The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-02-13
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| Chicago convention in June. Ihose VINO
know the terrible stress the administra.
tion has been under during the last
( two or three weeks can appreciate how
the nomination or Governor Frear for
another term might be held up for a
Pwhile till the situation became less
tense The Presidents prospects for n
denomination are now better and this
fact may or may not hasten the Gov.
ernor $ reappointment. Opinion here
notwithstanding some statements to the
contrary, is that Governor Frear viii
mot be given a new commission till af'
| ter the selection of Hawaii S six dele
gates for Taft has been made certain,
The Delegate win be in Honolulu
I quite as soon as this letter, according
to plans he had when he left here the
other day. He expected to sail on tne
Lurline and after a short stay in Ho'
noIuu, to return TO Washington for the
remainder of the session, He made no
concealment of his purpose to fight the
/ Governor rs hard as he could, but was
4 less demonstrative as to his plans about
Taft delegation from Hawaii.
Hawaii Looked After.
The Immigration Bill, as it now
stands before the senate, is understood
| to be fairly acceptable to those who
represent Hawaiian interests at Wash.
ington. While the bin is drawn in very
strict terms, exceptions are made in
the case of Hawaii so as not to dis
lturb materially the present status there
1t is very much of a question whether
1.-THE bill will be enacted into law at
this session of congress, but it is now
upon the calender of the senate and
can be taken up there whenever the
senate chooses. The house thus far has
Itaken no action upon the measure.
Fairchild Versus Kinney.
There is to be hearing before the
board of army engineers next Monday
about the choice of harbor on the
Island of Kauai. The engineers who
made the survey are said TO favor the
harbor of Nawiliwili, but it is under
stood that they set forth the larger
cost of providing a harbor there and
suggest the availability of the harhor
of Eleele, or Port Allen. Senator
George FairchIld, of Kauai, who has
recovered from his serious illness of
pneumonia in New York, is expected
here by Monday to argue in support of
Nawiliwili. With him will be ascot
ated E. NJ. Watson, who is here with
John T. McCrosson in behalf of the
Kau Ditch Bill. w. A. Kinney will
argue for Port Allen and may be sup
ported by William Cook, of New York.
The Conness Bill for street railway
franchise at Hilo has been referred to
subcommittee, consisting of Repre-
sentatives Flood, of Virginia; Daven
port, of Oklahoma; and Guernsey, Of
Maine, for further consideration. Sen
ator Farchild IS land bill will probably
come up before the Territories commit
tee next Thursday.
!, GLOW the Mix-up Came) n
!. WASHINGTON, January 25.-I
i looks very much as though the case u.
: Governor Frear had become involved
: in the administration s scramble 70
: Delegates. There have been 90 many
conflicting statements, one hardly
= knows what to believe. Over at the of
flee of the secretary of the interio' on,
is informed of January day that tn,
: denomination of the Governor viii! Fro b
; ably be taken up very soon just as sool
as the secretary can find time between
: the intervals of his numerous visit
> out of town. But of another Januar,
, ludN an uHppSllt SUI 10 IUih.
= The Prince stuck pretty steadfastl,
!, to his statement that the President hat
= promised to send one out to Hawai-
y to investigate the charges, which wa
- exclusively cabled to The Advertise
+ Secretary Hilles denied it. Secretar,
! Fishers secretary denied it, but final
> ly, after President Taft had returne,
] from his New York trip and was avail
;. able for direct question, he state
it was true and that he planned to sen
! a especial commissioner to the island
!. to look into those charges. Final
! Secretary Fisher also returned to tow
l. and he acknowledged that ga specis
, commissioner it was likely to be, bu
/. he did not know just when this species
J. commissioner would be appointed
fact he (Fisher) might himself be tn
0. special commissioner, but if so he coul
S, not think of going to the Islands ii
]. May or June and, perhaps, not as earl
\ as then.
?. In the absence of the big chiefs,
will be seen that much of the informi
m tion came from the ante.rooms, all q
b. which goes to show that private seer,
Id taries, like other folks in this worl,
y, may be mistaken. Private Secretar
k George r. Cove was very certain tn;
IS. the denomination of Governor Frel
m would be taken up very soon-whc
5; the Governor s reply to the charges ha
nd been received. But that was in the a
=. sence of Secretary Fisher himself.
a. Kuhio Demanded
as The long and the short of it is tn,
Y. the Prince, like lot of mainland polit
IS, clans, is making the most of the Pres
dents necessity for delegates to Il
i. Chicago convention. He demand,
s. (not requestedD the investigation
[r. the charges against Governor Frear
H. some special man and it looks
lie, though, under all the circumstanc,
III. President Taft did not dare deny hi
rs. On top of that the Delegate has be
IN. contemplating trip to Honolulu fort
ir. with to participate in the proceedin
ee, for the election of delegates and to pl
nd vent the passage of resolutions in I
IN, convention endorsing the Governor (