The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-20
DELEGATE IS
VERY SORE
Does Not Want Atkin.
son Butting in at
Washington.

A long letter from Delegate Kalan1-
| anaole. published in both afternoon
papers. takes exception to what IS
claimed to be an impression created
by the files of the Honolulu papers re-
ceived in Washington to the effect that
Secretary Atkinson was doing all the
work for the territory that is being
done before Congress. The Delegate
writes:
"These would be friends of the Sec
4 rotary have sought to give out the i'm
pression that Chairman Burton of the
Rivers and Harbors Committee and
other leaders of Congress have request
ed that the Secretary remain here for
a month to give information on Ha-
waiian matters. Secretary Atkinson
would not himself give out a state
ment at once so foolish and implying
such ignorance on the part of Homo
lulu people in regard to methods of
work in the House and Senate.
1.-The Rivers and Harbors Committee
has worked almost continuously in
executive session behind locked doors,
and has uniformly refused to give pub
lie hearings. Mr.. r. P. Schwerin,
General Manager of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company, has been in
Washington twice during the month of
December, and on neither occasion has
he been able to secure an appointment
with Mr.. Burton; in fact, it is a COM
mon saying in the House corridors that
it is harder to get at Chairman Bur
ton than it is to see the President.
I'm the face of these facts it is very
unkind to Mr.. Atkinson for his enthu-
siaStic friends to give out the obvious
ly foolish statement that Mr.. Burton
requested him to remain here for a
month. Mr. Burton's private secretary
when asked in regard to the rumor,
laughed at it as an excellent joke, as
Mr. Burton has almost daily to refuse
requests for fifteen minute interviews
both with Members of the House and
when who come here from all parts of
the country to press river and harbor
projects.
"Diligent inquiry here at the Capital
seems to indicate that the entire story
sion clerk in the Interior Department,
who has supervised the publishing of
the Governors report, and who sug-
gested the desirability of having the
Secretary remain
The Delegate says that he first call
ed on the President, and received as
surances of help on. both the Honolulu
harbor and Ieprosy bills. Mr.. Bur-
ton told us frankly, in the beginning
he writes. that surveys would be all
we could hope for at this session. The
Delegate and Mr.. Mcclellan, however,
urged that the case was a special one,
and finally Burton agreed to see
whether he could not frame special
bill.
The Delegate tells how he followed
this up and secured the cooperation
of the San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce. As a result of his work he
says, he secured from Burton the
necessary request that data with refer
ence to Honolulu harbor be cabled for,
and it is now in Washington ready for
the committee.
The Delegate further claims that he
took the leprosy matter up with Sur
geon General Wyman, and that he
Sc~CI IllCSd MS oNll IIOpS VI pISSlISe III
the matter in the interest of having
the proposed measure made national
rather than Hawaiian.
The Delegate goes into the public
building matter somewhat extensively,
relating all that he has done, and con-
cludes: Il have followed a consistent
course to keep the interests of Honolu-
lu paramount to those of Mr. Young
and to do nothing to prejudice our re-
quest for a federal building in Homo
lulu
The Delegate accuses the Secretary
of meddling in matters at the War De-
partment, thereby creating confusion,
and says. IF I had broken into Secre-
| tary Atkinsons bond negotiations in
| the same manner. I think the citizens
of Hawaii would have justly criticised
me-
| In conclusion, Kuhio writes: Il APP
| preciate the help of every citizen of
Hawaii who will cooperate in a
| definite plan of work here at the Cap
| ital But for individual men in Ho-
nolulu to maintain Secretary Atkinson
or any one else here by the month as
an Independent worker. can lead only
TO confusion and injury to Hawaii's
| interests