The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-09

here for Hawaii at this session, out
side of the two franchise bills ] have
big stack of letters from various men,
prominent in official life here, said the
Delegate today, stating some of the
reasons why no such legislation can be
had now [ wanted to have this in
black and white and will show the let
tiers when / get back to Honolulu. |
have had some hopes of getting the bill
for the construction of a revenue cut
ter for the islands passed, but there IS
nothing but delay in the House Com
mittee on Interstate and Foreign Com
merce, where it is being considered The
bill passed the Senate several weeks ago.
Every time l go 10 Col. Hepburn, the
chairman of the House Committee, he
tells me he IS trying to get the mem
bers of the committee TO taIe it up
but the members of the committee say
they have been trying TO get Col. Hep
burn to take it up, and there you are.
| know that Representative Cushman,
of Washington State, one of the mem
beers of that committee. has tried more
than once TO get the bill considered"
DELEGATE KUHIO AND SPALD-
ING.
A report was printed in the Wash
ington Times few days ago that the
Delegate contemplates resigning from
Congress and will not come here for
the short session next winter. He said
today that there is no truth in such a
report. Il do not know where they
could have gotten such an idea" said
the Delegate. There is no truth in it
whatever"
Representative Spalding, of North
Dakota, chairman of the subcommittee
in charge of the county bill, still pro-
fesses ability TO bring that measure out
and report it favorably to the House
1t is not believed, however, that he will
succeed. L expect to have favorable
action from the subcommittee within a
few days" said Mr. Spalding today.
We have been slow getting together
because of the absence of members
from town.
Il have consented to drop my bill to
amend the organic law of the territory
as to franchises" added Mr.. Spalding,
because of several obstacles to such
legislation. Inc chief of these is that
there are no town or county govern
ments in the territory and individuals
would have no place to go for charters,
If the law was amended, as | proposed
in my bill"
NO MITCHELL LEGISLATION.
Nowadays one never hears anything |
about the legislation proposed by the |
Mitchell commission, that visited Ha-
waii over year ago. The commission |
accomplished a great deal |
in securing information about the is |
lands but it does not appear that the |
recommendations are likely to be adopt
I'd to any extent. AS the plans of fed
sral legislation for the islands unfold
n years to come the Mitchell report will
De of value for consultation in com
nittee and for reference in debate. As
iext session is the short session of Con-
yress, it will be too crowded for much
# anything in the way of general legis-
alton for the islands
The nomination of Collector of Gus
oms Stackable for another term was
ollowed by prompt confirmation in the
senate. The President acted quickly
N the recommendation of Gov. Carter,
Though the term does not expire for
everal weeks yet. There is good reason
or believing that the President will also
enominate most, if not all the terri
orIai Judges, whose terms soon expire.
ERNEST G. WALKER.