The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-03-07
HAWAIIAN
FRANCHISE
No Truth in Story
of hartWelI's
Enmity.

WASHINGTON. February 90 RE
rardinr Some rumors. brought hero by
certain Honolulu newspapers thar hr|
and judge A. $. HartWcu were striv-
ms to have Congress restrict the suf-
rage CO. the Territory and deprive the
natives Of votes. Mr.. Haywood stated
today that as far as ne was concern
Cd. the rumors were absolutely and uu-
quaiidedly without foundation Il have
never mentioned the subject here" said
Mr.. Haywood "ln any way. shape or
form, except some mention recently be-
fore the Ways and Means Committee
could he 50 construed. when appear
ed before that committee in behalf Of
the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Associa-
ton. some question was asked me
about the census Of the Islands, and
I'm explaining the same, | stated that 1t
was customary out there to count both
the white residents and the natives as
Hawaians. Exactly what | said on
that subject can be quickly determined
I'm Honolulu. for copies of my hearing
have been printed and sent out there.
Furthermore | have seen Judge
Hartwell almost daily here in Wash
ington. He has never mentioned such
a theme to me. / have generally un-
derstood that he was here simply and
solely on "A visit OF leisure and | have
not the slightest idea that he is agi-
Eating any question of the character
mentioned. II otherwise II H. "A com
plete surprise to me-
The statement before the Committee
on Ways and Means, referred to by
Mr.. Haywood, occurs on page 32l of the
printed hearings and is as follows;
Mr.. Newlands How many native
Hawaiian laborors are there in the
Sandwich Islands?
Mr.. Haywood. That / cannot tell.
There has been an effort out in the ISL
ands not TO draw distinctions between
| the whites and the Hawaiians, and
taking the last census we did not divide
| them, except by parentage
There has been some activity In the
House of late over the proposed Pa
cihc cable. Mr.. Corliss, of Michigan,
who is leading the agitation FOR gov
eminent cable with such remarkable
zeal as to cause some comment, deliv-
cred a bitter partisan speech In the
House n few days ago, denouncing the
Commercial Pacific Company. and adj
Vocating measure that Is much desir-
| ed by one or two firms in this country.
His speech was delivered during gen
| eral debate on an appropriation bill.
| The Commercial Pacific people have not
| been lax in advancing their interests
and have prepared n contract, intended
| To bind them with the Government to
carry out the proposition to lay n ca
Bile to Honolulu by next November To
make this proposition and contract
! binding, it Is proposed that as con-
sideration for their undertaking the
Government grant them a plot of
land In San Francisco or Honolulu, or
! the rent of an Office building in Homo
| lulu. The latter plan meets with the
most favor.
There Is no indication just at present
when the cable bill win be discussed in
the House The reports OF a majority
and minority of the House Committee
on Interstate and Foreign Affairs have
been prepared. Several appropriation
bills are now pending and must be got
ten out of the way before general leg
slation is considered.
| Mr. William Haywood has canvassed
almost the entire House of Represen-
tatives to ascertain the sentiments of
the members about Cuban reciprocity,
and stated to day that very large
| liltJbfllS was aSdlllSl ubllE any tlllliS
at all for cuba. But he explained that
this did not mean nothing would be
done, because so many Republicans feel
impelled to do something in the light
of the Presidents determination for
| Legislation.
The Democrats of the House are
playing politics with the situation
waiting for an opportunity to get the
greatest partisan advantage 1t Is quite
probable that many OF them VIII vote
for the Ways and Means bill, whatever
it turns out to be- The Republicans
have been much scared lest there
should be some successful effort "A,
tariff revision proposed on the bill as
amendments, but they have consulted
parliamentary presidents and deter
mined that any proposed amendments
Ia the tariff can be ruled out on points
OF order.
ERNEST G.. WALKER.
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