The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-10-29
SPECIAL MESSAGE
RE FISHERS TRIP
President May Send One to Con-
gress-How Washington Felt
Before Secretary's Return.
BY Ernest @. walker.

Mail Special to The Advertiser)
WASHINGTON, October l4.-Secre.
tary Of the Interior Fisher is in Cali
tornia at this writing. Officials Of the
department of the interior have no ad-
vices about his plans for seeing the
President and taking up Hawaiian mat
ters, including the reappointment of
Governor Ftear. 1t is unlikely that the
President will act till after lie has CON
suited with Secretary Fisher. There is
confidence here, as there has been all
along, that Governor Frear will be
given another term.
Under all the circumstances. however.
1T is doubtful whether the nomination
us made before congress convenes.
There is no special reason why it
should be. Gov. Frear, as is well un-
derstood in Hawaii, serves till his sue
cessor is appointed and qualities. His
term of four years expired some months
ago. There is no necessity for recess
appointment and the President would
naturally wait till he could place the
nomination before the senate for confr-
nation. This, of course, could not be,
done till December.
1t is entirel probable, however, that
the President may announce his deci-
sion before that time. The President
is still at Beverly. Secretary Fisher
is tarrying on the Pacific Coast. The
President expects to go to Hot Springs,
Virginia, late in October and it may be.
that Secretary Fisher will have oppor.
tunity to talk with him in two or three
weeks. His report to the President will
naturally have much influence as to Ha-
waiian affairs that come up for consid-
GRAFTON at Washington during the re-
manning period of this administration.
Special Message Possible.
Because of the prominence of Secre.
tary Fishers visit to the Islands and
the comprehensive investigation he un-
dertook, touching matters of much i'm
portance, it is expected that the sec
rretary will have something to say about
It in his annual report and also that
the President may make more compre-
hensive mention of Hawaii in his an
nual message than he usually does. Tt
is even mentioned that the President
may make the matter the subject of
special message to congress or find some
other effective way of getting on per-
manent record the results of the Sec
retary's investigation.
Sugar Tariff.
There are few people of Hawaiian in.
terest now in Washington and are like
ly to be none for some weeks yet. For
mer Judge Ballon has returned from a
vacation to New England. He and Mrs
Ballou have given up their residence on
Connecticut avenue and are moving
into suite of apartments. AS soon
as the election is over and the name of
the next President is knowns and the
party control of the senate and the
house has been determined, there will
be much speculation and discussion and
preparation with reference to future,
tariff revision. That will include the
sugar schedule. No attempts at tariff
legislation are to be expected however,
tins winter at the short session of con
gress. That will be reserved for an
extra session. While there will be much
talk, pro and con, regarding the wisdom
of an extra session in the spring the
probabilities are all in favor of it.
DR.. c. L. Marlatt, entomologist of the
department of agriculture, has recently
returned here, following his trip of in
spection to California and Hawaii, with
reference to the Mediterranean fly. He.
states that he is well satisfied with the
results of his trip and that he is GER
tain much can be done toward stamping
out the pest in the Hawaiian Islands
He is doubtful whether it can be en-
tirely obliterated, at least for quite
long time, but he thinks it can be pre-
vented from getting entrenched on the
Pacific Coast.