The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-01-16
EUH|O may GET
PLACE. ON MILITARY
AFFA|RSCOMM|TTEE
Hawaii's Vital Interest In Matters
Of Army and Navy viii Be
Recognized
NOT A GHOST OF A SHOW
FOR HOME RULE BILLS
Delegate Has Number Of These
Before Congress and Judge
BalIou Also At Work
mail Special TO The Advcrtiser)
BY Ernest O.. walker i.a


WASHINGTON, January Efforts
are under way to have Delegate Ka.
lanianaoie appointed in the next con.
gress as a member of the military af.
fairs committee Of the house. Under
Rule ~ Of the house, IL is specified
that territorial Delegates may be des.
ignated to serve on the military affairs
committee. For some congresses Dele.
gate wickersham of Alaska has served
there but he has been defeated and
because of the interests of Hawaii in
the Army II is regarded as quite appro-
pirate the Hawaiian Delegate should
have the place. .'.' ...
Hawaii Much Interested ..' .
A NUMBER of Hawaiian matters are
upon the official carpet here, as New
Year begins Though the remainder
of the session Of congress be short and
there be difficulty in getting things
done before the close of this admins
tration, friends of the Territory will be
very active and get through all they
possibly can. The large army and navy
appropriations, directly and indirectly;
concern Hawaii. These have not alto
gether taken shape yet but il is as
Eured the totals will be large and that
considerable allotments of these appro-
priations for the respective services
will be disbursed eventually in the Isl.
ands. f,.E .f... g. ....
Revenues Not Sufficient
The Rivers and Harbors Appropria,
tons Bill is being framed. 1t seems
assured there will be items therein for
Honolulu harbor;; for Kahului harbor
and Kalihi harbor. The Delegate and
others are trying to obtain an appro.
priation for Nawiliwili but 1t is doubt
full whether this will get through. Re.
cent announcements regarding big
treasury deficit will materially affect
every considerable new item for appro-
priations. 80
There is lots of talk here about ways
of raising more revenue and IL includes
gossip about placing more tax on sugar,
The matter has not reached a definite
stage yet but heavier sugar tax is
among the probabilities.
Home Rule Bills
The Delegate has introduced bill
10 provide for the election of the Gov
ernor and Secretary of the Territory
of Hawaii. This is one of several home
rule bills which the Delegate has re-
Gently offered.
OF course none of them has the ghost
of a show at this session of congress.
They are rather an earnest of the plans
to conduct a vigorous home rule cam
paign during the next congress and to
stir up official Washington in favor of
statehood for Hawaii. All these bills
have been referred to the house com
mittee on Territories.
The bill to elect the Governor pro-
vides that he shall be elected for four
years from the first Monday in January
succeeding his election. Another of the
home rule bills would grant to the ter,
ritorial legislature power to legisIate
concerning public lands; another would
prohibit the importation Of Intoxicating
liquors into the Islands; and still an.
other bill would give the Legislature
"additional powers relative to elections
and qualifications Of electors"
A bill to be introduced shortly by
the Delegate will provide that the post,
masters, collector. of customs and all
federal officials in the Islands shall be
CuoSeH IIoIu bne ltBhl IcHluchls VI tne
Islands.
Judge Ballou Al Work
Former Judge Bsllou is taking up
anew the Judges Retirement Bill,
which was intended to afford retire
ment pay TO former Judge Dole. The
bill has been favOrably reported from
the house committee on judiciary and
probably has some chance of becoming
law at this session. "4'.
There is TO be convention here
shortly on national parks, at which the
attractions of those resorts and also
plans for acquainting the public with
recreation features and for inducing
larger patronage will be discussed
Representatives Scott Ferris, of Okla
homa, and Senator Reed Smoot, OF
Utah, have been asked TO address the
convention with reference to Kilauea
The Delegate and Robert w. Brec
kons are planning an entertainment
here shortly for the members of thu
congressional party, who were made
Chiefs of Hawaii during their sojourr
in the Islands 49,.
The Delegate has introduced and il
urging a bill "to relieve the railroads
in Porto, Rico and Hawaii from the pro
visions of the Safety,Applianee Act
requiring the use of power brakes OF
cars used exclusively for the trans
portation of sugar cane"
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