The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-12-20
HUMPHREYS RESIGNATION
EXPECTED AT WASHINGTON

N EN- HERE who have tried to
/" keep in touch with Hawaiian af- ,
fairs will be very much surpris-
ed IL the resignation of Judge Eumph-
reys is not received by the Attorney
General before the first of the yea"
says a private letter from Washington.
d. c., which was received in the mail
yesterday morning. The Information
coming from one who has been keeping
himself informed as to developments a;
the various departments, is interesting
following as it does the verfication OF !
the report that the resignation Cf .he
Judge is going forward in the nan Of
Friday. in the American Maru.
The letter goes on to tell the Homo ,
luluan that there has been great deal
of gossip at the Capital since the pub
licatiop in the East of the return of
the Judge and his venting OF his wrath
upon the employees of the crur', ana
that all these facts had been brough:
lcurefully to the notice of TIE Attorney
General and the President. while there
the Hawaiians in the Capital, there had
rean a complete satisfaction token hold
ot them recently. owing to unofficial but
nc ne the less authentic reports that an
intimatlon had been given to the jurist
! that his voluntary separation from the
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at the last session of Congress. but his
objections have now been withdrawn.
Mr.. Haywood thinks the bill would have
passed at the last session of Congress
had the objections of different
members been smoothed away before It
was so late. The tangle over silver mat
ters into which Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Shaf-
roth of Connecticut found themselves
Rad an effect upon the fortunes of this
bill.
KNOX ON CHEAP LABOR.
Representative Knox OF Massachu
setts, who will be Chairman of the
iCcmmittee on Territori is very
friendly to the plans of the Hawaiian
people for bettering their facilities for
cheap labor.
THE condition in Hawaii is some
thing terrible" said Mr.. Knox to the
representative OF the Advertiser. during
the opening days of Congress. Il feel
as though we ought to make an eXcep-
ton in our exclusion laws and allow the
Chinese to come into those islands and
remain for stated period. I would
make II five years. The negroes are not
OF any use in working the plantations
the Porto Ricans are not satisfactory:
neither are the Japanese. What the su
gar planters of the islands need are
plenty OF Chinese who will stand the
heat ana the fatigue of the plantation
work"
THE QUEEN AT WASHINGTON.
The name. ~. NJ. Queen Liliuoka.
Ilani." |. written in a plain hand on the
y register OF the Ebbitt House. where the
ex-Queea arrived n few days before tn
y session began. accompanied by Miss
> Myra Heleluhe, Mr. John D. Aimoku
= and Mr. Joseph X. Aea, her secretary
The ex-Queen is here looking up he
. chances for recovering her crown lands
=" or If that is impossible, to secure 1
% pension from the government 1t is to-
u carly in the session for her to have &C
" ccmplished anything further than som
y in: :erviews with few friends. She ha
~ a bad cold when she arrived and ha
" had most of her meals served in he
u rooms. She has a suite of four rooms
> two on one side of the hall for hersel
- and attendant and two on the other sid
of the hall for Mr.. Aea and his friend
) They are all having n happy time, ca
i heartily three times a day in the dinin
l. room, except for Her Majesty, and ar
" seeing the sights of the national cap
u ital. Thus far the eX-Queen has ha
u but few callers. Later in the winter sh
~ may rent n house in Washington, |
10 reference to living at the hotel
* Delegate Wilcox, in speaking of tn
~ eX-Queen's plans. he having called q
- her at the Ebbitt since her arriva
'o stated today that he understood sh
I" had taken no immediate steps yet to
V' wards collecting any pension or secur
ing possession of the lands she claims
vi She has been in the islands Ion
'e time, said he. and wished change c
~ scene. For that reason she though
~ she would come to the capital. Late
~ she may see some people in Congres
~ about her claims.
- THE CUBAN QUESTION.
.. A Cuban delegation composed II go,
Ie eral prominent men, Francisco Gamb,
rh President; Miguel Mendoza, Gustav
Book, Simon Dumois. Dionisio Vela SC,
a Luis V, Francke, Alfonso Peasant, an
Juan Pedro, delegates; and Octavio !
Sc Davis. secretary. after a brief visit
es New York. since the last letter to tn
AT Advertiser, have swooped down o
ne Washington again. and presented lie,
~ .'' ters to the official heads of the Senai
no and House asking for reduction in CT
nd tan tariffs, notably Cuban sugar. The
ed We're here Thursday. Dec. s. and Go,
on cinor-Gonerai Wood 'unched with thel
by at their hotel. They 1ave engaged qua
all ters at the New Willard for Pc wint,