The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-01-19

| wants more time to consider the county
bill and the Senate will hardly be ask
| ed to act on that bill till the House
| Committee has made further inquiry. II
looks as though the proposed legisla-
| ton would drag along for little while
at least.
The official proclamation about the
federal control of Hawaiian lighthouses
is entirely satisfactory here to the
friends of the territory The wonder is
that the lighthouses had not been taken
over by the government at an earlier
date, as it was ascertained that the gen
eral law, appropriating. money. for the
lighthouse service, applied to the light
houses in Hawaii.
The Delegate from Hawaii is now
striving to secure legislation that Will
fully compensate the islands for having
supported the service during the years
since annexation. He IS meeting with
good success. Senators and members OF
the House generally regard the status
Jof the last few years as unjust and the
amount necessary to fully reimburse the
territorial government is not so large
that the government is likely to mind
paying it promptly.
The text of Gov Carriers letter to
Secretary Shaw on the subject OF light
houses has just been made public here
in House OF Representatives document.
1t was written while he was still Secre-
tary of the territory and while he was
on his trip to New York about the ter
ritoral bonds. In the course OF his
comments, during which he alludes to
letter on the same subject written by
Superintendent H. Z. Cooper, MIR. Car
ter says:
you will note in Mr.. Cooper's letter
statement of the expenditure by the
Territory on this account for the year
ending June &c. 1908, OF $5oa534. Three
sessions of Congress have failed to pro-
vide for the protection of our coasts,
Notwithstanding the repeated attempts
of our people to bring the matter to
their attention. Even the report OF the
special committee of the Senate, con-
ssting of Senator's Mitchell, Foster, and
Burton. which visited the islands brought
no result. During this period the gov
ernor has been ready to cede whatever
land the Light House Board might de-
sire, and our people believe they have
RIGHT to ask Congress to reimburse them
for the amount taken from their limited
revenue to provide for humane reasons
for what the Federal Government has
Jailed to do. -.
"The American people with Hawai-
in their possession and little foresight
can control the commerce OF the "a
cific, which with three-ffths OF the
worlds population tributary to 1t VIII
far surpass that of the Atlantic. While
appropriations have been made through
the river and harbor bill for all kinds
of unheard-ot places, the harbor OF Ho-
nolulu which carries greater deep-sea
American tonnage than any port other
than New York City, is lett to care lot
itself
"During the period since annexation
ocean steamers have been Duilt anu are
now in use on the Pacific too deep tor
Our channel, and to the neglect ana
shame of Congress, our own taNpaye,s'
including many British and German SUD
iects, have provided an appropriation
for dredging even that portion OF tne
harbor turned over by the act OF an
nexation to Federal control forever, not
withstanding the contributions iron,
this community, through customs ana
other revenues, far exceeds that OF any
other 10000 people. Under these CIT
cumstances failure of Congress to sup,
element our local expenditures VIII
hardly reflect credit on the imperial
policy of the Republican party Already
some of our Boston friends say we must
expect to be neglected, as our form OF
government is unsuitable to expansion
THE other items mentioned by Su-
perintendent Cooper are OF Importance,
particularly the erection of Federal
building at Hilo for custom house and
post-office and similar building in Ho-
noluu.
tenance of buoys is perhaps OF still more
importance
Probably much of the interest OF the
session OF Congress henceforth will be
in politics. The Democrats are putting
on their war paint and will try to make
a lot of political capital for. use IN the
campaign. The Democratic National
Committee meets here Jan. II to decide
upon time and place for holding the
National Convention. That Will bring
a lot of Democratic politicians together
The Republican fences, however, are IN
good condition. The leaders i'll Senate
and House are we'll prepared to resist
the hostile advances.
ERNEST G. WALKER.