The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-02-25
Three Local Measures In Senate
To Have Legislatures
Action Ratified .-a...S
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
MAKES HASTE SLOWLY
Coke Sticks Around Waiting For
Job and incidentally Ar
ranges Bond Sale 4.
BY ERNEST q. WALKER
CMail Special to The Advertiser)

D.
=. WASHINGTON, February "a rea
advance with Hawaiian bills before
congress has been scored here of recent
days. This is especially before the
house Of representatives.. This morning
the house Judiciary subcommittee, that
is considering the Dole bill, for re-
tirement of territorial judges, was
given hearing and after Delegate
hnhiO, George Mex. Mcclellan Of SCAT
tie, who is sojourning here on other
business, and former justice Ballou, had
spoken regarding the services of Judge
dole to Hawaii, members of the sub.
committee announced that the bill
would be favorably reported to the
full committee and, presumably, to the
house. -a "ssf' -"tti
Pension Bill Retroactive
II is first to be redrawn in minor
particulars. 1t has already been fash.
Ioned so that il would be retroactive
in its provisions and thus, il is claim
ed, would take care of Judge Dole,
even though he has ceased to be in acr
tive service. .,s. ....-. ID.
The KalanianaOle bill to establish
national park in the Territory of Ha.
waii has been favorably reported from
the public lands committee of the
house for several days and is now upon
the calendar. Some maneGvering to get
it considered will probably be neees.
sary. 1t, may be necessary to have the
measure placed upon the unanimous
consent calendar, rather than the cal,
auIor onhfaaN 20 aalla -
as the public lands committee will not
be called on calendar Wednesday for q
very long time. As the national parks
bill calls for no appropriation, unani.
nous consent to have it considered in
the house might be granted.
Eenate Has Three House Bills ~
The senate has three Hawaiian bills,
already passed by the house. These are
Il 3, act to ratify the provisions Of the
territorial legislature relating TO the
board of hakbor commissioners; an act
to approve the provisions Of the ter.
rtorial Legislature with reference to
gHs, electric light and other franchises
AVID an act confrmatory of an amend.
ment TO the franchise granted to H.
p Baldwin, r. A. Wadsworth, James
L. Coke and others now held under
assignment by the Island Electric Com
pany, Ltd. - ~. -.
Territorial Senator Coke is still in
town, stopping at the Harrington Hotel
and waiting for developments. There
comes no word cheering or otherwise
about the district Rttorneyship. The
nomination may be made by the Presi-
dent any day or It may not be made
for q month. Word few here one day
not long ago that s. G. Huber of Tama,
Iowa, was the new man for district
attorney, but Assistant Attorney Gener-
al Graham, who usually knows what il
going on at the department of justice
with reference to patronage, said posi-
lively no selection had been made,
There seems to be no hurry at the de-
partment either to name a district at.
torney or federal judge. Apparently
the ad interim service of H. W. Wang.
Ian is satisfactory, and it is well IN.
derstoOd at the department that one
federal judge is. ample to take care of
business in the federal court IN Hawaii.
The circumstance under which the see
ond federal jndgeship was created are
tolerably well understood at the depart
lnent and 1t may be a long while yet
l'efore the new federal judge Is desig-
rated, III.
NICK Mcclellan Gets Glad Hand
Mcclellan, formerly Of Honolulu, has
spent several weeks here during Jan
nary and February, He has wide &C,
quaintanee and has been cordially greet,
cd on. every hand. He represents the
Seattle chamber Of commerce ut the
meeting here this week of the United
States Chamber Of Commerce. He also
has other important business in the
east for clients in Washington state,
Territorial Senator Coke has been
over to New York attending to matters
of bond refunding which were entrust
ed to him by Governor Pinkham, after
Superintendent Forbes had to depart
for home.
Mrs. Robert W. Shingle is among the
recent arrivals in Washington. She. Is
here to visit her sister, Princess Ka
wananakoa, who is seriously i'll.
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