The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-11-22
VAY ORSOELL
TO SUCCEED
COL. BAIRD
Wyoming Is in
the Field at
Once.
Especial to the Commercial! Advertiser)

w When the cabinet met yester-
w day morning at IL o'clock At
torney General Knox announced to
President Roosevelt the death in Colo
RADIO of United States District Attorney
John c. Baird, of Honolulu. Further
than the mere announcement there was
no discussion regarding his successor
but when he left the White House Mr..
Knox said he should probably take In.
matter up as soon as convenient. 1t
is doubtful however, whether this can
be done before the converting of Con-
gress. The President has already mad =
il known that he intends to make NJ
further important appointments t. Of
fee. as far as II can be avoi1e I, til
Congress meets. Thus he will save the
trouble OF making an extra appoint
ment after Congress convenes for the
law prescribes that recess appointments
can hold only as long as Congress Is
not in session.
Furthermore Mr.. j. J. Dunno. the as
sistant district attorney at Honolulu
has been acting district attorney for
some time. and as far as anything the
Department knows. quite satisfactorily
Mr.. Baird was appointed in the year
1900 and, as his term was far from eX
piring, there were no applicants here
for his place. 1t is clear that the Pres
ident can not select Il successor till he
can hear from come of those in au-
thority in Hawaii
The only candidate who has come to
the front 50 far is Attorney General j.
A. Van Orsdel of Wyoming. He has
the support of Senator Warren who is
now here hard at work and most prob
ably will win the appointment.
Within a couple of weeks it Is ey-
pected that some of the prominent Re-
publicans will be back here or will be
heard from. There Is every evidence
of lively times for the territory during
the approaching session of Congress.
While ex-Queen I.iliuokalani is coming
to this country to make visit in Bos-
ton and then to spend the remainder of
the winter in Washington, chiefly for
reasons Of its being a pleasant resi-
dence town, there Is no doubt here that
she will seek compensation from Con-
gress for being deprived of the crown
lands. Such legislation il not. perhaps,
quite as hopeless as will be Delegate
Wilcoxs efforts to secure statehood for
the Territory, which efforts are already
being advertised here to some extent.
II Is hardly necessary to say to the
enlightened people of the territory that
there Is no prospect of statehood for
Hawaii for many years. at least till one
OF the two leading parties have gained
sure control of local affairs and then
not for some years. But there Is little
chance of any territories gaining state
hood Mt this session of Congress- al
th"ush HfiIona' ne" MEXICO ana oNla-
hoiha are ALREADY pressing vigorously
i"r sucn ies's'a'ioh. .
inc SUI over Delesate wilcox as
Piations 10 oe governor oi iia"a'I' as
Voicea IN petitioh sent mere some time
asO' mas cotnpieteiS suos'oeu, me con-
'erehces that secretary cooper ana
"ther prominent men or the territory
heid Win the government ofiicials gave
'ne latter hsht on the SITUATION ana at
tempts 10 start idie rumors ike the one
that Gov Dole intended 10 resign are
una'aiihs.
Inc case OF Lieut. Howell, y. D A.
VINO married Honolulu GirI, ana VINO
was court-mart'aied IN the fhiilppines
TOT druhkehness ana sentenced TO DIS
niissai from me service Is sun win
Va wa i''o' anu P'opao's
VIII not oe ucteo upon LOT se'eral DAYS.
men oecre'ary cooper WAS mere ne
TOOK up the matter win 'he ActihS
Secretary Oh war Col sanger out on
'he return oi Mr' Ho". Col sanger
passeu IL On 10 NM MI hoot LOT wv"
"eeAs mas oeen very pussy at ms resi-,
uence IN TINS city preparing ms annual
report una mas given Almost no atten-
non 10 'other matters. de VIII pass
upon tne 'eruict Oh the court-martlai
ana then report to the President. 1t
IL recognized mat the onense Is grave
one. as Lieut.. howell was on duty. No
indication Is given as TO whether leni-
ency WIN DE SHOWN hin'
whiie Actihs GoVernor Coopers re-
port was IN PROOF Weeks ago ana was
gwen 10 the PUBIC IN the states over
d NeeN ago. ~ propaoiy WIN not De
printed III Pahiphiet form LOT some TIME