The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-03-08
President Sanford B. Dole at the
HelnlOlGe More.
TALKS ABOUT THE MISSION
Treaty lin Senate interview With
President sM carbohydrates of
Am srlcan People in Hawaii.

Sanford B. Dole, the President of
Hawaii has finished his mission as
special envoy to the United States in
the interest of Annexation and is again
on duty as the chief executive of this
land Mr.. Dole and party reached Ho-
nolulu at s o'clock yesterday morning
by the Oceanic S. S. Mariposa There
was quite a gathering at the wharf and
the personal popularity of Mr.. Dole
was evidenced by the cordially of the
informal reception given, There were
salutes from the U. S. F. S. Baltimore
and from the Gunboat Bennington, as
we'll as from the Shore Battery. The
President and Mrs. Dole went at once
TO their Emma street home By $50,
Mr. Dole was at the Executive Build
ing in conference with his Ministers.
The first business was arrangement
for the vacation of Captain King, Min
lister of the Interior, who has gone to
decided after due elaboration that
Henry E. Cooper, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, should act as Minister of In
terror in the absence of Captain King
Mr.. Dole was informed of the matters
transpiTed and in hand of which ne
had not been advised by mail Among
his early callers were members of the
Senate and House, Government off
GERS and personal friends.
All who visited the President yes
terday were greeted by him pleasantly
as ever. To a representative of the
Advertiser, Mr.. Dole spoke of some
experiences with interviewers in the
States, not forgetting the artists. The
one thing that the reporters over there
wanted was the view of Mr.. Dole him
self on the treaty and its prospects.
This he refused to give from first to
last, although importuned many times
daily TO say something or write some
thing. Mr.. Dole speaks in compliment
Iary terms of the conduct of the pro-
fessional interviewers and has no
grievance against the artists or carl
caturists. A few of the pictures of the
party or members of it were atrocious.
A good many of them were bad, but a
good many of them were excellent. Mr..
Dole was surprised at the skill of the
pencil artists who made scenes of re-
ceptions.
On one occasion the President did
go into print This was at San Fran
cisco, where the Call newspaper as
serted that the purpose of the visit of
Mr. Dole to the United States was to
arrange a treaty which should admit
the japanese to the full rights OF citi-
zenship and suffrage in both that coun-
try and Hawaii. As a REPUTATION of
this vicious canard, President Dole
issued the following letter:
TO the Editor of the San Francisco
CaIl-Dear Sir: My attention has been
called to two editorial articles pub
lished in your issues of February 9Th
and 10th, and entitled, rs it Dole's
Hand?' and The japanese Race"
which, by innuendo and indirection.
announce to the public that an agree
ment has been entered into between
the United States, Japan and the Ha-
Taiian Government by which the jap
anese Government has withdrawn its
opposition to the annexation of Ha-
waii in consideration of the extension
Of the privilege of naturalization in
the United States to the japanese. /
These articles also suggest that the
negotiation of this scheme was the OBJ
ject of my visit to Washington.
i wish TO say that there is no foun-
dation of fact in the proposition which
these editorials announce, or in any
part of it, S. B. DOLE"
The principal interview of the two
Presidents at Washington was of the
duration Of an hour or more. During
that time there was pretty thorough
discussion Of the treaty and of cues
lions connected with its consideration.
Mr. Dole says that the chief executive
Of the United States is most charm