The herald., 1898-01-27
DOLE ARRIVES
And Is Given an Official
Welcome
HIS CONVERSE WITH M'KINLEY
is CONFINED TO TOPICS PURELY
PERSONAL
HIS CONVERSE WITH M'KINLEY
Anti i-Annexationist Carter Has Also
Reached the Capital in the In
terest of the Opposition
Associated Press Special Wire

| WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-President
Dole, of Hawaii, arrived here at 2:10 pm,
and in behalf of the government, was
welcomed by Secretary Sherman and
Assistant Secretary Adee The Pres
| idential party was belated by storms
along the way and it was three hours
after the scheduled time that the train
swung into the b. e o. depot. A crowd
of several hundred had assembled on
North Capitol street, and three patoons
| of mounted policemen were on hand to
| act as an escort.
President McKinieys call was entirely
| formal and did not last more than fif-
teen minutes He was accompanied by
Mr.. Porter and Colonel Bingham, and
was met by Assistant Secretary Cridler
and Mr.. Hatch. the Hawaiian minister,
who introduced them to President Dole.
Mrs. Dole and the other members of the
party. After a mutual exchange of
courtesies, Mr.. Mckinley returned to the
White House.
At AIS President Dole returned the
visit of President Mckinley. He drove
over to the White House in a magnifi-
Gently appointed carriage, in company
with Minister Hatch and Mr.. Crdler,
and his private secretary, Major Lau-
kea At the entrance to the White
House the party was met by Colonel
Bingham and the party was led at once
by him to the elevator, whence they
were soon transferred to the library on
the second floor. There President Nc
Kinley was in waiting and gave his
guests greeting and after a few words
of general conversation, they retired
to a couch and spent about five minutes
in conversation. 1t was said that this
talk was purely unofficial and personal.
The party was escorted downstairs
and returned to the hotel.
OPPOSES ANNEXATION
NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-Jos. o. Carter
of Honolulu, who comes to the United
States as an opponent to annexation,
arrived in Washington last evening, says
the Washington correspondent of the
Tribune. He is the elder brother of the
late Henry A. P. Carter, Minister of
Hawaii. Mr.. and Mrs. Carter have
rooms at the Ebbitt House, where the
eX-Queen of Hawaii and the Hawaiian
delegates. representing organizations
opposed to annexation, are settled for
the winter. or at least while the treaty
is before the Senate. 1t does not ap-
pear that the Hawaiian delegates have
made much, if any, progress in their eff
forts to defeat annexation. Mr.. Carter
is the business advisor of the ex-queen
as well as friend on whose loyalty she
can depend absolutely. His loyalty is
ba ctr nf 1,a
personal friendship that exists between
his wife and Queen Liliuokalani. Mrs.
Carter, as is we'll known to her Honolulu
friends, has never ceased to regret the
social regime of the monarchy. While
Mr.. Carter has come to Washington to
oppose annexation. it is certain he is
here also to serve the interests of the eX-
queen should the treaty of annexation
be ratified. Mr.. Carter was asked if he
thought the republic strong enough to
resist outside aggression.
Yes" he replied. Il believe as long as
we behave ourselves and do the right
thing we will not be disturbed by out
side aggression.
1T has been so in the past and why
not in the future? You see l never be-
lieved in the recent scare that Ha-
Wai was in any danger from Japan
There was trouble over the immigration
and Japan sent a cruiser with COM
missioner to look after the interests of
the japanese. But it was just what
Great Britain or Germany would do
under similar circumstances. There
are $1,000 Asiatics in Hawaii. Whose
fault is it? Why, the Hawaiians. The
planters will insist upon having new
immigrants and under the treaty with
Japan they can have them.
ION some of the smaller plantations
the free labor system is applied and it
works well with the japanese"