The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-21
Especial to The Advertiser.)

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q A FASHINGTON. D. c.. July T.
VA This town is now almost like
Wv deserted city Hardly had Con
gress adjourned when the mod
crate weather ceased and the street
and avenues, parboiled by a burning
sun, have become by day like fiery fur
naces. The session of Congress was $,
prolonged that all the interest wa.
threshed out of politics and there will
be little of political interest now on the
mainland till September 1 or therea-
bouts. This year the Republican Con
gressional committee has decided tC
maintain its headquarters in New York
City. There will be no branch in this
ity, only bureau for the shipping of
documents to various parts of the
country. Heretofore the Republicans
have either had their headquarters here
or they have maintained a branch
headquarters here. Chairman Babcock
OF Wisconsin has gone to New York
and intends to spend most of the sum-
mer there, collecting funds and other
wise preparing for vigorous fight as
soon as the campaign is on.
The Democrats are maintaining head
quarters in this city with a branch in
and branch in New York
City. Nobody seems to have much
heart for victory on the Democratic
side. No one, of course, can tell what
nay happen in the next four months
but unless the situation changes radi-
ally 1t will be u surprise If the Demo-
rats develop any great strength.
YANG WEI PIN INVESTIGATION. |
Chief Clerk Michael of the State De-
,artment said today that there had
,een no developments In the investi- |
;ation of charges against the Chinese |
'onSul at Honolulu, Yang Wei Pin. The
natter is being taken up by the Chi
ese Minister here. Mr.. WI Ting Fang,
nd officials of the State Department,
ut it is asserted that the negotiations
ave not progressed far enough yet to
ell what the outcome will be. Mr.
iichael refuses to tell what has been
earned thus far from the investiga
ions conducted in Honolulu.
THE SUGAR DEPRESSION.
Nearly every issue of the large met
opolitan newspapers nowadays has
about the depression in the
lgar industry. and particularly the
npending distress in Cuba. President
is conducting a very astute :
to bring public sentiment
yer TO his side in favor of reci-
rocity treaty. He is talking 1t in his
oeeches wherever he goes and it is ,,
ain that he intends to fight for reci- ,
rocity 10 the last ditch. 1t is notice !
Die that some of the accounts of state +
vorably to his cause, when as a mat '
r of fact the platforms We're against c
IN. This was particularly true of
innesota, a state whose representa-
yes m Congress went squarely against :
e President in the Cuban reciprocityj |
iestion- The reports telegraphed east =
ere that the Presidents friends had =
on great victory in that convention q
seemed almost impossible to get a ',
raight account of that convention till
g local newspapers arrived from ST. Il
lul and in the meantime the ardent W
organs had thundered G.
out the Presidents victory and the Il
pression had gone forth to the pub
+. which the subsequent corrected u
itements could not entirely remove. !,
WEST INDIAN SUGAR.
\ statement regarding the sugar in c
stry in the West Indies was given
I a, the State Department few II
Us ago. 1t is noticeable that the re- p.
It of this was hastened, so that it u
not go through the usual channels. -
e statement as il came from the n,
tie Department was as follows: tr
United States Consul Sawter at An =
ua, B. w. T.. has forwarded to the IL;
,retary of State copy of petition ~
m committee of the West India III
mpany TO Mr.. Chamberlain Of the CT
tish Foreign Office. appealing for "a
ancial assistance.
he petition which has a direct bear gy
on the Cuban and Porto Rican oh
,stions is dated April lS and is as m;
ows: so
We have the honor to call your at se'
ton to the critical position in which gr
sugar industry of the West Indies ha
now placed. owing to the fact that leg
sugar bounties convention recently de-
eed to at Brussels Will not take ef- or
until September l, 1903 We feel
ur duty to convey to you to the best is
our ability what the immediate
lit is likely to be, and what. n our str
lion, IL is essential should be done ere
his majesty's government to enable
industry to survive the interyen- MI
period. ing
We wish to say that we have no ter
bt that the convention. if it comes
operation. will solve the West In Zee
problem; but, in the first place. so'
convention has not been ratified T
need not be ratified for some ten fisc