The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-10-17
EUR|0'S TACT HIS
CHIEF ASSET FOR
..VASH|hCIONPOST
7.yT !
SCAT Least, Thinks Judge Hatch,
Who Says 50 To The
4'py Advertiser ia b
= SUPERVISOR DEGREES MANY
ATTACKS upon DELEGATE.
3 Believes Cupid Knows When TO
staStay am, When To Leave
Capital

The fact that Kuhio has been moro
conspicuous by his absence than by his
attendance At Washington during the
past three or four Sessions Of congFess
should not be held Up against him as a
reason why he should not be reelected
next month, in the opinion Of Super
visor Hatch, whose Official stay at the
Capital prior 70 annexation and whose
later stay a. Representatives of the
sugar planters have given him excep
5tional opportunity of seeing just what
the Delegate could do and has done.
In the opinion Of Judge Hatch,
kuhio helped make himself popular by
staying away as much as he has and
never allowed himself TO become per.
sistent nuisance TO other members Of
congress-. ,'.' .s.i -..,t
Junge Hatch's Statement a' ~
AS / have been called to California
on personal business and will not be
able to be present ut the election,
would feel il q great favor, y said
Judge Hatch yesterday, elf The Ad,
vertiser would publish my views in re.
gard 20 certain criticism which has
from time to time been directed
against our Delegate in Congress. p.
"As have resided in Washington
on two different occasions, of nearly
four years each, feel that have haa
an opportunity to see how things 20 at
the Capital and what kind of an ap.
peal is most effective with members Of
congress. wv -,sa 'Es I.-.Sa <
1.-THE criticism which I particularly
refer to Is that made against the Dele
gate on account of numbers of absence
from the Capital whom congress has
been in session. ! assn to point out
this fact 10 my fellow,voters of Amer
lean birth, and particularly TO the
readers Of The Friend, and please con
sidar the nature of the job which the
Delegate in Congress representing our
rernIofy has: - 80. 4
ga Delegate has no vote. His con
stituency has no vote in any national
election. He can neither trade his
vote, nor buster. He is limited in his
efforts to accomplish something for his
Territory, simply to making appeals for
favors TO be granted, A person who
can only occupy the role of one asking
for fayors can readily wear out his wei
come.
,"Should Delegate depend upon his
own efforts and upon his own oratory
and upon his Individual force in en-.
deayoring Ho drive measures through
congress on behalf of his constituents,
he would very soon be at the end of his
rope. At the outside he might be able
to secure the floor under the fve-minute
rule in committee OF the whole perhaps
twice in the session. That would be
the limit of his possibilities if such a
line were attempted to be pursued.
'+Booster methods will not answer in
Washington for moment
at Is true that delegation coming
from long distance viii always OBJ
tain O. hearing before the. committee,
but If II should come to request for
a second hearing or q third hearing or
a weekly hearing, the welcome would
be gone. ". .....
Delegates Work, Valuable
nNow in my judgement, Delegate
Kalanianaole has been very valuable
representative at Washington for this
Territory, ~.
III place at the head Of the list, his
gift of mate consciousness of the
moment when undue persistence would
be disagreeable. 1t is a part Of the
good manners aud good breeding mate
in a Hawaiian ALI Over and over
again favOrs have been granted to him
simply because he Is Hawaiian.
"Other representatives might make
themselves more conspicuous; / doubt |
If any other representative could ac'
complisb as pfuch,, n.sN
~ am now referring to such matters
as securing appropriations, or recon.
msndations OF appropriations, from
various committees; for instancei the
river and harbor committee. OF course, |
II goes without saying, that If any ques, |
tion arises affecting our Territory rs |
whole, like change in the tariff, the |
Delegate should be. backed up by q /
committee sent on from Hawaii. This |
should be the case, no matter who is
the Delegate, "a" |
"I therefore urge that no weight be
given to these criticisms of q number |
Of absences from the Capital. A man
who knows time when he can make |
an appeal with some hope of success
and who effaces himself when his
presence is not desired is a valuable
man for Delegate in Congress who has
no vote, =. .... .
H"'A new Delegate would have to Learnt
this lesson, and many, before they had
learned it, might find that they have
themselves down as nuisance OF the