The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-12-28
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HAWAII BOURBON
'LEADERSFERMENT
At washington
Senator Coke Is Redhot After
Federal Position Vacated
BY Judge Dole
WILDER STILL BUSY:
WHACkS M'CANDLESS
He Tells President What He
Thinks of Link and Hench-
man Wilson
Rr Ernest @. walker.


WASHINGTON, December l3.-Ha-
wall s interests in federal government
! have been rapidly focusing here of
recent days. A half-dozen Honolulu
men Of note are in the city. Before
many of the departments arr pending
Hawaiian matters. of immediate impOr-
lance. For example, the department of
justice is considering the selection of
new district attorney, with an aggres
sive campaign under way for James l..
Coke. The same department is also de
! liberating over the selection of a sue
ressOr to Judge Dole. Those who visit
the encouragement or his assistant,
Mr.. Graham, come away with the i'm
preston that Judge Dole is not to be
reappointed. At first it seemed a.
though his successor would be Horace
| w. Vaughan, but there has been a
change in that situation and the new
Judge probably will be some other. Sim
ilarly down at the pOstOffice department
! there is activity over the selection of
4 n new postmaster in succession to Will
liam +. Young.
Forbes Is Baking Coke
Delegations of senators and represen
| tatives are visiting the appointing pow
ers, frequently and the big contention
all along the line is whether the new
officials shall be from. the Islands or
from the states. The wishes of terri
tOrial residents that local men be select
ed has beeA powerfully voiced OH every
| hand. Possibly the fight in that regard
| is centering around Mr.. Coke and the
local folk here, including Superinten-
dent Forbes, are backing him. He does
not admit being a very active candidate
| but admits that he would sdrely like
! to have the Office if he could get it.
Several members of the house, includ.
ing Ferris and Davenport, of Oklahoma,
| have been to the attorney general, urg.
| ing Coke s nomination to succeed Nc
earn and it is understood that several
senators, among them MARITIME, of New
Jersey, will do likewise.
Lorrin Andrews on Scene
Henry Holmes of the bar association,
has arrived and is at the Shoraham HO-
| tel LOrrin Andrews arrived today. He
and Former Judge Albert A. Wilder
are to argue their case before the su-
preme court shortly. Mr.. and Mrs. Char
les A. Rice, the former the national
committeeman from Hawaii, also came
over from New York this morning
Mr.. Forbes is working industriously
on his tasks and expresses satisfaction
with progress already made. He has
had a dozen or more Hawaiian bills
introduced in the house, under the name
of Delegate Kalanianaole, whose secre-
tary, Mr.. Desha, Mr. Forbes said this
afternoon, had coOperated with him
| Gnlnnnilly int np Of 1,nh
lie works also had a good word to say
for the members of the Congressional
party of last summer, who, he says, have
been most generous in supporting him
in his various undertakings for the
Territory. The superintendent is now
waiting for the committee hearings on
the several Hawaiian bills now pending
in tie house. These hearings hardly
will start before the New Year but
there is a lot of work in amassing the
necessary data
Never Had Better Chance
Honolulu never had a better chance
to get favorable legislation enacted, /"
declared Mr.. Forbes today. This is
the time for the entire Territory to or
ganize as unit for the improvements
that are desired for the islands
This morning Mr.. Forbes had long
talk with Secretary of War Garrison
and others in the depa rtment, as well
as with officials in the navy depart
ment over land exchanges that are de
sired for the purpose of obtaining pos.
session of waterfront property. He has
talked with officials of the interior de-
partment also about several matters of
Legislation, including the National Park
Bill, which has been reintrOdneed, aud
about the extension of the Reclamation
law of the United States to the Terri.
tory.
Judge Wilder met President Wilson
the other day and the latter asked him
to submit his views about political mat
tiers in Hawaii in writing. Judge Wild,
or has done so, stating the situation
frankly about the nomination of, nOu,
residents to federal places in the Is
lands. The Judge told the President he
was seeking no Office for himself, what
ever, but was speaking in behalf of the
best interests of the Territory.
| He scored "Link' McCandless, as
political leader, in this communication
TO the President and said nothing at
all pleasant about National Committee
man John II. Wilson.
The judge was much about the CORR.
doris at the New Willard Hotel during
the two national committee me, tings
and sought to put in word or do a
deed for the advantage of the Islands,
wherever he SAW an opportunity. He
was indignant because Roger Sullivan
of Chicago held the proxy of the ma.
tionaI committeeman from Hawaii, be-
! lieVing that much more could have been
arrOm Ilished for the Territory had the
vote heen east for Dallas, Texas, or for
St Louis
Judge Wilder will give an entertain
ment at the willard Hotel Thursday
evening. To this he has invited mum.
her of prominent men, nearly all Of
whom have accepted. lie expects to