The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-06-25
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Governor Carter of Hawaii has bee;
here for three days. which he has iilled
with business pertaining to the Ter
ritory. lie has been to the Whit,
House Offices to see President Roose
welt, whom he assured that under NJ
conditions would he accept another
term, as has been understood in Ha
waii he would do. lie has also trans
acted considerable important business
with Secretary of the Interior Garfield
and Secretary of the Department OF
Commerce and Labor Straus.
Sunday the Governor was called tc
New urk, wuithcr he went on the
night train. uut is expected back lee
this evening ty the Congressional
limited and tomorrow will renew h :
work around the departments. lie plans
to leave Washington finally Thursday
evening next for Rochester where hC
viii attend a social function at the resi-
donce o. Mrs Cartcr's father. He eX
pects to be back in San Francisco late
in the month and June 20, accordin
10 his present arrangements, Will sti
for Honolulu. Secretary Straus, witt
whom the Governor took luncheon to
day, will accompany him back to Ho
nolulu. With Secretary Straus will be
members of his family anu private sec
retary. They will leave Washington IN
few days and go across the continent
by the Canadian Pacific, so that the
secretary can see something of the i'm
migration inspection service along the
border. From Canada they will jour
ney down to San Francisco and join the
Governor there.
THE SECRETARY'S PLANS.
In Hawaii Secretary Straus plans
to give his attention chiefly to the
coastwise shipping service and to the
japanese and immigration questions
Governor Carter has brought to his at
tention and to the attention of Secre.
tary Garfield the difficulties which the
provision against passengers travelling
between Honolulu and San Francisco
in foreign ships, impose. The Governor
has urged that this restriction be re-
moved, but Secretary Straus wants to
see for himself before any steps are
taken. If legislation is required, the
secretary must be able to present thc
matter intelligently to Congress. If il
is shown that the restriction is only Q
construction of existing law, it is alsC
necessary for the Secretary to under
stand the situation thoroughly.
The secretary is convinced of the i'm
portanee of the japanese problem anC
wants to see something of condition!
in Hawaii He will naturally Civ,
careful attention to the immigration
situation there. He assured Governol
Carter that the Territory could con
tinue to bring in immigrants by tn,
same methods as those followed in tn,
recent shipments from Europe. Th
secretary assured the Governor tina
| the federal government would not brinI
prosecutions for any alleged violation
of the law. But this does not satisfy
the Governor who asked the secretary
how the Territory could be assured
that private individuals would mo-
bring suit. -Ae secretary thinks thai
ought not to cause the Territory any
uneasiness, but, on the Governor s sug
gestion, has agreed to refer the mat
ter to the law officers of the depart
ment to determine whether such suits
could be brought with any probability
of success in the courts.
L
An important matter the Governor
has practically closed, pertains to the
selection of site for the new public
building in Honolulu. Soon after he
reached Washington Governor Carter
called on Ex-Governor Beekman Win
throp, of Porto Rico, now Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, in charge,
among other things, of the selection of
public building sites They are old
time friends. Winthrop was the young
est governor in the United States till
Governor Carter was appointed. just
when Governor Carter called at Assist
ant Secretary Winthrop's office, the
cablegram withdrawing the Mahuka
site from the public building competi-
tion was received. Governor Carter
and Mr.. Winthrop forthwith took up
the selection of another site, with the
result that the selection of the Irwin
site on Palace Square is now assured.
Several cablegrams have passed be-
tween here and Honolulu on the sub
ject in the last two days, some of them
being with Mr.. w. G. Irwin, who has
agreed to donate a considerable
frontage on the proposed federal build
ing site, so that Palace Square can be
enlarged in accordance with the Robin
son plans. Governor Carter's first mes
sage to flr, Irwin on the subject of
donating this frontage was misunder-
stood, apparently, but it was followed
by n l61-worl cablegram, which the
Governor paid for out of his own
pocket, in which he described in detail
what the proposition was. 1t was fol-
lowed by Mr.. Twins announcement
that he would donate the frontage. As
Governor Carter left Washington sun
day he has not vet notified Mr.. Win
throp but will do SO ON his return.
The Governor stated that the accep-
tance of the Irwin site by the govern
ment was now assured. ~ appreciate
very much," he added, "the attitude
Mr., Irwin has taken in donating the
frontage, II was public spirited act
and constitutes the first step towards
enlnrglng Palace Square"
NEW ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM.
The Governor found new methods pre-.
Vailing at the Interior Department for
handling Territorial affairs, All this
business now goes through tho hands
Of Secretary Garfield, who Is having a
room arranged, whore clerks win te on
duty 20 attend 20 correspondence and
tn keen up 10 date information about