The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-05-02
NAGEL THOUGHT
LITTLE OF THE
REPORT
Keefe's Effort Was Not
Considered Worthy
Of Printing.
FIVE COPIES MADE
Hawaiian Affairs at the
National Capital Will
Be Slow.
FIVE COPIES MADE
(From Saturdays Advertiser)
BY Ernest G. Walker.

oy HAAoob ", Wa1keT.
(Mail Special to The Advertiser.)
WASHINGTON, April 1S.-Some
odds and ends of Hawaiian matters
have developed here within the last
few days. The Territories committee
of the house has been completed, with
the announcement of the Republican
committee lists. Incidentally it might
be said there that Delegate Kalaniana.
ole was assigned to the Territories com.
mittee on coinage, weights and meas
ures. There has also been some dis
eussion of tariff program, which, in
directly, at least, may interest Hawaii.
Then, few days ago, the press as
soeiations carried out an abstract of a
report by immigration Commissioner
O'Keefe, which voices his hostility to
present labor conditions in the Islands
Presumably this abstract has already
reached Honolulu, at least through the
San Francisco papers.
Only Five Copies.
Commissioner O'Keefe said today
that the report had not been put into
print. He had five copies made. Ono
of these he has given to Mr.. George
Mex. Mcclellan; another has been
mailed to Secretary Smith, of the
planters association; still another to
the immigration agent at Honolulu.
President Gompers, of the American
Federation of Labor has a fourth copy
and the fifth Mr., 0'Keefe is keeping
for himself. He says he will soon have
some additional copies typewritten
The San Francisco chamber of com.
merce has asked for ten copies.
According to the word circulating
here, Secretary Nagel of commerce and
labor did not regard the report as of
sufficient Importance to put into print
as a government document. His refusal
to have it printed is said to have i'm
PEELED the commissioner to give it out
to the newspapers. An impression pre-.
walls here that Mr.. O'Keefe went to
Hawaii with his mind fully made up
and that he was determined to do what
he could to further the unionization of
labor in the Hawaiian Islands. At
least that is the impression prominent
residents here of Hawaii entertain.
Hamilton Not on.
Mention was made in q recent letter
of the probability that Representative
L. l.. Hamilton, of Michigan, who was
long chairman of the Territories com
mittee, would decline to serve longer
there, now that the house has become
Democratic. The complete committee,
before which much of the Hawaiian
business IN the house comes consists of
sixteen Representatives, and four Dele
gates. The roster is as follows:
Henry d. Flood, Virginia, chairman;
William Q. Houston, Tennessee; Ben
jamin G. Humphreys, Mississippi;
George s. Legare, South Carolina;
Charles f. Booher, Missouri; Rufus
Hardy, Texas; John A. Martin, Colo
radoj James s. Davenport, Oklahoma;
L. y. Holland, Virginia; and Richard
Il. Oonnell, of New York, all Demo
Gratis; and w. II. Draper, of New York;
I. E. Guernsey, Maine; j. N. Langham,
Pennsylvania; VIM. w. Wedemeyer,
Michigan; Frank B. Willis, Ohio; and
/. ID. Young, Kansas; all Republicans.
The Delegates, all of whom are Repub-
hcans, are as follows: William H.
Andrew, New Mexico; James Wicker.
sham, Alaska; Ralph ii. Cameron,
Arizona; and Jonah K. Kalanianole,
Hawaii.
The committee is probably a pretty
fair one for the consideration of Ha-
waiian business, although it would
have been stronger in that regard had
Mr.. Hamilton, who is very familiar
with the Hawaiian situation, have re-
mained as a member. AS has already
been stated, there is practically NO
prospect of any Hawaiian legislation
at this session. Whatever is done will
come at the long session of congress
next winter.
The senate committee on Pacific Is.
lands and Porto Rico viii not be made
up for quite a week yet. The previous
forecast that Senator Richardson, of
Delaware, would be the chairman seems
likely to prove correct Apparently
there will be no restriction upon Ha-
waiian legislation by the senate at the
extra session but, with the breaks on
in the house, it is not likely that the
senate viii 60 much outside of the
measures which the Democrats of the
house have outlined in their caucus
program.
Delegate Kalanianaole is expected In
Washington before many days. He
will have no very arduous duties dur
ing the extra session, because of the
cessation of Hawaiian activities, but
naturally prefers TO be on the scene
while congress is In session.
Farmers' Free List.
The Democratic tariff program is
gradually developing The house h
now going full TIT and the big bills,
which the Democratic caucus has au-
thorized, are being "gFound ontD OF
the legislative mill with great regular.
ily. The senate viii very shortly have
the Canadian Reciprocity bin and also
that hne Democratic invention OF
Farmers Free List Bin" as lts com.