The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-20
srEADFAsTNEss OF PURPOSE.

The fight against G 5vernor Dole HaS
taken on not new phase, but new
quality. While the same men who nave
been all along fighting the executive
are prodding away still. there is new
element promised, in that tee committee
of the dominant party in national poll
tics may be persuaded to declare taal
the course Of the Governor is wrong.
This is indeed a peculiar state Of al
fairs. that a central committee of the
party TO which the governor of ter
ritory belongs should take it upon it
self to dictate TO him in the perform
ance of his duty. 1t is on a par with
its declaration that there shall be nam
ed for appointment no official who has
not the endorsement OF the committee
or the committee of the district IN
which the applicant resides. This too.
when 1t is really known that there are
now in the employment of the govern
ment men of all shades of political
faith: men who have special fitness for
their duties and who have been en-
dorsed in some instances by the mem
hers of the committee which passed
such a resolution.
II might be well to look up the record
of President Roosevelt when the ques-
ton of machine politics is considered
so as to see what may be accomplished
in the endeavor to prejudice Washing
ton against the appointees of the late
President. AS to appointments there IS
a clear path marked out in which the
President has placed his feet. while in
the Civil Service Commission he was
one of the most strict observers OF the
letter and spirit of the law that ad-
Ia fhrnuah mort
is safe to say from his record that it
win go hard with the official who gov
ems his appointments by any other
rule.
If there is one trait which above an
other has distinguished the President of
the United States it Is that of tenacity
of purpose. Beginning with his earliest
life he has always been governed by the
determine ton that he should be hon
ored by his fellows who, seeing his
duty, does it without flinching in the
face OF criticism and at the risk of de-
feat
If there was a reason for the refusal
Of an extension of the session of the
LegisIs ture. there is now reason for
refusal to call another. Perhaps more,
for It is known that there will be such
tax collections as give promise that all
the legitimate business of the Territory
will be carried on without serious
break
Even the threats of the Home Rulers,
that they will see that no bills incurred
at this time for necessary improve
ments. are paid by the next Legisla ture,
proved to have no terrors. The men
who are advancing the cash for the
forks now under way showed no signs
of trepidation, they did not want to
draw back In fact the threats of the
Home Rulers were treated with some
thing Of derision and added their morsel
to he mirth of the community.
There are several reasons for this.
First the fatuous leaders of the al pres
ent dominant party. take for granted
that they are TO hold their place in
rover There is about year yet to
elapse before the voting, and even now
there is a great hole in the ranks of
tire Independents. There was only
corpora!'s guard at the meeting of the
party 10 bid farewell to the delegate.
The fact Is that there was no great
even though 1t was the
time for it's display. To an observer 1t
would appear that instead of there be-
Ing any steadiness in the ranks of the
Homo Rulers. there is a lack of readi-
ness to believe all that Is told the peo-
pie as TO the great things to be done
in the future. The people are not
afraid of the threat. for they do not be-
lieve In the power of the Home Rulers
TO make good their boasts.
Meanwhile business will go on as best
1t may after the prentice hands of the
majority were tried upon the depart
lnents during the session. Instead of
daliying with the element of unrest the
Executive will hold steadfastly to his
course, adopted after careful considera- |
ton. And in the end II Will be found !
shat this is the kind of course that |
will commend itself TO the President OF
the Nation. who always governs his ac- !
tions by his strict sense OF duty to mis- /
people.