The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-07-19
HAWAII IS VERY
MUCH ON MAP
Big Conventions Serve to Bring
the Territory Into National
Prominence.
By Ernest G. walker.


WASHINGTON, D. G., July THE
immediate concern of Hawaii with the
Presidential nominations is past. Pref
erences as to the November election. of
course, are not to be disregarded, but
as regards voting, the delegates Of
both parties have discharged their full
duties. That is all the voting for
President that Hawaii is privileged to
do.
In the course of their journeys to
the respective conventions, the Hawa.
iian delegates tarried somewhat in
Washington. Governor Frear, as al
ready known to The Advertiser read.
ers, came to Washington before he
went to Chicago. So did some other
Republican delegates The Democratic
delegates from Hawaii found it more
convenient to come to Washington and
improve the opportunity.
1t is source of satisfaction to
friends of Hawaii in, Washington that
the delegates on both sides "got in
right. Presumably Wilson is to be
elected, although much may happen
within the next four months. Init
whether it is Wilson or Taft. the Presi.
dent for the next four years will have
no reason to be otherwise than friendly
to the Territory in the mid-Pacifie as
far as relates to the behavior of the
delegates from Hawaii.
Governor Frear and his colleagues
from Hawaii at Chicago got more no.
tice from the convention than MANY n
state on the mainland received Some
of the BUFFERS" who were trying TO
make the convention believe the nom
nation of Roosevelt was inevitable.
started scare about Hawaii going
over to the ex-President. There was
never serious thought about such a
thing. Ex-Governor George R. Carter
and ex-Secretary A. l.. C. Atkinson
made no secret at Chicago of their
preference for Roosevelt but they
were equally pronounced in declaring
that the Hawaiian delegates must fol-
low instructions and vote for Taft Is
nomination. Governor Frear in state
ment which was circulated by the Nc
Kinley bureau, stoutly denied the re-
ports of detection from Taft.
Not Blind Devotion.
But the Hawaiian delegates did not
follow blindly ON every feature of the
organization program and it was prob
ably to their advantage that they did
| not. They voted for one side or the
other in some of the preliminaries,
which made the leaders take notice
more than ever that Hawaii was on
the map. 1t was good politics, let
| alone the merits of these preliminary
contests.
The Democratic delegation at Balti-
more was not complete but Chairman
| George j. Waller escaped any demand
for poll of the delegation and Ha-
waii s six votes were cast on every
ballot They were divided between
Clark, Underwood and Wilson on about
every ballot, except the very last. The
reading clerks fell into the habit of
calling it How.are-you7" which, al
though an aged fancy, caught with the
! convention throngs and the pronuncia-
ton was much reiterated during those
ten strenuous days.
| With Delegate Kalananiaole gone
back to Hawaii, as we'll as some of
those who have been here on divers
legislative missions during the winter,
including Colonel Sam Parker and John
T. McCrosson, the situation as to the
Territory has become tolerably quiet in
Washington. Judge Ballou is still in
town, watching out for developments
in sugar tariff. Mr.. CONFESS is yet
here, hoping TO get that Hilo street
railway bill through the senate and up
to the President. The senate commit
tee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico,
on a pool, is shown to be for a favor
able report of the bill and then it may
not be n long time before the measure
is given the o. X. of the senate.
Looking After Bill.
+. NJ. Watson. after attending the
Baltimore convention, is here looking
after the McCrosson bill. Mr.. McCros-
SON tarried in Chicago for the conven-
ton, got into touch with Colonel Park
er and then iourneyed along westward.
Harold Sewall of Maine, who was also
at Chicago but not as a delegate, in
quired after several old Hawaiian
friends and looked up Colonel Parker.
L. Tenny Peek is one of the latest of
Hawaiian arrivals in Washington.
There is just as much uncertainty as
ever over the sugar legislation and the
immigration bill, except that it seems
to be n little more certain than ever
that the sugar bill will not become law
at this session of congress. OF course
the prospects of Democratic Presi-
} dent are not altogether assuring as far
J as regards the revision of the sugar
schedule. A Democratic President
rwould almost certainly mean n Demo
cratic senate Gas well as n Democratic
house.) The party could then do about
as it pleased in tariff matters, But
there Is a lot of Democratic sentiment
against putting sugar on the free list.
Hope in that aspect need not be alto
gether abandoned by the Hawaiian
people, even though the country docs
daefda ~ on ovarW halminplv Demo.