The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-07
labor ON THE BOND
ISSUE At WASHING Ton.
Wilcox Made But Poor Showing
Numerous Petitions-..E, P. Dole
in Washington.
CMail Special to the Advertiser.)

CMail Special to the Advertiser.)
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Feb, 2s.-Dif-
hculties in the way of the Hawaiian
bonds have delayed the issue. It is
reaiized that the law, authorizing pay
naent of are claims, was not carefully
drawn and that knowledge now posses
sed. eonld have been used pre- itably to
snrnrove the measure before 1t was
acted upon by Congress.
However, the issue Of bonds will prob
ably be ready by the time this letter !
reaches B5nciuiu. But 1t may Jake
longer. There have been annoying de-
lave because of the divided jurisdiction
between the Department of the Interior
and the Treasury Department and what
is several peoples business is nobody's
business. The low rate of interest, four
per cent, cOnsioelihS -
which was emphasized in a caolegrain
from here a couple OF weeks ago, has
nroven a constant stumbling block. Mr..
W q Smith and Mr.. J. g. Pratt have
been working diligently With the Treas
ury Department and the Department of
the Interior authorities to expedite the
negotiations. Were it not for their
presence here it is doubtful IL Hawai-
would see anything of the bonds for
some months. 1t is probable that the
bonds will be so drawn as to be pay
able. principle and interest, in New
York in gold.
WILCOX GETS NOTHING.
Delegate Wilcox has been unable to
proceed any farther with his bill for the
modification of election laws in Ia
wall. AS stated in my last letter the
Committee on Territories only agreed
to report the bill so that Mr.. Wilcox
could go back to Hawaii and say that
has introduced several petitions from
people in the islands which have been
referred to the House Committee on
Territories. where they will repose.
These petitions are as follows:
Petitions of sos voters of Honolulu.
Hawaii, for the enactment of law
to provide the Hawaiian citizens with
homesteads from the public lands in
Hawaii.
| Also, petitions of ass voters of Ho-
nolulu, for the enactment of law
transferring all Territorial lands for
the purposes of counties, towns and
municipalities.
Also, petitions of $40 voters of Homo
lulu, for the enactment Of law trans
ferring the care and maintenance of the
i leper settlement of Kalaupapa, Molo-
kai, to the Federal Government; also
to make it a leper reservation for the
| United States and Hawaii alone.
Also, resolution of the Home Rule
Party of the Territory of Hawaii COM
mending and urging the speedy enact
ment by Congress of certain recon-
mendations made by the subcommittee
of the Senate Committee on the Pacific
Islands and Porto Rico.
A patent has been granted to Mr.
Robert Scott, of Honolulu, for ma
chine for conveying and loading crops
of merchandise.
The Senate, at the request of Sena-
tor Foraker, has ordered the printing
of 1852 copies of the report and ap-
pendices of the Mitchell subcommittee
report on the Hawaiian Islands.
E.P. DOLE IN WASHINGTON.
Mr.. E. p. Dole, of Honolulu, former
Attorney General of Hawaii, arrived
here three days ago and is a guest at
the Riggs House. II had a very plea
SAINT trip here from Honolulu" said he
, last evening, 81 stopped couple Of
days in San Francisco and then started
on over the Southern Pacific for the
east, tarrying one day in New Orleans
Since arriving here have been pre-
pairing myself for the argument before
the Supreme Court next week, March
2 of the Osaki case. Mr.. Richards, the
Solicitor General of the Department of
Justice. lately appointed TO be judge of
the Sixth Circuit Federal court, will
be associated with me and Mr. r. j.
Coudert, of New York, Will argue on
the other side. Mr.. Coudert pronounces
this case the most important from a
; constitutional standpoint of any since
the Dred Scott cases.
Mr.. Dole plans to take trip east
after the argument of his case. He will