New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-10-02
THE FIGHT AGAINST DOLE
PRESIDENT HAS BEEN ASKED To RE.
MOVE THE GOVERNOR OF HAWAII.
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washington. Oct LIN view OF the circumstances
a'teio'hs MS departure from Honolulu for Wash
iheeon' the presence here OF Henry E. Cooper Sec
rotary or the Hawaiian Territory has excited con-
siderable gossip concerning Hawaiian politics AL
though Mr.. Cooper stoutly denies that he brought
win ann the resignation of Governor Dole as
was reported TO be the case when he landed at San
francisco last week. 1t is nevertheless true thar
interest in the subject of Hawaiian politics
centres around that point AS Governor Dole's only
Known cause FOR desiring to be released from the
ouroehs OF office would be the complete vindication
secured here by his political enemy Judge Abram
. humphreys, and that fact could nor hava
oeeh known at Honolulu when Secretary Cooper
iert there more than two weeks ago II is regarded
as hlshiy improbable that the Governor formally
mas asked to be relieved.
AL the same time 1t is admitted that business Of
much greater Importance than that of preparinr
his annual report brought Mr. Conner here ar ,b;.
Juhcture, in spite of his assertion that he came
mere lor no other purpose. Copies of Honolulu pa
pers which We're brought the steamer that Mr.
cooper came on recited. under sensational head
lines an embarrassing legal trouble precipitated
upon him the night before he sailed from the in
suiar capital 1t is suspected this trouble was
ihsusated by the leaders of the opposition of the
Dole party, and that it fairly exempihes the politi-
cal turmoil that IS fretting the whole admnistra-
ton of government In the islands
few hours after President Roosevelt approved
the Attorney-GeneraPs vindication of Judge Hum
pnreys last Thursday. the Judge left Washington
ior Honolulu with the avowed intention of forcing
Governor Dole out OF Office. Judge Humphreys sue
ceeaed while here in working considerable senti-
lhelt against Governor Dole. and left the manage
ment of the fight against the Governor in capable
nands He declared that Harold NJ SewaIl, former
~ OF Bath. Me, and now of the richest and
fnost influential citizens of Hawaii. the candi
gate or that element of Republicans in Hawaii
known as the American party. and that Mr. Sew
alls candidacy TO succeed Governor Dole already
mas enlisted powerful influences in its support In
this country -
1t is known that the anti-pole side of the case
eiready mas been thoroughly presented President
roosevelt. and though Secretary Cooper stubbornly
refuses TO discuss the subject for publication
excellent reason for asserting that he has applied
throusn the proper channels for opportunity TO
lay before the President in ample form defence
OF Governor Dole. Meantime. the anti-Dole people
are bringing to bear upon the President all the
nuence at their command for early change in
the government at Honolulu II is not at all likely
however, that the President will act without hear
ing fully the Dole side of the controversy.
UP TO the present juncture Mr.. Cooper has dis
cussed the matter only with Secretary Hitchcock
under whose department the Hawaiian Government
is conducted. though how Mr.. Hitchcock stands Is
not known Altogether, II Is likely that the case
will stir up pretty lively row in Washington at
an early date.