The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-04-29
GOVERNORSH|P IS
FAR FROM SETTLED

IGubernatorial "Link' McCandless tar.
les vet in the city. At Secretary Lane g
Office this morning 1t was said the ques-
ton of Governor Frear's successor
would not be taken up just yet. - The
word brought TO the secretary is that
Gilbert j. Waller is on the way TO
Washington again and that +. NJ. Wat.
son is also coming here. BE all that
Us it may, Secretary Lane does not APP
pear ready to make his recommendation
10 the President and until he does
make recommendation there is no
likelihood President Wilson will. act.
As matter of fact almost no nomya.
tions for office have yet been made. The
senate assemblies again tomorrow and
there are reports about big batch of
nominations being sent in. 1t is claim
ed that something like 1000 names of
postmast,,s will be written out by the
resident and the postmaster general
within few days.
Delegate Kalanianaole said this morn
ing he chad no line on the governor
ship fight. 81 am not specially inter
.sted now,'f he added. 81 would like to
ee a good man nominated for Governor
)ut it is for Democrats to select him. -
Working for Sugar.
Hawaiian men here are working ag-
5ressively in the sugar case before con-
press. Former Judge Ballou, represent
'ng the Sugar Planters, said this morn
ing he did not feel like speaking posi-
, lively over the outcome. The house
has settled its attitude about sugar by
, the heavy vote Of Saturday in Demo
cratic caucus, when it decided to up
hold the duty of ] per cent with free
sugar after three years. There was som'
difficulty in holding the house Demo
Gratis to this, but not as much as Ger
tain newspapers have indicated. Repre-
sentative Underwood, chairman of way
! and means committee, made an earnest
a appeal in President Wilson S name fo
the sugar duty, even though such NJ
attitude might be inconsistent with tn,
. attitude Of the Democratic house in thu
Q last congress. The Democrats respond
: ed to this generously and generally
: which left no doubt about the fulfill.
of trying to break down that particula
d provision in the bill
e This act of tbs, house caucus central
!. ICES the fight ON sugar in the senate
/. All tTorts of those resisting free suga
are now directed to that end of tn
d Capitol. 1t is, recognized that Presi
), dent Wilson has entrenched himsel
O with the Democratic congress and Their
IL is no overlooking the influence he Wi
J. have with Democrats of the senate. TIL
Democrats, opposed in the senate t
free sugar, are organizing for their bat
tie. There will be no surrender until
n is imperative to surrender. Every poss
!, BILE lever of advantage will be seize
u upon and there are hopes that in tn
n general efforts to increase duties on
e number of products, some chance ma
II be found to knock out the three years
# clause and leave duty upon sugar will
out qualification.
d 1t will be some weeks before thi
II comes to an issue, The house will nc
r. begin debating the tariff bill for ar
d other week, at least, from present al
e pearances. Representative Underwoo
!, said some time ago he hoped the bi
would pass the house by May l. IT
It more likely that the house will not pas
u the bill until about May 10. When tn
\ house bill has been referred to the ser
d ate committee ON finance there will b
n a struggle to have the sugar schedul
u changed. But as Republicans hav
shown little disposition to help Suga
IS Democrats out of their predicament,
. ance committee will change the suga
t. paragraphs.
| More likely the test will have to com
II when consideration of the bill in tn
Al senate has reached the sugar sehedul,
= That will hardly be for six weeks an
l more likely not for two months.
The President is very firm In his al
f titude about Free Sugar. He believe
/. the industry will not be ruined by Ere
Sugar At his regular Monday morn
ing talk today with newspaper corr,
spondents he emphasized his convit
T. tons on that score. Belief here at tn
moment is that the finance committee
y with the President on sugar and tina
e change can be made only after
most terrific battle if at ALL