The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-06
REINFORCEMENT
THREATENS KAUAI
Shingles Congressional Visit Bill
May Break Up Old
at Combination

''Gentlemen Of Kauai, you simply
must vote the appropriation for the
congressional visit or ---i',
The reapportionment club is being
held over the heads of the Garden
Island quartet in the house Of repre-
sentatfves. Today may tell the tale,
when Senator Shingle = s.. b. 2, appro
pfiating 10000 for the expenses OF the
projected congressional visit, comes up
for the third time on third reading.
without Charles A. Rice Jack Coney,
now in the senate, and w. J. sheldon
who prosecutes seven.eleven artists in
the police court Of Honolulu, the Kauai
delegation in the senate is not today
the power Il used 60 be, but, neverthe.
less, Kauai e vote today on Shingle Is
bill Is something that may seal the fpte
of cherished measure, one way or the
other. @
~ never threaten Speaker 1Iol.
stein said yesterday, just casually and
'unofieially, for the session had closed,
/" but Kauai Is going to be placed on
trial tomorrow, meaning today.
"Hawaii and Maui, added TO Kauai,
have on several occasions heretofore
saved the Camden Island from suffering
the loss of one member in the senate
and two in the house. ~
al have particular reference to re-
apportionment of representation in the
legislature. Had the provisions Of the
Organic Act been followed out here
tofore in the spirit of the Hawaiian
charter, instead Of four members in the
house and two in the senate, Kauai
would have today only two in the
former and one in the latter. II has
been the aloha Hawaii and Maui have
cherished for the little island 10 the
north that has saved it.n
Kauai Has Backing, However
Kauai members, Kula, Lota, Wilcox
and, Jerves, are said to be a unit
against the congressional visit and
they seem to have moral support among
a number Of fifth district Bourbons
and quite some following among dis
affected East and West Hawaii mem
bers of the house. .&
Reapportionment is bound to come, IL
is said, or congress some day will take
a hand in the game and want to know
why laws passed by 1t are not observed
Oul III lHt bul
the evil day for Kauai may be post
.poned yet awhile. 1t all depends on
how the Garden Island win vote today.
"0ahn, naturally, is anxious to have
reapportionment brought to an issue at
this session. said a fourth district
representative yesterday "and / am
glad to see Kauai alternating the affec-
lions of the Valley Isle and the Big
Island. It's about time that we com
piled with the expressed wishes of the
Organic Act. y ~. 20.
Peeved Because Ignored -. ,.g'.'
Kauai seems to be peeyed because
the expenditure of $4,000 or as much
of il as shall become necessary, will
not be waited Kauai-ward, The Gar.
den Islanders claim that visiting con
gressmen and senators from Washing,
'on spend their time In Oahu, Maui,
and Hawaii and never even give the
northern island thought. Why. then
Should they buck the present bill, they
ask g.. st a.a.' -. 'a..r. ..
II has been pointed out that it was
the visiting delegation from congress
hat eventually saved the day for Ha.
waii in Washington on the tariff ques.
ion, when the Bourbon administra.
tiOn finally came to its senses on this
all important issue. Y
The mainstay, commercially, OF
Kauai is sugar, as it is on Oahu, Maui
and Hawaii, and those who place the
| interests of the Islands foremost. clniu
\ that Kauai Is certainly selfish in TAX
ing the view 1t is said to take on tn,
i question of the Single congressional
visit bill.