The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-07-06

day, under the motion of Representa-
tive Powers. of Maine. 1t was the
Senate bill, unamended, and therefore
will soon go to the President for sigma
ture. The appropriation OF $4,000 for
filling in the reef at the Honolulu Navy
yard, which went on the Naval appro-
priation bill as an amendment, has
been agreed to in conference. 1t will
therefore become law at an early
date but the money will not be avail
able till July /, the beginning of the
new fiscal year.
That is all the Hawaiian legislation
which has been under consideration in
Congress during the past week. But
Delegate Kalanianaole, Mr.. Mcclellan
and others here have been working
diligently on the other measures of in
?terest to the islands, being well aware
that but a brief time remains to do all
that can possibly be done at this ses-
sion of Congress. 1t is apparent now
that Congress can not adjourn for at
least a couple of weeks. 1t may b. in
the early part of July before the bust
ness is concluded. There is to be a
conference tomorrow morning with
Col. Pete Hepburn over the situation
with reference to the refunding bill.
THE motion to change it from the union
calendar to the House calendar is a
privileged motion and the Speaker is TO
be asked to recognize some one to make
that motion. There is still a hope of
getting the bill through the House be-
fore the close of the session.
WRATH AT ROOSEVELT
One danger is the very bad temper
that prevails among the Republicans.
A big quarrel has sprung up between
the President and the House leaders
over the beef inspection amendment.
They have had to yield to him for fear
of the wrath of their constituents, but
they are all sore" Speaker Cannon
is particularly wrathy at the manner in
which the President has interfered.
The situation with reference to the
immigration bill is still somewhat nebu-
1ous, but 1t will probably be known
whether it is to pass or not at this
session during the present week and
before this letter reaches Honolulu.
Representative Gardner, in charge of
the bill, has put in his call for a
caucus, but Speaker Cannon is con-
Quoting a canvas of House Republicans
to determine whether they favor the
immigration bill. The indications are
that majority are against it and
prefer that 1t go over till the next ses-
sion of Congress.
In some respects the most notable
legislative controversy of this session
of Congress has come at it's veiy close.
The struggle as to what kind of a
meat inspection rider shall go upon the
Agricultural Appropriation bill has
stirred the House Republican leaders to
h oI, ftnl, ,,,itI
them at high pitch till the gavels of
adjournment fall
The President has literally been driv-
ing them by threats and denunciation.
And they have been moving. the legis-
lation along grudginglythat youtg their
disapproval, swearing sident
J. he committee rooms and corridors,
but not daring to come out into the
open. There is one exception, however,
Representative James w. Wadsworth,
of New York, chairman of the Commit
tee on Agriculture. He and the Presi-
dent have for years been as friendly as
brothers, visiting at one another's
house and maintaining the closest So
cial as well as political relations. Mr.
Wadsworth shot his bolt at the Pr~si-
dent defiantly. Whatever the merits
of his side of the controversy, 1t is TO
be said in his favor that he dared 10
openly say what no other of more than
100 Republican members dared say al
though they felt as hotly about it and
as vigorously resented what they were
pleased to style the most glaring in
stance of executive Interference with
Congressional legislation, since Theo-
dore Roosevelt became President.
SENATE WAS DOCILE.
1t is particularly noteworthy that the
Senate, which frequently dares to fight
the President and did fight with some
success on the railroad rate regulation
h:l, passed the meat inspection with
out a word of debate. Senators saw
the necessity of better inspection, after
the revelations of THE Jungle" They
also saw the weakness in the amend
ment which Senator Beveridge and
others had drawn. Mr.. Beveridge is
far from a careful legislator and does
not have the confidence OF his Republi-
can colleagues, but they were none the
less willing to accept his work, because
they were aware that agitation would
hurt the domestic and the export trade
in meats. Then 1t happened that Sena-
tors, upon whom the beef trust could
rely to make a fight We're away from
Washington at the time.
Had the House taken the same philo-
sophie view of the situation. as the
Senate had, 1t might have been far bet
ter, although there are decidedly 'wo
sides to the story The packers were
very shortsighted I'm resisting the Pres
idents campaign for better inspection.
whatever criticisms can be justly made
OF the Presidents methods OF proceed
ure. They could have lived for few
months under the provisions OF the
Beveridge rider, its imperfectons would
have become apparent by next Decem-
Der, when Congress assemblies again,
and these could have been corrected,
thus avoiding the injurious agitation
OF the last two weeks
FRIENDS OF PACKERS,
The packers undoubtedly inspired the
nght that the House began % make
and which Il has now IN large part
yielded. The hope ~ campaign con
trlbutlons among the Republicans Is
very lively AZ this political Stage and
some " their managers we're alert 90
help the packers cause along. Then