The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-06-02
FREAR At THE
BIC CAPITAL
CMan Special to the Advertiser.)

| WASHINGTON, d. &, May 1s.-Gov.
Frear is leaving this evening for the
Lake Mohonk Conference, having con-
eluded his labors in Washington for
the time being. He has been very
busy on a number of matters, pertain
ing to the administration and welfare
of the Territory Hon W. o. Smith,
who came 10 Washington, is leaving for
the West and for Honolulu this even
ing. He returned yesterday from a
i business trip TO New York
The Governor has talked with An
| drew Carnegie TO ascertain whether
the ironmaster would be disposed TO
present a library building TO the city
of Honolulu. He found Mr.. Carnegie
well disposed toward the idea, but Mr..
Carnegie sails for Europe and the i'm
preston is that the matter will not
come TO head for the present
| Today the Governor has been visiting
the Interior and other departments to
advise with officials about territorial
affairs. He planned before the day was
over TO go to the Navy Department
with Mr.. George B. Mcclellan and 9th
ers to talk with the chief of the bureau
of supplies about the purchase by the
navy of quantities of Hawaiian beef
for the fleet. soon to be III mid Pacific
waters.
Yesterday Judge and Mrs. F. NJ.
Hatch entertained the Governor, the
Hawaiian delegate. and Mr.. Mcclellan
and the ladies of their families at din
ner.
The Sa,o+a.srd uorza bara naSSad q
bill TO facilitate winding up the af-
fairs of the Hawaiian postal savings
bank. The bill will now be signed by
the President and become law. 1t sim
ply eonfers upon the Governor of the
Territory authority to comply with de-
mands for moneys still deposited in the
postal savings banks, in cases of the
death of a depositor, who has no ex-
eeutor or administrator.
Honolulu. with its S250.000 cash ap-
preparation for public building and
an authorization for building to cost
sSj0.000 had the largest item in the
public building bill which is about to
become law The item is full of sig
nifeanee regarding the esteem in which
the Territory is held by Congress and
also regarding the efforts of the Ha-
waiians in Washington in persuading
Congress TO vote money for the Terri
tory.
The appropriation for new light
house on Kauai is now assured, as the
omnibus lighthouse bill, containing that
item, has gone to the President and
viii soon be signed.
There is some danger that the jap
anese immigration situation will be-
come acute again. The statistics which
the Bureau of immigration is keeping
shows that there is no decrease in the
number Of japanese coming TO the main
land Californians in Congress are
ready to make capital out of that but it
is now too near the close of the season
of Congress for them TO arouse any
agitation and it is probable that the
State Department will allow the matter
to rest for a while that the japanese
authorities may have full opportunity
TO demonstrate what they can do
toward restricting immigration to the
Pacific Coast.
President Perley L. Horne was here
for short while last week and met a
number OF friends. He and Mr.. Ralph |
= dOsmer, superintendent or forestry
in Hawaii. were together in Philadel- |
Phia, when Prof. Gilmore of the Penn |
sylvania State Agricultural College |
came there to talk about accepting the |
presidency Of the Agricultural College
of Hawaii. Prof. Gilmore, as has been |
eabled to the Advertiser, subsequently |
accepted the position in Honolulu AS
an incident Of their trip to Philadel- i
phia Mr.. Horne and Mr.. Hosmer at
tended a meeting of the Association
Of Harvard Clubs and were given a
most cordial reception.
Mr.. Hosmer is tarrying here this
week to get into touch with officials
of the Department of Agriculture He
Is talking over with them a number of /
matters pertaining to the agricultural
industries of the Territory.
ERNEST G. WALKER.
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