The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-03-19
OFFICIAL ETHICS or DOLE.

Cooper TO go onto the floor OF the
House and keep short hand record
Of the transactions as his record
Of the proceedings to forward to
Cooper was fired out rs
he deserved TO be and Cooper has
said. Dole told me TO do it." and
Dole mas said. Cooper has put us
all in a bad hole"
Now Cooper can well say, Dole
has put US all in a bad hole In
sending the reply he did to the legis-
lature yesterday Governor Dole has
shown himself to be smaller calibeE
man than even his opponents ever
charged him with being He has
shown himself utterly unfit to occupy
his present position He has shown
himself not only out of touch with
American politics and American Gus
toms and American presidents but
actually ignorant of the amenities OF
official life.
The House may have made mis-
take in having it's resolution calling
upon the Governor for inforation con-
corning the movements of Land Com
missioner Jacob F. Brown, transmit
ted TO the Governor by the Committee
on Public Lands instead of by the
Clerk of the House, but even so, that
is no excuse for the Governor max
ing far more grievous mistake The
resolution OF the House was pass I'd
by that body in due form. II was re-
spectfully worded and asked for GER
tain information il had a right TO-
The House of Representatives is the
direct representative body of the
people. Governor Dole and his Land
Commissioner. Mr.. Brown, are the
servants of the people. The servants
of the legislature. il you please, and
IT is their sworn duty to answer all
such questions as the legislature pro-
pounded In fact il is the right of
any resident of this Territory to de-
mand. and to have furnished him, just
such information as the legislation re-
quested of Governor Dole.
But Governor Dole tries to be funny
and of course for man of his
makeup. makes a most lamentable
failure in the role. He informs the
House of Representatives that its Ie.
quest is not in such shape" as to
receive consideration. Really that is
too bad. The Governor is such a
punctillious soul that it is too bad the
House should have sent him request
that Jared upon his sensitive nerves.
10 should first have asked the Cover
nor for his book of forms of re-
quest" so as to have secured the
proper shape" in which to word its
request for information about a mem
Der of the dear Governors kitch-
en- cabinet" OF course it cannot be
that the Governor does not want to be
compelled to tell why he sent Brown
to Washington, what he sent him
there to do and how much of the tax.
prayers money he has permitted
Brown to draw from the Treasury to
pay his expenses in Washington and
his further expenses while junketing
in Boston. Perish the thought. Why
the Governor is just pining to tell all
this 10 the House when it puts its re-
quest in such shape" that he can
give il consideration.
What form of social or official
ethics the Governor of Hawaii is fol-
lowing in sending communication
to a branch of the legislature signed
by his private secretary the Lord only
knows, IL the legislature wanted to
show itself as small as the peanut
Governor II would have returned the
communication of Secretary Halves
and demanded that communications
from the Governor must come from
the Governor and not from his clerk.
OF all the amateur playing at state
craft this action of Governor Dole in
having his private secretary send a
communication to the legislature
takes the prize. We wonder IL the
Governor viii send in his veto TO the
county bin the same way or if he
will have his private secretary sign
bills for him that he approves. I'm
agine President Mckinley sending a
communication TO the Senate or
House of Representatives signed by
his private secretary But then Pres
ident Mckinley is not such mighty
official as the Pooh Bah Governor Of
Hawaii. President Mckinley is only
the President of little struggling
nation of Te.e0o.oe0 people while Dole.
Dole Lac mighty. is Governor of the
Territory Of Hawaii: an appointive
officer. Imagine. If you win. Theodore
Roosevelt. when he was Governor of
New York. sending a communication
70 either branch Of the New York
legislature signed by his private. sec
rotary Imagine. II you viii. Governor
Gage OF California sending a commu-
nication to the legislature of that
state signed by his private secretary.
II is safe TO say he would never do it
but once.
Only few weeks ago Governor
Nash of Ohio was active in prevent
ing proposed prize fight at Cincin