The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-09-26
Mail Special 70 the Advertiser.l }

Washington, d. c., Sept. 4.-Events
are not speeding in the Capital City.
September, with its hot and disagree
able days, but cooler nights, is becom-
ing more Of vacation month. Many
department officials, wise to that, alb
sent themselves till the first of October.
Thus the departments and other OFF,
cial channels are quite as inactive in
September as in August. The thou
sands of clerks, rejoicing in a whole
month IS vacation, have to take it when
they can get it. The bureau chiefs and
assistants take their pick of the days.
If unable to select some fine junket or
inspection trip, under the guise of bus
mess, by which they prolong their out
ing, they stick to it through the heat
Of August and then get away in Sep
tember days, returning rested in Octo-
Der when the weather is becoming com.
Portable. y
Secretary of State Root is setting
the pace for getting down to business.
He is reported out Of Labrador and in
the course of couple weeks, according
to the dispatches, will be here in WASH
ington. He has just leased spacious
and well finished residence on Sixteenth
street, just above Scott Circle, owned
by Representative Bourke Cochran, of
New York. Just at the present mo-
ment there are but two members Of the
cabinet in town-Secretary of the Navy
Bonaparte and Secretary of Agricul-
ture. Mr.. Bonaparte has been break
ing himself in during the last two
months. At last, it appears, good
and efficient Secretary of the Navy
has been secured. Already the big bu-
reau chiefs hold him in due respect.
His perceptions are too keen to permit
of the naval officers deceiving him ma
terially. He consults them, keeps on
affable terms, but. after hearing both
sides of given question, reaches his
own conclusions.
His decisions about the Bennington
explosion have elevated the Secretary
in public opinion. He disapproved that
portion of the board s findings, which
held that the ship was in excellent con-
dition and under splendid discipline.
Probably Moody or Morton, his prede-
cessors, would have concurred in the
findings of the board. He also brought
about the court-martial of Commander
Lucien Young, well-known officer to
that there has been greHt laxness
neering duty. He is determined that
this laxness shall cease. The COM
manders of ships of war in the Navy
will be held to strict accountability,
Lucien Young among the number But
this is only one of the particulars
wherein Mr.. Bonaparte has created a
good impression here. If he only lasts,
Washington observers are now saying.
He has started we'll and gives promise
of being the best cabinet officer Presi-
dent Roosevelt has yet selected. Sec
retary Root, of course, was not Roose-
welt s discovery. President Mckinley
brought him out. The same was true
of Secretary Taft.
When Speaker Cannon was here a
few days ago, he let fall some words
about the Philippine tariff which will
be Of interest in Honolulu. The
Speaker, ardent standpatter that he is,
favors free trade for the Philippines.
He expects, free trade Philippine
measure to be one of the very few i'm
portant matters of legislation at the
coming session. All along Mr.. Cannon
has held to the view that it was only
question of time when the freest
trade must exist between the Philip
pines and the mainland, just as it does
with Hawaii. He thinks, too, that the
Philippines must eventually come into
just as close relations in every particu-
lar as Hawaii enjoys.
The announcement that Representa-
tive Serene E. Payne of New York,
Chairman of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, has been converted to FREQ
trade, since he went to the Philippines,
has interested Mr.. Cannon immensely.
Heretofore, while not being much of a
force IN the House, Mr.. Payne, as
Chairman of the Ways and Means,
has been a stumbling block to free
trade measure with the Philippines.
But if the cable dispatches prove true