The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-24


dish 1 was partaking of I'd never have
eaten it, he continued. AT the time l
considered it extremely palatable, so you
! see that my refusal to eat it, knowingly,
! is based largely prejudice Now here
( is my friend Mr.. McCrosson, who hasn't
/ lived nearly so long on the, Islands as 1
have but who dotes on dog with its
usual accompaniment of poi. Dog ana
poi go together with US, just as ham and
eggs are a familiar combination in the
States.
Speak up for yourself, Mac; aren't you
fond of our national dish?''
Indeed, 1 am" said Mr.. McCrosson
with perfect gravity. These little dogs
that we have-poi dogs-are as good food
and as delicate as anything in the meat
line | ever saw. They are far more
clearly than the pig. which graces the
table of the most refined and wealthy
people of America. 1t i'll becomes any
man who INDUCES in the flesh of the hog
TO curl the contemptuous lip at the peo-
pie of Hawaii because of their proclivi-
" for the meat of the poi dog. I'm only
an amateur epicure, but I've tried allti
the renowned delicacieS of New York
and Washington including canvas-back
duck, diamond-back terrapin, and the
luscious sea food of the Chesapeake, and |
l am free to tell you that for palate |
properties, the little four-footed |
animals We raise in Hawaii, with poi !
as side dish, are to my mind, as good !
as the best of your Wanted deiicdcies."
The Senate BILL providing American !
registry for the barkentine Hawaii, !
owned by James Rolph Jr. of San Fran /
cisco, for the coasting trade between !
that port and Honolulu, has been favor !
ably reported to the House by Represen-
to tive Jones Of Washington from the
Committee on Merchant Marine and
Fisheries. Mr.. Jones report follows he
same lines as the report by Mr.. Stewart
Of Nevada in the Senate. which MAS &iv-
IN in previous letter. The bill passed
the Senate Jan. IS. 1t has good pros
poets of becoming a law at an early
late.
DELEGATE WILCOX.
Delegate Wilcox, who continues to re-
,over rapidly from his Illness although
ne is not yet able to be out of doors, has
set the newspaper photographers of the
country to commenting by his two bills
,or increasing salaries of public officials.
This stroke of publicity, accomplished
rom his sick room, was brought about
mostly through the bill which he had to
END to the House to be introduced, pro-
-iding that the President of the United ,
states be given a salary of 500, 600, twice
Is much as at present; the Vice Presi-
lent So 900, where the salary now is
5000; the secretary of President $4,000; ;
vice as much Secretary Cortelyou {
low receives; and the various cabinet ;
Ulcers $4,000 each. instead of 5000 their
resent compensation. This bill also
proposes to pay the Chief Justice of the
supreme Court $4,000, where he now gets
1850; and each of the Associate JUS
ices 1880. in place of $4,000 their
resent compensation. All these Mr..
Wilcox would have go into effect with !
he beginning of the next adminstra-
ion, March T. 1905, but he goes still fur {
her when il comes to members of Con- I
ress, and proposes to double their salar- I
IS TO $4,000 for each session of Congress 2
r as Congress usually runs to $4,000 ; I
where now they get s. 900 a s
ear. But under the wording of Mr. V
Eilcoxs bill. if the President should at /
ny time call an extra session of Con-
ress, as has not infrequently happened T
the history of the government ca IN I
lember of the 357 would receive an extra 2
0,0O0 Extra sessions, instead of being t
Unpopular with lawyers and business I
len in the House who dislike to come L
ere for extra work would probably be- '
ONE extremely popular, and statesmen l
'ould besiege the President to call ex- I
"a sessions with or without provoca ton. q
delegate Wilcox would have this pro t
is.on begin with the next Congress, in s
1908 !,
That sort of bill alone would be t
nough to set the newspapers to COM O
renting. but Mr.. Wilcox followed :hat q
i'll Immediately by another affecting G
Ulcers in the Territory of Hawaii He :
roposes to amend section 90 of the act n
-eating the Territorial government so h
nat II will read: t
Section %. That the following officers a
nall receive the following annual salar- c
=. to be paid by the United States: The 2
overnor SSc00; the secretary of the Ter "
tory, $500. the chief justice OF the Su- 4
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