Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-02


minister plenIpotentiary OF the United
States to Hawaii. and s +. Dole. nrrsi
dent Of the provisional government 81
Hawaii 1t IS doubtful if any two men
have been more talked about. especial
~ BY the diplomatic corps, during the
past 'eW months, than they Dole has
occupied his present position for
few days over Il year. The anniversary
OF the birth Of the prov sional govern
ment fell on Jan. Il. vii
lis career as diplo-
mate is Of much shorter duration: but
lis name IS by this time a widely
known. 1t is u difficult task they
have 10 settle. But they are well
matched. Willis is widely known here
and Dole, though born in Honolulu
was educated in this countr, and has
many friends and acqniniancc> ia
congress
Minister Willis has been pretty
sharply criticised for his second al
tempt t. get from the queen 4 pTomis"
Of amnesty.
Willis is 3 kcnturkian by birth;
and. though not exactly immaculate
in his attire is considered a very rnari-
~ man He is tail, slender with hair
on lis face but more on the top 81
his head. He Is a lawyer by profcs
sion. He j. counted a good ono, too.
He Is also = hard working man. II"
owes his success in acquiring proni-
nence III life ~ his faculty for hard
work rather than for brilliaCIy.
When In congress nc madc a rernta-
ton for 1horou$hncsS and hard work.
Some people call him plodder. At
any rate hn served ten consecutive
years ID congress during part OF
which time he occupied the very promi-
cnt position Of chairman Of the COM
mittee on rivers and haTboTS. He
might hlv. been in congress now. but
his service notions "queeTel'' him with
his fellow kentuckianS Next {"
whisky kentucky politician likes
patronage They are the twin nec"S-
saries Of his life. AMI woe hetide the
man who would deprive him Of them.
Willis was such a man. And Woe
came to him. Moreover. Their. was Il
woman 1T the bottom of il. She was
Mrs Virginia &. Thompson She WAS
also postmistrc>> Of ouiSville. Furth.
Nobody denied that But She was aI-
pointed by Il republican president AMI
when Cleveland W;!s elected the Ken
lucky politicians gentleman. sch.
every one of them wanted her scalp.
Willis wa> drputcd to get y. /" the
anazrmvat of his district. and pretty
much all Kentucky for that matter,
ia baked He didn't pretend Ia be III
the ScaIpin- business. 1t wasn't that
the occupant Of the Office" the poSSeS>or
of the plum. the juicy political morS"l
which the Kentucky democrats wanted
to roll under and over their tongues,
W1S = woman that he baked lie de
clarpd IL didn't matter to him whether
The orcupant was man or woman.
The occupant had done the business Of
the office to the satisfaction of the
community. That was enough, and
nv the great horn spoon, the blue grass
region and the finest red liquor that
ever came from a Kentucky still. that
was enough for him. He would not
only not seek her scalp. He would do
more. He would help her keep 1t on
her head.
1t took some time for the kentucklans
10 recover their breath When they dill
they saw by Willis eye that it would
hc useless for them to plead or argue
or threaten So they simply BODIED
their time and when next Willis sought
i denomination he didn't ma 1t.
Brother Garruth. one of the wits of
congress and "What-are-we-here-f
mar from away back, was nominated
and elected in Willis stead. And of
all the tropmeS which Brother Carruth
has rcaped in his eventful life, none
is more priced. none is pointed to with
more pride than the political scalp OF
PoStmiStresS Thompson neatly httel
by him from her head at the beheSt of
his bloodthirsty constituency and TO
make i Kentucky holiday.
But Willis took the rebuff in his calm.
unruff1ed way He never gets excited.
And after breathing spell he reSlm-
ed his practice of law. and Kept at 1t
till at the suggestion OF Secretary Car
Isle he took the Hawaiian MISSION.
He was born ii shelby county. Ken
lucky. in 1913 He got his early educa-
ton at the public school and graduated
at the Louisville high school. He
taught school for four years, then
studied law. and in 1866 graduated at
the louisville law school and began
the practice of law. He was elected
and reelected county attorney of JEFF
ferson county and served till elected
TO congress.
The friends of President Dole de-
scribe him as in temperature pretty
much like Minister WilliS-cool collect
ed and always holding himself in per-
feet self-Control He was born in
Honolulu about fifty years ago. He is
a fine specimen Of physical manhood.
being over feet tall. broad shoulder
ed and with keen eyes and strong,
frank face framed in 4 big beard. His
parents came from Maine. His father
was first president Of Punahou school,
which afterward became Oahu college
President Dole attended Williams col
lege in this country and studied law
at Cambridge law school. He was ad-
mitted to the bar in Honolulu and
went right to the front. He has prac-
ticed his profession ever since save
for the interruption last January, which
compelled him to drop his practice t.
take hold of the reinS of government
He Is described rs man of literary
tastes and in conjunction with others