The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-09-26
WilCOX'S EXPLANATIONS.

Mr.. Wilcox is not fortunate In his eN-
plantations of why he got no money toi
Hawaii out Of the billion dollars appro-
priated by the last Congress. AT hrs'
he said IL was because he was inter
fered with by unofficial delegates bui
aid is not interference and the only
work done by an outsider for Hawail
last winter as respects a bill carrying
money, was that Of Mr.. j. g. Pratt Tor
the fire claims Far from that being
an Interference, IL is conceded AT
washington that, but for Mr.. Pratt $
intelligent work the bill would never
have got beyond the pigeon-hole into
which the House committee had thrust
It.
Finding his first explanation untena-
BILE. Mr.. Wilcox tried another in his Pa
lama speech. He said that he ala not
care to get money for the missionaries?
But how for the missionaries? If ne
had secured funds to build the Hilo
breakwater, not a dollar of them woulu
have gone into the hands of the Terri
torial government. They would nave
been expended by United States author
tiles through contractors ana no sihail
part of the wage expenditure Woulu
have gone to Hawaiians for labor Inc
same would have been true OF money
10 improve Honolulu harbor and 10
build postoflices, lighthouses and othei
Federal public works. Even the fire
claims money, as Wilcox has said nm
self. would have repaired the losses oi
poor Hawaiians. 1T Is a steal, sald
Wilcox awhile ago in one of his tursts
of ignorant spleen, but | was wiling
to help IL along SO as to beneht my
people" What remains, therefore, tc
justify his TRADE against the mis-
sionaries?" Certainly there is nothing
in the bill-which failed of passage-tt
grant the Queen the sum of S25O,OOO.
The truth is that Wilcox, having ne
marty with him at Washington, and
having incurred the serious suspicion
of the leaders in Congress, was unable
to get money for anybody. That he
tried to do So that he did his best IN
certain directions. is a fact that rests
on his own testimony. He did his Zee
BILE utmost to pass sundry private bills
which no prudent delegate would have
fathered. There was the Kohala bill
for instance, intended to enrich prl'
vate corporation at the expense of the
Territory. Then there was the lIalii
ways bill. which Wilcox got his accom-
madating friend Burton to introduce II
the Senate. There was no money II
these measures for missionaries, though
a great deal of It was provided for 9th
er people. And what or the bill, VIII
millions in it, to give blanket rail
road franchise in Hawaii to specula
tor from oklahoma? That was not
missionary measure, but ii failed L
pass, as everything else did which VII
cox attempted.
who can doubt that the reelection o
Wilcox would mean a repetition O
these failures until the end of his thir'
term? Given a man Ofano capacity
mere child in public affairs-sittini
alone in Congress without a part
friend; an object of disdain to tn
President, the heads of department
and Congressman what could he do
He could draw his pay and mileage AM
come home to do politics while Congress
was III session. but further than tina
he would be a mere cipher, his helples
incapacity all the time rejecting ON tn
Intelligence and public spirit of thos
who elected him.