The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-08

NAldn ODEIldi ~ lltC [ANN
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Nov. 2I-
The session here this week of the Com
mission of Congress that has been con-
-ducting an inquiry about ship subsidies
will probably be followed by interest
ing recommendations to Congress. These
recommendations, as learned from in
side sources, are not calculated to please
owners of shipping on the Pacific. The
inside word here is that the Commission
-contemplates recommending a subsidy in
the shape OF liberal compensation for
carrying mails. and also tariff rebate
on goods brought into this country in
American built bottoms.
The details will develop later, but the
outline of the plan is of chief interest.
No members of the Commission are
yet in town, so as to permit of verif-
cation of this report, but there is reason
for believing the report correct in all
essentials. 1uch a recommendation
might possibly be followed by
immediate legislation, especially if the
recommendations are of character to
commend themselves to the Republican
members of the House from the middle
West. Those Republicans have been so.
hostile to the old subsidy plans, in
scorporated in the bills passed by the
Senate. that supporters of the measure
have realized the futility of pressing
it before the House Such recon-
mendation, too, would remove certain
Democratic opposition. There have been
Democratic Senators to advocate the
tariff rebate plan.
The several lines of steamers on the
Pacific have joined forces for several
years with the steamship lines on the
Atlantic for the enactment of the old
Hanna Payne bill. The recommendations
of the commission will make the enact
ment of such legislation more of an
impossibility. However, with such All
enormous majority in the House as the
Republicans will have after March 4,
the chances of radical subsidy legislation
might be better than heretofore.
THE POSTOFFICE.
Mr.. William Haywood, who has been
watching the rivalry for the postoffce
appointment, said today that the en-
,dorsement of Gov. Carter would un-
doubtedIy decide it. Whenever an i'm
portant Hawaiian appointment comes
to him for decision, the President al |
most invariably wants to know what
Gov. Carter thinks about it or what
Carter has recommended In nearly |
every case Carriers recommendation de- |
cideS.
RIVERS AND HARBORS.
Mr.. HAYWOOD has prepared exhaust
i've data and other information for pres
entation to the House River and Harbor !
Committee, which is scheduled to meet I
here tomorrow and frame a bill for |
presentation to Congress next month
AS Chairman Burton had not arrived
in town at a late hour this afternoon,
il is not vet known what arrangements
Will b6 made for hearing various repre-
se1tativeS who are to urge appropr1a-
tons by the committee. 1t IS interesting /
that Philadelphia, now deeply ag1tated I
over an improvement of the channel IN
the Delaware river TO the sea. wants
Congress to make an appropriation with
out a preliminary survey Several dele
cations have been over here before the
War Department and others will come
before the Committee as soon as 1t IS
organized for hearings
SECRETARY ATKINSON.
As far as can be learned Secretary
of Hawaii. has not yet reach
ed Washington. He was heralded from
San Francisco in dispatches stating his
errand and the mail from the steamer
on which he came to California, reached
here night before last. 1t is supposed
that Mr. Atkinson stopped for few
davs en- route and that he will probably
be here before the next mail leaves.
NEW TERRITORIES. COMMITTEE. |
AS result of the recent election there
will be Territories committee OF many
new members in the next House of !
REPRESENTATIVES As this IS the COM
nittee that handles most Of the Ha- :
waiian legislation that reaches the House
the changes are OF more or less interest
in the Islands Fortunately, most OF :
the strong members of the committee ,
remain and doubtless viii be reappo1nt- +
ed bv Speaker Cannon when the COM J
nittees are made up a year from now. {
There will be no change, OF course, at 2
the session this winter. the committee I
as constituted a year ago E@N- !
Gov. Powers OF Maine, one OF the most !
useful men of the committee was re-
elected at the September voting IN the