The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-04-15
HUBBARD SAYS TOURISTS ...
BIG ASSET FOR HAWAII
By Ernest q. walker. q


MAIL bpeclal TO therAuSeFUiser.)
WASHINGTON, March 3l.---Itl is
quite probable that Governor Frear will
continue in Office for two or three
months yet. That inference seems war
ranted by the statement of Secretary
Lane that he does not expect to recon-
mend anyone for that Office till he
has seen him. And it is Almost equally
certain that President Wilson will not
nominate till Secretary lane recon-
mends. -
The interior department. knows of but
three candidates Watson, Waller and
McCandless. Some question has been
raised about Mr.. Watson Is health, but
Honolulu physicians are understood to
have cabled here that they can guar
antee his physical condition. Attorney
w. A. Kinney, who came over ifere the
other day from Boston after his son
had undergone a surgical operation, saw
Secretary Lane and others about the
governOrship. 1t is stated that he rec
ommended no one in particular, but
spoke in commendatOry vein about Mr.
Watson.
Delegate Kalanianaole said today he
was taking no part in the governorship
| fight He weRt to Secretary Lame re-
Gently to present some statements with
| reference to Governor Frear. but con-
tented himself with that. He added
that his chief interest was to emphasize
! his opposition to Governor Frear before
Secretary Lane as he had done before
Secretary Fisher.
numerous letters and kilograms of
endorsement on the gubernatorial candi-
| dates are pouring in upon tine interior
department. "Link' McCandless has
the bulk of the official endorsements;
Gilbert Waller has many influential
business men, while f. NJ. Watson has
an excellent assortment of desirable
supporters.
Ii the candidates have to "come on -
to Washington, as now seems likely
from Secretary Lanes statement, it
would be the best part of month be-
fore they could be here and there could
he the conferences that would lead up
to the nomination of Governor Frear S
| successor. Mr. RiveIbprg, who is look
ing after Waller S interests, saw Secre.
tary Lane today.
| mere arc SOOu pIOSptctS VI u
cradle contingent of Hawaiian people
here soon. Ex Governor Carter has not
yet arrived in Washington, but E. Z.
Paxton has and is quartered at the
! New willard, ready to cooperate with
former Judge Ballou, especially in tariff
: matters. Royal ID. Mead is expected
here in q few days and also Harry
Irwin. N
Campaign Warming Up.
The campaign against free sugar is
already warming up and there are plen-
ty OF evidences that it is making prog
ress. The Democrats of ways and means
have voted in favor of free sugar pro-
vision, as already known in Honolulu
but the opposition &c this is very strong
The various industries, concerned in the
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ashamed to tell you how much we takt
away from the tourists every year in
California. If you have an adequate
display you will get every dollar back
and interest besides. You want more
transportation facilities to handle thu
tourists and increased business that
will come during and after the fair
Tourists are like sheep. When the bell
wether tourist jumps over the wall and
comes your way all other tourists viii
follow as matter of course.
"lf California can spend twenty y-twr
and a half millions of dollars for exposi
\ tlon purposes. your Islands can afford
$l5O,000. This exposition is unique. II
does not celebrate, as did the Chicago
ST. Louis and other expositions, ami
versaries of events of hundreds of year,
q Al.