The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-01-21

he would be able 10 ut on the edge OF
the Attorney Generals table and call
him "phll" Just Ike the lawyers from
Itttslurr do. or that BE- would boz able
q slap The rrcf.d,nt on the back and
Say TEDDY like a Rough " der, hut
coming with such endorsements from
Judgc Humphrey hc 40 least expected
that De would not Zoe called upon To- face
th" icy stare. and would De permitted to
SGT within the timer guard.
hut b. found 90 was on. rwisc. and he
never could ind ont why. even until he
departed from the city. lie complained
to some o: Humphreys friends here.
especially the judges attorney, that he
thought he was not given the glad hand,
rs he had expected as the original Hum
phtoys man, and was inclined TO ask
what about the vindcation that was her
aided
Upon investigation the reason for II all
was developed. Attorney General knoA
Is said to have turned down Thompsons
application for the iudgeship with II cold
hard flop, and to have remarked that he
would see that Thompson did not get
the place, simply because he had the
endorsement of Humphreys. and that
any man who had that endorsement
would receive the same treatment, at his
hands, and at the hands of the PreSl.
dent. This may seem pretty hard upon
the candidate. but it seems to be the
state of feeling which Is obtaining with
the heads OF affairs just now. Much OF
the ill-opinion of Humphreys Is due to
the parade he made of his courtesy vim
dioation, ignoring the sharp advice the
Attorney General gave him privately,
HAWAII IN CONGRESS.
There are many matters before Con-
eress which interest Hawaii. and none
mere than the land question, perhaps.
There appears to be a lull in discussions
along such lines, but while Cuba, the
canal and the cable are more talked of
than either of the other subjects, there
Is great deal of talking behind the
scenes as to what may be done upon the
subject of land laws. Last year Senator
Hansbrough wanted TO send a commits
sion down to examine into the systems.
This year there may be a totally differ
ent course followed. though as yet 1t is
simply talk. This is to have a commits
sion of representatives from Hawaii
come on here to present the matter to
the Congressional committees which
must deal with them.
This idea Is obtaining strength owing
to the fact that the Attorney General of
the Territory is to be here. for the pur-
pose of presenting the government side
of the appeals as to the liberty OF certain
persons convicted without grand jury in
vestigation and by majority jury trials.
1t is understood that the Interior Depart
ment would not be dspleased If there
should be visit paid by others of the
local government while the Attorney
General Is here. and ii may be that Sec
rotary Hitchcock may find it advisable
to ask Governor Dole to come on for
the purpose of discussing land laws.
There could be, too, "A complete under.
standing reached as to public buildings
and lighthouses as well as something as
to policy in connection with the IN
provcment of the harbors of the group.
as ii is hoped to agree upon system Of
improvement which VIII mean several
years work, but which will not make ii
necessary TO eXpend such large sums as
would be necessary If the work was laid
out largely now and its doing begun with
a rush
LEPERS AND PHILIPPINES.
There has been little said or done as
to the lcper bill, introduced by Delegate
Wilcox. The bill of Senator Plat, which
would create commiss oner for that Of
flee. may come up later, as 1t has been
given some consideration by many of
those who have been looking into the
problem. 1t has been said on some sides
That 1t would be wise, perhaps, to devel-
op small island in the Philippine group
into a reservation, and send there the
unfortunates from the States. The dis
ease Is prevalent in the islands of the Or
lent, and there are many persons who are
allowed to live at home who have the
disease. This would mean that there
must sooner or later be a course OF seq
regation there, If the schools and gov
eminent are to be developed along Amer
lean lines. 1t would be natural then TO
make the reservation there, where the
largest body of the afflicted are, and the
lepers from all other States and Terri
tories could be sent along. Some of the
folks here who have been more or less
interested in Hawaii believe that this
would be of interest to those Islands,
nee 1t would remove from them the
stigma of being lazaretto,. and point
to the bill OF the delegate as being step
In that direction.
1t may be hard to fight against such n
feeling If the original bill should come
up, and while some OF the friends OF
Hawaiians believe this would be a great
sorrow, they cannot urge their fight very
hard in the face of bill to relieve the
territory from the care of the people at
Molokai. They hope only that the bin
may be abandoned.
d. c. L.