The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-04-26
Present situation unfair

FtJnAt q word about the military or.
der making Oahu q military dry zone
\ The President 5 order was taken on
the advice Of the military authorities
| in Honolulu. The order to my mind Il
anything but Just and fair. II per.
mits men with friends and money "a
i get all the liquor they want. MY idea
! Of prob ibition is that all people, ali
classes, all creeds should be placed on
the same footing. In all laws or regIila,
4 tons there should he no exceptions. In
lthe long run such laws or governmental
orders are harmful to the public general
| ly for when special privileges are ex
I tended to special classes it gives the
/ people just cause to suspect the motives
Of those responsible for their govern
ment
"BPfore leaving ! discussed the pro
| hibition measure with Doctor Wadman
Chairman Houston and other Interested
members. 1t was decided that Judge
Houston should seek n rule for the con.
| sideration Of the bill. but Judge Hous
ton has assured Leader Kitchin that he
will make no effort TO get the rule OF
have it enforced until all Of the war
| emergency measures are ont Of thC
way. Leaders in congress have decid
ed that everything must give way I'd
! the hi0 war measures BEFORE | left
| Washington the house unanimously
messed n rule giving the military af.
fare committee RIGHT Of wav over ev.
erything else for their war bills There
Is speeding up Of all war legislation
and all measures not vitality associated
with the development hf our army
and navy and their maintenance have
been temporarily side tracked.
Hawaii's Interests Many
I Hawaii has many matters NJ deep
interest 10 the Territory ncndinp in
"OnGr"ss. There is the harhor project
| for Knuai. The rivers nnd harbors
committee, reporting a hill this veaP
ma war measure, would not inrorpor-
." tho kauPi pro ,rct Chairman
Small told me that the Kauai project
was in excellent shape and the commit
| 500 had been impressed with j.. but oSy.
my TO the war there wore TO he TO no.
| 'cct authorized by tn" house NJ this
'""N'"n. President wilson took hold
| Of the bill while it was in committee.
He had the amount cut in hue IF what
1T was last year and ma lie it r. WI r
| LienSure, pure and SimulC. | have nd
vaLCed the claims of KaIIi - the sen.
hta, but If that BODY StirIs to The idle
that President Wilson asked tn n ouse
to follow and refuses 10 incorporate
| anything unless it is vitality assOciat ted
| with the immediate prosecution of the
war. we in Hawaii will have to stand
| aside in this matter and b. patriotic
The argument used for making the
River and Harbor Bill war measure
s that the government must conserve
all of its financial resources for war
purposes. Then, too, there is such a
pressing demand for engineer officers
hat the war department cannot readily
spare any trained men to handle new
river and harbOr projects at this time.
Women's Suffrage Coming
"Judge Raker, chairman of the com
! mittee on women suffrage, assures me
that his committee will favOrably re-
port my bill at this session giving to
the territorial Legislature the right to
grant the women of the Territory the
ballot.
"Cooperating with Representative
Bowers, of West Virginia, who was for
ears the United States fish commits
sioner and who is now o member of the
committee on merchant marine and
| fisheries, l have started a fight to have
the federal government build and
maintain fish hatchery and expert
mental laboratory at or near HonOlu
lu. The people must look to the sea
more than ever now for food and there
~ every reason to believe that congress
may see the wisdom of this move and
give Hawaii the benefit of fish hatch
cry and laboratory. 1t will be ncces
sary for the territorial legislature to
create fish wardens before the federal
government will start a hatchery and
his matter will be brought up at the
next session of the territorial fegisla
ture.
That Travel Permit Rule
'There has been n great deal of dis
"Ssion ABOUT the passport order of the
'r.' raj government that was in force
Or sevrral months. Following my con.
rr"ncc with Secretary of State Ian.
any. early. in February, | advised the
'ficiaIs in Honolulu that the govern
nrnt had TO intention of interfering
in passenger or tourist travel to Ha-
vaii. But ] did advise them that the
government was anxious to know why
navy people Travelled and that tenn Dor
arily passports were being demanded
The passport order, in 80 far AZ it ap
Ir, hawnii. Rorto Rico and the
Virgin Islands, has Been rescinded and
low passengers leaving the mainlaHd
or these places have, to get u travel
RS permit from the immigration au-
'horti"s. The government cannot be
90 strict in keeping track of people
who travel and in these war times it
should know and intends to know Just
who travels over the seas and why,
No one is permitted to go into Mexico
" Canada without passport and even
rmy oiicers, going unattached to Eu-
op", cannot leave without passport
1onlstead Legislation
THE day left, Washington l had
meeting in my Office with Judge
Watson, of Virginia, and Congressman
Dowell, of Iowa, both mem bers of the
Territory committee, and both desi e
mated to form a subcommittee to con
slider the bill for tho relief of the
homesteaders. whose titles to their
homesteads have been found to be de.
fectlve. This matter has been delayed
somewhat by the illness of Judge
Watson. The subcommittee has decid
ed to recommend favorably the pas