The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-03-05
ON DUTY AGAIN
President Sanford B. Dole at the
Helm Once More.
TALKS ABOUT THE MISSION
Treaty In Senate - Interview With
American 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 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 cordiality 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
Sydney for the ocean voyage. 1t was
decided after due deliberation 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
transpired and in hand of which he
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 it's prospects
This he refused to give from first tC
last, although importuned many times
daily to say something or write some
thing Mr.. Dole speaks in compliment
tary terms of the conduct of the pro-
fessional interviewers and has nc
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 die
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 tt
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 refutation o.
this vicious canard, President Dole
issued the following letter:
ITO the Editor of the San Francisco
Call-Dear Sir: My attention has beer
called to two editorial articles pub
lished in your issues of February 5tl
and 10TH and entitled, us it Dole'
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
waiian Government by which the Jap
anese Government has withdrawn it
opposition to the annexation of Ha
waii in consideration of the extension
of the privilege of naturalization il
the United States to the japanese
These articles also suggest that tn
negotiation of this scheme was the oh
ject of my visit to Washington
Il wish to say that there is no foun
datiOn Of fact in the proposition whic
these editorials announce, or in an
| part Of it. S. B. DOLE"
The principal interview of the tw
Presidents at Washington was Of tn
duration of an hour or more Durin
| that time there was a pretty thoroug
| discussion of the treaty and of que:
tions connected with its consideration
Mr.. Dole says that the chief eXecutiy
| of the United States is a most charm
ing man personally, appears to be ver
much in earnest in the performance
the duties of his Office, is frank an
| pleasant and a settled and firm advt
cate of the policy Of having Hawa
became part Of the domain of tt
United States. President McKinle
will do all in his power to bring aboI
annexation. The Maine disaster hs
absorbed Congress to the exclusion
all other business.
Friends of the treaty are exertir
themselves to secure it's ratifcatio