The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-22
HAWAIIAN
MATTERS
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bate during the past week on Chinese
! exclusion, as it is claimed that the de
nunciation of the treaty of 1894 by Chi
ma will open all our ports to Chinese
after December 7 next The Republi
cans refuse to share that view but Dem
ocrats are pressing it, hoping to make
political capital Senator Lodge said
today that he took no stock in the CRY
that the. denunciation of that treaty
would make Ineffective the existing law
But if the present law is corrected
he added, 1t viii be done by an amend
rnent to one of the appropriation bills. y
McCLELLAN'S WORK.
Mr. George B. Mcclellan closed up
his work here, affecting the electric
light franchise bill and regarding legis-
1ation to confirm the right of way to
the Oahu Railroad and Land Company
| through the military reservation of Ka-
| hauiki and departed for the West Satur-
day last. He stated that it was his in
| tention to tarry little with some
friends on the way and to sail from
| San Francisco on the Korea.
lis I'LL ~ SldiiL 1iSllI VI Way IL
! the Oahu Railroad was introduced in
the House by Delegate Kalanianaole and
referred TO the Committee on Military
Affairs, by which. committee it has been
reported back favorably. Mr.. Foraker,
chairman of the Senate Committee on
! Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, has pro-
posed the same measure in the Senate
as an amendment to the Sundry Civil
Appropriation bill, which will probably
be reported to the Senate next week
The language of the amendments and
OF the bill is as follows:
That the deeds from the authorities
of Hawaii, dated the twenty-ninth day
Of April, nineteen hundred and three,
and the fourth day of February, eighteen
hundred and ninety mine, respectively, to
the Oahu Railway and Land Company,
conveying right of way forty feet wide
for the railway of said company through
the military reservation of Kahauilxi,
district of Kona, Oahu, Hawaiian ISL
ands, be, and the same are hereby, rati-
fed and confirmed"
Having advanced his bill to this
stage Mr. Mcclellan thought it could
be well left in the hands of another
here, who will watch it carefully and
urge its passage in Senate and House
at the proper time. A long letter from
Secretary of War Taft with enclosures,
has been printed by order of the House,
touching upon the proposed legislation.
-Fhe Secretary includes letter from
Gov. Carter, calling attention to the case
and the circumstances under which the
deeds for right of way were given
Judge Advocate General Davis. of the
Army, was asked to pass upon the letter
of Gov. Carter and recommended Tint
no further action be taken at present
Then Assistant Secretary of War Div |
er wrote to Gov. Carter informing him /
of the opinion of the War Department on |
been addressed to Col Oliver Then /
when the subject was eventually brought
before Secretary of War Taft. with a
request for a recommendation from him,
fayoring proposed legislation, he wrote
a letter, dated March 70. approving the
bill Secretary Taft said in conclusion:
"In both deeds the right of way for
the railroad IS described as being 10 feet
in width, 20 feet on each side of the
center line. The power TO dispose of
the real property of the United States
is vested in Congress and can only be
exercised by the Executive with ex-
press legislative consent. | know of no
objection to a ratification of the convey
ances in question, and N view of the
facts as above stated it would seem
that such action should be taken.
81 have the honor, therefore. to recon-
mend that the act of the Hawaiian gov
eminent in granting a right of way
across the KahauiIli be authorized"
With his letter JUDGE Taft submitted
the draft of an appropriate clause of
legislation, which was the same as that
given above.
Mr.. Mcclellan made a number of
varrn friends in Congress and elsewhere
during his stay in Washington. He did
lot confine himself during his stay en-
irely to the two measures IN which he
xas directly interested but gave atten-
ion to several matters of general inter
st to the islands.
THE CARTER BILL.
A bill. following a recommendation by
Gov. Carter extending the power of re-
noval from Office and amending the or {
ranic act to that extent has been in ,
reduced in the Senate and House by
.Ir. Foraker and the Hawaiian delegate !
What the prospects for {
he passage of such bill are at this ses- {
ion cannot be definitely stated but prob :
bly, they are not as bright as might be- G
The bill provides for amendments to the r
reanic law so that Section so shall read
S follows:
"Sec. so. That the President shall
dominate and. by and with the advice
nd consent of the Senate, appoint the t
hief Justice and justices OF the SUI t
RENE court. the judges of the circuit
otrts. who shall hold their respective I
fices for the term of four years, unless /
ooner removed by the President; and /
he governor shall nominate and, by and i
nth the advice and consent of the SEN a