The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-04-08
WASHINGTON NOTES Of
INTEREST TO HAWA||ANS
What Is Doing in the Senate and
House With Bills Affecting
This Territory.

and probably nothing viii come out of
80 at this session ~ Congress. That is
exactly the ending that Commissioner
Rpyd and others. representing the bet
ter interests ~ the Islands here. de-
sire. But Mr. Boyd is anxious TO have
prepared In accessible form FOR ready
reference "A fun explanation II the land
laws u the Islands. so that hereafter
lt may not bee necessary To have a man
come to Washington and spend most Of
the time every winter safeguarding th"
Territorial interests He has filed maps
and other Information. Further hear
ings will probably be given by the
Senate Committee on the Pacific ISL
ands and Porto Rico and MIR. Boyd will
try TO have all this information brought
together and bound in good form for
future consultation. Mr.. Boyd states
that he expects to stay here about
twenty-five days longer. He talked
with President Roosevelt recently
about Hawaiian affairs and also about
the Governorship, but declares that
nothing was said to indicate what the
President intends to do. Mr.. Boyd an
sWered some questions, stating his
views Of different men the President in
quired about.
THE COINAGE BILL.
Mr. Haywood was disappointed at
the manner in which the bill for the
coinage OF Hawaiian silver passed the
Senate. Through some inadvertence
the wrong bill was brought up. but as
it has already passed as told in my
last letter, the friends of the measure
will seek 60 have II corrected in the
foo. an 4 eni
age reported bill favorably, as has
already been told in these dispatches.
1t is the purpose now to have the
House take up the Senate bill and pro-
pose certain amendments. If these can
be adopted in the House II is believed
the final act. as presented to the Presi-
dent, win be satisfactory
CUBAN RECIPROCITY.
1t is difficult to say much that is def
mite about the program for Cuban rec
iprocity. At this writing the House
| leaders apparently have not decided
when the Payne bill will be reported
from the Ways and Means Committee
! probably 1t viii not be till next week
| Ii would seem to be pretty safe state
ment that the 20 per cent reciprocity
| provision will go through the House
| but 1t will not be till after Il strenuous
| fight The Representatives opposing
| the Republican leadership have held
| numerous parleys during the past week
! The Michigan delegation. consisting OF
eleven Republicans, caucused and
agreed To stand solidly in opposition I,
| the bill. and SO informed Chairman
| Payne. At still other parleys it was
| developed that there will likely be
about forty-nine Republican members
| OF the House who will stand soldly
| against the passage of the bill. II that
proves to be true, Democratic votes
| will be necessary to pass the bill in the
! House. or course there viii be plenty
OF Democratic votes for that purpose
and to spare.
The pinch, however, comes on the
advocacy of amendments and the Re
publican opposition Is schemng vigor-
! ously TO draft amendments that will
not only pass muster with the presid-
| ing officer of the House i'm Committee
of the whole ana not be ruled out on q
| point OF order but that will also com
mand n majority of the votes. Theil
| greatest hope, perhaps, is i'm getting
! through an amendment that will abol-
! ish the differential on refined sugars
| This amounts 10 l2ia cents per hundred
| weight and. II removed, would greatly
delight the growers OF sugar beets. The
| opposition Republicans are interested
10 know how extensively the Demo-
Gratis will vote for such an amendment,
which is clearly aimed al the sugar
trust. They say it would enable the
Cubans to find market for their SUI
gars in England and other European
countries and would also enable the
English refiners to bring sugar To this
country and sell it.
However while the opposition Re
publicans are studying to devise an
amendment that will pass muster and
carry through the House, the stock of
I the sugar trust is very strong in the
market and the officers Of the trust evil
IDENTIFY have assurances of good things
coming TO them from Congress The
Republican leaders make the argument
/ against the removal of the dlfferential
that II is reduction of tariff and leads
the way for tariff revision. They also
point out that ii will be defeated in the
Senate. In the last Republican confer
ence Judge Morris, who will move an
emendment for removing the differen-
tial, stated that the beet sugar Repub-
means would gladly vote for 20 per cent
reciprocity with Cuba il the House
leaders would accept the amendment
for removing the differential. His state.
ment fell on deaf ears
There is clearly opposition in the way
of the bill in the Senate. but the Presi-
dent will probably be able to smooth
! that opposition away when the proper
time comes. The opponents of the bill
/ in the House hope, II all other plans
/ fail they may be able to so amend and
! disfigure the bill that it will eventually
/ die natural death and never become
! law. They may succeed in that, al.
though 1t is doubtful. No one can tel
with certainty, 1t would be fruitless tC
try to guess just exactly what the out.
come viii be.
HAVANA But NOT HONOLULU.
DIR. Walter Wyman, the supervisor,
surgeon general OF the Marine Hosnit a