The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-20
THE SENATE'S
BUSY DAY
Nuuanu Dam, Bonded
Indebtedness and
Federal Site.
sENATE-TWENTY-THIRD DAY.

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Senator Chillingworth takes umbrage
at the reference to him in the Adver-
tiser and remarks that a man can not
put up an argument on the Nuuanu
dam without being connected in some
way with the Standard Oil Co. He
adds that this paper is welcome to its
sarcasm. 1t is evident that the young
Senator dislikes being referred to as
the champion of so miserable an af-
fair as the dam and to being connected
with such a high handed monopoly as
the Standard Oil Co., even though his
connection may be only as the intro
ducer of couple of bills in the in
terest of the trust.
His friends do not blame him for be-
ing sore at the prominence this paper
is giving him in relation to both meas
| ures but they would like to have him
say what he would think of a Judge
who would state from the bench that
he was satisfied that a man on trial
was free from blame even before the
evidence was all in. The positions
of the taxpayers and Senator Chilling
worth are similar for he has said,
Fright out in meeting" that there is
nothing against the assistant superin
tendent in charge of the dam opera
tions and as far as he is concerned the
committee is ready to report.
In connection with this the Adver-
tiser prints below communication
pinned to the blotter on the desk of
the Advertiser reporter, in the Senate
yesterday morning. 1t was not signed:
"Mr. Reporter: You might just as
well notify the dam committee to dis
band as they have already decided on
their verdict. No use losing any more
time and money, trying to fool the
public and make them believe an in
vestigation is going on, when the COM
mittee has already made up its mind.
These kind of Investigations will do
the public no good, and some other
authority should be appealed to, SO as
to have proper investigation and not
blinds as to whitewashing, etc. Stop
the investigation now, and thus save
money for the taxpayers.
1t appears as though the people of
Honolulu win fiddle around a site for
a Federal building until there is moth
ing left for them but the fshmarket.
Hilo played the same sort of a tune
and wound up with building site
with a corner lot taken out by or
der, or consent, of the Governor who
seemed willing to have it used for a
site for a Masonic Temple. Mr.. Tay-
lor, whose mission to Hawaii was of
pleasure coupled with authority to
pick a site for home for the United
States officials during business hours,
has teetered between the Mahuka and
the Bishop site until the people are
not quite sure which place he prefers.
Yesterday concurrent resolution was
introduced in the Senate by Senator
Coelho asking a recommendation of
the site facing Palace square, which
would be pretty good place If the
people made up their mind to it. ToI
what extent the resolution will go to- |
ward settling the question it is i'm
possible to say but as far as the owners
of the Young Hotel are concerned, |
and the comfort of the guests, it looks |
to an outsider as though the manage
ment would prefer the space to the
Bishop site.
Now it appears that the committee
in charge of the dam investigation
feels disgust at the outlook and the
of the Governor for asking a
new appropriation of ninety thousand
dollars to complete the structure does
not help matters There seems to be a
growing idea that an increase in the
public debt is luxury that the people
,an do without and for that reason 1t
looks as though there will be no more
oan fund and today, it is tacitly prom
sed the investigation of the dam will
cease, that Mr.. Schuyler viii not come
lown. Whether the core wall and the
pipe will have another coat of white
wash has not been determined. Posi-
ply the expense will be saved.
The query by Senator Woods as to
he amount of the bonded indebted
less and the interest paid on the I'M
expended portion of the loan fund
seems to have fallen on ground produc-
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