The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-04-13
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WASHINGTON. y. g. March pi.--
From present Appearances there IL 10
be- opposition 10 the selection 81 A.
l.. e. Atkinson 90 be- District Attorney
n Hawaii This opposition is not ~
much personal toIMr. Atkinson az Il IL
friendly 20 MI. bfcckons who recent.
" retired. Some think an effort will
be made 10 put Mr.. Brcekons back into
his former place. now that there is
a new administration. His friends here
intimate that he might have the nomi.
nation again " the Department Of Jus.
tice would assent to n removal of the
restrictions about corporation and other
practise as attorney.
just how much foundation there is
for that claim can not be stated with
any accuracy. If 1t be found that Mr..
Breckons can not be restored, Senator
Warren, of Wyoming, will seek to have
one Of his constituents from Cheyenne
appointed to the place. The young
man is willing to go to Hawaii for
the salary of $4,000. His name for the
present is withheld but Senator War.
rem is ready to press for the nomina.
ton of the Wyoming man to the exclu.
sion Of Mr.. Atkinson.
1t was stated at the White House
yesterday that the matter has not come
yet before President Taft and that moth
ing is known there about it. The
presumption is that President Taft will
not restore Mr.. Breckons, after the ac-
ton taken following the presentation
of the Harr report. OF course, Mr..
Breckons can claim that he was not
forced to resign, it being understood,
as already stated in the Advertiser,
that he took the course he did on the
suggestion of Senator Warren. Presi-
dent Taft has not indicated yet what
his policy will be about nominating out
siders for territorial offices. Senator
Warren will probably be pretty inlu-
entail with the President in such mat
ters.l
The whole question of appointments
from outside of Hawaii is likely to be
raised also when it comes to the nomi.
nation of an additional Federal judge.
AS far as can be learned there is no
news in Washington thus far about who
the new judge will be. President Taft
, has been too busy with other questions
! to give it attention yet and may not
! for some time az the new Judge will
not take Office till July l.
A sweeping order has been issued by
the Department of the Interior at the
instance of Secretary Ballinger about
territorial officers travelling to Washing
ton. This may have bearing upon the
visits of the Governor and other Of
ficials of Hawaii to Washington. The
order was based, however, on the abuses
by officials of Alaska, New Mexico and
Arizona. Officials from those terri
tories have been living three or four
months of every year in Washington,
whore they have busted themselves in
lobbying for divers bills.
New bids for the Pearl Harbor dry
dock will be opened at the Navy De-
partment May %. The specifications
call for n single dock $50 feet long,
which will be large enough to accom-
modate any of the battleships now
afloat or yet authorized. There will be
a condition in the bids. looking for the
construction of an additional dock 600
feet long in connection with the initial
project.
Mr.. Mcclellan has just returned from
Cuba, where he spent several days in
speeding the methods of producing and
shipping pineapples. He says that the
cheapness of Cuban land and the prox-
unity to the market give the Cubans
no mean advantage and under present
conditions he believes the Cubans will
be able to continue their pineapple in
dustry with profit but that the industry
would hardly be expanded He visited
some sugar plantations, one of which
was typical plantation under Spanish
management and another of which was
a large American-Cuban company.
Col Sam Parker who went to Cuba
few days ago, will remain here for
some time. Senator Clark, of Wyo-
ming, who was on the island during
Mr.. Mcclellan visit, will return here
in day or two.