The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-24
HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
ACTIVE ATAcAPITAL
Superintendent Forbes Says Re-
port That Governor win Re-
sign Is Not Warranted
BY ERNEST q. WALKER
(Mail Special 70 tho Adyerttserl

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WASHINGTON, December g.
Charles r. Forbes, territorial superin-
tendent of public works. has gotten
well settled here for his winter 3 tasks,
Although this is the first day Of the
session of congress and he has been
this way only brief season, Mr.. Forbes
already has had o Alengthy conference
with Secretary Of the Interior Lane
and quite a talk with Secretary of War
Garrison. He has talked the situation
over with several members of congress.
This evening he is With Senator Hard
ing of Ohio, who is taking a kindly in
terest in Hawaiian business here. With,
in few days, Mr.. Forbes expects to
have an audience with President
Wilson. .JgE Fst So,
. There are runiors here; affecting the
tenure of several officials in Hawaii.
Mr.. Forbes, with~respects to these, said
there exists no warrant for saying that
Governor Pinkham has resigned or
contemplates resigning, or that he,
Forbes, is to become governor in success
sion to the present incumbent.
The postmastership is in allegiance,
as far as positive Information is con.
ecrned. Senator Salisbury of Delaware
stated to a friend that he thought M.
C. Pacheco should have been nominated
last spring This stirred up consider
able excitement here in Hawaiian cir.
cles. IT, .'rs#
Friendly Sentiments Expressed
Superintendent Forbes said tonight
he felt much gratifed at the friendly
sentiments he heard from Secretaries
Lane and Garrison. He has also talk cd
with Assistant Secretary Of the Treas,
ury Newton and with Assistant Secre.
tary of the Interior Jones, also good
friends of Hawaii. Mr.. Forbes took
up with these officials the details of
his report and set forth the things
that Hawaii wants. He has presented
in congress the bills that were prepared
in Honolulu. -
81 expect to stay in Washington,
said Mr.. Forbes, "till see. the passage
or death of these measures.
Commenting about his observations
here, Mr. Forbes added: - go
''It would be much better if the
people Of Hawaii did not food the de
partments here with letters of pro,
test. These create feeling of distrust
anu every Ill NdSHlnRIOH "lln
whom l have talked has brought that
to my attention. They ask: TWhat is
the trouble with the people of la
waiiP" .,s.r'
Mr.. Forbes says he has DISCUSSED
with some members of congress the
proposition to segregate the customs
revenues collected at Honolulu, for the
benefit of the Territory. He has re
ceived no very definite promises about
the attitude of the individual senators
and representatives, but some of them
have declared that fthis will be lean
session." and have said that il might
be Hawaii, owing TO her isolated posi-
tion, could be given y separate appro'
priatiOn. EN.
wilder Gables for Proxy
Former Judge Arthur A. Wilder yes
terday cabledt to Lincoln l.. Nc.
Candless, asking that he be gwen the
proxy of John Wilson, the Democratic
national committeeman, for tomorrow :
meeting here of the national commit
tee. Up to the time of writing this
letter Judge Wilder, had received no
reply. The Judge said he thought the
proxy might have been given to King
of Oregon. Is -
81 thought, said he, ~ might be
of some assistance TO Hawaii. if I held
this proxy. Avery close fight is on
over the location for the convention. -
The annual estimates, as made pub
lie here today. COMPRISE several items
for Hawaii. There are; Honolulu har.
Dor, $lO6S00; Kahului harbor,, $40, 900 I;
dry dock at Pearl harbor, S700, O00
storehouse, $l5,00O; naval magazine,
$4,000; Kuahua, surveillance test house,
10000; fNerinp house. $1,000 p =.