The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-21
COULD GET S3,8OO,OOO
HAWAII MIGHT GET ALL FIRE
DAMAGES.
j. T. McCrosson Thinks Opinion Is
Favorable if the Matter is Properly
Presented next Session.

''The Hawaiian Ditch Bill? I think
that there will be no difficulty at ~
about it's passage next session." said
] ). Il. McCrosson this morning. with
4 the amendment as suggested by Nit
cheu 1t will go through all right That
! amendment provides that we shall pay
| the territory a yearly sum of $25OO
| for the muse of the territorial waters
and places the settlement of rates for
homesteaders in the hands of the sup
erintendent of public works. As for
| the Fire Claims BILL that also should
! get through, not only with the million
! proposed in the amendment butt for
the entire three millions, including the
$SOO,OOO expended by the territory in
stamping out the plague.
THE sntiments in favor Of passing
such an appropriation are friendly
enough If the measure is presented in
a proper manner. Congressman Cannon
IN his speech stated that if the wants
| OF Hawaii were presented in the pro-
! per manner they would doubtless be
granted, that the request doubtless
was a proper one although he knew
nothing about it, making the fact very
! patent that he considered that the
! House mad not received due attention
in the matter.
! THE House is jealous Of its pri-
| Nileges as tariff fiXers and dispensers
| OF public monies, as was shown very
! clearly during the session. The pro-
per course for a bill like the fire
! claims is through the house and If the
matter is presented in the proper way
l think there will be little danger OF
| it not passing. 4
zone thing that initiates greatly
! against favorable interest in matters
| Hawaiian is the succession Of people
! all pulling against each other who
| come to Washington and attempt to
( push their claims without doing SO
/ through the proper channel. The dele
| gate we send to Washington, whether
| 1t is Mr. Wilcox or not should be cor
| dilly endorsed by all the parties. He
| is the representative of the majority
( of the territory and so regarded by the
| senators and congressman. / myself
made blunder in the matter of the
ditch bill in approaching congressman.
| The tirst went to, after l had explain
| ed the bill and asked him to introduce,
| ii said to me, what does your dele
| gaze think about this? l told him that
| as far as l knew he knew nothing
| about it and added. on his advice to see
! him, that he was sick and could not be
seen by anyone at that time. He told
me to wait a few weeks until Wilcox
was well again. A second interview
| with another cOngreeman was pro-
| ductive of the same result. l didn't
wait to interview a third but possess
| ed myself in patience until the delegate
was well again. l had never met Mr..
! Wilcox before then but he was most
courteous and did all he could for me
and l feel sure did the best that he
could for the territory, being handi-
| capped however by the fact that peo-
pie from Honolulu or Hawaii with axes
to grind did not come to him to aid
! them as the natural channel.
THE feeling of Congress on this
matter seems to be this. They do
not know, and are not going to spend
their time finding out whether Dele
gate Wilcox is good delegate or not.
| There are many other communities
! where the fight is just as bitter over
| Washington representatives as it is in
Hawaii, but they realize that
! when the vote is counted the fight is
! over and if they want anything from
| Washington they have got to stand be-
/ hind, the representative of the majority
/ Whatever troubles they have they keep
| at home. The Congressman approach
! ed by a representative from some Ha-
| Waiian hui who admits that he has NOT
| consulted or is in opposition to the
delegate, feels that the delegate is also
! a congressman and remembers how
! he would feel If one of his own con-
stltuents approached another member
! without going to him first The re-
! preventative of the majority will be so
recognized in Congress as such. Every
representative has enemies in the op-
position who are ready to say he is
no good and Congress would have its
hands full looking into the rights and
wrongs of such claims. If the right
! OF vote Is to be recognized, the major
| ltys representative must be acknowl-
edged by all form of procedure and the
higher the leaders who are spoken to on
faVors wanted, the more likely are
they to insist on the right of the dele
gate, their fellow congressman, being
respected.
II think it is a matter of vital inn
portance that the representative of the
Hawaiian Territory during the remain
der of this session of Congress be re-
gularly endorsed by all parties and
that any swa.tting with clubs that is
| indulged in between parties be ac-
complished within the limits of the
| Territory. l do not think that Mr.
Haywood, clever as he undoubtedly Is,
can or did accomplish nearly as much
as Mr. Wilcox, because the latter is
the legitimate and recognized channel
Il saw in coast paper that the
| tunketing trip of the commission Is
likely to be reduced to one senator. l
do not think that this is so and l be-
| lieve that all three of them will be
down here. / do not think the alarm
| about the volcano will have so very
much effect on tourist traffic The re-
ports that reached San Francisco were
so palpably exaggerated, one boat stat
ing that they had seen the reflection Of
Kilauea $50 miles away and had seen
the top of the mountain blown off
electra, that but little notice has been
taken since the statements of the
| alarmists We're dsproved"
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