The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-10-11

Cooper and Judge a. s.
Hartwell. Of Hawaii,
from san Francisco was heralded far
and wide over the States, as soon as
they reached land and with 1t the story,
of which nothing is known here in
Washington. that they bore the resig-
nation of Governor Dole. Some think
II Is only canard set in motion by
Judge Humphreys and his friends, but
of the truth and character of the rumor.
more. Of course, Is known in Hawaii
than here. Judge Humphreys left for
Chicago Thursday. Sept. rs and an
nounced that he expected soon there
after to start for San Francisco and for
his home. The first Monday that Pres
ident Roosevelt was in the White
House, Judge Humphreys called to pay
his respects to the chief magistrate.
AS did all the government officials of
any note who happened in the city.
Judge Humphreys call was simply one
of courtesy. The day before he left
/ Washington President Roosevelt sent
a note to Attorney General Knox of the
! Department of Justice. announcing that
he had dismissed the petition for Judge
Humphreys removal. That, as will
readily be seen, closed the affair Mr..
f. W. Hankey, who represented the
Hawaiian bar in the proceedings
against Judge Humphreys, departed
from Washington Monday Sept. %.
1t will probably be some days before
Attorney General Knox submits his
written opinion to the President regard
ing the validity of the legislative act
] 9 4 II.
wall. Mr.. Knox remained with the
President for nearly an hour after the
cabinet meeting Friday. Sept. 81. and
discussed the Hawaiian judeeshp as
well as other matters with Mr.. Roose
welt As far as can be learned. the At
torn"y General is not necessarily COM
mitted yet against the appointment of
an additional judge. He only has his
doubts about the validity of the law
and will investigate the matter thor
oughly and arrive at a definite con-
clusion for the guidance of the Pres-
dent. Little can be learned about the
attitude of Judge Humphreys in the
matter. except that he stated in con-
vcrsatiOn his desire that an additional
Judge should be appointed. He was in
conference with the Attorney General
about the matter but the Department
of Justice holds as confidential the re-
port which he made to the Attorney
General touching the judgeship.
The last mail from Hawaii brought
to the Interior Department five sets of
leathern bound volumes, comprising
copies of the laws passed by the recent
territorial Legislature and of the
I H.,
house. one complete set of these will
be transmitted in due season to Presi-
dent Roosevelt and thence to Congress.
The Postoflice Department on Sept.
90 announced the appointment of T.. ].
Baumberger TO be postmaster at Kihei,
Maui Island. in place of ]. g. Long. de-
ceased. II Is a fourth class office and
the appointment was made by the
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General.
The postoflice at Hilo, Hawaii, will be-
come an international money order Of
flee on October /.
The following letter regarding steam
ers towing vessels has been addressed
tn the collector of customs at Homo
lulu:
Treasury Department, Sept. /, 1901,
Sir-Thc department is in receipt of
your letter of the eSth ultimo, calling
it's attention to the fact that several
of the passenger steamers are doing a
towing business at the SUPPORTS in this
(your) district" and expressing an
opinion that it is not lawful for pas
senGer steamers to engage in towing
while carrying passengers for hire"
In reply, you are informed that. pas
scnger certificates being the highest
class Of certificates issued to steam
vessels, vessels holding such certif-
Gates may engage in towing or any
other business that any steam vessel
may lawfully engage in without regard
to classification. Respectfully,
o. l.. SPAULDlNG,
Acting Secretary.
Collector Of Customs, Honolulu, Ha-
wall
The volume of correspondence and
of communications between the gov
eminent and people OF Hawaii and the
Interior Department Is rapidly increas-
ing. Every mail brings added evidence
of this. The correspondence is on an
! increasing variety OF topics. including
| contracts, bonds to ensure the thor
ough execution of the same, disposal
of public lands, and the like. These
questions are acted upon directly by
| the Secretary of the Interior, and in
case of protests or complaints, for
warded from Hawaii, the usual course
| Is to return a copy of the same imme-
diately To Governor Dole for his an
swer, before any decided action is talk
en-. Accordingly, this official routine
means generally four trips between
Washington and Honolulu before a
protestant or complainant receives an
| answer. That means over two months
| Of time
The Interior Department is very in
sistent on all protests being duly sign
ed, About August LIST a protest against
the sale of certain public lands in Hilo
arrived. 1t was in typewriting. and
was signed in typewriting, the name
attached To the bottom of the 1-page
document being simply American Set
tiers Association" 1t went into the
files Of the department. but was 9TH
erwise completely ignored. The de-
partment wants signatures of individ-
uals, and wants them in ink. This par
tcular document was accompanied by
| "A Ginning from the Honolulu Repuhli-