The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-27
hENOF HAWAII
SEE MANY
PEOPLE.
Washington Delegation
Has a Strenuous
Time.
(MaiI Special to the Advertiser)

(Mail Special to the Advertiser)
WASHINGTON, D. c., February 15.-
The Hawaiian refunding delegation
has nearly rounded out it's work IL
Washington. This week the members
thereof have been calling up various
officials and also upon various mem
bers of the House and have also had
a hearing before the Senate Commit
tee on Pacific Islands. at which Mr.
George w. Smith was the principal
speaker. They gave dinner Tues
day evening to the California delega-
ton in Congress, which proved very
enjoyable affair and also brought a
strong sentiment in that delegation for
the aid of the refunding bill. Repre-
sentative Needhan, of the Sixth Dis
trict, who is a member of the Ways
and Means Committee, seemed to be
about the only man lukewarm on the
subject.
NO date has yet been fixed for the
return to Hawaii Mr.. w. o. Smith
has gone to Boston today and G. w.
u a.
on visit to Philadelphia. The dele
cation would like to have a report
from the House Committee on Terrific
ries before departing. But even the
subcommittee. which consists of Rep
resentatives Reynolds. of Penn; Cole
of Ohio; Capron, of Rhode Island, Re
publicans; and Lloyd, of Missouri, and
Webb, of North Carolina, Democrats,
has yet held a meeting. 1t now looks
as though the subcommittee and the
committee on Territories would both
proceed leisurely with the bill. The
hearings have been printed in pam
phlet form, but in the first edition by
some error, the statement by Delegate
was omitted. The Pub
lie Printers attention has been call
ed to this and a correction will be
made.
CALL ON SPEAKER.
Monday the members of the Hawai-
ian delegation called on Speaker Can
non, being accompanied thither by
Pete" Hepburn. The
call was a very pleasant one and the
members of the delegation We're agree
ably surprised that Speaker Cannon
no hostility to the refunding
bill. At the same time he did not
commit himself, but asked some ques-
lions. Later the delegation called on
Chairman Tawney, of the House APP
Committee. who seems
'ather friendly to the proposition.
representative Dalzell, of PennSylva-
1ia, an influential member of the
House. was present and while nom
,ommittal seemed unfavorable to the
oill. A call has been made also on
firoa 7
'ippi. He was out and out in his op-
position and stated to the delegation |
hat it would be useless for him to give |
hem any hearing. as he should fight |
he bill. At the other end of the Cap |
tol the delegation called on Senators |
Perkins, of California, and Warren, |
# Wyoming, both of whom stated their |
Willingness to help along with the |
They talked also with SEN
tor Beveridge, of Indiana. who asked |
many questions about the measure,
ut indicated some doubt about his
eing able to support it.
DELEGATES SEE WILSON.
The hearing before Senator Foraker's
Committee on Pacific Islands lasted
bout an hour and half Tuesday.
ractically the same ground was COW
red as has been covered in the House
ommittee on Territories, but the ques-
ons by members of the committee
ere largely on the subject of terri
rial expenses. as contrasted with |
.deral expenses. At the dinner to the
allfornia delegation Tuesday night |
Mclaughlin. of Los
ngeIes, was especially happy in his
marks about Hawaii. He stated at |
Ice, that while it was a social occa- +
on the Californians wanted to i'm {
owe the opportunity to learn as much ,
'out the refunding bill as they possi- {
Y could. So, as soon as the dinner 3
as we'll underway, the discussion re- g
lved itself into a consultation how Y
st to advance the interests of the
funding bill Mr.. George B. McCleI- +
n was complimented by Mr. Nc s
iughlin for the good work he had /
ne in helping the Honolulu Harbor Q
preparation through the last Con- y
ess. He spoke with authority, being | r
member OF the River and Harbor !
Mr.. Mcclellan was called 3
to give his views about the refund
3 bill situation. !,
During the week the members of the .
legation have also called upon Sec :
AIRY of Agriculture Wilson, to ask
- - NNSNN~SO OApCAl NC sent ~ bIlC | I,
ands and also that soil survey work .
pressed in the islands Mr.. Will q
/ promised to do the best he could | ol
comply with those requests but told
delegation that the demand for | IL
analyses was very pressing and e
1t he had great difficulty meeting ! II
requests from the mainland. Sub Ia
Iuently they called upon Secretary
the Interior Hitchcock, but this was n
effy a call of courtesy and no busi- IA
IS of interest to Hawaii was trans Il
ed. ERNEST G. WALKER.