The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-02-25

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Who siands behind tho , W Jones
a company Corporation u here n
guest ~ the National hotel, making n
demonstration against The legislation
desired by col Parker lie called on
senator Foraker chairman ~ The com
mittee On the Pacific Islands and For.
o. Rico. the other day, accompanied
by Land Commissioner J.. $. Boyd.
! MI boyd told the Senator that the bill
~ cob parker's certainly should be
closely scrntinlzed and intimatei that
/ It was not All II ought to be. Gehr
has engaged Ex-senator Thursion TO
! chairman
THE NATIONAL DISH
! one of the local papers. the Times.
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under date of Feb. Z. Mr. O. r. Nc
appear before the Senate and House
Committee In opposition to the Hawai-
ian Ditch Company. Mr. Thurston. Of
course. appears in the role OF an at
torney.
Mr. Edgar Caypless has Joined forces
with Col Parker and Mr.. q. r. Me
Crosson in trying to get the Hawaiian
Ditch bill through Congress. He is
using all the influence he can summon
with statesmen at the Capitol. Dele
gate Wilcox Is remaining neutral, but
/ there IL an understanding that he will
/ not fight the project.
! Land Commissioner Boyd has been
here several days, guest at the New
( willard. He il working slowly but
carefully. seeing officials Of the Interior
Department and Senators and mem
bers regarding the proposed changes
in land laws for the Territory. II am
working entirely in harmony with the
Interior Department" said Mr.. Boyd
to your correspondent, "and make no
moves without consulting Secretary
| Hitchcock. II have had one or two
brief interview with him and have
found him very courteous and solici-
tous for the welfare OF the people of
the Islands"
Mr.. Boyd will urge several changes
in the Wilcox land bill, which changes
are already known. he says. in Honolu-
lu. Among other things he win work
for the sending of commission to the
Islands to study the conditions there.
In due season he expects ample oppor-
tunity for hearings before the Senate
and House Committees
Saturday. February s. Mr.. Boyd call
ed at the White House and was cordi-
/ ally welcomed by President Roosevelt.
The visit was informal, but the Presi-
dent gave Mr.. Boyd a lalf hour to eX-
plain the conditions of public lands in
the Islands Il was much pleased at
the interest the President exhibited in
Hawaiian matters" said Mr.. Boyd to-
day He assured me that he wanted
to do everything in his power for the
welfare of the Islands I did not touch
on political matters with him at all
except that he inquired as to the sen
timent of different elements there to-
, wards current affairs"
Within a few days Mr.. Boyd expects
that he will have opportunity to see
the President again, and will then pre-
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the public lands of Hawaii. He viii
probably have "A hearing tomorrow
CTuesday), before the Senate Commit
tee on the Pacific Islands and Porto
Rico, on the Wilcox bill and Wednes-
day Mr.. Boyd will probably go over
to New York for a few days.
> Speaking of the claim that he is OPP
posing Col. Parker's ditch bill, Mr.
. | l,A,. tr, ha IN,
:, terest of any ditch whatever. There
are no two ways about it, l am here
! solely on prospective legislation re
garding the public lands of Hawaii
e MY only interest in legislation regard
ing the ditch is that the rights of tn
I Territory shall be protected and th
= rights of citizens and property holder
contiguous to the ditch. l told Senate
Foraker that I thought the bill wa
loosely drawn, and that some safe
guards should be given to the people
who might be damaged by the burst
ing of the banks or the dams holdinl
the water"
Telegrams have recently been received
from Col Parker on the Pacific Coast
but they have no reference to the polit
e ical matters with which he is identified
Just now II lS ItEdluth ''S WY W. N'''
that he will be back in Washington
within ten days but probably he can
:, not have a conference with Presiden
Roosevelt IN time to catch this maj
= to Hawaii by telegraph TO San Fran
G cisco. Up TO date everybody in Wash
:, ington seems to be very much in tn
: dark as to what the outcome or IN
. matter will be. a strong opinion pre-
I walls that II Gov. Dole resists any at
: tempt to oust him from office. tn
President will not dare or Will no
care to force the Governors hand.
Whether George r. Carter will com
- on here with Col Parker is not knowr
y, If he returns to Honolulu, he wi
- probably carry with him much infoI
nation regarding the situation, whlc
:, will not be available here in Washine
ton for a week or ten days afterward