we had, and in
formation was given including the facts
relating to the introduction of Porto
Ricans. He wanted to know If more
Portuguese laborers could not be pro-
cured from the Madeira Islands, init
mating that they were valuable labor
ers.
| Mr., Hitchcock, Secretary of the In
| terror, spoke very earnestly about the
Islands in my conversation with him.
He talked freely about our affairs, and
evidently was very well informed about
matters here. Secretary Cooper. in his
recent visit, evidently gave great deal
of information about the Islands, which
has been valuable to the Interior De-
partment He expressed a desire to do
Everything he could for the benefit and
prosperity of Hawaii. He made some
inquiries In regard to water rights and
utilizing water on public lands. Our
call upon Secretary Gage was brief as
he had just returned from a journey
and was quite tired.
las to the Mackay cable, the dis
patches of course tell that the contract
had been let for laying it to the Ha-
waiian Islands and that 1t would be
here within the next year, and possibly
by September, | did not hear whether
an inter-island cable system would also
be installed.
There is a very strong feeling on the
i Pacific Coast in favor of the re-enact-
4 ment of the Geary Exclusion Act, while
at the same time with many people
there, there is a great deal of opposi-
ton to the re-enactment. In the East
there Is a very strong sentiment against
its re-enactment My impression is that
there will be important notifications OF
the original law.
There are a great many exaggerated
reports on the mainland of the political
situation here. From reports that have
been current, Governor Dole is always
about to resign and he is likely to dror
off suddenly or something of that sort
However at Washington these reports
do not cause any comment. They know
about our affairs in detail.
: among those who will return on the
China will be about a dozen of the Ha
waiian singing boys from the Buffalo
exposition. Also Paul Isenberg, Franz
Baldwin and wife, Mrs. Cunha anC
family. The singing boys ] saw at thu
: Occidental Hotel where Mrs. James
Campbell gave an entertainment
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