The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-17
JUDGE GlLBRAITH
HAS 4 MENTION FOR
GOVERNOR SILL
CONTINUED from Page II

The committee met yesterday and
agreed 10 the plan for apportionmeni
OF Senator's for the Territory, as report
ed from the subcommittee That plan
! was fully described in my recent let
ter. and embodied in bin presented
by Delegate Wilcox. During yester-
days meeting resolution vas unani-
mously adopted TO invite Gov Dole 10
be heard. The members of the commit
| tee. especially the Democrats. have
been filed with arguments that Gov.
| Dole vetoes all local measures. and
| therefore the islanders are obliged 10
| bring these local measures to Congress
| IL they wish any action They say
the county bill. the school bill and 9TH
ers OF that ilk, come In this category
that Congress Is asked to act because
Gov. Dole has vetoed all such measures
when passed by the Legislature. The
Governor undoubtedly viii be given an
exhaustive hearing. and he will be able
10 Offset the statements that have
been made against him, as pertains to
legislation, before the House Commit
tee.
Hon. William Haywood has engaged
an apartment in the Farragut. a new
building on Farragut square. and al
most directly across the street from
his residence. There he now has his
office. The Farragut is a fine apart
arIr- 4ad
for the Office business which Mr.. Hay
wood has to conduct It is handy to his
residence. is equipped with telephones
and other ready means Of comrnunica-
ton with all parts OF the city, and is
a very cosy place to take friends and
talk over business matters.
THE DITCH DECISION.
As I teIegraphed by the last steamer.
Assistant Attorney General Willis Van
Deventer. assigned to the Interior De-
partment. has reviewed the law in the
case and decided that the Governor Of
Hawaii has full authority to grant
licenses and 10 give long-terTn leases
for public lands in the Territory for the
construction of irrigating bitches This
Is a complete reversal OF the decision
give by the Interior Department last
summer. The text of the decision does
not appear TO be available yet, al
though il was stated yesterday that 1t
had already been signed by the Score
tary of the Interior. and that copy
was TO be furnished Senator Foraker
Immediately. The statement OF re-
yersal of a formal decision. however, Is
authoritative, and the text VIII TN
doubtedly be made public before long.
Mr.. Arthur c. Gehr, Land Commits
sioner Boyd, and Mr.. Haywood all re-
gard this as a victory for their conten-
ton against granting any charter TO
private companies by Congress. and
probably this decision will head on
all legislation. However. Senator For
aker has had it In mind to pass some
general legislation. expressly giving
the Governor OF Hawaii authority TO
act in such matters. He has been
urged to let the matter drop right here
and nowx He may consent to do so.
The House Committee on Territories
will probably press the apportionment
bill at an early date. There is every
probability of its becoming law. AS for
the other bills. they are sleeping long
slumber. as have indicated in previous
letters
GENERAL LEGISLATION.
Developments of the last few days in
dictate that the canal bill Is TO have q
show in the Senate and that 1t will
have some chance of becoming law at
this session. The steering committee
of the Senate decided this morning 10
give the canal bill the right OF way
contemporary with the Philippine bill
The Cuban reciprocity bill is not yet
before the Senate, and therefore the
steering committee could take no cog
nizance Of IT, but IL is believed that
when the Cuban bill has been placed
before the Senate, as il will be after II
has passed the House, the latter part
of next week, II VIII be put aneao OF
the canal bill
Senator Spooner of Wisconsin today
wagered sixteen boxes of good cigars
against one box Of cigars Of equal quail
ity that 4 canal bill would be passed
and signed at this session OF Congress
He is a pretty good judge. although
some still think that the canal bill VIII
fail in the closing days There are signs
Of a terrible fight in the Senate over
the Cuban reciprocity bill That and
the Philippine bill viii likely provoke
long debate. probably month in all
Representative Corliss Of Michigan y (
printing himself for another speech on
the Pacific Gable bill Nobody IS pay
,,-r-ar1 attention He Is =