The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-27
THE HAWAIIAN
WORK At THE
CAPITOL
Case---Coast-
wise legislation
Frear's Work
By Ernest G.. Walker.

| VAOIl1NN 1OAN, II. ~, beC. 1f.--OuF
! Walter F. Frear is about concluding hi
annual visit to Washington in the IN
terest of Hawaiian affairs. He has beer
very busy for ten days, consulting witt
Secretary Of the Interior Garfield ant
| other cabinet officials, attending hear
ings at the Capitol, and looking out TO
the many matters here which concern
his large insular constituency. He nov
expects to conclude his work here il
time to leave for New York day after
tomorrow and to sail from San Fran
cisco for Honolulu about week later
The Governor had very satisfac
tory talk with the President and was
shown, several days in advance of its
publication, the President IS generous
recommendations with reference to Ha
waii 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 Midpaeiic City
because of it's new Importance as 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-
garding the proposed change of site for
the Honolulu public building. 1t was
finally decided to abandon efforts to
secure the Irwin site. It 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
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 ,,aoo+bo baforo ba nnYId havn
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
in that climate. Tt was pointed out
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 a cold instead of in a semi
tropical country.
The Governor has been devoting
much time to the consideration of the
new public land bill, which has been
in Senate and House. He
md Mr. Mcclellan had talk with SEN
ltor Foraker, chairman of the Commit
zee on the Pacific Islands and Porto
Rico, about that measure and also about
he bills for the two electrical fran
,hises on the island of Maui. They
llso had a hearing on the same bills
before the House Committee today.
The Conservation Congress also re-
.eived some of the Governors atten-
ion during the past week. He and |
x-Gov. Carter, Delegate Kalanianaole,
Ion. F. NJ. Hatch, Mr.. George B. Nc |
jlellan and w. G.. Cooke, of New York, |
we're delegates thereto from the Terri |
ory. Ex-Gov. and Mrs Carter came |
ere a few days ago and have been |
topping at the Shoreham. Apart from |
is duties as delegate to the Conserva
ion Congress Gov Carter claims that /
is visit to Washington is personal.
The Department of Justice has the
eport of Special Assistant ". A. Harr
n the investigation of District Attor-
ey Breckons, but it was stated today
hat the Attorney General has not yet
ound time to go over the papers.
The bill to allow Hawaii special ship
ing privileges under the Coastwise
Tvs has received a setback through the
ction of Senators Perkins. of CalifOr
ia, and Piles of Washington. in asking
nat it be recommitted to the Serate
on Commerce for further
This was done because
cablegrams from Honolulu declaring
lat people out there no longer desired
le legislation The bill was on the
nnate calendar and but for the cabled
,oupSt urobahlv uor1Id have TaSSpd the
anate this week
Delegate Kalanianaole has been prom
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