The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-18
BUSY DAYS At
WASHINGTON
HaWaiians There Find Lots of
Things to Do at the
Capital.
(Mail Special to the Advertiser.)

(Mail Special to the Advertiser.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., December 5
This has been rather a busy week
for the prominent Hawaiians in Wash
ington While the assembling of Con-
gress does not mean much immediate
work, there has been plenty to do in
looking after number of matters.
The National Committee of the Re
publican party meets here tomorrow
for a session of two days at which
the time and place for the next Ma
tional Convention will be determined
Delegate Kalanianaole, who reached
town early in the week, holds the
proxy of Committeeman Robertson and
will sit in the National Committee
meetings. Yesterday morning he visit
ed the National Committee headquar-
tiers to ascertain what chance there
might be for allowing Hawaii six dele
gates, instead of two, as the National
Convention of 1904 directed. He was
informed by Secretary Dover that the
matter was not one the committee
could deal with as it would have to
abide by the decision of the conven-
tion and if the next convention would
take the matter up and authorize
larger delegation then it would prob
ably be final.
Governor Frear has been occupied
during the week in visiting cabinet
members and others, advancing in
every way he could the interests of
the Territory. He is doing an excel
lent work in imparting up to date in
formation about Hawaiian affairs to
high officials.
For the last two days the Governor
has been attending the National River
and Harbor Congress, to which he IS
a delegate. He also nominated Dele
gate Kalanianaole, ex-Judge Hatch and
Mr.. George B. Mcclellan as delegates
to the Congress. They held meeting
this morning and agreed upon the
memberships in the committees of the
Congress. The questions discussed have
been of a general character as it is
forbidden to favor any particular
project.
Governor Frear has also been at
tending a conference of Chambers of
Commerce and other business organlza-
tions, whose representatives have been
meeting with Secretary Straus of the
Department of Commerce and Labor
This was called some time ago for
the purpose of organizing a perma-
nent body that would cooperate with
the Department of Commerce and La
Dor in carrying out plans and projects
of interest to the business men of the
country.
The annual book of estimates con-
tains an item of $2,000,000 for the
construction of drydock at Pearl
Harbor, which, In considerable part Is
due to the energetic recommendations
of Mr. Mcclellan.
There is considerable disappointment
in local Hawaiian circles here because
the President s recommendation in his
annual message was not more specific.
1t was hoped that he would strongly
recommend the establishment of
naval station there.
Admiral Dewey has been one of the
strong champions of large Improve
ments to Pearl Harbor. He has taken
up with enthusiasm the suggestions
made to him by the friends of Hawaii
and thinks that, with the sending of
large navy fleets to the Pacific ocean
adequate preparations should be made
for harboring them near Honolulu.
Vice President Fairbanks has pre-
sented in the Senate this week a petit
tion of the Merchants Association of
Honolulu, asking for a law that viii
suspend the coastwise shipping laws as
far as pertains to Hawaii and another
petition of the Merchants Associa-
tion asking for an appropriation to
widen and deepen Pearl Harbor. The
Vice President also presented three pc
titions of the Chamber of Commerce
of Honolulu. one asking for legisla
tion~to increase the salaries of terri
torial Judges: one to increase the sal
aries of the Governor and secretary Of
the Territory; and a third for an an
nual annronriatiOn for the support Of
industrial education in agricultural
high schools and for branch agricul-
tural experiment stations in the Ter
ritory. These petitions all went to the
Committee on the Pacific islands, Of
which Senator Foraker is chairman.
ERNEST G. WALKER.