The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-01-19
BILL MAY YE |
BECOME A
LAW
(From Saturdays Advertiser.)

wise laws can still be passed at TINS
session of Congress, if the people here
really want it passed" announces Gov
ernor Frear, who returned yesterday
from the mainland and who has already
attacked the accumulated work waiting
for him in his office. The Governor re-
turns full of vigor, despite the strenu-
Gus time he put in in Washington in the
interest of the Territory, and appears
most hopeful for the results of his
efforts In anticipation of his return
on the Siberia yesterday, the office stan
surrounding the robins egg blue apart
ment. decorated the Governor S desk
with carnation and lima leis, even his
desk telephone being literally fes'
tooned.
Practically everything that the Gov
.ernor set himself out to do at the Capt.
tai was successfully started on Its way,
with the one exception of the suspen'
sion of the Coastwise laws, this hav-
ing been suddenly checked in what ap-
peared to be a successful passage
through Congress on the receipt of the
messages from Honolulu cutting the
ground out from beneath the feet OF
the Delegate and the many who were
helping him in the matter.
bill can be passed yet this session. " he
saws. "although the action taken on it
from here took the heart out of those
who had been handling it. The cabled
messages from the commercial assocla-
tions of the city had a demoralizing
effect. not only on that one measure
hut on other things. We had urged the
passage of that bill so strongly; had
pressed the necessity of it upon Secre-
tary Straus and Secretary Garfield So
insistently: had aroused the interest of
the President in it and secured his rec,
ommendation in his message; we had
pressed the matter upon the attention
of the Congressman who had visited
here, letting them 90 away under the
impression that that was above all
things the thing we wanted, while we
had Yrada such successful campaign
through the Delegate and Mr.. McClel'
lar that the big steamship companies
were not opposing MS and many OF the
Congressman, personally interested IN
tho operation of the Coastwise Law,
were among those actually helping us,
seeing the Justice of our contention,
and were among the staunchest OF our
friends. Then came the cables, an
nouncing that the people here, in the
interest of one firm, had decided tC
reverse their position II gave the I'M
preston in Washington that the people
of Hawaii didn t know what they die
want The campaign had been made
and won-and then called off. 1t plac
ed the Delegate, who had worked hare
for the measure, in very queer posi-
tion.
"What made it worse was that th
people here cabled to others beside
him without letting him know it, tn
consequence being that the bill wa
referred back to committee severa
hours before the contradicting cable
came Then it was too late to do any
thing at that time. The mischief the
had been largely done and the Delegat
was placed in the position of ma
advocating something that othel
thought the people here did not wan
Such things will tend to lessen Kuhio
influence and standing in the eyes G
his friends, an unjust thing to him fl
he has always tried to do what he fne
the people here wanted him to do.
81 think the tide of travel is goin
to increase this way very rapidly. tn
extensive military and naval progral
adopted will mean that a large numbt
COMING who cannot he accommodate
on the transports, or who will not wal
to wait for the sailing of the transport
These will take up large share of IL
accommodations on the regular liner
while others, attracted by the naval an
military activities in Oahu, will ais
come this way. Besides these there wi
be large number of artisans, mecham
and Others coming. so that even anoth
steamer on the run will not be able
handle the increased passenger deman
In a wear or two. even with anoth
passenger steamer on the run, the co
gestion will be greater than it has ev
been.
"AlI that is wanted is let.up in t
restrictions on the passenger trafI
There is no request for freight priv
eges or even for privileges on peri'
able fruits, although we need that bi
ly. 1t seems to me that the intere
of the whole Territory should not
.oor;6oo1 for tho intarasts of ono stea