The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-30
An CD ect Lesson In Expansion.

to come from so imperceptible a man.
An che Lesson In Expansion.
The Inauguration of Sanford B. Dole
as the first governor of Hawaii is a
notable incident in the history OF ex-
pansion. The first executive under the
law by which Hawaii is made a part
OF our territory, he is also responsible.
more than any other man, for the hap
by contamination of the wishes OF the
people In Hawaii and those OF the
United States. Hardly and with diff
ficulty did these people win the posi-
ton in which they are now fortified by
the power of one Of the great govern
ments OF the world. Against the partis-
ans of royalty. against the reactionaries
of an ancient system, against the whole
power OF an American administration
whose most shameful act was the
sending of a representative to CO.
cree Hawaiians into the acceptance
OF the monarchy which they had
abolished. this people, led by this
man, stood stubbornly for the hope
and the destiny that they had
marked out for themselves. They have
achieved 1t not as a gift. but as the
reward of courage and persistence and
demonstrated capacity for self-govern-
ment.
1t is especially interesting to note In
the inaugural address of Gov. Dole.
the prominence given to local questions.
the strong appeal to local pride. He
speaks to the Hawaiians as at once
Hawaians and Americans; Just as we
glory In being citizens of the state of
Washington and also of the great COM
monwealth of the United States. Their
larger destiny being secure. they turn
to the thought Of home development,
moral as well as material. 1t Is the
ideal of the American citizen that is
set before them: the elevation OF the
home. the individual. the bending Of
circumstance to the forming of char
acter. and the conquering Of that larger
political dignity and power TO which
they one day aspire. No patriot who
senses the full meaning Of the occasion,
who contrasts what these people are
and what they aim at today with what
they were ten years ago fails to note
the meaning of the change. None would
turn the clock backward. Hawaii is
an object lesson in expansion.
AS with the Hawaiians. so do we de-
sire and expect that 1t shall be with all
those others whose future has been
placed in our hands. Each In Its
own time and place will rise to
the measure OF its possibilities. We
would that all of them were ready
we know better. The Puerto Rican
is nearer TO It, but the innate
capacity of the Filipino Will per-
haps enable him 10 lessen the gap be-
tween them. For one and all we viii
do as we have done for Hawaii; not
necessarily enact for them the same
laws or the same system. but adapt to
each an adjustment OF relations suited
TO It's circumstances. Bearing In mind
the long years that have elapsed since
first the American flag fioated over
Hawaii. the probation that its people
frame OF a government. and the state Of
tutelage in which, TO a certain extent,
they stlll remain, the demand for an
immediate promise for all time to come
to those different races under other con-
ditions whose future we have 10 study
and determine seems less an act of stu
pidity than n crime, Nobly are we do
ing today for those whose guardians
in the estate OF freedom we have be-
come; and In the performance Of that
high duty the American people will
never falter or turn back
Four years work odd changes. In
1895 Mr.. Bryan failed Of an election TO
the Democratic national convention
and gained a seat only after he had
made fight before the committee on
credentials and appealed to the free
silver majority II that committee which
seated him In consideration Of his pro-
silver views. This year he does not care
To attend the convention. Tor he is SURE