The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-02-16
WORK ONFEDERAL
BUILDING !. RUSHED
Assistant Secretary Newton
Sends Word THROUGH Collector
! Franklin To HonoIuIans

nina with much glad news from the
political front.
After an absence of three and one.
half months, about third of which
was spent IN Washington on Official
business directly and Indirectly con
nccted with his post, Mr.. Franklin de.
clared himself heartily glad to be back
again among his friends here, and an
cldcntally he kept a group of them In
the Young Hotel dazzled last night
with one red-hot bit of Washington
news after another.
In the first place Hawaii il going to
be dry, and dry as bone alphabetically
speaking, and made so by the prescott
congress-; in the second place an alb,
pointment will be made soon for the
local circuit court and it will be an at,-
pointment the whole community will
applaud. And another thing-Assist.
ant Secretary of the Treasury Byron
Newton, a strong booster for Honolulu,
by the way, sent word to his local
friends through Mr.. Franklin that the
federal building will be started soon
and II will be the finest possible with
IN the bounds Of the million and n
Quarter appropriation. a"
South and West Unite
Mr.. Franklin spoke of politics, and
spoke of the. old guard of the Repubi.
cans dominated by Root and Aldrich as
dead, very, very dead and much in the
need of burial But more interesting
than this is his statement that the
South and West are getting together
to build mp political organization Of
Their own to take hand at running
the country.
The collector did not see Robert w.
Breckons, in fact he did not see any
Honolulu people there, merely heard Of
superintendent Charles Forbes arrival
and departure. Mr. Franklin conferred
with Secretary Lane Of the Interior,
but they did not mention the governor
nor the governorship; and last evening
Mr.. Franklin made it quite plain that
he did. not want the chief executive
position, had never thought of it, could
not afford il in fact. The collector
diyines the high cost of being Cover.
nor and for that reason, If for no other,
the position has not figured in his ambi.
lions. ', I
Dodges All War Talk -
The rupture with Germany mad not
occurred when Mr.. franklin left Wash,
ington. He was silent about all ques.
tons touching on this subject, merely
Remaining that he had not received any
instructions from Washington himself
and those at the office he had not read
SO far. ' w. :
Soon after Mr.. Franklin left the vii.
helmina he received message from
his brother in Mississippi telling Of the
death Of Mrs. S. B. Franklin, who visit,
ed here with. her husband, brother. Of
the collector, three years ago. Mrs.
Franklin was the Mississippi regent Of
the Daughters Of the Revolution and
very well known and highly esteemed
throughout the state. Her death was
sudden. '' ' 9,'.i.. ..'F'''' =
There is one thing I am sure Of
Honolulu viii 60 Dr.. There is no
doubt about il, it is the only political
thing | have ever been sure Of in my
life. Mind lyop, ], am not at all advo-
eating that these Islands be made pro-
hhibRition, ! am simply giving you the
writing as i read It on the wall. II is
jus: as plain in Washington that the
Hawaiian Islands will be made dry as
the congressional hall. = 'tF'''f'' -
No Voice Here .
There win be no voting here about
IT, no referendum. 1t will be, made dry
as Alaska was made dry. You know
don 7 you; that the referendum measure
was killed. There are several reasons
why congress will give Hawaii prohi.
bition, and a very interesting one is
this: that many congressman from dry
states want TO 60 home and tell there
people that they voted booze out Of
this Territory. It win be political
capital for them. :
" A Judiciary appointment will be
made soon, probably more than one. /
know Of one appointment 70 be made
put cannot give out the name or say
more than y will be a very pleasant
surprise TO Honolulu The man is well
fitted for the place and we'll Xix ed
Rush Work on Building IT,. 49,.
MI. Newton, deputy secretary of
the treasury, sept word to Honolulu
through me that the new federal build.
ing will be started with as little more
delay as possible. The plans are being
Mr.. Newton told me to tell
The people that they are going to ret
the finest structure possible for the mil.
lion and quarter dollars appropriat.
ed, When ! was in Washington the
bill to confirm the sale of the Mahuku
site was before congress and it has
probably been passed by this time.
anyway, II is certain TO pass.
Mr.. Franklin branehed on into mn.
tional politics: ~ -.
The old guard Of the Republican
party Is dead, dead, sir, as Julius Cae
sar. There is something new, in the
air. and Il seems to me certain that this
'ometithing is the movement underway
by tho West and South to ioin to.
getther. They are natural and logical
political allies, their interests, being
pom agricultural countries, are identi
sal, and since the last election the,
no va realized they are the power in tn,
nation, and that New York can Il die
tate any longer.
For seyenty;fye years New York
has been running the country, telling
everyone what must he done and if no
lone what II would do, but now we hav,
seen that an election can be won With
opt New York, So il Is the West and
south, drawn together BY bonds o.