The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-12-24
HAWAII
tT the
CAPITAL
Third Judgeship
To Come Up
Soon.
Especial to the Advertiser.)


w the little Hawaiian patronage |
now on the carpet is near at hand, the
President has not yet found the time. |
az have been delaying the matter of the
additional judgeship," said Attorney
General Knox this afternoon as he lett
the White House, that the President
might have time to get through the
stress of work incident to the begin
ming of the session of Congress. The |
Attorney General indicated that the ap-
pointment might be taken up almost
any day.
There was a furry in the Senate the
other day when the appointment or
Marshal for Hawaii Territory was ta-
ken up for reference to committee.
There is nothing, however, to indicate
that there will be opposition to the
confirmation. Senator Bacon of Georgia
insisted that the appointment ought to
go to the Senate Committee on Terri
tories, as Hawaii is now a Territory,
and he won on that point. Some Sen
ators wanted the appointment to go to
the Committee on Pacific Islands and
Porto Rico.
Commissioner Bowers of the United
States Fish Commission received tel
egram this morning from President Jof-
dan of the Leland Stanford University,
and from Prof Gilbert touching the
cruise of the AlbatrOss To Hawaii ana
finally approved a plan by which the
Albatross shall not leave san Francisco
for the work in the Hawaiian Islands
Till March /. In these dispatches few
DAYS ago 1t was stated that the Alba
tross would leave San Francisco for the
work Jan. /. Since then, however. the
matter of cost of the cruise has been
looked into and it has been deemed
feasible, on account of the lack of ap-
propriations, that the Albatross shall
not sail till the later date mentioned.
March l.
THE government allows us only S35,-
900 year for our ships, operated by
the Fish Commission" said Mr.. Bow
ers this afternoon. The cost of coal
alone on the trip of the Albatross Ia
Hawaii viii be $4,000 If she should
start on the trip January !. as we had
planned we have money enough TO keer
her going till May /. However on the
plan we have adopted of sending hei
on March /. we shall have money
enough to keep her at work in the Ha-
waiian Islands till after July |, wher
the appropriations for the next tisca
year will be available. Under "A recen
decision of the Comptroller of th'
Treasury. our appropriations for ship
have been crippled. for every dollar eN
pended anywhere for boats, even tn,
cost of an oar for a skiff, has tn com,
out of this s35 600 appropriation. Tha
sum is by no means enough for tha
work. and the coming year ! believe
can get a larger amount.
Mr.. r. T.. Thompson OF Honolulu ar
rived in Washington this morning ant
is registered at the Shoreham
Representative Needham of Califor-
mia. who has been quoted hitherto In
these letters on the prospects Of the
Chinese exclusion act, stated today thai
NE had made "A careful canvass of tn,
situation in the House and Senate ant
had been able to locate no opposition
TO the bill. Mr. Henry g. Smith o
Michigan, a Republican, is the onl.
man on his side of the House wh
thinks a re-enactment is unwise. Al
though there are some Republican,
who would like an amendment, favor
ing the admission OF Chinese into tn,
Hawaiian Islands, the opposition /,
that will be very stout
Mr.. Harry Wicks, of the Island o
Hawaii has been granted a patent TO
cane carrier and feeder.
Secretary Gage of the Treasury De
partment has transmitted To the Speak
er of the House a copy of a concurren
resolution, praying that Congress i'm
pose duty on all Coffees imported from
other countries, with view to the pro
lection of the coffee industry in Ha
wall and other parts of the United
States. 1t was forwarded from Actin.
Governor Henry +. Cooper at Honolulu
July 18th last and has been with tn,
Secretary of the Treasury ever since
The indications, judging from talk,
with leaders of the House, do not ap
pear very bright for such legislation
The concurrent resolution, as presente,
by Secretary Cooper and now referee
to the Ways and Means Committee, /
AS follows:
BE it Enacted by the Senate of tn
Territory of Hawaii, the House OF Req
resentatives concurring, That wherea
the coffee industry, which at one tim
promised to be a leading industry, is no,
in a depressed condition and threatene
TO be abandoned on account of the 10,
prices and the removal of the protectiv
duty on all coffee imported into the Re
public of Hawaii before annexation, an
the large amounts imported into tn
United States from Brazil. Mexico, Cen
tral America. and other countries fre
of duty;
That, whereas this Territory possesse
large area of land suited to the cul
tivation of coffee. and a large amount G
American capital is now invested In IN
industry and upon which a large farm
ing class depends for a livelihood, bu
cannot compete with the low price
where cheap labor is employed. as in III
countries above mentioned;
we Therefore pray that the Congre'
of the United States do impose a du,
on all cotee imported from other couI
tries. ana In this way protect this indus
try In Hawaii and other parts Of II
United Stt.ss
BE II resolved. That the governor
this Territory is hereby requested
transmit certified copies of this resolutic