The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-02-23

Congress successfully without aid from
him, but if they found it necessary to
ask him for further help he would
willingly lend them whatever aid he
could.
CALLS OF COURTESY.
The delegation paid call of cour.
tesy upon Secretary Shaw aud also
took look over the Treasury building.
They were given special permit 10
look into the money vaults and also to
take few millions of bills into their
hands for a minute. Last Sunday
night Delegate Kalanianaole, who has
been constant escort of the lelega-
tion, gave them dinner at the Dewey
hotel, there having been present also
Chairman Hamilton, of the Territories
Committee, and seven or eight other
members Of Congress-
Monday evening they were guests at
dinner given by Mr.. and Mrs. +. M.
Hatch at their street residence, Tues.
day evening Mr.. and Mrs. George b.
Mcclellan gave diner to portion of
the delegates and Delegate Kalaniana.
ole, Mr.. Hatch also being present The
following evening the McClellans gave
another dinner to the balance of the
delegation who had been unable to at
tend the first dinner. The Hawaiian
delegation give dinner next Tuesday
evening at the New Willard to the
members of the California dclcga ion
in Congress, as q sort of return cour-
tesy to the dinner which the Chamber
of Commerce gave them in San Fran.
cisco.
As to the prospects of the bill for
enactment there are divers views. The
prospects are not as bright as the mem
bers of the territorial delegation would
wish but they feel that there is a
fighting chance. During the hearings
the members of the Territory commit
tee questioned the witnesses very close
ly about the land leases and the ex-
penses of the territorial legislature. A
conviction rests in the minds of many
of the members of the House Commit
tee that the territorial Legislature has
been extravagant and that the terri
tory is now hard up largely p+canse of
that alleged extravaganza.
Representative Lloyd, of Missouri,
regarded rs one of the best business
men of the Democratic side of the
table, has put many questions to the
witnesses that indicated his opposition
to the bill. He confirmed t,nt today
in discussion of the prospects,.
AN UPHILL FIGHT.
"The BILL" said Mr.. LloYl, "calls
for an appropriation of $75o.000, or
Whereabouts ever year for twenty
years. ! am unable to see any iustifi-
cation for placing such n su.l If money
in the hands of the territori' author
tics. They say they want L for ter
ritorial improvements. But asked one
of the witnesses at one stage of the
proceedings, what was meant by public
improvements and he said II would in
clude sewers and like improvements,
indicating that it could als> be spent
for electric light works an. other mu-
nicipal works. When the behring's are
printed you will see that those qnes-
tions are not in the record ms they
were asked outside of the regular ex.
animation.
"NOw II seems TO be ms Though theirs
Is back Of this request for such large
appropriations for the territory some.
thing that ought 10 ho looked into,
Give tho territory s750,0o0 for twenty
years and you will find that il will
have school houses, roads-one Of them
told me II WIS prop0sed 10 build some
roads-riyer and harhor improvements
and . lot ~ other public works, which
may be an well enough In themselves.
But why should Congress put IN the