The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-03-30
CONGRESS ON
HAWAIIAN
MATTERS

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WAsfIiNGTON. u. C.. March H.
The segregation bill has made a slight
advance during the past week The
subcommittee held an executive ses-
sion two days ago aud agreed to
favorably report the bill TO the fun
committee There were only two ad-
verse votes. one Of them being Repre-
sentative Lloyd OF Missouri.
That action speaks well for the bill.
as II is probable the full committee
VIII follow the recommendation of the
subcommittee and report the bill
favorably TO the Hou.e. The temper
OF the House at present is not alto
gether favorable and Representative
Lloyd. who is the chief opponent of
the measure. said today that II could
never pass. II II the expectation that
Speaker Cannon will not oppose the
bill further. at least Till II is out of
committee and favorably reported. but
II Will be very easy for him to kill IL
In the House II he so Wills
In other directions there has been
practically nothing doing I'm Hawai-
ian matters here at the Capitol. Some
House Republicans are striving to get
the ship subvention bill up. Should
II become law. Hawaii would In some
particulars probably be benefited. The
House Committee on Merchant Marine
and Fisheries. which has the bill In
charge, Will take II up Thursday next
according To the present arrangement.
and grant hearings. 1t is too early
yet TO tell what the outcome with the
tAi hn "A nd .,f ha Va NaI
II viii probably be favorably reported
TO the House but there is much Re
publican opposition to be overcome be-
fore II can command majority
against the Democrats and Repub-
lican opponents.
The railroad rate bill is now en-
crossing attention here. The Senate
debate on II began last Monday and
has been progressing ever since. But
II has not been an interesting debate,
because It IL largely legal and there
fore not OF lively popular interest The
House has been I'm the throes OF an
other quarrel, because of the state
hood bill. Speaker Cannon does not
wish TO yield to the Senate and erect
only one state, that OF Oklahoma out
OF Oklahoma Territory and Indian
Territory. They caucused on the mat
ter a few days ago and decided TO
send the bill to conference. This In
not quite so bad as the plan the
Speaker first had-to send It back to
committee where he could bury II as
he did year ago, unless the Senate
was willing to come to his terms
The Speaker, however IL standing
very firm In spite of the opposition
In his own party. There were forty
three Republicans In the caucus. or
as II was officially known. a confer
ence, who stood out against his pro-
gram. preferring a motion to concur
In the Senate amendments and get the
bill out OF the way forthwith
But that would not be good politics
at this stage. The President and the
Speaker are pretty closely leagued to-
gether. The President has some things
he wants the unwilling Senate to do.
Accordingly the statehood bill can be
used az a lever to help those measures.
now marooned In the Senate, along. Az
the same time the Senate can put the
statehood bill as n rider on one OF its(
appropriation bills and. perhaps, force
II through that way. Considerable bit
terness has developed and there may
be lively doings before the SESSION
comes to an end.
BY the time the rate bill comes to
n vote one can tell more clearly what
the prospects are with reference to
other matters. Everything is still
hanging on that. The Senate IL play
Ing politics over the bill quite as
desperately as the President and the
House and Senators do not propose to
pass any legislation In such shape that
II can not be used to their advantage
I'm fixing up final agreement on the
rate bill. The matter has come To
the point where they believe they can
do better with the President provided
there are other things he wants than
the rate bill, than they could II they
grant him The other things first.
ERNEST q. WALKER.