The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-13
TWO DAYS
FOR TAFT.
Tells {. "A. Boyd What
He Wants TO
Visit.
(Man Special to the Aavsrsases1

I WASHINGTON, y, @, May I<-See-
resary Willians Il Taft viii ret be sat,
IShed with less than tirae enough 70
+ show the members Of his party both
/ the scenic and Industrial featares of
Hawaii, a prograra was discussed be-
+ tween the Secretary and Secretary E,
/ ". Boyd of the Hawaii Promotion
Committee today aad. after q eoafes-
eRes. Secretary Taft expressed his de-
/ sire that any arrangement made fer
( the entertainment OF the party bound
for the Philippines should include 3
drive To the Pali, an excursion TO =
sugar plantation and a visit 20 Pearl
Harbor,
Secretary Taft has on many oeea>
sioas shewa his interest in Hawaii, 1t
ulay not be known, althengh have in
tinated as mpeh before, that the inter
est OF the Secretary had moch 10 do
with the appropriation for harbor i'm
provements, 1t is his desire now, STAGE
SO many Senators and Representatives
have indicated their wish 10 see the
Philippines, thar this occasion be made
the opportunity Tor the Islands and il
is safe 10 say that nothing will be left
uadoue by the Secretary which might
rebound in any way 70 the future sd-
vantage of Hawaii.
Much depends, of course, upon the
disposition of the Pacific Mail SteaIa-
ship Company as 10 the july trip OF
the Maaehuria. Ii time enough Is
given ii is certain that Honolulu viii
be thoroughly looked over, its harhor
inspected. the surroundings enjoyed,
and its necessities weighed by the of6.
eial visitors. The story, perhaps, is
best told as MIR. Boyd put it to me, fol-
lowing his interview with Secretary
Taft, who is now Secretary of War,
acting Secretary of State, and de faeto
President of the United States;
.'Secretary Taft has shown the
greatest interest in Hawaii, said MIR.
Boyd this afternoon. ''He began his
comment by saying that he wanted TO
show the members of his party the
Jumping off place which, of course,
meant Nuuanu Pail. AS to what he
really wants TO see, l gather that an
excursion TO Pearl Harbor with an in-
speetion OF the sugar mill alone will
satisfy HIM. Secretary Taft knows
Hawaii by reason of several visits,
and my interview with him today vas
TO secure from him an expression as 10
what he wants we should show his
friends. In the absence of Chairman
Hedemann of the joint committee, l
took up with Secretary Taft all of the
many points of interest and of indus
trial Importance. While no program
has been or can be arranged finally,
presuming that the Manehuria viii ar
rive early in the morning, Secretary
Taft has intimated that he would en-
Joy his stop best if something like the |
following could be arranged: FIRST, Il |
drive to the Pail. After mncheop, "a |
trip to one of the sugar plantations.
The second day trip TO Pearl Har-
bor This is framed on the presump-
tion that the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company will arrange the time OF the
Manchuria so that the vessel will ar
rive in Honolulu early on the sixth day
ont of San Francisco and stay in port
not less than thirty-six hours. Secre-
tary Taft expressed the most urgent
desire that every possible minute or
time might be given in port that ms
party could see Honolulu and its sur
roundings, and intimated that the
hours TO he devoted to sightseeing
would be stretched To the limit In the
interest of Hawaii. General Passenger
Agent Kerelt of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company said to me in San
Francisco that the company would try
its best to give Hawaii every consid-
Grafton and | am hopeful that he Will
order a stop of not less than two days.
''The Secretary was especially pleas
ed with the suggestion that II was the
desire of the people of Hawail to meet
himself and the members of his party,
and said that they would gladly take
part in any public reception arranged
for them. When the subject of a re-
ception was broached, the Secretary
said: 'On the Steamship and when
that the vessel, following the
custom, would lie outside the harbor,
commented An, another
object lesson.
| am informed that Secretary Taft
will personally make known TO the Pa
,iic Mail Steamship Company his de-
sire to have as much time in Honolulu
is possible, and that he authorized
be made to the San
Francisco office that he would he pleas {
,d with az considerable stay as the
,hip could make and keep up her
schedule. Secretary Taft now thinks
hat his party will include not less {
han sixty persons. According TO one {
Who has talked with him. there will
,e ten United States Senators. twenty
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