The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-12-29
THE HAWAIIAN
WORK At THE .
CAPITOL
By Ernest G.. Walker.

". W, DtC.
Walter +. Frear is about concluding his
annual visit to Washington in the IN
terest of Hawaiian affairs. He has been
very busy for ten days, consulting with
| Secretary of the Interior Garfield and
other cabinet officials, attending hear
| ings at the Capitol, and looking out for
the many matters here which concern
his large insular constituency. He now
expects to conclude his work here in
time to leave for New York day after
tomorrow and to sail from San Fran
cisco for Honolulu about week later.
The Governor had a very satisfac
tory talk with the President and was
shown, several days in advance of its
publication, the President s generous
recommendations with reference to Ha-
wall in his annual message to Congress.
He has been in touch with the army
and navy authorities so as to inform
| himself as fully as may be about the
plans of those departments respective
ly for sending soldiers and for improv
ing Pearl Harbor. The Governor has
been much impressed during this visit
with the assured and increasing promi
nence of Honolulu as Midpaciic City
because of its new importance as a mill
tary and navy center.
| A few nights ago he was a dinner
guest of Secretary Garfield, along with
Gov. Regis Post, of Porto Rico and the
territorial governors of Alaska, Arizona
and New Mexico and several officials
of the departments who have to do with
territorial affairs.
The Governor participated in several
talks at the Treasury Department re-
L ha nhnp Of al a
the Honolulu public building. 1t was
finally decided to abandon efforts to
secure the Irwin site. 1t was found on
the whole impractical to make the
change, which would have involved
great delay in erecting the building. A
competition for the preparation of plans
J for the new building has been author
lied. This, the Governor believes, will
at least save eight months time in
beginning the work of construction. If
the supervising architect had prepared
plans in his office it would have been
many months before he could have
reached the Honolulu project. Then it
is regarded as an advantage that the
plans should be prepared in Honolulu,
where the architects will better. under
stand the character of building needed
III
to the Treasury Department that the
architects who prepared the plans for
the army buildings at Honolulu pro-
ceeded on the theory that the buildings
! were for cold instead of in a semi
tropical country.
The Governor has been devotine
much time to the consideration of the
new public land bill, which has been
introduced in Senate and House. He
and Mr.. Mcclellan had talk with Sen
, ator Foraker, chairman of the Commit
, tee on the Pacific Islands and Porto
Rico, about that measure and also about
the bills for the two electrical fran
chises on the island of Maui. They
4 also had hearing on the same bills
! before the House Committee today.
The Conservation Congress also re
ceived some of the Governor atten
ton during the past week. He and
4 ex-Gov. Carter, Delegate Kalanianaole
1 Hon. F. NJ. Hatch, Mr.. George B. Nc
. Clellan and W. G. Cooke, of New York
6 were delegates thereto from the Terri
. tory. Ex-Gov. and Mrs. Carter came
J here a few days ago and have beer
/ stopping at the Shoreham. Apart from
4 his duties as delegate to the Conserva
a his visit to Washington is personal.
{ The Department of Justice has thu
@ report of Special Assistant W. A. Har
g on the investigation of District Attor
i ney Breckons, but it was stated toda,
I. that the Attorney General has not ye
d found time to 90 over the papers.
e The bill to allow Hawaii special ship
n ping privileges under the Coastwis
| Low bns i've Crb
o action of Senators Perkins, of Califor
j. mia, and Piles of Washington, in asking
n that it be recommitted TO the Serat
n Committee on Commerce for furthe
l. consideration. This was done becaus
of cablegrams from Honolulu declaring
that people out there no longer desire
II the legislation. The bill was on tn
Is Senate calendar and but for the cable
e request probably would have passed tn
r. Senate this week.
q. Delegate Kalanianaole has been prom
! ised hearing before the Senate Com
IL mittee on claims after the holidays o
bill to vote compensation to tn
Queen on the crown lands in Hawaii.
IN The Washington Times in a recen
issue has the following account of tn
NJ government s cooperation in plans ia
III sending laborers to Hawaii:
IL "Through a meeting held in the o.
is fee of the Secretary of the Interior, I'll
IN United States has given it's moral SUI
n. port to plan of the Hawaiian GO
eminent to Americanize' the labt
- of the Islands. The meeting was a
tended by Secretary Garfield, GovernC
Frear of Hawaii, Ernesto, Fabri, forme
ly partner of j. p. Morgan, and no
secretary of the society of Italian in
D migrants at New York, and John j.
y Trenor, agent of the board of immigr
ton of the Territory of Hawaii.
"Some ninety-six per cent. of Il
agriculture of the Islands is devoted
OF sugar. The labor comes from all n
ed tionalities, but includes a preponderan
nit of orientals, chiefly japanese.
:, "The desire of the government is
Au introduce class of men and wom
en- who shall remain permanent siden
es- and build a strong foundation. on
oh American basis, for the great prospect
sr which Hawaii is destined to enjoy aft
the Panama Canal is opened The