The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-10-15
COOPER IN
WASHINGTON
HeCOntradiCts the
Resignation
Canard.
Special Correspondence

w Secretary Henry f. Cooper OF
w the Hawaiian Territory arrived
here Sunday evening and is stopping
at the Cochran Hotel. Mr Hartwell.
who travelled part the way between
here and Honolulu with him, has gone
on to Boston. where three of his daugh-
tiers are at school. AS soon as the de-
partments were open this tMonday) !
morning Mr.. Cooper called to pay his
respects to the Secretary of the Inter-
Tor. BY that official ne was conducted |
around the department and after a |
brief informal chat about affairs in the
| islands departed. There was an un-
derstanding that he will have fur
Their conference with Secretary Hitch
cock later in the week. He also visited
the Treasury Department where ne also
made some formal calls and then went
back to his hotel whore he resumed
work on the annual report of Governor
Dole. With the big sheets spread OUT
on a table in one Of the corner win
dows he went about The task OF com
plotting the report.
II expect the work on that report will
be ready for the Secretary of the In
terror by the end of this week. said
Mr.. Cooper. There is little in the re-
port which | care to discuss in adj
vance but it contains nothing of a SEN
sational character There are some
statistics to come on the next mail.
arriving here probably Thursday. Oar
trip over was very pleasant and salts
l factory but without any noteworthy in
cident At San Francisco ! fastened
across the bay to catch the Overland
train, which left at 10 o'clock in the
evening about an hour after the Sierra
landed. l made such good time that |
beat the mail here TO Washington by
:. a day
!, NJ Cooper expects conference with
, Secretary Hitchcock before the end Of
this week and as soon as the report
3 IS completed will go on to Boston, his
{ Did home. and visit among friends there
I A few days He took occasion to en-
=, phatically deny the report, tclegraphed
- over the country the night oY his ar
rival that Governor Dole was to resign
: and that he had the resignation in his
d pocket. The report of Governor Dole s
II resignation was entirely strange to me,
v said Secretary Cooper. Il know alb
, solutely nothing about it,"
The belief here, as stated In "A pre-
!, vious letter to the Advertiser, is that
e the report was encouraged by state
lie mcnts which Judge Humphreys has
been making that he would drive Gov
III crnor Dole to resign and that the deci-
-, sion in the charges presented against
~ him CHumphrcys) could mean nothing
Ia else.
le The rumor of the resignation of GOV
n "rnor Dole was accentuatcd here t.
l. some extent today when a petition was
presented at the Interior Department
h To Secretary Hitchcock and also at tbs
~ White House asking ON behalf Of the
n Home Rule Republican party the APP
II pointluent of Delegate Wilcox A. gov
ernor The petition came by TN" same
steamer as that on which Secretary
Cooper travelled and was handed 20 III,
Secretary of the Interior today by Mr.
Of II. Kalauokalani, Jr., who is the private
secretary of Delegate " ilcoN bus VIII;
is residing this suprn'r in WdSh'ng
ton,
- The full text of the resolution is a
=" follows, the copy in each instance bein.
the same for the President and 70
" Secretary Hitchcock each copy beini
formally certified by John X. Nakoo
" koo:
Ne Honolulu, n. T.. Sept. l6 1901
re 70 the President of the United Statc'
al and Secretary of the Interior
re Washington, u. G.
Ill Sn--Whereas, the failing condition O
~ Hon. :. II. Dole. Governor of the Ter
he ritory of Hawaii has grown so serious
h. as to incapacitate him for further dis
~ charge Of the responsible duties OF hi
office, and. in the opinion Of his med
cal advisers. is such as 10 render nee
essary and imperative his retiremen
from the careS and concerns of ofhcia
life: and
a Whereas, we are advised that he ha:
To rendered, or is about to tender, to th'
m President, his resignation from office
:, and
Whereas, We are hopeful and firm il
N" the belief that in the selection of
a. successor to Governor Dole, it will b.
ut the purpose NJ the President tn ap
hr point one who is familiar with on
local conditions and necessities; VIII
alike holds the confidence and affectio
of the native, and commands the re
spect of his political opponent, an
80 could, therefore, relieve the eNistn
70 condition of estrangement Of the exec
a. utivc from the people, and their cor
~, + seuuent unrest. and
~. Whereas, our own preferences are
i,n perfect accord with the numerous p,
- titions and prayers of our people,
that end. now therefore be ii
Resolved, that We, the eNecutiN
committee of the Home Rule Republ
can party of the Territory of Hawai-
do hereby endorse Hon. Robert w. Wi
md ,bs .r.rritrt.,, ~ Havaii ana in m
IN name ana on behalf of the people
az. az Hawaii, pray the President of III
,hs United States therefor.
.eo BE it further resolved, that the chain
yer man and secretary be, and they her,
I'D, csrtifisd comics of his resolu,ion
eV the President of the United States, ar
VI the Secretary of the Interior.
Oy We do hereby certify that the for