The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-03-04
HOUSE ECONOMY HITS HAWAII.
By Ernest G. walker.

/ (Mail Special to The Advertiser.)
WASHINGTON, February 19-Sev,
eral paragraphs of Hawaiian interest
appear in appropriation bills recently
reported to one or the other of the two
houses of congress. These will be dis.
posed of before it should happen that
some of the appropriation bills fail
The Omnibus Public Building Bill.
which passed the house yesterday and
| is now before the senate committee on
public buildings, contained an item for
the Honolulu public building. Delegate
Kalanianaole went to the senate today
tc see if he could persuade senators to
increase the additional appropriation
of $4,000 which the house voted. He
says the committee of the house had an
additional sum of 100000 in the bill
for Honolulu at one time, but that this
was cut down when the house leaders
raised cry for economy. There is
talk that the President will veto alike
the Omnibus Public Building Bill and
the Rivers and Harbors Bill. 1t can
not be stated positively that he will
do so, but the claim is advanced that
he would be making ten strike polit-
ically. The Omnibus Public Building
Bill is undoubtedly a bad bill but if
the President should veto it, there is
| likelihood that congress would pass it
over his veto, unless there should rise
Iup. champions who would filibuster and
prevent a vote. The house clause for
Honolulu reads as follows:
Section 81. That section 80 of
the Act of Congress approved
June 25, 1910 CSC Stat. U. S. 696),
authorizing the enlargement of the
| site for the new postoffice, court
house and customhouse at Homo
lulu, Territory of Hawaii, be, and
the same is hereby amended inso-
far as to provide that, in addition
to the limit of cost fixed for such
enlargement of site by said act,
the unexpended balance of the
original appropriation for site
shall be available for the acquisi-
ton of said additional land, to-
gether with the further sum of
$4,000, which is hereby author
lied to be expended from the
amount heretofore authorized for
the construction of said building,
and the limit of cost for such ad-
ditional land is hereby increased
accordingly.
Page Pago Mail Ron+-
The Postoffice Appropriation Bill, as
just reported to the senate, carries this
amendment: especial mail facilities
from the United States Naval Station
at Pago Page, Island of Tutuila, via
Honolulu, in connection with route No.
80 for service from San Francisco to
Sydney, Australia, thirteen trips a
year, $40,000.' The fate of this
amendment will not be known till af-
ter the senate has passed the postoffice
bill and the amendments have been ad-
justed in conference
Item for Schofeld.
The Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill
Just reported to the house, carries an
item of $350,O00, made. Immediately
available for constructing the caval-
ry post in Hawaii, to complete head
quarters, barracks and stOrehOuses fol
two squadrons.
. Places for Democrats.
81 The certainty now that pending
e nominations for federal officers will
not be confirmed by the senate by
March leaves quite lot of Ha
waiian patronage immediately avail
able for Democrats. The most impor
tant place, of course, is that of Wal
ter F. Frear, renominated for GovernoI
! last December, although his term o.
l four years had expired December is
} 1911. But there is also the nomination
of Ernest A. Mott-Smith to be secre
tary to the Territory, which will fai
!. of confirmation along with the name o
q Governor Frear.
There can be no question APPARENT.
4 that President Wilson will name Demo
!. Gratis to both these places, but hi
!. course win reference to three circui
q Judges for the Territory mEy be NOR
uncertain Whether Mr.. Wilson vii
n choose to renominate Judges selden i
:. Kingsbury. John A. Matthewman an