The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-09
BAD NEWS FROM
WASHINGTON
FIRE CLAIMS BILL DEFEATED
JUST BEFORE ADJOURN
MENT OF CONGRESS
HOUSE STRIKES OUT THE SEN
ATE APPROPRIATION.
Court of Fire Claims Will Now Have
To Issue Warrants According to the
Original Plan.

~ ISSUE w dTTdnIS According TO the
Original Plan.
Bad news for Hawaii was received by
the SOnoma this morning. in Washing
ton dispatches under date of June 30,
when, on the last day before adjourn
ment day, the House struck the Ha-
waiian fire claims appropriation of ST.
100000 from the deficiency bill, and the
Senate agreed to the striking out. This
ends all hope of any assistance from
Washington for months at least, in the
payment of the thousands of claims
heard and adjudicated by the court
here, and throws the financial burden
upon Hawaii. When Congress meets
again further efforts may be fuade, but
the result of the attempts this time in
dicates that the chances of success are
not good.
The news was a disappointment to
Honoluluans generality and especially
to members of the court of claims and
government officials, who had been
hoping for some relief from Washing
ton. The business community was al
so interested, it being recognized that
the help hoped for would have been a
material factor in improving the finan-
cial situation.
f. w. Macfarlane, chairman of the
Court of Fire Claims, was greatly dis
appointed on being told of the action
of Congress. He stated that the only
thing for the court to do now would
probably be to give out the certificates
of awards and let the auditor give
out warrants on the Territorial trea-
sury.
THE certificates of award are all
ready" said Marfarlane, land 1 think
the warrants are about all ready too.
lA ~
| Governor on the subject and decide
what to do. 1t is a great dlsappoint-
ment after coming so near success, to
find defeat in the end. The govern
ment seems to have taken everything
in the way of revenue from Hawaii,
and to be unwilling to allow us any
help"
Is is thought by some that the late
ness Of the commencement of work at
Washington had much to do with the
defeat of the appropriation, and that
in the next session there may be bet
ter chances. 1t is also thought that
the chances of Hawaii would have
been better if the territory had not
gone ahead in the first place with an
apparent intention to assume all the
burden.
Edgar Caypless, who arrived this
morning on the Sonoma, and has spent
several months in Washington, is of
the opinion that the bill will go
through during the next session. He
thinks that there is little doubt of the
ultimate success of the appropriation.
"The measure has many friends in
| Washington" said Caypless, land the
main difficulty this time was that 1T
was brought UP too late. 1t was OBJ
jected to by Cannon, who objects to
everything, and there was not time
enough to head him off. / think the
bill will undoubtedly pass when it
comes up again.
ITS got to pass" continued the re-
turned attorney. I'VE are in the posi-
ton of the man who was throwing
! sticks up to catch a coon. After he'd
thrown at the coon a number of times
with no result, a passer told him that
was no way to catch a coon, and that
he'd never get it. I've got to get it,
replied he. My meats all out. That
, is the way with Hawaii and the appro-
priation."
The press dispatches from Washing
ton, telling of the results of the con-
sideration of the appropriation, are as
follows:
WASHINGTON, June 30.-With final
adjournment probable tomorrow the
House worked under high pressure
from noon today until far into the
night AS a preliminary several reso-
lutions were adopted to grease the le-
gislative wheels. The rule providing for
the printing of conference reports be-
fore consideration was suspended until
| the end of the session, and a resolution
was adopted making a motion to sus-
pend the rules in order at any time.
! The House then got down to business.
The conference report on the Philip
pine civil government bill, which is
considered the last obstacle in the way
of adjournment, was adopted by q
strict party vote, with the single excep-
! ton of Mccall of Massachusetts, who
voted with the Democrats. A partial
! report on the general deficiency appro-
! priation bill was adopted, and after a
prolonged fight the House. by vote of
11S to 101, adopted the Senate amend
ment to appropriate 100000 for the
Buffalo Exposition and then sent the
| bill back to confernce: The Senate
amendments to appropriate 100000 for
! the Charleston Exposition and $1,000
600 to pay the Hawaiian fire bubonic
plague awards were defeated. A num-
! Der of bills were passed under suspen-
sion OF the rules.
After the House adopted the Philip
! pine civil government bill $50 to 2S,
| Cannon presented the conference report
on the general deficiency bill. H. was
| a complete agreement Cannon eX-
! plained,on the Charleston Exposition
| amendment. The Senate had agreed to
/ the striking out of the 81, 200, 900 TO pay
| the Hawaiian fire claims and had re-
| duCed several small appropriations.
! COY cred by the Senate amendments.
| The report was adopted.
! Finley CD, of South Carolina tn en-
| moved to recede and concur in Il e
| Charleston exposition amendment. cant
non said that while he was oppos Ad
| to the amendment he could not sec
much reason why the House shOJlA
strain at gnat after swallowing the
! Buffalo camel" Finley's motion wa
adopted without division.