The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-18

| understand that Governor Carter has
indorsed Mr.. Pratt"
Secretary Atkinson, who is acting for
Governor Carter in the postmastership
matter did not file the Governors Of
fetal Endorsement of Mr.. Pratt till this
week It is understood that there is
interesting spondence on file with
the President regarding the appoint
Fment, including letter from the Dele
gate and letter from the Secretary.
The contents of these communications
have not been made public.
! There is no significance in the delay
over the appointment of Mr. Pratt. As
L wrote in a letter on the subject two
or three months ago. it is the excep-
| ton rather than the rule that post
master must be nominated Immediate
" after the four years term of his
predecessor expires. Under the law
postmaster is commissioned for four
years. or until his successor is appoint
ed. 1t is often weeks or months, or
even a year or two before the new post
master in a given town or city is ap-
pointed, especially when there is con-
test over the nomination.
Mr. Pratt retains a neutral attitude.
~
Carter has intended to indOrse him.
Before I left Honolulu" said Mr..
Pratt a few days ago, 81 had frank
talk with Postmaster Dat. I told him
that I did not intend to turn a hand
to prevent him from securing the APP
pointment. 1 have lived I'D to that
statement literally. Under all the cir
cumstances I shall be very gla1. if the
oi,7o iS DIV n Mr. f.Ht
knows that. but I told him that il h.
were appointed I wanted to be the first
to congratulate him I have abstained
from inquiring about the status of the
case here in Washington, because I do
not want to give any possible excuse
for anybody to say that 1 have Deen
working against Mr.. Oat.''
Besides filing with the President the
Endorsement of Mr.. J. q.
Pratt for postmaster at Honolulu, Mr..
Atkinson has filed the Endorsement of
Mr.. George L Desha to be postmaster
at HiIo.
THE MITCHELL INDICTMENT
There is little to add about the in
dictment of Senator John H. Mitchell,
chairman of the subcommittee that
visited Hawaii two years ago, beyond {
what the San Francisco papers viii {
print before this letter reaches that {
city on its way to Honolulu. There is
a very general feeling of sympathy
here for Senator Mitchell and the be {
lief is strong that he will be acquitted. {
The Senator is well liked in Washing
ton, and has the regard of nea tly all
the older members of the Senate and
House. No member of either branch
has come back here after more close '
fights. He has been four times elected
to the Senate and three other times
has barely missed an election. t
It is notable that two of the three l
members of the committee, who visit /
ID Honolulu, have been indicted within b
90 short a time. Senator Burton, who il
has been convicted and sentenced. is Il
still here looking after his case. which n
: on appeal before the Supreme Court f
II the United States. O
ELMER PAXTON TALKS. g
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E Paxton, of Homo
uIu. made a brief visit here last week, ""
N route to Cuba. They have been in :,
Vew York city, where Mr. Paxton has "
,een attending to matters in connec- .
ion with the sugar business. AL i
hough he and Mrs. Paxton arrived in y
Washington during a very bad spell of =
christmas weather. they had d pleasant =
-isit. When Mr.. Paxton left, he was
offering from a severe cold that the :,
MUSICIAN feared might develop into an -
tack of grip. He called on Secretary -
Ietcalf of the Department of Com l,
lerce, being accompanied by Mr.. J. G. -
'ratt. *
"All the information in New York on
ne sugar outlook is very satisfactory"
aid Mr.. Paxton to me. We are as
ured of good prices for a year and lii
for two years" He added pc
Mr. on1 o+ba, &C