The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-07-30
ANNEXATION NOT TAKEN
SERIOUSLY At CAPITAL,

ply a faytional sduabble that NO nttrn-
tiun would be paid 10 IL.
AN over the country there Is the
Same complaint Of lack Of labor In
California there is a decided shortage
ana the people are picking up all the
men they can Whenever there IL one APP
peariug That is why there were at
trmpts made to stop the Porto Ricans
who we're passing through on the way
here. The scarcity is largely in farm
labor and even in the extreme East it
is hard to get men TO work in the
country. what effect this viii have on
the Chinese exclusion bill Is question
There Is no sentiment In East, except
where 1t has been worked up by the
labor unions, and there viii be hard
fight upon the bill Minister WI, the
Chinese diplomat. who has made such
an impression wherever he has spoken.
is working upon this subject now and
has done much to secure converts to
the idea that there should be free in
tcrcourse. The California and West
ern men generally are working to
hold the measure and may succeed
There will be much difficulty in Sc
curing Philippine legislation at the
coming session for the reason that the
people who once fought the admins
tration on the subject of the war now
have little to say, since Aguinaldo was
captured. but they do not want any
thing which will give the status of cit
izenship to the Filipinos. Hawaii and
Porto Rico are only drops in the buck
ct, but the 100000 Filipinos would
make trouble, in the opinion Of the
most of the members 7 saw, and they
will not be given citizenship. and I do
not believe that they viii be permitted
to enter the country, in the main, I'M
der contract as the Porto Rlcans do.
1.-THE party of members Of both
Houses which left New York in the
transport Mcclellan are expected to
reach here about the first of November.
They will travel so that they will see
all that they may of the new posses
sions. They are principally Democrats
and their opinions viii be of value
when they get back to Washington
"There Is a strong feeling in the War
Office about the way the transport Kill
patrick was treated here. That and
the reports of plague We're responsible
for the passing by of the Hancock. I
went to the Department and asked
about their reports of plague. and did
all that ! could to disabuse the minds
of the people there that there was any
plague here I shall spend the summer
here and will return in November. |
have great hopes of the cable bill and
the impression seems to be growing
that it should be built by a private
corporation and not by the Govern
ment"
Mrs Wilcox is still suffering from the
effects. of her long trip. and says she
came home to rest as she was tired
after her winter and could not get
sufficient rest in Washington, as the
demands upon her time We're too many
and insistent. She said:
"The first impression left upon my
mind by Washington society was the
cordiality with which l was received
everywhere. / went out all the time
and the winter was given up to recep-
! lions and other entertainments. ! gave
| few receptions myself, of course keep
ing open house on the regular Congress
sional day. On May LIST, my birthday,
entertained some friends with a Ha-
waiian dinner, and after that we had
a box party at the vaudeville. We
went there wearing our leis, and they
created a sensation, for such a thing
had never been seen before.
Il went to receptions and parties
whenever l could, spending all my
time in social life when we'll enough to
go. / found my most cordial friends in
the diplomatic circles the Ministers of
Costa Rica, Chile and Nicaragua espe-
cially being most agreeable and their
wives being my closest friends. They
were neighbors, too.
Since the hot weather set in we
spent our time in going to Chesapeake
beach for a day and feasting on crabs
and oysters. There could not be a
nicer place for such a way of spending
a day. for the air is splendid. During
the hot days we would go TO Cabin
Johns for dinner, too, and this, with
a pleasant party, would make n very
nice way of varying the time. We al
ways had some friends in and alto
gether we had a very pleasant time. l
am very Well pleased with everything in
Washington, and think everybody,
from the President down, and We met
them ALL are most pleasant people, and
I thoroughly enjoyed the society