The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-16
IS SEWALL?
TO LEAVE
Statement That He Will
Not Return.
HUMPHREYS CONTRADICTS
Rumor Says Politician Has Shaken"
Hawaii in Hopes Of Bigger
Things.

question of Harold NJ. Sewalls perma-
nent residency i'm Honolulu. The Star
OF Saturday credited his present abb
sence as permanent, and brought for
ward the facts that collection of ferns.
palms and potted plants belonging to
Mrs. Sewall was to be sold by auction,
and that the Sewall horses and car
riages had also been announced for sale.
which with the statement that on board
the ship Erskine NJ. Phelps We're num-
Der OF boxes of household furniture be-
longing to the Sewalls that had been
shipped to San Francisco. seemed to
prove conclusively that the Sewalls had
left Hawaii for good and all.
Judge A. :. Humphreys, who stands
as close to Mr.. sewalI as any other man
in the Islands. said yesterday that he
put no faith in the story.
When Mr.. Sewall left here in June"
he said. almost the last thing he told
me was that he intended to build on his
property at Kaimuki as soon as he re-
turned to Hawaii. He spoke at that
time as though he was going to be alb
1
forward with considerable eagerness to
the time when he should return.
Mr.. Sewall expects to stump New
England for the Republican candidates
this fall. and he will remain in the
States until after the inauguration of
the new President. When he left here
I knew that that was his intention, but
he certainly intended after next spring
to return to honolulu to live
"As TO the matter of tnose sales, /
know that for some time Mrs. Sewall
\ has been intending to get rid of the
I ferns. They have been occupying the
Levers cottage at Waikiki, you know,
and they were paying an enormous rent
/ for the place. and as long as they were
/ to be absent for such an extended pc
/ riOd they did not intend to keep up
such an establishment here. So with
the horses; IL was entirely too great a
| drain upon them to keep their stables
in operation here during their absence
so they decided to sell the horses, in
tending to make other purchases OF
bring horses to Hawaii with them when
they returned. AS far as the matter OF
the goods which are said to be on board
the Erskine Phelps is concerned,
am sure that you will find that what
has been shipped to the States consist:
Of the consular records and other docu
ments belonging to the United State.
!
the Foreign Office.
They would fill number Of larg,
cases. and il Is without doubt thes'
| that have been shipped. AS a matte
of fact know that the Sewalls had m
great amount OF personal effects here
They occupied furnished houses all tn
time OF their residence here-first tn
Peacock place and later the Lever
home. SO it could hardly be these tina
are being shipped to San Francisco.
4 "As far as / have been able to learr
Mr.. Sewall intends to make his HON
4 here permanently. L know that hi
friends here have received no intima
ton to the contrary. and If he has dc
cided TO give up his residence here
Is a resolution taken since he left He
nolulu."
Judge Humphreys was averse to di!
\ cusslng the political phase Of the que.
ton. When questioned as to the n
= suit Of Mr.. Sewall's supposed departul
on the political situation, he said SOM
= what brusquely:
Governor Dole is the head of Il
= Republican party i'm Honolulu now, al
~ all good Republicans consider him
such. Mr.. Sewall has many frien
y here. of whom I am glad to consid
p myself one. and IL he stood for Off
here l should certainly give him n
support. But as matters now sta
Il there Is but one leader in the Repub
can party, and that is Governor Dol'
Y Current rumor Is to the effect, ;
though Judge Humphreys express
u ignorance on that score. that as n
Sewall stands very close to the admi
4 istration he will be given, in view
his past services to the party. and a
q the fact that he has volunteered
r stump a portion of the States for
q party. something handsome in the W
Of an appointment. after Mr.. McKin
q Is inaugurated for the second time. A
= IL Is scarcely likely that that "son
q thing" will be an appointment that v
= bring him back to Hawaii. for he
y run the gamut of political positi,
here. and ne will in all likelihood
p looking for something better this "
than any position upder the Territoi
u Government or in connection with II