The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-29
ON
HAWAIIAN
MATTERS
Speaker Cannon Is Not
Disposed to Fight
the islands.
tMan Special to the Advertiser.)


WASHINGTON, D. c., March H.
The segregation bill has made slight
advance during the past week. The
subcommittee held an executive ses-
sion two days ago and agreed to
favorably report the bill to the full
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 it is probable the full committee
will follow the recommendation of the
subcommittee and report the bill
favorably to the House. The temper
of the House at present is not alto
Lloyd, who is the chief opponent of
the measure, said today that it could
never pass. 1t is the expectation that
Speaker Cannon will not oppose the
bill further, at least till it is out of
committee and favorably reported. but
it will be very easy for him to kill it
in the House if he so Wills
In other directions there has been
nothing doing in Hawai-
ian matters here at the Capitol. Some
House Republicans are striving to get
the ship subvention bill up. Should
it become law, Hawaii would in some
probably be benefited. The
House Committee on Merchant Marine
and Fisheries, which has the bill in !
will take it up Thursday next /
according to the present arrangement, !
and grant hearings. It is too early |
yet to tell what the outcome with the |
oill will be at that end of the Capitol. !
It will probably be favorably reported /
% the House but there is much Re
publican opposition to be overcome be-
ore it can command a majority /
against the Democrats and Repub-
lean opponents.
The railroad rate bill is now en-
crossing attention here The Senate
iebate on it began last Monday and
las been progressing ever since. But
t has not been an interesting debate,
because it is largely legal and there
ore not of lively popular interest. The
House has been in the throes of an
ther quarrel, because of the state
ood bill. Speaker Cannon does not
Wish to yield to the Senate and erect
My one state, that of Oklahoma out
f Oklahoma Territory and Indian
'erritory. They caucused on the mat
er a few days ago and decided to
end the bill to conference. This is
ot quite so bad as the plan the
peaker first had-to send it back to I
where he could bury it as
e did year ago, unless the Senate
ras willing to come to his terms.
The Speaker, however, is standing i
cry firm in spite of the opposition !
L his own party. There were forty
aree Republicans in the caucus, or !
s it was officially known, a confer
nee, who stood out against his pro-
ram preferripg a motion to concur
the Senate amendments and get the 7
Ill out OF the way forthwith. {
But that would not be good politics 1
this stage. The President and the {
oeaker are pretty closely leagued to- i
ether. The President has some things 8
: wants the unwilling Senate to do. t
ccordingly the statehood bill can be
sed as a lever to help those measures,
,w marooned in the Senate, along. At t
e same time the Senate can put the {
atehood bill as rider on one of its v
preparation bills and, perhaps, force o
through that way. Considerable bit &C
rness has developed and there may
lively doings before the session
mes to an end. Y
By the time the rate bill comes to +,
vote one can tell more clearly what N
e prospects are with reference to r.
her matters. Everything is still h
nging on that. The Senate is play n
3 politics over the bill quite as a.
sperately as the President and the :,
,use and Senators do not propose to h
SIS any legislation in such shape that
can not be used to their advantage -
fixing up a final agreement on the ~
te bill. The matter has come to / !.
: point where they believe they can -.
better with the President, provided =.
ere are other things he wants than :,
: rate bill, than they could If they :.
int him the other things first.
ERNEST G.. WALKER