The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-17
CAPITOL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

An Admirable acknowledgements
tive Allen of Mississippi is credited with
a stoIy -Hich kept the whole House lobby
in laughter yesterday. because Of the reen
way it hit of the Committee on rs ers
and Harbors, and its control over the
River and Harbor bill. The bill was not
amended to any material extent, and in
fact SO tight was the nSld Of the com
mittee upon the House that it was able
to defeat anything that promised even to
the most shadowy degree to alter the
original plan of the bill.
1T reminds me-" said Representative
Allen. of the experience which befeu
q certain collector in New ORLEANS.
Leaving out the names. l viii say tEat a
certain friend OF mine owed a bill which
ne was daily importUned 10 pay by most
perslst tent collector. Fer he purpose of
this story. my debtor friend lived in the
fourth story OF the building He rs IVed
to get rid of his troublesome daily visitor
and about the time Of his diurnal visit
posted four stalwart men on the stairs,
one at each iand!ng- With his usual IN
sistsnt mIen, the collector arrived. as ex-
pected- L was but the WORK OF a moment
Tor my friend 20 put him cut Cf the door
and with a kick start him on his way
down the stairs. It is needless TO say
that the stalwart men on the stairs we're
only too glad 10 help the gentleman in
his rapid descent, each one giving him a
sturdy boot rs he passed by.
Jared and dusty he arrived al the
bottom of the four flights. Turni, an
appealing eye to the man on thu last
landing, VINO looked down at him he
felt CT MS bruises. and remarked: I can't
say I think much Of the way you treat
visitors, but / must say that I admire
your system
NO one can help admirfng the ssys-
TEN which has enabled the River and
Harbor Committee TO accomplish to the
last item just exactly what il set out to-
Fer Hawaiian Observation-Disclosures
gate Wilcox OF Hawaii is anxious to look
after the interests of his constituents,
even TO the extent of having a commits
sion appointed to investigate them
Whether he viii ever attain 1t is doubt
full even &c himself. Il will make an en-
deavor," he said. but he concluded
with shrug of the shoulders which said
all sorts of things about the position of a
Delegate, and the unwilIingness Of Con
gress TO do anything for anybody rot in
the ring. 1t is for the good of the ISL
ands, and also for the good of the Ameri-
cans who intend going there, that I Ge-
sire the appointment Of this commiss. on.
We want the condition of land hold
ing and distribution looked into At pres
ent IL is impossible for anybody TO home
stead lands, as is done in the United
States Out Of the public lands it is pos
sible TO take parcels on a ninety nine-year
lease That is unsatisfactory in every re-
SpeCt. for especially the new American
settlers do not like TO take up land and
improve il WHEN they know that they can
not keep il or pass it on to their de-
scendants. This ninety nine-year lease
system is pet one of Sanford 3. Dole s.
and il is sort Of relic Of the old mon
archical days. Dole is really the head
Of a party which is truly imperiaii5tic in
it's tenets. and By his imperiaIistic bias
he is making himself every day more Tn
popular These land laws are, of all
things in his governmental policy, the
most objected TO. What we desire is a
species Of homestead law similar 20 that
Of the United States, though perhaps not
quite so broad in its application p re
cent decision 100000 acres Of fine lands,
originally belonging to the Crown have
become public domain and are open TO
settlement. We desire 20 attract by this
fertile laand a large number Of middle
class Americans. We have plenty OF pau
per. almost slave, laborers, and an over
large class of rich planters Wha we
need in Hawaii to develop our country
upon the proper lines of industry is
good proportion of solid middle-class pee
pie. Upon this 100000 acres of land
large number could be settled because IL
would not take 100 acres for each family.
as il does in the United States. but half
a dozen acres would amply suffice The
Hawaiian Islands are in crying need of
some sort OF legislation on the land ques-
ton and. if possible. I am going 10 per-
suade the House that several of its mem
hers need a junketing trip acress the Pa
cidc to the Hawaiian Islands,