The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-10-08
PLANNING DETAILS OF THE
CONFERENCE OFPRESIDENTS

the organization OF the Interstate Com
merce Commission, will soon be in
town for the winter. The terms of the
Federal courts will be opening now
soon and there is still several i'm
portant cases to be pressed by the
Department of Justice. He has con-
ferred with the President about the
more Important of these prosecutions.
Hitchcock Had no Holiday.
Postmaster General Hitchcock, about
the only member of the cabinet who
has not taken vacation, is hurrying
away to the Pacific Coast. so as to be
with the President on the Journey
across Arizona and New Mexico. Secre-
tary Ballinger, too, has been hurrying
away to the West on similar mis-
sion, but also to complete some of his
inspection work of conservation prof
ects Secretary Nagel, who has been
away much this summer, will also start
for the West before long to join the
President.
MacVeagh Finds 1t Cold.
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeaph
has been finding it cold and frosty up
in the New Hampshire hills and there
fore has decided to move his official
papers back to Washington, where. in
the southeast corner office on the sec
ond floor of the treasury building he
is making business hum. He saw the
President at Beverly Just before the
western start and the names of the
new tariff board were announced as
result of their conference. The COM
mission, composed of Prof. Henry C.
Emery, of Yale; Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury James B. Reynolds, of
Boston, and Alvin H. Sanders, editor
and proprietor of The Breeder at Chi
cago, will meet, according to present
plans, early in October.
One Real Commissioner.
The Commission was heralded as
meaning big things ultimately for
further tariff revision, but it has
gradually developed that two of it's
members probably will not devote all
of their time to the work and that
Mr.. Reynolds alone will give his efforts
exclusively to it. While the appoint
ment of the commission served Incl
dentally political purpose in quieting
some of the tenacious revision agita-
tion, it seems probable that it's work
will be confined very largely to study
ing foreign tariffs with view to the
operations of our maximum and mini
mum rates.
Watching Preliminaries.
The administration authorities in
Washington are keeping an eye upon
the state campaigns in the two adioin-
ing states of Maryland and Virginia.
The President has directed that GER
tain of his cabinet officers speak in
both states during the next three weeks.
He has no hope of the Republicans
carrying Virginia, in spite of the talk
about Democratic detection there. His.
tory is repeating itself in the Old
Dominion, in that the Democrats fight
like eats and dogs there up to the
time of the primary. Then they Join
forces against the common political
enemy.
But the President is interested in
building up an effective Republican or.
ganization in Virginia and wants the
Republicans to poll good big vote
there. Accordingly he is willing to
help the Republican candidate for
governor. II
Negro Question in Maryland.
Maryland has been in the column
of close states on national issues for
a decade and the campaign there this
year is for the election of legisla-
ture, which chooses a United States
senator to succeed Isador Raynor,
Democrat. Some years ago MARYLAND
was sending Republicans to the Senate
and it is not impossible that there will
be Republican majority of the in
coming legislature on joint ballot.
That, however, is hardly probable. for
the Marylanders are pretty strongly
Democratic on state and local issues.
They are voting this year on a con-
stitutional amendment to exclude the
major portion of the negroes from the
suffrage but the President has thus far
shown no very lively interest over that
struggle. If the amendment carries it
might make the state more surely
Democratic for n while, but it would
also remove the negro issue from
politics and to some extent ultimately
strengthen the Republicans, because
many who vote with the Democrats
when there is an issue of negro SUI
premacy would otherwise vote with the
Republicans. Then there is a grow
ing independent vote in Baltimore that
is very likely to control the political
complexion of the state in future cam.
paigns, even with the negro vote
eliminated.
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