The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-01-06
Mr.. Dole Leaves Saturday for the
American Capital.
TO Be GONE SIX WEEKS
Will Confer With the AdminiStra-
tion-To Meet President McKin-
Iey-Decided by the Councils

President Sanford B. Dole leaves for
Washington by the S. S. Peru on Sat
urday of this week The chief execu-
tive of this country Journeys to the
Capital of the United States for the
purpose of consulting with the Admin
istration there on the subject of the
annexation of these Islands by the
Greater Republic 1t is expected that
Mr.. Dole will be back here by the
middle of next month He will be ac-
companied by his staff officer, Maj
Curtis P Iaukea, as Secretary and by
DR.. F. R. Day as physician. The at
tendance of the latter is thought to be
required on account of the signal
change in climate that is being made
by the trip at this season Of the year
1t is not likely that Mrs Dole will ac-
company the President.
The question of having the Presi-
dent go on to Washington as first taken
up was stated in this paper yesterday
morning. In the afternoon of yester-
day the Executive Council and the
Council of State resumed the discus
sion where it had ended at the special
conference of the previous day. The
members of the Executive and State
Councils present were: Mr.. Dole, Min
listers Cooper, Damon, King, Smith,
Councillors VIM. C. Wilder, Cecil
Brown, P. c. Jones, Jas. A. Kennedy,
c. Bolte, John Phillips, E. c. Winston,
Mark P. Robinson, John Ena, S. K.
Kane, John Mott, ]. P Mendonca.
Each official present gave an opin-
ion in favor of having President Dole
undertake the mission. When it came
to a ballot the vote was unanimous
in favor of the journey being made
slightest division on the question and
every member present voted. The
only absentees were D. L. Naone and
Alex. g. NJ Robertson, who were en-
gagged elsewhere.
Being met a few minutes after the
of the Councils, President |
Dole. in response to a question, said |
Yes. it has been considered best that |
| should go to Washington and meet |
the Administration upon the matter OF |
the pending annexation negotiations. |
I do not expect to be gone more than |
six weeks Immediately upon arrival
in Washington l shall consult with the
members of the Hawaiian Legation"
This is the first visit of Mr.. Dole to
the United States since 1891, at the |
time the late King Kalakaua was in |
that country. The President is, abroad |
and at home, the best known citizen
of Hawaii. Here is his biography in
brief:
Sanford Ballard Dole was born in
Honolulu of American parents, in 1914.
His father and mother were mission
aries, and landed in Honolulu in the
year 1910, after a long and tedious
voyage from their home in the far
away State of Maine Upon his ar
rival in Honolulu, Mr.. Dole the elder
took charge of the Punahou College,
which was then about TO be started,
and which is today an enduring mOnu-
ment to his intelligence and care, for it
is alma mater of many welI-known
men. Mr.. Dole received his primary
education at this institution and re-
mained there and at Kauai, with a
wear meanwhile spent at PunahOu, un-
til he had more than attained his ma
iority. At the age of % he went to
Williams College, in Massachusetts,
and took the general course for a year;
after which he entered the law office
of William Brigham of Boston. There
he pursued his legal studies under that
gentleman, and attended the different
sessions of the courts. He applied him
self closely, and at the end of a twelve