The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-03-16
JACKS NAME
WENT TO SENATE


WAsniNUTUN. February gs--pure.
ly Hawaiian affairs appear % be-
progressing very satisfactorily o. the
session ~ Congress ends They com.
prise chiefly lttlc odds and ends and
developments in matters that had their
origin SOME time ngo.
To- spite OF Secretary Loeb's state
mont that President Roosevelt would
leave The nomination II District At
torney for Hawaii 10 his successor Mr..
Taft, five days later he designated A.
H. G. Atkinson for that Office. II Is
understood that representations were
made 10 him that the office ought To
be illled Mt once. Then the President
personally likes Mr.. Atkinson very
much, and he was glad TO improve the
opportunity TO give "Iack" an office.
The nomination is still az the Senate.
II has been referred to committee
for consideration. Apparently there is
no reason to fear that it will not be
confirmed before the close of the ses-
sion.
The omnibus territories bill. Great
ing an extra Federal Judge for Ha-
vail has been agreed to in conference
and is now as good as ready for the
| President signature. There seems to
| he no question now about its becom-
ing law. The salary of the new Judge,
as fixed by the conferees, will be
$4,000. 1t probably would have remain
ed at $500 had not the House of late
refused to raise other salaries as pro-
posed bv the Senate at this session.
Washington is still in the dark as
to who will be the new judge. There
| are some apprehensions here lest n
mainlander seek the Office, as there
seems to be nothing to disqualifv any
| lawyer outside of Hawaii from being
nominated by the President. Mr..
George B. Mcclellan. who called atten-
ton today to this phase of the situa-
/ ton. added, however. that he had not
heard of any outsider seeking the
place.
| The Bureau of Yards and Docks has
formally rejected all bids for the Pearl
| Harhor drydock. because of the failure
of Congress to authorize the estimates
| Of larger cost than $2,00O.000 II is
now the plan to advertise for new bids
to be opened about June |. These
bids are to he for a drydocl about coo
/ feet long, with plans for it's enlarge
ment in accord with recent speciica-
] tons, provided Congress authorizes the
renuisite expenditures.
| DIR. Charles II. English, now resi-
dent of Los Angeles. who treated ex-
| Queen Liluokalani eleven years ago
for a growth upon the shoulder that
was thought to he cancer, has sued
her in the District of Columbia courts
for 81 800. He claims this sum is due
him for medical attendance, and that
he has not been paid according to con
tract.
The Delegate said today that the
Queen holds the receipt of DR.. Eng
lsh in full for his services. He had
been treating her on the mainland. but.
when she found it necessary to return
to Hawaii wished him to accompany
her and continue the treatment which
she believed was doing her good. 1t
is claimed that the compensation
agreed upon was $4,000. When DR..
| English had been in Honolulu for quite
a time, he had to return to the main
land, but prepared prescription to
be followed The Delegate SAYS care
was taken before his departure to see
that he had been paid according to
the terms of the contract.
The Sunday Civil Bill, carrying sew
eral large items for Hawaii, as told
in previous letter, has passed the
House, without any change having been
made in those items, and is now being
considered in the Senate Committee on
appropriations.
Seen by an Advertiser reporter yes
terday, Mr.. Atkinson stated that he
had not received what mail may have
come for him on the transport Logan
and knew nothing new from Wash
, ington.