The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-07-18

hers of the House have already d
,,,,,e,s.a TO the four quarters NJ the n
COMPASS, for adjournment TOOK pi"oe
N, July 1. the beginning OF the hsca' 2
,,nar The last of the hawahahs !" :
washington has also aei. lion WI n
ia, Haywood, who Is something VI n
r..ir.ut of the Capital. after "in- :
~, al long and very effective WORK. :
has ried himself 10 the 'op OF lhc AZ $
lecheny mountains, at Oakland Md :
and he wont come OF that high perch I, ,
tW he has got rested good and well'
Afr / G.. Pratt, who was the cnmm!s-
sioner here In behalf u the fire claims
hill took a train two days ago tor IL
unois. where Mrs. Pratt Is Visiting Wlh
friends. They will tarry little IN thls
country and expect to sail toF Hohoiu-
lu about July "a.
NV telegram nv the last boat lndl-
Gated the failure of different Hawalhh
bills, the only two, in fact, IN whlch
tie Islanders are keenly interesteh-the
fire claims amendment to the genera
deficiency BILL and the coinage oLl
Two weeks ago the signs were laNoI-
able to the passage of the coinage pli''
but there was such jam in the House
towards the end of the session aiter
the Philippine bill had passed, that the
utmost eudeavors of the friends of the
measure availed not. Mr.. Haywood
camped in the Capitol practically for
three or four days, trying to find an
opportunity to get the bill up. Ihe
rules committee of the House had
promised a special rule, SO that If that
had been brought in, the bill could have
passed by majority vote. But, as al
ready stated, the time was so short no
opportunity could be had. Chairman
Southland of the committee on coinage
weights and measures, waited one day
for two hours in company with Mr.
HAYWOOD to get an audience with the
Speaker regarding the bill 1t soon be-
came evident that even should the Dill
pass the House, 1t could not become law
a, this session, as the House committee
would not agree to the exact terms of
the Senate bill and the Senate would
not accept without considerable debate
the terms of such a bill as the House
would pass. Then Senator Foraker
chairman of the Senate committee on
the Pacific Islands and Porto Rico. was
III. After every effort had failed, which
was till within three hours of tn" enc
of the session, Mr. Haywood gave up
There Is this satisfaction, however
There is every prospect that the bill
will pass the House early next session
and become a law. That consumma'
ton will probably be reached before
the beginning of next year. The bill
has already passed the Senate and Is
in such stage that the House is ike
ly to take II up early the next session
Mr. Pratt and Mr.. Haywood bot
made n gallant fight for the fire claim
bill in the House. At one time 1t look
al hn hill might
through there, but at that crisis "Uncl
Joe" Cannon chairman of the commit
tee on appropriations. gave the amend
ment several hard thumps on the hea
and II died quick death. Mr. Prat
had been working quietly with IN
House for a week or two. from the mo
ment that the adoption of the amend
ment by the Senate seemed assured
Mr.. Haywood turned in to assist hr
and they literally had the House hop
ping for time. The friends of Ha
wall in that body came to the from
grandly.
one thing that operated to kill tn
Hawaiian item was two items for th
expostlons at Buffalo and Charleston
respectively. The Republican leader
fought those two appropriations, bot
OF which were carried on the genera
'cHStHNS oAi'' 'i''puolS' NV "Pp'
priauon of 100000 for Buffalo, Whic
was claimed on the ground that II
assassination Of Mckinley there ha
made the exposition thereafter fai
ure, was accepted by the House by
narrow majority, but that for Charle
ton was defeated as was the amen
ment for Hawaii. the vote on the la
ter item being % ayes and los noe
Accordingly these two items went ba,
into conference together and the Hou
conferees found il easy to accept t
appropriation for Charleston. proyd