The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-12-15
.EUHIO TALKING
STILL OF CARTER
Says Ne Has No Candidate and
Then Decides That Ranch
Manager Is the Man.
BY Rmest o. walker.
Mall Special 70 The Adveriiscr.)

mail Special 10 The Advcrtiscr)
WASHINGTON, d. C., November 80.
/ Delegate Kalanianaolc is Ia Washing.
ton for the aession Of congress and II
living at Congress Hall, almost within
[ shadow Of the Capitol. He Il accom-
panied here by G. W. Ashford, the
1 Honolulu attorney, Col Sam Parker and
I Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. MeCrossOn George
Mex. Mcclellan reached New York on
1 the 'Lusitania, while the Prince and his
fellow travellers were so1ourning there.
I He has come TO Washington and iB CO.
! operating with the Prince in locking
after some matters Of prospective legis-
lation, including river and harbor APP
propriations.
There is not much activity for the
time being in the Governor Frear re-
nomination matter. The Prince says he
is proceeding about it but not hastily.
~ am not advocating the nomin-
alton of any particular man for Gov
ernor," said the Prince, in his first
interview.
'fAnd he is not candidate for Gov
ernor himself" interposed Mr. Ash
ford, at which the Prince smiled his as
sent.
81 win hardly take the matter up
with the President" continued the
1 Prince, tbut | expect to see Secretary
Fisher. -
Later Prince Kuhio stated not only
that he did have a candidate for Gov
ernor in Alfred Carter but also that he
proposed to carry the protest against
Governor F'rear to the White House.
He thought Secetary Fisher would be
for Governor Frear any way and that
it would be necessary to take the case
up with the President.
He saw Secretary Fisher shortly af-
ter his (Kuhio 's) arrival in Washing
, ton and made a request for a hearing,
at which stenographers should be pres
ent and take down what he may have
to say. Secretary Fisher promised to
grant him hearing in the near future
u Ashford Pleased.
Mr.. Ashford is enjoying his visit to
Washington at this time. He has some
business before the Supreme Court and
may prolong his sojourn here a little
| if the climate agrees with him. He has
met a number of prominent men here
and expresses himself as delighted with
the city.
Mr.. McCrossan has come in the in
! terest of the Kau Ditch bill, which was
l hroaehed by him during the extra ses
. einn las+ s,,mmar No ?n+onds ~ ,,rcre
q The enactment Of LEGISLATION on that
' subject at this session
Hilo Item slashed.
! Mr.. Mcclellan hurried home littl,
q carrier from ms Trip TO europe than ~
! les ahead in getting appropriations fol
Hawaiian harbor projects. The report
on the Kauai Harbor project has mot vel
reached the war department, the DELAY
q presumably being due to the change ~
a army engineers at Honolulu. A snecia
7 request has been made that the renort
be hurried to washington but tbt
. chances are that it will NOT get bert
, so as to make an Appropriation in tbf
! River and Harbor bin this winter al
,, all certain.
|, The resurvey of Hilo Harbor also 1,
delayed. But probably more importani
is the fact that the estimates Of army
: engineers, Just made public. does not in.
clude anything for the furtheranee al
the project at Hilo during the nevt fs.
, cal year. When the estimates of the
army engineers were first forwarded to
oecIeIaIy Stlmson they called for ap'
preparations of $47,000,000. He decided
@ 5hat the total must be reduced to $685.,
OU0,oUO. In this slashing process Hilo
! sunered because OF the considerable
aInounG Oh money stlll available foI
"ork there'
Lhls amount, now available, will
: PropaDly suthce to carry ON operations
iGr g1od part OF the next fiscal year
Mnlch Deglns Jpiy next, But the
PIneh comes IN the faet that, with no
appropriations voted this winter, there
must De considerable delay later on