Evening star., 1898-01-26

career Of the Head OF the Hav.tt..
Republic,

career Of the Head Of the un~.ss.
Republic.
MT. Sanford Ballard Dole, president Of
the republic OF Hawaii. who arrived I'm
Washington today the guest OF the ma
tioh' OF which he and all loyal Hawaiians
nope soon TO become citizens. has had an
eventful and honorable career He is a
stench, consistent and able advocate of
the annexation OF Hawaii TO the United
States and played an important and highly
ereditable part In the memora BILE scenes in
cident to the overthrow of the effete mon
archy or Hawaii and the establishmen, and
maintenance of the existing republican
form of government He is na-
1--WE or Hawaii, having been born there
IN iS44, and has been heart and soul I'm
iaFor OF every movement tending TO its no.
earth, " ''''
His father and mother were God-fear,no
people OF Maine. who went TO Hawaii as
missionaries way back In Is40 They had
swo sohh porn TO them during their trying
experiences among the then henighted in
hapitant5 OF tho Sandwich Islands The
elder Dole founded Oahu College which nos
slhee become the principal educational insti-
tution OF Hawaii, aud he was its first presi-
dent, In the fifties IL was regarded as Tho
best educational institution west OF the
Rockies. ard its students included MANY
Hmefican boys from California and other
Tar western states.
His EARLY Career.
president Dole received his early educa-
'ioh at the Pubahan College, and there
chose the profession of the law His father
was In moderate circumstances and n.
earned enough money himself 10 com. 90
coilege in America. He entered Williams
college at the age of TWENTY-FIVE and took
general course for year. Then he en-
tered the law Office of William Brigham, az
Boston, and continued his studies there for
year. He was admitted to the Massa
chusetts bar in 1856, and soon after this
re ne'urned 10 the Sandwich Islands. He was
at once admitted to the bar of the Hawaii
an kingdom, and practiced his profession
as lawyer until 1884, when he was elect
ed 10 the legislature, being reelected in
1885, In the following year King Kalakaua
appointed him a Judge of the supreme
court-a life position-the duties of which
he performed with signal ability and inn
partlahty, until January ], 1893, when he
resigned IN order to attach himself active
~ TO the reform movement which result ed
IN the downfall OF the Hawaiian monarchy
on the 18th of that month and the estab-
llshment of the provisional government
The First President Of the Republic.
At first he was president and minister OF
foreign affairs of the new government and
subsequently when the two Offices were
separated he was made president and Mr.
Hatch. the present Hawaiian minister to
tfls country, was made minister of foreign
affairs. President Doles early administra-
uon was constantly hampered and men,
aced by the secret and persistent efforts
Of President Cleveland for the restoration
of Queen Liliuokalani to the throne. Mr..
Dcle's statesmanlike and dignified con-
duct under those trying circumstances COM
manded the admiration and respect of the
entire civilized world. His papers were
models of force and logic. particularly
those written in reply TO United States
Minister Willis demand on behalf OF Presl-
dent Cleveland that he surrender the gov
ernment to the queen he had done much
to depose. The mastery manner in which
he conducted the negotiations which re-
suited in the utter defeat of the so-called
policy of infamy'' is matter of recent
history.
In 1894, when the government was
changed from a provisional government
into the republic of Hawaii he was chosen
its president for term of six years,
piring in 1900. In case of Hawaiian an
nexation this year he will, therefore. go
down to history as the first and only presi-
dent of the republic. Under the constitu-
tion he would not in any event be eigi-
bic for reelection.
Improvement of the Islands.
Mr.. Dole has been identified with every
movement for the improvement of the
condition of the inhabitants of the islands.
He was a leading advocate of the land
system, which cut up the public lands
into small holdings for actual holders. hav-
ing been the author of the original law
known the homestead law. the adop-
tion of which he secured while a men,
ber of the legislature in 1881. Again in
1885 he convened a special session of the
legislature and secured the passage of n
more liberal land law, which he had drafted
himself. Under these laws the number
OF owners OF real estate in Hawaii has in
creased p per cent within the last seven
years. One of the conditions of the law
is that persons owning real estate cannot
obtain title to public lands thus thrown
open to settlement. The result of this con-
dition is that over 1, 100 natives who never
before owned land have obtained home
steads within the last seven years.
His Present visit.
1t is a most unusual thing for the chief
magistrate or ruler of a nation to journey
abroad on business that is ordinarily con-
signed to the regular diplomatic represen-
tatives. But the urgency and vital inn
portance of the matter which now inter-
ests the United States and Hawaii has
induced the Hawaiian cabinet and the
leaders of the annexation movement to
calculate the advantages that will undoubt-
edly accrue to their cause by the visit of
their president to Washington while the
subject is under final consideration.
The president of Hawaii is a man of
pleasant address and possessed of the
happy faculty of being able to greet all
persons with extreme courtesy and at the
same time with the dignity becoming his
station His gracious manner and his
striking figure mark him as a man among
men, and he would be readily picked from
crowd as q parsonage of distinction. He
stands over six feet in height, and a
wreath of silvery beard adds materially to
his dignifed and distinguished bearing
He was married in 1873, but has no chill
dren. His wife is a native of Castine, Me-
but has been a resident of Hawaii for
great many years. Her maiden name was
Miss Annie p. Cate. She accompanies her
husband on his trip and is as much inter-
ested he in the success of his mission
to add the beautiful isles of the mid-Pa-
cific to the great union of states
No Special Powers.
While he was crossing the plains on his
way to Washington President Dole said:
II have studiously refrained from accord
ing interviews to the press on annexation
or upon matters bearing upon it since
reaching the United States. The question
is now before the Senate of the United
States. and I deem ii impolitic to express
my views at this time"
Asked what powers had been delegated
him for his present mission, Mr.. Dole said:
mo special powers have been granted me-
Ny visit to the United States was deemed
advisable by the council of state and