The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-01-16
Such Is Anticipation Of Assistant
: Secretary Newton, In Word
To The Advertiser .
NO ACTION TAKEN AS
YET ON PoSToFFICE JOB
Breckons Admitted To Practise
Before Supreme Court Where
Old Friends Greet Him

Actual construction work on the Ho
nolulu federal building may be under
way by the first of July, according to
word which reaches The Advertiser
from Ernest @. Walker, its representa-.
tive at the national capital Writing
under date of December 81, Mr.. Walker
says: H.. sEF1
Assistant Secretary OF the Treas.
ury Newton stated today the prepare.
tions for construction work on the new
Honolulu building are advancing very
satisfactorily. He expects the depart.
ment will be ready shortly to adver.
tise for bids so that construction may
begin within about six months.
Probably the department will ask
congress to enact a law approving of
the sale Of the public building site first
acquired, because of a possible techni-
cal flaw in the title growing out of, the
question whether there was thirty
days advertising notice. -.
Mr.. Newton is well satisfied with the
price the building site brought The
government, of course, makes a pretty
penny out of the transaction. There
was like profit recently in the sale
of public building at Madison, Wis.
consin, but the government had held
that property much longer than it has
held the Honolulu site.
No Postmaster In Sight
cit was stated at the postofIice de-
partment today that there is no change
whatever with regard to the postmas-
tership of Honolulu and no present in
dication that a nomination will be sent
in right away. The department has
oecn advised that Palmer Woods would
make a very capable postmaster, but
postmaster-Ge Burleson has appar
,ntly not taken the matter up at all
'eriously. Presumably a nomination
will be made before the conclusion of
his congress.
3" Attorney General Gregory feels
iery kindly towards the promotion OF
'udge James l.. Coke either to the VA.
andy on the federal bench made by
he prospective retirement of Judge
Hemens or as a successor to Judge
Watson, but no plan seems yet def
litely in mind. The department has
Ieen advised of the bar association i
recommendation favoring Mr.. Stain
zach.
Sreckons At the Bar
| "Robert W. BreckOns, former dis
trict attorney of Hawaii, who has beer
here some days, stopping at the Pow
| rattan Hotel, has been admitted tC
practise before the Supreme, Court OF
the United States. There was quito an
interesting incident in this procedure
| Mr.. BreckOns studied law at thu
| Georgetown Law School here, gradual
| ing in the early nineties. One of hi
DreceptOrs at the law school was'J. )
| Darlington, now an acknowledged lead
n before the District of Columbia Dar
| Mr.. Darlington moved Mr.. Breckons
admission to practise before the Su
RENE Court. The motion was mad,
IefOre the court, one of whose member
= Associate Justice VanDeventer, for
nerly of Wyoming. Justice VanDe
yenter ofiiciated in Wyoming when Mr.
'reckons was admitted to the practis,
# law in that State.
Pinkham In Favor
| Incidentally, it is understood her
hat the department of justice has gooc
ePorts from Hawaii regarding the new
district attorney, s, e. Huber, VIII
went hither from Iowa. Because o
The difficulties the department had dur
.ng the McCarn regime, these report
egarding District Attorney Huber ar
gratifying to officials.
emo changes in federal place hold
RS for Hawaii appear in prospect dun
ing the new administration. Change
there probably will be, but 20 indics
tons of them just now. Governo
Pinkham's term does not expire ii
November of next year. People her
familiar with Hawaiian affairs inclin
to the opinion that Secretary Lane an
President Wilson will be disposed t
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