The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-09
SENATORS
WILL HEAR
MANY PLEAS
Hilo Visit to Be
4 Made Next |
Week.
SCHEDULE OF
DAYS HEARINGS
AL! Sessions OF Commission Will
Be Open to Citizens Who
Are interested.

All of this week and two full days of
next week will the commission of Sena-
tors of the United States continue their
Investigations here and then. leaving on
Wednesday, they will proceed to Hilo
to. continue their work.
This was decided upon last evening
after the first Gays hearings had given
a line upon what will be brought before
the body. While there was little work
done which appears. the members of
the commission heard some statements
and visited the Quarantine island, had
long talk with the Governor and
3 scheduled It's work for today.
N The first hour this morning will be
given over to a statement by Governor
Dole, and after that Land Commission
err Boyd will have time. A. S. Humph-
reys will argue the claim of the former
Queen for the crown lands at IL o'clock,
and the commission will devote any
portion of the day remaining to the dis
cussion of various matters that have
been suggested. Among these is the
memorial of the Builders and Traders
Exchange.
Senator Mitchell said last evening:
"Our examinations here are open to the
press and public. There will be no star
chamber sessions. On the contrary
everything will be open and above
board Any citizen wishing to learn
what we are doing will be welcome at
our rooms"
Committees of the Chamber of Com
merce, the Planters Association and
the Merchants Association will wait
upon the commission at once and prof
fer their services for the collection Of
information If needed and for any other
purpose for which they may be needed
by the commission during its stay.
1t was past ten o'clock when the
commission got down to work. There
were any number of introductions to
be made and the members of the party
met several of the persons who are TO
appear before them later and as well
heard the statement of Land Commits
sioner Boyd.
The work of the body will be done
largely in the rooms of the Naval Sta
tion formerly devoted to the uses of
the engineer, on the mauka side of the
building. These contain desks and
chairs and the one opening upon the
lanai will be used as the main meet
ing room of the commission. In fact,
however, there will be devoted to the
uses of the commission the principal
portion of the upper story of the
structure, for there will be waiting
rooms made of the lanais and the call
ers will have plenty of space to move
about while watching for their turn at
the witness chair.
The session of the commission yes
terday was devoted in large part to go
ing over the ground preparatory to
framing a general scheme of hearings.
The commission first went into exec
utiye session and heard statement
considered what should be the plan of
holding the hearings in the future. 1t
was agreed that there should be moth
ing done until there had been a number
of subjects opened for their discussion
and they at once drafted a letter to
Governor Dole and Secretary Cooper,
which is as follows:
Sir:-The subcommittee of the Sem
ate Commission on Pacific Islands and
Porto Rico, commissioned to investi-
gate the general conditions of the ISL
ands of Hawaii and the administration
of affairs thereof, is now in session at
the rooms of the Naval Station in this
city and before proceeding with the
general Investigations have deemed it
proper that you as Governor of the
Territory should have the privilege of
presenting any statement you might
deem proper to make to the committee
bearing upon the general question of
legislation in the interests of the peo-
pie and government of the Islands.
We shall be glad to hear from you
II convenient and agreeable to you
either In writing or otherwise at our