The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-27
CHANGE IN
METHODS
MADE
Hawaiian Bills Cannot
Be Pushed by the
4 Departments.
(Mail Special to the Advertiser.)

{Mail Special to the Advertiser.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., December II.
AN outbreak in the Senate today and
yesterday against the virtual introduc-
will check some efforts that have been
made in behalf of Hawaii and cause
those efforts to be directed through
other channels. Secretary of the In
terror Garfield has been willing to have
bills for Hawaii drawn up in the In
terror Department, whereupon he would
forward them to the Senate. This has
been his practice in connection with
many measures in which the Depart
ment of the Interior is interested.
Because of the prevalence of this
practice and representations that it was
an influential way to reach the Senate
some of the friends of Hawaii have
been working along the lines approved
by Mr.. Garfield. The Senate, however,
has rebuked Mr.. Garfield and holds
that he has no right to send bills up
there for their consideration and that
communications from him and to refer
s to any committee the bills he forwards.
19n the Senate today Mr.. Lodge, Mr..
<f5Aiarieh, Mr.. Culberson and others were
&&rery emphatic in denouncing the prac-
InAice and it is now assured that the
Z practice will cease. Such bills will be
received in the Senate, only in case
they are presented by the President in
the way provided by the constitution.
That means that such bills will not be
forwarded at all, YRless it be in very
rare instances.
Delegate Kalanianaole has introduced
a number of bills in the House most
of them bills he offered in the last
Congress. They include bill for dry
dock at Pearl Harbor, for public
building in Honolulu, for lighthouse
on Kauai and for the payment of ex-
Queen Liliuokalani' s claim.
Governor Frear has been working on
the immigration question and paving
the way for some favorable legislation
by Congress. He has also been giving
considerable attention to preparations
for some action to modify the coast
wise shipping laws. He is also con-
tinuing his visits to officials in the
various departments and to members
of Congress for the purpose of ac-
quainting as many people as possible |
in influential positions with the needs |
of the islands. The Governor and |
former Judge Hatch were dinner guests
of Mr.. George b. Mcclellan this even
ing. where they met Senator Dilling- |
ham, of Vermont, and Representative /
Howell, of New Jersey, who are chair /
men respectively of the Senate and |
Hs1se Committees on immigration.
Delegate Kalanianaole and Mr.. Nc /
Clellan appeared before a subcommit- |
tee of the Republican National COM /
mittee here last week to urge that Ha-
wan be given as large representa-
tion in the next National convention
as other territories receive. The mat
ter was settled to the satisfaction of
the Hawaiians here as the committee
decided that none of the territories
should have more than two delegates,
the same that Hawaii had in the last
convention. Mr.. KalanianaoIe voted
for Kansas City as the place for the
convention, having made an agreement
to do so to secure support for the +
equal representation of the territories.
Mr.. II. p. Wood, secretary and treas
urer of the Honolulu Chamber of Com
merce has arrived in Washington. He
is quoted in the Washington Times OF
this evening as follows:
''The progressive body of Hawaii S
citizens are formed into several com
mereial organizations that have been
Instrumental in building up large
trade for the territory. Besides the
Chamber of Commerce in Honolulu
there is a Promotion and Development !
Association which works in harmony |
with the other trade organizations. |
'FPaid clerks and assistants are en-
,saoyed by the various bodies, not only /
IA Honolulu but in the various Pacific
cities, and some are stationed in Boston ;
and New York The promotion com .
mittee is composed of two members of !
thesChamber of Commerce, two mem ,
bers of the merchants committee, and ,
FIFTH is selected by choice.
"Regular bureaus of information are
maintained in Los Angeles, Seattle, San
Francisco. and throughout the West in T.
general. exploiting Hawaii s commercial
facilities and trade. From Alaska to !
Los Angeles. from Boston to San Fran {
cisco the country's industries are ad-
vertised.
'In Los Angeles the Honolulu CHAM G
Der of Commerce maintains bureau IN 9
the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
building. where lectures illustrated with T
moving pictures are given daily"
ERNEST G. WALKER. i