The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-07-04
NO GOVERNOR
YET 'A WHILE
Then II Will Be Waller, Says B.
c. Rivenburgh, Fresh From Ma
tien "a, Capital - No Federal
Changes Until Governor Has
Been Named.

That it will4be some weeks yet before
a new Governor of Hawaii is Hamed
and that there will be none of The
other federal changes made until after
the GoVernortobc las been consnltcd
about them is the word brought from
Washington by b. G. Riycnbureh, who
has been at the National Capital for
the past several months in the interest
OF the candidacy if G.. j. Waller for the
govcrnorship and VINO, with Mn. Riven.
burgh and their young son, retarncd
yesterday
lie has iittlc TO So" rsudng the
particular 3 81 I of IT,, ~ son j yond
stating this taat the 90 cfD6r vii bc
Mr. Waller is hHenDUtsh frm opin-
ion, based on his PERSONAL converse
tons with Secretary Lane. q
',Mr. Waller sends. word TO his
friends in Hawaii that hc,is perfectly
satisfied with the oQtlookS' says Riv-
enburgh.. g He is now on his way back
to Washington, after hnying attend
cd TO some business and visited his
family on the Coast. lf.the matter of
appointments had been loft &. to s'ecrc.
tary Lane, the Governor would have
been named some timo. ago, but it is
now wholly in the hands of the lrcsi-
dent and lie has plenty OF other big
questions TO look aitor before he gets
around to MS.
Trading Hawaiian Positions.
Neither the President or Secretary
Lane is paying any. attention to the.
so-calfcd Democratic organization in
Hawaii. They had that sized up long
ago. Johnny Wilson has been trading
some of the federal Offices here to .get
mainland support for McCandless, but
it hash t raised hun very much in the
opinion of Washington. lie agreed to
support an Oregon man to take Inter
nal Revenue Collector Cottrill's place
and stood n.withithc Californians who
want to have Californian namel to.
replace Stackatle, but believe that
Cottrill will be allowed to serve out his
term and Stackablc will be left alone
for some months. Stackable Is attempt
to pose as a Democrat is amusing the
ashingtonians, however
Governor to Be Consulted.
"After the Governor is named, he
will be consulted about the rest OF the
ppoiritnents-nn his Recommendation
will have much weight. i do not at.
tach much weight to the reports that
Mr.. Watson4is to be named soon
DO not bclieve that the President con.
sldcrs him strong enough physically for
the place, although he favors him other
wise and Watson has some strong men
working foF him.
Saved Him Trouble.
Referring to local political condi-
tions, RiNtnburgh expresses his salts
faction at the recent action of the
Democratic comfy committee. which re.
lieved him of the Craftsmanship and
upon "'I'anana jack Ku.
lakicla. "It saves me the trouble of
rcsigning,' he says, "5ccause | had
made up my mind to cut loose from
that crowd altogether. | never intend
to attend another committee meeting
80 long4As that discreditcd bunch has
anything to do with it.
)Congrcssmen May Come.
Mr.. Riyenburgh is of the opinion that
1T will be some time before Secretary
Lame risits Hawaii. Gle expressed re-
greet that he could not visit the Islands
now and get acquainted says Riven.
burgh, but he has lot on his hands
and think he will turn towards Alaska
'ihc gets a chance to leave Wash
ingtonU, IL congress adiourns carly
enough. Cupid will como lack with lot
of congressman, although most of them
Democrats A number have agreed to
come. If, there be time.
Regarding Sugar.
cover in Washington, they yant to
know what is tho matter with the poo
PIE of'1lawaii that we do not grow
eaoughAstnff to meet the local demand
for food. They marvel at the fact that
the fresh vegetables for the local mar
ket and for the use of the troops have
to be Imported into Hawaii when, as
the statistics. show, Hawaii was once
an exporter of food stuff aud vegc.
tables, snch AS potatoes. They ask why
We do not get bnsy, now that they are
sendlng'a great, part of the Army TO
Honolulu, and raise the food stun for
the mowsnd the fodder for the horses
When you talk about the sugar tariff,
that 'shthe answer you get. The sugar
schedule will pass. just about 'as it was
originally written.