The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-02-10

presidents recommendation valuable
we should work along the lines of the
recommendation and not take up a
different line of effort which may re-
suit in killing the goose that lays the
golden egg. 1 shall however use every
means in my power to get this conces-
sion in the broadcast possible form, by
the aid of influential house leaders. But
we can go only SO far as they are will
ing to go in that direction.
Beyond a doubt any measure of this
sort will meet with strong opposition
from certain influential members of
Congress. l have, however received
substantial encouragement already in
the direct promise of help from Col.
Hepburn and Chairman Tawney of the
committee on appropriations. Our Ella
ton over the promise of their help is
tempered by the fact that they feel
the percentage of revenue to be set
aside should be reduced from IS per
cent. to so per cent 1t was inevitable
that this suggestion should be made
during the course of the bill, and it
will simply have to be overcome if we
are able to convince them of the rea-
sonableness of the presidents original
recommendation.
Col. Hepburn has made a friendly
suggestion in regard to the handling of
the bill which L am now preparing to
follow up; it is that in addition to
pushing my present bill before the COM
mittee on territOrit s, | shall endeavCr
to have an amendment to the same eff
feet inserted as rider to the Sundry
Civil bill. We are now discussing means
and methods by which that may be put
in such form that it will not be subject
to a point of order when the Sundry
Civil bill is put upon it's passage; it is
not at all certain that this can be done;
Col. Hepburn reiterated this morning
| that l had not only taken the correct
course in referring my original bill to
the committee on territories, but he
| further insists that we shall go on with
our plan of a hearing before that COM
mittee while seeking to work out a plan
| for getting it Il place in the Sundry
Civil bill through the committee on
! appropriations; in other words, so far
as it is now developed, it appears ad-
visable to follow both lines of action
until we can be certain of our results
with the committee on appropriations.
| The hearing before the committee on
territories will in any event, lay a
ground work of information among
certain members of Congress and will
be of value in securing the passage of
the measure in whichever form it
proves best to finally put it to the test
before the house.
| Yesterday, in company with Con-
! gresham Mann, of the House Commit
tee on interstate commerce, l had an
| interview with Speaker Cannon to Sc
cure recognition for the passage of my
two light house bills now on the cal
endar. The speaker in his char
| acteristically forcible language inform
ed Mr.. Mann, who is chairman of the
| Subcommittee on light houses, that
the appropriation for light house es-
| adjustment would have to be kept
down to the vanishing point in this
! Congress- after making his customary
comments ON the extravaganza of light
house officials in their estimates of the
amounts needed for each case and
after exacting a promise from Mr.. Mann
that light house items would be kept
down to the lowest possible point he
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| two bills, and they will doubtless be
called up and passed in the near flu
ture.
The sudden new developments in the
matter of Judge Robinson's re-appoint-
ment has naturally stirred up strong
feeling on the part of Judge Robnsons
friends here, and as one of these friends
is a cabinet officer, and another an in
huential senator their opinions in the
matter are not wholly to be ignored.
Attorney General Moody, after giving
the matter final consideration sent &c
the President yesterday his recommen-
tion that Judge Robinson be re-appoint'
ed. Doubtless before this letter has
been published, you will have been adj
vised by cable as to the presidents
final decision in regard to that mat
ter.
Very truly yours,
j. KALANIANAOLE
naIppata IN Congress