The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-04-29
HOW ROOSEVELT GREETED
HIS FRIEND GOV, DOLE

Sew YORK Senator EIk.ns uf West
NlrfInia. Senator Lndrc, uf Mnfrn hu-
fntts. thr u.nHHi friend IfUs1 ut
ilposeyelt has n public iIfe. senator
Hale. - Maine. RelrrHantatiNa th1-
non. chairman ~ abe House committee
0n appropriation. Representative
Payne. Daizcll and Gr0svsnor. the
Speakers three chief iloutcnlnts in i1e
Houtc. and Representative southafd. uf
Ohio. chairman u the committee on
toiruEe. weights ana measures. There
win u'sn be- prominent flawahr1s rrcs-
eut including Senator carter Mr.. J.. 4.
Thurston and Mr. w. y. Armstrong
GOV. DOLE AND DITCH BILL.
This morning Governor Dole appeared
1880 o'clock before the Senate cJm-
mittce on Pacific Islands and Porto
Rico 20 attend hearing on the Senate
arpori olment bill AID ON the Hawaiian
Ditch Company's bill. The Hawaiian
contingent In Washington was fully
represented. Present were Mr.. Hay
wood. Delegate Wilcox, Mr.. Edgar cay
pless. who drafted the bill to restrict
the leases of public lands in the islands,
az introduced by Representative Robin
son, OF Indiana. and who is credited
with writing the speeches and furnish
ing the information for Mr.. Robinson
on Hawaiian matters; Mr.. Carter, Land
Commissioner Boyd, Mr.. Thurston, Del
egate Wilcox's secretary, Mr.. G. r. Nc
Crosson and Mr.. A. G. Gehr The Gov
ernor, after quite long interview with
MIR. Nicer ssun yesterday afternoon, de-
cided that he could not support the Ha-
waiian ditch bill, even as modified,
copy of which modification is sent by
this mail in a separate dispatch.
HEARING ON APPORTIONMENT.
Speaking first of the apportiop-lent
bill, Governor Dole told the Senators
that the casting of lots would not be
entirely satisfactory. AS to what would
be a satisfactory apportionment the
Governor said he would defer, so far
as the Republican party was concerned,
to Mr. Carter and Mr.. Thurston, both
Of whom were in the room. He could
not speak for the Home Rule party.
Subsequently MIR. Caypless and Mr.
Carter were heard on the apportion-
ment bill. but they said little except to
review the history of the controversy
and to emphasize that the House bill,
already reported from the House COM
mlttee on territories, would be accept
questioned closely to ascertain the need
of action by Congress. Delegate Will
cox, in a brief hearing, declared that
the remedy was to call an extra ses-
sion of the Legislature. They don't
want to call an extra session." declared
Mr.. Wilcox. "They don't want a county
law passed; they don't want the Ha-
waiian Territory to- be like any other
INIT "a
The Senators apparently took little
stock in this statement, neither the Re-
publicans nor the Democrats.
1.-The Legislature was in session and
failed to pass an apportionment," re-
marked Senator Foraker. do you
think the Legislature would agree on
an apportionment now?"
Yes" responded Delegate Wilcox
THE Republicans pulled their own
members Of the Legislature away and
! would not have quorum, if they could
help it," volunteered the Delegate.
And could they not do ii again?'
asked Senator Mitchell of Oregon.
Mr.. Wilcox said he would ask to be-
excused from commenting on the Ha-
waiian Ditch Company's bill. Governor
Dole had departed from the committee
room to keep his engagement witt
President Roosevelt before Delegate
Wilcox testified.
i Regarding the ditch bill, Governo
Dole spoke in some detail. "There ar,
several private interests affected by th'
pending bill, how much / cannot tell,
he told the Senators. Il should be Sorr!
10 see the practice of applying to Con
eress for such privileges become regu
lar. The pending bill Is too vague 70
so important franchise to be baset
upon. There &c no provision for an.
revenue to the territory and no protec
tlon for the water supply. If the waite
supply is not protected the dense jungl
growth might be destroyed and sue
Coeded by grass and the streams woul
: run dry" The Governor told how h
had been requested to withdraw his op
rosition but had refused. 1T is impos
' sible." he continued, "for Congress
$ be posted with regard to details of
e matter like this. 1t cannot be proI
erly dealt with by Congress"
Governor Dole submitted to the CON
= mittee statement of water measure
g ments made by Mr.. Tuttle for II
y Bishop estate, asserting that il WI
: fully reliable, and Senator Foraker d
d rected that it be inserted in the repo
e OF the committee hearings.
d with such a prospect of affectir
o private rights" concluded Govern'
IS Dole. Il think the matter involved !
d this measure should be given furth
y Investigation. There is no prejudice
= any party by leaving this matter to Il
e Territory Both the companies ha
n. been in the field about the same tim
II 1t would seem to be against public Il
- ,aroo. I, Give the franchise by CDnCre