The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-22
AGENCY FOR
HONOLULU
Secret Service to Be
Established in This
City.
(Mau Special to the Advertiser.)

(Ma1 Special to the Advertiser.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., August 5
The branch of the United States
Secret Service being planned for Ha.
waii will be established about Sep
tember i. Chief John E. Wilkie. who
visited Honolulu in May, has just re.
turned here from a long trip in the
Orient, over which much mystery Is
made. He said today that by the end
of August he would probably be able
to say who would be placed in charge
of this branch.
The duties of the Secret Service
Agent in Hawaii said Mr.. Wilkie,
"will be of the same general nature
as the duties of the Secret Service
officials here in Washington. Our OBJ
ject is to relieve the United States
District Attorney and Marshal from
much of the work they now do for us.
Both those officials in Hawaii are very
good men and have served us splendid
ly."
Mr.. Wilkie added that his stay in
Honolulu was very brief, but neverthe-
less enjoyable. He alluded to the OBJ
jects of interest he saw about the city
and vicinity and said he would have
liked to remain in the city much longer
than he was aple to do.
SARGENT LIKES US.
Commissioner General of Imraigra-
tion f. P. Sargent has also just ar
rived here, after his trip to Honolulu
and to points on the Pacific Coast. He
is emphatic in his praise of the Hawai-
ian people and of their hospitality to
him. 81 had a delightful time,'' said
Mr.. Sargent, ''when | was in Hawaii
two years ago. | made d lot of
friends, whose faces 1 was glad to see
again on my return there. But / also
became acquainted with many more
people on my recent trip. 1 was
never more pleasantly entertained. The
courtesy and cordially of the islands
are famous. On my last trip 1 had
a better opportunity of seeing what
the territory of Hawaii is, for visit
ed the islands of Hawaii and Maui
and gained a more definite idea of the
extent of the territory.
SIT is very certain" added Mr..
Sargent, when the migration of Japa-
nese to the mainland was mentioned,
that we have no power to prevent
them going from Hawaii to the Coast
as freely as they choose. The islands
are part of the United States and it
is not for the authorities to say that
people in one part of the United States
shall not GO to another part of the
United States. These Japanese are
now coming to the Coast very gen.
orally. There are agents among them
on the plantations who advise them to
do so. L am sure such migration on
the part of these japanese is very
unwise for them, all things considered,
but as l have said, we are powerless
to prevent it,
''Did you gather any new ideas
about Chinese labor?"
"No," Mr.. Sargent replied. 81
DO not believe it at all likely that
Congress is going to authorize the ad-
mission of more Chinese to Hawaii, and
frankly told the people of Hawaii
20 when / visited there. Public senti-
nent is still too strongly against the
chinese to permit of such legislation
md then there is the difficulty of con-
lining the Chinese to Hawaii, be- |
,ause it is not easy to enact constitu- |
ional laws, applying to one part of |
country and not to another part. "
Mr.. Sargent mentioned his confer
nces with the Territorial immigration
and expressed the view
hat that commission IS progressing
plenoidly with its work. He added,
What is already well understood IN
laval. that the federal government
viii interpose no objection to the ter
itory advertising for immigrants from
oreign countries He also mentioned
is satisfaction with the new immi-
rant station at Honolulu.
THE QUARANTINE WHARF.
II was stated at the office of the
Architect of the Treas
rv today that nothing new has de-
eloped in the matter of bids for con-
trueting the Quarantine wharf. "We |
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