The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-10-31
THE GOVERNOR

There has been "a persistent traduc-
ing of Governor Dole for "a long time
past The success of an this traducing
has not been practically great but it
has satisfied a disgruntled set of poll
ticians, and allowed them to pose as if
they were successful why is Cover
nor Dole so constantly traduced. There
must be "a reason? Either he IS am
utterly worthless man, or else he is a
very much maligned man. Those who
have known Governor Dole for many
years. and who have fairly grown up
with him from childhood to early man
hood, and from early manhood to mid
die age, know how blameless and pure
the mans attributes, conduct and as
pirations are. There are very few men
who can show as clear "a record as Gov
ernor Dole and there are men who
would give of their lives if they could
show as clear and as honorable a one.
And yet there are those who would
willingly tradu-e, without knowledge.
without thought but purely for mo-
ments spite. TO mean minds it seems
but natural to take away some portion
of reputation and the greater and
nUbler it Is the more is it a target for
mean malignity
There is always the hour and the
man, and in the great movement of
Americanizing these Islands, and of
bringing them into the American fold,
Governor Dole has been the foremost
man. We hear often enough that
Governor Dole is un-American. Verify
he must be un-American who braved
the bluff of an m-American President
who would have restored royalty to
these Islands. Dole rendered the future
Annexation of the Islands practically
certain. 1t was very I'M American to
but it is the kind of un-Americanism
which appeals to the heart of the
American people. An un-Amercanism
which would stick to Republican prin-
ciples even when the President Of the
United States desired to force monar-
chial principles upon US at the lannon's
mouth is after all the truest of Ameri-
canism. These are facts and cannot be
gainsaid.
BY constant traduction the Hawai-
ian has been urged to malign Governor
Dole, yet the Hawaiian has had no
truer friend than the Governor. There
has been no one who has more care
fully guarded his rights, and no one
who has given greater consideration to
the Hawaiian, When an Hawaiian has
any cause for complaint he can go per-
sonally to the Governor and tell his tale
in his own language. He needs no in
terpreter. He can talk it out heart to
heart. He cannot do this with others
of his so-called friends, who have to
gather what is wanted to be said
through the medium of an Interpreter,
and who having received the informa-
ton through this roundabout course,
neither fully appreciate it's meaning, or
the reasons which dictated it.
The fault of Governor Dole in the
eyes of those who have BEEN and are
traducing him, is that he is too upright
and too just. 1t is an annoyance to
men of doubtful regulations to see
man of unblemished reputation at the
head of affairs. He cannot be made
a puppet in the hands of self seeking
politicians, and very naturally the self
seeking politicians have no use for
him.
That Governor Dole is faultess no |
one will advance. 1t is the misfortune |
of our erring human nature that how
ever great, however self sacrificing |
however patriotic a man may be, there |
is always room for criticism. But the |
fair critic does not dwell upon the |
blemishes, if such there be. Governor !
Dole's opponents cannot see any good |
in him, and defeat their end by con-
slant and persistent utilization. After |
all Governor Dole is human, but he is
a specimen of humanity both morally !
and physically of which not only the |
Territory of Hawaii may be proud, |
but of which any State in the Union
might be proud.