The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-24
HANAI|'S
AFFAIRS
REVIEWED
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of these plans will be endorsed by II
Ways and Means Committee. but thel
is no telling at this time what I'll
House, or the Senate, may do.
A very brisk fight between Repre-
sentative Babcock, Of Wis, who offere
some time ago carefully drawn bi
for the revision of tariff duties o
steel and iron, and Speaker Hendersol
and Chairman Payne and Representa-
tive Dalzell. the last three all higl
tariff stalwarts. has given some spiri
also TO the Cuban question. Mr.. Bah
cock sprung his bill as an amendmen
to the war revenue reduction bill, il
the Waws and Means Committee, ano
came awfully near having it adopted
so near that the high tariff men were
frightened to death. Meanwhile
Speaker Henderson, Chairman Payne,
and Mr.. Dalzell had been summoned
to the White House to hear some plain
talk from the President of the United
States about his determination to have
Cuban reciprocity. There was row
inside, but the details of it are not
known, for none of the four partici-
pants are inclined to talk about it.
The hearing Of Hon. William Hay
wood before the Ways and Means Com
mittee recently. has been printed by
the committee during the past week.
The Senate Committee on an 18TH
milan Canal has been conducting hear
ings during the last week. Progress is
being made but there is little to indi-
cate yet what the outcome in the Sen
ate will be. There is a quietus for the
present on the question of cable
across the Pacific.
HOOGS IN WASHINGTON.
few Honolulu visitors have been in
Washington during the past week Mr..
w. H. Hoogs, member of the last Leg |
islature and head of a large business
enterprise in Honolulu. arrived early
in the week. 1T was awfully cold over
in New York" said Mr.. Hogs to The
Advertiser correspondent. and L
thought / would run over to Washing
tie more moderate"
That was all he would say as to his
mission in Washington. He was at the
Capitol last Thursday. accompanied
by Hon. William Haywood. The two
lunched together in the House restau
rant and during their monday repast
Representative Kahn, of San Francis
co, to whom Mr.. Hogs has a letter of
introduction, entered and had lunch
with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Macfarlane. of
Honolulu, and their two sons. have 1
been at the New willard for some days.
the same hotel as has Land Commits :
sioner F.. s. Boyd as a guest. They
are simply taking a tourists trip to
this part OF the States. and have been '
enjoying themselves. few days ago
Mr.. Haywood took Mr.. Macfarlane to Y
the White House and introduced him :
to President Roosevelt. Their call was l
for the purpose of paying respects, but {
MIR. Haywood made of it an opportun-
ity to discuss informally some affairs '
pertaining to Hawaii and the tariff sit '
However there was nothing .
Of special significance in the inter S
view. .
Chairman Knox. of the Committee t
Dn Territories. has referred the bill for 3
the Hawaiian Ditch Company, in t
which Col Sam Parker is interested, |
% a subcommittee, composed of him e
self. Representative Powers. of Maine. Z
and Representative De Graffenried. OF =
Texas, the latter a Democrat. The first p
rearing on the bill was granted to Mr.. c
l. T McCrosson. who is staying here q
II the Congressional hotel to urge the =
passage OF the bill, last Monday. He "
vent into the bill quite extensively, de- !,
icribing the conditions and answering h
many questions propounded by the h
Il
HAWAIIAN DITCH BILL. ~
There seems to be a little tiff here Il
over the Hawaiian Ditch Bill, and be q
fore the matter is settled some hard n
feelings may be engendered. while on 6
the other hand. the outcome may be =
entirely peaceful Mr.. II. b. Gehr. a
who stands behind the J. W. Jones o
< Company Corporation. is here. a
guest OF the National hotel. making a
against the legislation
desired by Col. Parker He called on
Senator Foraker, chairman Of the Com
nittee on the Pacific Islands and Por-
to Rico. the other day. accompanied :
by Land Commissioner Z. :. Boyd. y
Mr.. Boyd told the Senator that the bill n
~ Col. Parker's certainly should be O.
closely scrutinized and intimated that II