The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-26
HAWAII
At THE
CAPITAL
The Ditch Bill Is
Still Hanging
Fire.
FIRE CLAIMS BILL
. NOT PROGRESSING
J. D. Dole Tries 10 Get . Ruling
Against the Admission OF
Philippine Snakes.
Especial TO The Advertiser.)


ON fAsHINGToN. ID. C.. May IL
" Little has been accomplished In
Hawaiian legislation at the Cap
ttol since my telegram telling OF the
passage OF the apportionment bill The
s~nate's action on that measure was 80
p~rfunctory and lacking In features
tsat there Is little need Of further men
tioa Of u. senator Foraker, In calling
up the matter. asked that the House
BIN. Instead OF the Senate bin. be con-
sidered and this was agreed to- He
mentioned. In passing, that the bill
which the House enacted had. by some
tnadvertence. been referred TO the COM
rrlttee on territories Instead OF to the
rrmmittee on Pacific Islands and Porto
R,co. In the meantime Senator For
azer,s committee had gone on consid-
srIne the subject and giving hearings
without knowing what had become OF
ts~ House bill However. the Senate
r.aaIfx consented TO substitute the
House bill In place OF the Senate bill
and II passed without further debate
T-nat eliminated the necessity for
conference and the bill was severai
days ago signed by Speaker Henderson
and President pro tenn Frye and for
,arded 10 President Roosevelt for his
approval IL has not yet been returned
from the White House and printed as
a law but win undoubtedly appear In
that form within a short time
THE DITCH BILL
Rnorts 10 pass a ditch bill continue
before the Senate COMMITTEES ON me IA
cinc Islands and Porto Rico n meet
lnxvaa appointed for this morning. but
as Senator Foraker was To MAKE
sr<ech In the Senate this afternoon n
fhe PhIripplne civil government bill. the
rneetInx was postponed Mr. c. 4. Nc
Croa.on 4. confident that at least some
general law touching the subject OF
dltches will be passed He says he has
agreed TO meet every objection 10 me
Hawaiian Ditch Company OIL wnien
Governor Dole raised. AMI consequently
ne is unable 20 understand why ~ VIII
not meet with favor among SENATOR
PRATT NOT PROGRESSING
rrte~ate wilcox is laughing heartily
M Mr. \. O. Pratt of Honolulu. who
came here In the interests OF the ne
claims bill. IL was hoped % get the
claim put on the sundry civil appro-
urfafion bill In the Senate as an amend
rnent. but that failed
.sWhere II that man Pratt! asks-i
Mr.. wilcox hlIariously today He felt
so good about getting the hre claims
hl,I nut on the suudry civil Dill wren
he went into Senator ForakeTs com
rof,tee room the other day for mee--
- he felt sure his work var all done
aad that the bill would go throusn
bunrninE. why. man. sad 20 him.
~ YOU should get that item on the bsll
after two years of hard work you
would be doing we'll Yes you would
be doing well. II takes lots OF time 20
do things around here
And Delegate wilcox chuck'ed again
h.artIly. II want TO know where NJ
Pratt Is." he reiterated
A DELAYED PAYMENT.
ne Secretary OF the Treasury. Mr..
Sszw. has submitted TO Congress an
f,.rn OF $3.50 for the payment OF VIII
-, II Pary OF Honolulu for services
"a ndered and material furnished our
20. the month OF September. 1900. In
s.,fr~ nm certain rooms IN the Ju-
,,,~Iarv building at Honolulu Gnd pre-
rgng them for use for Unifcl Stases
rourt purposes. The Item VIII prob
,.fv h. carried on the general dell
ci.ncy appropriation bill. which passes
C.,~rrss a few days before adjourn
aent.
i ID DOLE WOULD BAR SNAKES
Mr.. J. ID. Dole Of Honolulu was here
A., ,eu, aavs ago. He has been studying
-strnsfveiy the details Of packing pine
aooles and viii return TO HAWAII IN
n. course OF a few weeks with some
-nthusiastic IDEAS about raising pine
apples on the Islands He talked Win
several packers In Baltimore aho a".ne -
~, vrsre ready 20 purchase all the
.,rod.et from Hawaii he could furnish
tbean- Il could have sold an order