Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-11-26
GOVERNOR DOLE AND SPECIAL.
SESSION.

In his refusal to call special ses-
Territory on proper financial basis
Governor Dole Is following the advice
Of friends.
These friends have no confidence In
the Legislature as at present consti-
tuted, their lack of confidence having
particular reference to Hawaiian-Am-
erican members. The opinion Of one
OF these friends is expressed In his
remark relative to the call on the
Chamber Of Commerce for funds with
which to continue the Fire Claims
Commission, that he would rather pay
the $4,000 himself than have special
session Of the Legislature. This friend
Of the Governor Is a banker.
This determination to disregard
popular opinion and refusal to work
with the people has been character
istic of the present Territorial admin
istration and Is the secret OF its fail
ure, for present conditions cannot be
put down as anything but an admins
trative failure.
Governor Dole has not given a pub
lie explanation of his refusal to call on
the Legislature but he has gone over
the heads Of the proper legal authority
to obtain money, has overridden pub
ucly expressed opinions of leading de-
apartment officers, and his friends who
say they requested him to take the
Office Of Governor and now urge him to
NIL out his term II possible. maintain
that they would sooner pay for Ter
ritorial business from their own pock-
cts than call on the Legislature, or In
other words follow legal methods.
Governor Dole Is deserving OF SYM
pathy for the character of his friends
whose advice and suggestion he follows
not because of their lack Of personal
integrity or good standing In the
business and social community, but
because OF the principles Of public ad-
ministration for which they stand
These principles are absolutely and
eternally opposed to every American
doctrine. except II be the doctrine OF
one man power Of wealth, opposed to
every tenet Of American governmental
faith as expressed In laws and Gus
toms coexistent with, part and parcel
and the very life of American govern.
ment.
BY the law Of Congress Hawaii Is a
Territory Of the United States and az
such its chief executive or any other
officer, appointive or elective, fails ut
terly in the fulfillment of his duty
when they individually or severally
through determined effort or neglect
fail to follow the spirit and intent OF
the specific law under which they act
or the recognized liberal customs
which characterize every well governed
section OF our Nation whether 1t be
the town, county, city, Territory, State
or Nation. His friends and Governor
Dole place themselves above the
obvious mandate Of the Organic Act
as well as the prevailing sentiment OF
the citizens of this Territory. His
friends and apparently Governor Dolt
have no confidence In the majority
citizenship OF the Territory and thu
Legislature elected by them. They hav'
a right to their opinion, but 1t Is not
never was and never will be the pre-
rogative OF the Governor--until thu
United States become an absolute mon
anchy-to pass Official judgment on thu
character OF the Legislature whicl
Judgment leads him to refuse to d,
business with the Legislature or refus'
10 conduct the business Of the Terri