The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-12-27
HATCH At
WASHINGTON
Really Looked for
a Successful
Deal.
Parker's Proxy Voted
L, In the National
Committee.
Queen LiliuokaIani Takes Another
House se-DeIsgate Kuhio Work.
ing on Figures.
mail Special to the Advertiser

Mail Special to the Adyertiser.1
WASHINGTON d. c., Dec. 12-Ex-
Minister Hatch has been here all the
week, a guest at the New Willard. He
has made several visits to the Capt.
tol, where he has been in conference
with Delegate Kalanianaole and where
the two have met with Chairman
Hamilton of the House Committee on
Territories and with Chairman Foraker
of the Senate Committee on Pacific Isl
ands and Porto Rico. He has already
sent a. cable message or two to Homo
lulu, telling in brief what he has ac-
complished towards getting Congress
to declare that the county act shall
not be construed as in violation of the
Organic Act of. the Territories. A bill
to that effect has already been intro
duced by Delegate Kalanianaole.
The Delegate and Mr.. Hatch in their
conferences with members of both
Houses about the proposed legislation
have met with friendly assurances.
Their work has largely been to explain
the purposes of the proposed act and
aaready the ehairnen Of both commit
tAes, having the legislation in charge.
hAve promised to try to secure a favor
able report and speedy enactment by
Congress. The House Committee on
Territories held meeting yesterday for
rof ~1,-,r, ton oud
rnents have been made to give the
Delegate, Mr.. Hatch and others infiu-.
ential here in Hawaiian affairs a hear
ing. 1t is the purpose at this hearing
to make plain to the members of the
Territories Committee the purport of
the corrective legislation and to show
the disastrous results that will other
wise follow the Supreme Court ruling.
'I have hurried to Washington" said
Mr. Hatch today at the Capitol, "at
a request from Honolulu to come here
present difficulty. I was on the main
land taking a vacation, when the re-
quest was made of me. I have come
and am doing the best I can. Our
proposition has been received in kind
" manner. AS quick as this business
is out of the way 1 intend to go on to
New England for little vacation"
Mr.. Hatch has had opportunity here
to renew acquaintance with many old
friends. He. has been received with
cordiaiity on every hand.
PARKER'S PROXY.
rMr Elmer Dover, the assistant sec
retary of the National Republican Com
Mittee and secretary of Senator Han
IA, held the proxy of National Com
mitteeman Parker. of Hawaii, in the
meeting just held here, at which 1t
was decided to hold the convention at
Chicago June 81.
"Col. Parker cabled to Mr.. Hanna a
few days ago that he could not be pres
ent," said Mr.. Dover today. Mr.
Hanna wished me to vote the proxy,
authorized by Col. Parker. l had SIX
or seven proxies but distributed the
others around among different Repub-
licans, holding the one for Hawaii my
self.
You can tell the people of Hawaii,
said he today, 'that voted right on
every proposition. I cast the vote of
Hawaii for Chicago as the meeting
place"
The past week has been quiet one
in Congress. The debate in the Senate
on the Cuban reciprocity bill has had
few features of interest. The final vote
is to be taken the coming week and
probably before Christmas the Presi-
dent will sign the bill which will then
be the law of the land. Except for the
efforts to pass corrective law for the
county act, there has been little activ-
ity at the Capitol in which the Terri
tory is interested.
Delegate Kalanianaole has been do
ing considerable work in connection
with the estimates of Mr.. Carter, as
Weeretary of the Territory, which We're
Wrwarded to the Secretary of the
treasury when he was in New York.
and also in connection with the esti-
mates for the Territory generally. He
mas been preparing statements to pre-
sent before the Appropriations Com
mittees Of Senate and House at the
proper time to show the needs of the
Territories. These figures for the Ter
ritory will reach Honolulu, undoubt-