The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-22
AGENCY FOR HONOLULU
Continued from Page II

have instructed Mr.. Roberts, our
agent at San Francisco said Mr..
Charles E. Kemper, the executive of
ficer. to collect these new bids, both
those from bidders on the Pacific
Coast and those from Hawaii, and as
soon as he receives ali these bids he
will forward them here to be opened.
We can not tell yet just how soon that
will be or how soon the award will
be made.
The representatives of the Territory,
who come here this winter seeking APP
preparations for various purposes, will
have to bear in mind that a great de-
termination for economy prevails.
Economy was the cry long before Con-
gress met last December. 1t was diff
ficult to secure appropriations last
winter because of efforts to keep down
expenses. But now, from all appear
ances, those efforts are to be redou-
bled. The slogan was sounded by Speak
er Cannon, when in town few days
ago. Mr.. Cannon is a standpatter of
pronounced type. He was one of the
leaders who, last year, fought the tar
if revision advocates, including the
President, to standstill. But now
Mr.. Cannon is going step farther.
He not only wants no tariff revision,
but he wants no revenue legislation
for the purpose of making up the def
cit. Mr.. Cannon said when here that
the country could stand two or three
more deficits of $25,000,000 without be-
ing seriously embarrassed. He secuted
the idea that there would be any war
rant for stirring up the business of
the country by any kind of revenue
legislation. On the other hand he
talked the necessity of cutting down
appropriations all along the line. He
crusade against lump appropriations.
He proposes to discipline the extrava-
giant department chiefs, who, in the
piping times since the Spanish war,
have gotten taste of lump appropria-
tions with wide authority in disburse-
ment. 1t is also plain that Mr.. Can
non intends to assert the will of the
House more emphatlcally than it has
been asserted since the days of the
indomitable Reed. He will be on his
second term and, of course, a little more
firmly established than ever in his
place. Last year he did something to-
wards conquering the Senate and
bringing its leaders into accord with
his policy for retrenchment and econo-
my. Now he propose to tackle the de-
partments. 1t is altogether probable,
under all the circumstances, that Mr.. |
Cannon will succeed to degree. The |
prevalence of scandals in the depart |
ments and a general sentiment that |
the government is spending far too |
much money will aid Mr.. Cannon in his |
economy campaign.
NOT MUCH FOR HAWAII.
Therefore it is that the Hawaiian |
interests, as well as other interests |
seeking money for public improve
ments will have to calculate upon this |
feature of the Washington situation.
The economy cry will be backed by |
the standpat tariff crowd, than which
there is no more influential contingent |
Just at present within the Republican
party. While with them, as a rule,
The total of government expenditures
S a secondary consideration, they will
light to keep the deficit down lest any
attempt at revenue legislation disturb
he precious tariff schedules and |
alarm the captains of industry.
At the Supervising Architects Office
oday an inquiry was made as to the
o. completing the work on
public buildings already authorized so
hat further authorizations by Con-
gress this coming winter could be taken
Up promptly. The reply was that the
public buildings now under
u-oro nronracc,po
hat the Supervising Architect IS office
,ould handle some new business, but
hat it would probably be only the
of buildings on sites al
'eady acquired by the government.
Speaker Cannon will undoubtedly re-
strict the public building bill to the
very smallest possible amount, but it
ooks as though there would be some
for inaugurating efforts in be-
lalf of honolulu public building prof.
.cts.
The real Legislative work of the next
session OF Congress, or of the next
wo sessions, will not begin till after
January 1, 1906. Even if there be an
Extra session in November it will last
,ut three weeks and Speaker Cannon
old me, when here, that he had little
dea the House would accomplish any
hing at the extra session more than
o organize.
DEPARTMENT SCANDALS.
Departmental scandals have been
earring their heads more and more
as the summer weeks pass.
The Department of Agriculture has
,een shown to be honeycombed with
and graft. At first, when
Edwin s. Holmes, Jr.- associate stat
stefan, was dismissed for selling in
about cotton crop reports to
New York brokers, it was declared that
he department had been purged and