The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-24

in your opinion should be done for her
by the Federal Governments"
The answers without exception were
that the sentiment was that the former
queen should receive such annuity or
payment as would raise her beyond any
danger of deprivation of any of the
luxuries to which She has been accus-
toned during her life, and that such a
course on the part of the national gov
ernment would tend to bind together
the peoples of the islands, to reduce
friction and to cement the natives to
their new country.
There were some differences of opin-
ion as to what should be done in the
matter of payment. Many OF the wit
nesses wanted the recompense in the
form of an annuity and others wanted
a lump sum. L. L. McCandless wanted
the money paid by the Territory, say
ing that he thought this was a local
matter and should be tended to at
home.
The majority of the witnesses perhaps
said that the attitude of the people at
large should be taken from the fact
that the Republican party and later
other parties had declared for adequate
compensation for the former queen.
and the first legislature, without dis
senting vote, had passed an amount on
the civil list for her benefit.
The witnesses brought before the
Commission and whose testimony was
practically as above were: John A.
Cummins, John E. Bush, Col Samuel
Parker, John F. Colburn, S. NJ Damon,
Secretary H. E. Cooper, L. A. Thurston,
w. r. Castle, T. F. Lansing, George r.
Carter, E. D. Tenney, J. A. McCand-
less, w. o. Smith, J. B. Atherton. w.
w. Hall, c. NJ. Cooke, A. b. Loeben-
stein, of HiIo. DR.. c. B. Cooper. Andrew
Brown, L. L. McCandless, ]. L. Kaulu-
kou, Delegate r. w. Wilcox, Governor
S. b. Dole, Fred Wundenberg, Prince
David Kawananakoa, c. B. Wilson,
Charles L. Hopkins. Lot K. c. Lane, j.
K. Prendergast, E. S. Boyd, John En-
meluth, w. H. Coney, E. NJ Boyd, A.
Fernandez, Capt. John Ross, f. Fl.
Hayselden. Allan Herbert and j. o.
Carter.
In addition to the general questions
the latter said that the queen had
never uttered a word which was not
in line with complete submission TO the
laws of the United States. She was not
a lady of fortune, he said, and her in
come with the addition of the vote of
the legislature was not above $4,000 a.
year. There were interest charges too
of some s1,500 which had to be met.
The hearing was interrupted at one
time for the purpose of permitting Sur
veyor Wall to submit a comprehensive
statement as to the work of his office,
be given another title. Again ]. F.
Colburn was permitted to introduce a
memorial bearing upon the question of
the Kalihi harbor, showing that there
was distance of some 5000 feet inter-
vening between it and the present har-
Dor and that 600 borings had been made,
revealing something like sixteen feet of
coral all along the neck of land.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
After luncheon Vice President c. M.
Cooke appeared to represent the Cham
Der of Commerce and read the follow
ing memorial:
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE STATE
MENT.
Statement presented to the Members
of the Commission of the United
States Senate by the Chamber of
Commerce of Honolulu, T. H., Sep
tember 23rd 1902.
Gentlemen:-It is with pleasure that
the Chamber of Commerce of Honolulu
cordially endorses the statements pre-
sented to your Commission by the Ha-
waiian Sugar Planters Association, the
TO- nh of
this city and the Builders and Traders
Exchange, so far as they refer to the
Commercial interests of this Territory.
LABOR.
In connection with the suggestions
made to your Commission as to the en-
ploy,nent of Chinese labor on the Plan
tations of Hawaii, under certain re-
strictions, we respectfully draw your
attention to the fact that Governor
Taft recognises the Importance of Chi
nese labor to the Philippines and the
proposition has been set forth to 'clothe
the Philippine Commission with power
TO regulate the entrance of Chinese la
b0:." The Philippines have large ma
cive population, in which respect they
mold an advantage over Hawaii; so, if
y is an assured fact, that to the Phil
ippines the Chinese immigrant is a ne
cssslty, ne is certainly doubly neces-
sary to this Territory, entirely depend
eat, as it's plantations are, on foreign
labor.
The remedy proposed for the relief
of the labor situation in the Philippines
is the admission of Chinese, as planta-
tion laborers only, under sufficient
bonds and proper system of identified
ton which will guarantee the return
of such labor to China after a certain
specified time This, Gentlemen, is
what has been suggested to you by the
Planters Association of Hawaii, and
We recommend its adoption in this Ter
l-itory, feeling assured that all the busf-
ness interests in this Territory WILL
thereby, directly and indirectly be ben
Gifted.
HONOLULU HARBOR.
The proposition for lighthouses, pre-
sented by Secretary Cooper, cannot be
TOO highly commended, more especially
the one on Makapuu Point and one on
Molokai, as these will mark this chan
,,aJ which jS t1a great avenue of ocean