Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-02-10

the approval Ol no less d p''"'h ''""
the head of the United States land
office.
Edgar Caypless has also committed
the sin of being a newcomer" and OPP
posing the Dole government. He Is an
! American who came to the Islands as
the legal representative Of certain
business men of Seattle and Tacom1
who sought to do business in Hawaii
| Caypless mas ravCr been NOR fierce
| advocate of the necessity of change
in Hawaii than Managing Editor Hen
| derson of the Tacoma Ledger Mr.
| Caypless' present capacity is that OF
| legal adviser to Robert Wilcox, who
holds commissions as representative
OF certain native Hawaiian societies
Whether Mr.. Caypless is a capable rep.
resentative. is a matter for those pay.
| ing for his services to determine. He
has a right to place in the lobby
| Under the territorial law the native
Hawaiians are recognized as American
citizens. II Caypless. by his arguments
| Is opposing the obvious mandates OF
the annexation scheme he is doing no
more than did Mr. Thurston, after his
return from Washington, in drafting a
request for delay in the extension of
American laws to Hawaii.
who are the representative men ac-
cording to the Interpretation of the
Dole government organs? Hartwell,
Smith and Armstrong.
Hartwell is not newcomer" be-
cause it was a good many years ago
that he was appointed direct to the Su-
preme Bench of Hawaii after two years
law practice in Boston. Since that
time he has fattened on government
pap. He never held an elective office,
never dared try and never will. He
is the personal representative of S. b.
Dole President of the defunct Repub-
lie of Hawaii, and his expenses are
paid from the public treasury. What
right the officials have to use the peo-
pies funds for this purpose will be
determined at no far distant day.
Hartwell espouses the cause of local
officials, to the extent of attempting to
prove Attorney General Griggs incapa-
BILE of interpreting the Newlands Reso-
luton. He IL the attorney for the de-
PENDANT in the United States VS. Dole
and the people of Hawaii VS. Dole. The
principal difficulty OF his position Is
that he is receiving for his services
misappropriated funds of the people OF
which the Dole government Is the
present trustee.
Mr.. Smith is the only man who holds
a commission worth shucks. He Is a
lobbyist named and paid by the united
sugar corporations of Hawaii, sent to
Washington to watch over the distinct
ly commercial interests of the Islands
Like Little and Caypless he is lawyer
representing clients whose right to be
heard is not questioned. With him
also, any depression from his legal
mission to that Of personal politics is
runous to the interests Of his clients
Mr.. Smith Is an able lawyer and a
leader in the family compact by right
of birth. His early education was OBJ
tanned in the common schools of Ha-
wall and Hartwells law office. Con-
sidering me handicap, he has done
well. His principal political character
istic is antagonism of anyone who
dares differ with him, coupled with
| ability to make more enemies in a
short time than any other man in the
country. His knowledge of American
politics was obtained from books and
a trip to Washington when Mckinley
was inaugurated. He is a trustee Of
| the Bishop estate which one of the gov
eminent organs says is shining eX'
ample of medieval landlords.
What Armstrong represents, Good
ness knows, unless 1t is the Cocoanut
Club which is one of the phantoms thai
disappeared from notice several years
ago. When work gets slack in Honolu'
III some one sends Armstrong to Wash
ington, for what particular purpose
few know and the majority don't care
He has held several governmental pc
sitions, all appointive, in years gon
by, including the important office o
Kalakaauas bootblack.
In going over the list of gentleme,
from Hawaii now presenting claim
before Congress, it appears that ever
man on the list is in the position of