The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-29

III accompanied by his wife and
~ family, returned from Washing
ton i'll the Zealan6ia and nave taken
| up their residence at their home at the
head of Hackfeld street. The Delegate
and his family are in good health bat
| were very tired after their long trip
and spent yesterday in resting at their
home.
There were few people in Washing
lond and it was useless for me to stay
expectation of doing any business,
said Mr.. Wilcox yesterday. There has
been very little done in official circles
this year, anyhow, for the illness of
| at her bedside most of the time, and
he has denied himself to all but the
most pressing callers. The same con-
dition as to inactivity was to be no.
| ticed in the various departments and
there ;ias been general exodus to the
mountains and seaside. The weather
has been extremely hot and this was
so pronounced that we did not even go
to Buffalo, but came home direct.
/ There was little talk of possible an
nexation of these Islands to California
in Washington. or even in California.
When the subject first came up there
was some little discussion, but no one
seemed to take the matter seriously. l
do not expect of course, that there will
be any action upon my proposal Tor
Statehood at this session, or for some
years, but / want to get on record our
ambitions in this direction and to
show that we will be satisfied with
that status only. There will be de-
termined effort to have Oklahoma ad-
mitted during the coming session, and
believe that the move will be sue
cessful. The population there is thor
oughly American made up of the best
classes of farmers. from the adjoining
Western States principally, and for
this reason there will be none of the
objections to admission which have OPP
4 Grated against Arizona and New
Mexico. In the case of those Territor-
les the order of admission, in my opin-
ion, will be as named.
"An my efforts to have the Interior
T. Department make an official investiga-
Y ton of our lands have been unavailing.
: Secretary Hitchcock insists that as
! Congress failed to appropriate for the
purpose he cannot use any of the De-
partment funds and so will not order
any one here. Commissioner Hermann
is anxious to have something done but
he canot take the initiative.
The facts concerning the experiment
{cto nd of ha
2 not reached Washington before / left
| | called upon Secretary Wilson and he
u seemed very much interested in the
u work. He said he needed Mr.. Smith
! very badly in the Department, but he
:. had sent him here as he is the best
man at the disposal of his office, and
{ everyone has a desire to see the best
i work done here. l recommended some
5 Hawaiians for places in the station and
Secretary Wilson said he wanted men
5 who had been educated in agricultural
colleges, and suggested that the Ha-
waiians be urged to send young men
y to some of the best colleges of this
kind and thus fit them for the work of
E stations. He suggested Iowa College
l as place for the learning of the busi-
! ness of agriculture, and 1 shall recon-
mend this career to some of our people.
81 met in San Francisco young Ly-
j man of Hilo, whom I have appointed as
{ cadet at West Point. He is there now,
, and his examination took place last
!, week. In case he does not pass he
will be re-appointed by me, and in the
meantime will take course in a pre-
paratory school at West Point. I am
pleased with his pluck and he will sue
! ceed. Captain Ponds son is now in the
preparatory school at Annapolis, get
ting ready for his examination.
. "Mr. Hankey, who is representing the
Bar Association, is in Washington. He
saw the President and Attorney Cen
g eral Knox. He told me that the At
y torney General said that the whole
n Humphreys matter should be laid over
;, until Judge Humphreys arrived, as he
t had been Informed by the Judge that
: he was coming on. I had some CONVEX
t sations on the subject with the Attor-
/ ney General who asked me what
n thought of the entire affair. I got the