The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-03-14

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inmon to.a NJ Dole ln 20 NAM aHil
hsi he ourht 20 10 sshsmfd - him
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moments consideration
The gentleman "Iu position hnOF
tlao states thar Mr bo'e suggested
hat Mr Damon be- made Minister Of
foreign Analrs and go pat him In the
lin. 81 promotion And what AID Mr.
Damon dog The man In position TO
know says: "Mr Damon answered
this by walking out Of the room
The Advertiser has not made a. IN
quiry regarding this alarming c0ndi-
ton Of things in the Cabinet. because
il knows. as any one who will reflect a
moment also knows. that an independ-
ent government, with sole power OF
appointment or removal in the iresl-
dent no longer exists, and that Capt
King now holds his commission as
Minister o. the Interior from Presl-
dent Mckinley, and not from Mr.. Dole.
The law OF annexation so orders. The
man in q position to know" don't ap-
pear to know this provision OF law.
So long as Capt. King holds title to
Office through President McKinley's
appointment. no conspiracy" can re-
move unless II secures the sanction OF
he Prerident. The man 'in a position
% know" should know n little more
before he tries to rouse the people to
head of a conspiracy that cannot sue
coed.
On reading between the lines, Il Is
evident enough that the man Gin posi-
ton to know" either invented the story
or obtained 1t from Mr.. Damon. But
Chat 10 no affairs of ours al present.
The noticeable feature Of the inter-
view is the very dramatic scene de-
scribed by the man in position to
know" OF the interview between Mr..
Dole and Mr. Damon, in which Mr..
Dole tempts Mr.. Damon with the offer
Of the Foreign office, If he will join
the conspiracy One OF our excellent
artists has now the chance of a life
time. Let him put on canvass the
scene. when the "conspirator" Dole.
knowing that he has no power to do
so. tempts the ingenious Damon with
the offer Of the Foreign Office. The at
titude OF the parties should be depicted,
as they stand in the Executive cham
Der, and at the moment when Dole
himself only mere subordinate OF
President McKinley's, and poweTless
TO make the appointment. tempts Mr..
Damon to abandon the paths Of rec
tILude.
1t should depict Mr.. Damon, standing
erect. his eye fixed on the infamous
! tempter his arms crossed over his
| breast. his legs braced in resolution.
and his lips just open, so that the OBJ
server OF the picture readily imagines
he hears the solemn words ssuing in
sepulchral tones, Get thee behind me
SATAN"
But to make the picture historically
true, according to the statements fur
nished by the man lin position to
know" il should rather represent Mr..
Damon answering the offer, or the
temptation" by walking out OF the
room This the artist cannot repre-
sent correctly. For If Mr.. Damon did
walk ort OF the room in indignation,
and pity, and silence, he undoubtedly
banged the door behind him, and every
seismograph in town instantly recorded
an earthquake. But the bang can
not unfortunately, be represented In
the picture, or the quick movements OF
Major Potter and the lady typewriters
who startled by the report rush into
Mr.. Dole's room, where he is found
quivering and PROSTATE under Mr.
Damons thunderbolt of Indignation al
embodied in the awful bang. The case
as 1t Is told by the man In position
to know" makes 1t one rather for {
panorama. But as single picture o.
this event is preferable, the scene o
the temptation as We present 1t should
be chosen, even II not literally true
The idea to be conveyed would be thu
same in either case. 1t Is that OF "an
other good man gone wrong" and "an
other good man gone right" or "Vic,
and Virtue in the transition period.
In the interests Of history and art
will not both President Dole and Mr.
Damon declare that the story OF thu
man in a position to know" is reall!
correct, even II there is no truth in II
a picture of ''the man wh'
Is in a position to know will
a mask covering his face, and holdinl
in his extended hands a mares nest
would lie still nearer the truth, hu
it would not have the dignity of tn
picture OF the Temptation"
The chief interest attaching to tn