The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-24
HAWAII
At NATIONS
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master Dat is recommended by j. K.
KaIanianaole and A. G.. NJ. Robertson,
and by fifty business men and firms of
Honolulu. The Delegate called on POST
master General Wynne few days ago
to speak in behalf of Postmaster Dat.
To your correspondent today he said
that he was supporting Dat. II have
indorsed him." added the Delegate. II
asked Governor Carter whom he was
for before left Honolulu, but received
no definite answer. If the Governor is
for Pratt and Oat cannot have the APP
pointment I suppose I shall have to
support Pratt. I saw Pratt a few days
ago and told him was for Dat. I
should like to have been consulted a
little about the appointment"
KUHIO AND HOTEL BILL
The Delegate said he had been asked
by Mr.. Alexander Young to introduce
Ia bill providing for the purchase by the
Government of the Young building. He
also said that he had promised to do
so, but should introduce the bill as ''by
request" Mr.. Young and Mr.. Pratt
have been consulting with several Of
ficials about the proposition without
having anything definite yet to say.
THE NEW PosToFFICE.
There is an impression here that SUI
pervising Architect Taylor of the Treas
ury Department may be unfavorable
to the purchase of a private building
fer the use Of the Government. He has
prepared a report to Congress on the
bill that tine Delegate introduced Janu-
airy II last for the erection of a public.
building at Honolulu to cost $1,000. 900,
and providing for a commission of three
people to investigate the question of
site. Mr. Taylor's report is not yet in
print, but is understood to recommend
public building of three stories and
having $4,000 square feet of floor space.
His estimate of the probable cost OF
such building is $4,000. of which sum.
s125, 900 should be applied to the pur-
chase of a site. The report of the
agent, Mr. Eustis of Minneapolis, who
was sent to Hawaii about two years
ago, is referred to. Apparently Mr.. Eu-
stiss report is not highly regarded at
the Treasury Department. Mr.. Taylor
recommends the elimination of the
commission of three provided for in the
Delegates bill; and suggests the adj
visibility of sending an agent of the
department to Honolulu to investigate
the situation and report.
NO LEGISLATION PROBABLE.
AS matters look now the probability
of any public building legislation at
this session of Congress is very remote.
talked today with Speaker Cannon on
the subject. In view of the pressure
that is being brought to bear on him
from many sides he is unwilling to be
as taking a decided stand
either way. But there is no mistaking
his intention of preventing public build
ing legislation at this session if he can
do so. st do not recall the exact figures
row." said he. but know there are
many public buildings authorized that
the supervising architects Office has
not yet been able to begin work on.
Possibly there are nearly one hundred
of them
land you think it would be better to
secure the construction of those build !
ings before authorizing others?' was
asked.
Now, here is the wisdom of Solo-l
mon," exclaimed Mr.. Cannon in good |
humor. adding other words that indi- |
Gated his intention to keep expenses |
dow.1 and 7;s hope that 'the boys" in |
the House after talking it over, would ,
conclude it is wiser to keep the total |
Of the river and harber bill and the to- /
tails of other bills, carrying appropria |
tions, down 10 the lowest possible fig |
ure.
HARBOR LEGISLATION.
Chairman Burton, of the River and I
Harbor Committee, was not at the |
Capitol today, being laid up with a
cold. The friends of the iP1provement |
at Honolulu have talked with him, |
urging the necessity of an appropria-
ton. without waiting for an official
He has ROT yet indicated
finally what he Will be able to do for I
4onolurl on the bill
Delegate Kalanianaole said this aft
ernoon that his efforts to Nave tbs APP
Committee put an item on
he legislative bill to reimburse the ter
ritory for the expenses of holding its
legislature havir failei he was TAX
ing the natter up with Chanman
Hamilton of the House committee on
Territories to see what can be done in
he way Of direct legislation. The OBJ
iect of this is to have Congress as
'ame ire payment of expenses for the
legislature.
Chairman Hamilton said this after
eoon that he had not taken up any
Territorial business yet before his COM
nittee but might try to accomplish "a
little something later on. when he
earned just what was neces sary.
TENNEY IN WASHINGTON.
Mr.. E. w. Tenney. of the firm of
castle & Cook and president of the
Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association,
$ here accompanied by Mrs Tenney
hey are guests 1T the Shoreham, hav-
ng come from New York. where Mr..
renney tarried at some length on pri-
ate business.
'.The prospects for sugar are excel
emit said he last evening. Pave Z
over. toll me over. in New York that