The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-05
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WASHINGTON, D. c., July 24.-The
excessive heat and the absence of a
large portion of officialdom have made
the national capital anything but a
hive of administrative industry dur
ing the last ten days. The new Sec
retary of State, Mr.. Root, came here
for about twentyfour hours last week,
to take the oath of Office. The corri-
dors OF the State Department had been
was nothing but a skeleton formation
of clerks and bureau chiefs. But the
presence of Mr. Root caused a scurry-
ing of State Department employees back
to the city. The Secretary, however,
having put on his harness quickly sped
away himself and Washington will see
little of him till along in September.
Other departments are deserted in
like manner. Secretary Shaw is alb
sent from his accustomed corner in
the Southeast corner of the second
floor of the treasury, where Hawaiian
officials have had numerous interviews
with him, first and last, about the use
of Hawaiian bonas as securities for
deposits of national banks. He is at
tending bankers meetings in divers
parts of the country, and incidentally
urging on that presidential boom. Sec
retary Taft, as Honolulu knows, is
away in the Philippines and his pres
iiential boom seems to be suffering in
his absence. The great trust-busting
eases of the government are tagging,
for Attorney General Moody is away
in Massachusetts, taking a vacation.
Secretary Hitchcock is rusticating in
rural New Hampshire. Postmaster
General Cortelyod remains in town,
finding it exceedingly difficult to let go
of his job as chairman of the National
Committee Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson, who, these days, has troubles
of his own, is also remaining in town.
He drives back and forth between his
apartments at Stoneleigh Court and the
Agricultural Department behind span
of fine black horses, as fine span as
the government owns. Meanwhile at
Presluent Roosevelt IS direction officials
are burrowing away for alleged scan
.dals in Mr.. Wilson'S department and
today a grano jury assembled to ascer-
tain whether an Indictment was feast
BILE against any of the officials or form
.er officials Of the Department of Agri-
culture.
CARRIERS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.
And thus, with the hottest summer
up to the present time that has been
experienced here for at least three
years, Washington is moving along to-
wards the autumn months. Every few
days something transpires at Oyster
Bay to make the official world here take
notice. This morning it was dispatch
about the long expected arrival there
of Gov. Carter, of Honolulu. The tone
of this dispatch was one of some levlty,
indicating that Gov. Carter was pro-
eeeding to the President IS domicile for
the purpose OF securing vote of con-
fidence. He had luncheon with the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt today but
Washington is not in a position to
know much more about the conference
at present than is Honolulu. 1t IS
thought likely that Gov. Carter will
come here. as mail for him is still col /
lecting at the Interior Department.
Gov. Carter's friend, Chief of the For |
est Service Clifford Pinchot, with whom
he stops usually on coming to WASH
ington, left here few days ago for
an extended trip throughout the West,
forest reserves.
ANGLo-AMERICAN CLAIMS.
The Solicitor of the State Depart
ment, Mr.. William L. Pentield, was ask
ed today what progress has been made
towards a commission to settle claims
between this government and Great
Britain. Such a commission has been
in mind for some time and is of inter
est in Hawaii because it is proposed
to bring the British claims IN HAWAII
before it for adjudication. Mr.. Pen
field replied that the appointment OF
such commission was apparently as