The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-10-24
FR{AR ANXIOUS
sH-'a MABlUT PINkHAN
FHHII5FtFL f6IAsI
BY Ernest q. Walker.

(Mail Special 70 The Advcrtiser)
WASHINGTON, October lO.-Gov-
crnor lrear IL tslriyihg III town for
fcw days, trying to find out what is
what with refeiencc 10 has successor
He brought here the text of his annual
report, which is being put into shape
at The government printing Office and
upon which be is making u few correc-
lions. The Governor has inquired al ont
the prospect of l.. T.. Pnlham being
confirmed AZ his successor. ...t
81 hay come east partly on q vnca
ton, aid Governor Frear tonight. ''I
am attending to some private business
and would look after certain matters
in which the. Territory is interested il
was sure this could properly be done.
| refer especially TO the new issue of
bonds for public improvements. eY-
meet to talk with the secretary of the
interior nbont that. | saw him at Der
kelley some time ago olt win call on
hiin ut his Office here, he having return
ed to Washington Today. f.,
Might Go Rcund the World.
OF ! knew that Mr.. Pinkham were
to be confirmed shortly 10 rs to-relieve
me of my official duties ! would like to
take quits a little vacation. returning
TO Honolulu, the other way-around the
world. / have just rerciycd cable
gran from Acting Governor Mott
Smith, stating his desire to come to
California shortly. If | must continue
MS Governor, | suppose it viii be nee
cssary for me to 60 straight back to
Honolulu, before long,
Knew He Was Republican.
Governor Frcar gets no very eneour-
aging news about the confirmation of
Mr.. Pinkham. \ senatorial friend in
formed the Governor today that the
confirmation was not at all imminent.
In fact it is the same old story iu that
regard rs has been for weeks Not :;
wheel is turning. There seems no i'm.
medatc possibility of getting tn, com.
mittee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico
together. The opposition does not seem
TO lie sulsiding, and yet, in due season,
Mr. l'inkranl may be confirmed. Seero-
tary of the Interior Lane is understood
to have said rcccntlv that he knew
Pinkham was n Republican, and if this
q statement gets to certain Democratic
senators 1t will make Mr. PinEham Is
confirmation all tile more diilicults
Consulted Frear on Judges.
The Governor has seen President vii
son, bat the latter was unable to give
any hope of an immediate change in
the guhcrnatorial Office. There is little
else that the President can do to fur
rhor Pinkham's confirmation Repre-
scntatives WILLIAM Kent, of California,
responsible for Pinkham s nominate n
has gone to California and probably
will not return for several weeks. At
| tonev General McRevnolds sent for
/ Governor Frear aud talked with him
/ for two hours about judicial nomina.
lions for the Territory. The terms Of
five Judges of the Territory have ex-
PRED or are expiring and Mr.. Mercy
nolds wished to learn all he could about
the qualifications of the cncumleuts
and alike the various candidates FOR
those places. There are no signs vet
that the nominations are forthcoming
although of late President Wilson has
been Giving much attention to the nam.
ing Of JUDGES for existing vacancies on
the federal bench in the states.
Governor Frear has lcen in New
York and expects to return there ag lin
shortly \ few other Honolulu people
Of prominence are there, including Wal
ter pillinCham. The rcnort Of Alfred
Noble, engineer. about tho pcarl Inr
hor drydork is awaited with much 10.
to'cst While ii is understood he de-
cilcs that the construction of the drv'
dock i. feasible. Hs Honolulu has all
along believed. this docs moi dctrncl
from tie importance of his reuori,
which viii ro into "details. mud inrn
this lu.is of th1 prorrm 10 boz fol
lowed hy the Navy Department