The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-04-29


what has happened g. them. rresldent
Roosevelt allowed no nuspense. lie
promptly isrucd an official statement
uhirh BE- ln San Francisco o., this ''"rY
moment not only announcing that he
would retain Governor Dole In oince
but that Governor Dole would have the
administration respect and heartiest
rupport Before this reaches Honolulu
Governor Dole will have been given
ruusing seud-on by some % the most
prominent officials in Washington at "A
dinner % be- given Monday evening
next by Hon. william Haywood AT the
Metropolitan club. Mr.. Haywood re-
rcIved assurances from Speaker Hen
d.rson this morning that that digni-
tary would attend. There will be- many
Others. and in fact IL will be one OF
the great dinners of the winter. afford
ing the Governor OF Hawaii further as
surance Of the esteem in which he Is
held by the administration and its
leaders.
/ The Governor takes his vindication
modestly He went TO the White House
at O'Clock last evening Sunday for
his first Interview with the President
You have told the Governor Of my
decision regarding his case" said the
I President to Territorial Senator George
Il. Carter. who was invited TO be pres
ent at the meeting.
Il have said nothing whatever to any
man that you told me, Mr.. President"
remarked Mr.. Carter.
We'll, / only want to talk about Ha-
walian affairs with you. Governor" re-
Joined Mr. Roosevelt. You didn't ex-
pect, did you, that / would ask you to
come several thousand miles that
might turn you out Of Office"
That broke the ice and indicated how
the President weeks ago had had his
temporary misinformation regarding
the Dole administration corrected. Long
before Governor Dole reached San
Francisco such reliable and influential
statements had hne- '-qde to the Presi-
dent Of the real situation in Hawaii
that his mind was fully made up. Some
Of the Home Rulers and anti-Dole peo-
pie in Hawaii bombarded the White
House with papers showing their side
Of the case. Mr.. Wallace Harrington
was one OF those who sent many
charges. not, however, affecting Gov
ernor Doles personal integrity. But II
there had been any doubt in the Presi-
. dents mind. ii was dispelled some two
weeks ago when Judge Gilbert F. Lit
; tie doomed on the chief magistrates
: horizon. The President requested Judge
t Little's views. as he had the views OF
E nearly all Hawaians coming here.
; Judge Little talked and talked. The
President simply listened and thereup-
, on. as soon as Judge Little had de-
h parted. the President made up his mind
I that Judge Little was not the man for
= Governor. The Judges presentation of
l..
= topic of much hilarity here in Wash
: ington among the Hawaiian contingent
The Judge simply finished himself
!, There Is nothing left for him to do but
i. to sail away for his federal judgeshiI
i at Hilo.
$ As to Governor Dole, his actions have
Z centered entirely since he came her,
e last Thursday morning in his inter
view with the President The Governor
9 had a bad cold soon after arriving and
= part OF Friday and part of Saturday
. was confined to his rooms. President
;. Roosevelt first appointed Friday even
v ing az the time for an interview, but
4 was obliged to postpone the talk til
Z Sunday evening, because of the press
e of work upon him, after returning from
: Charleston. That was pleasing to tht
Governor as his cold was 80 bad thai
;, he probably would have been unable tC
keep the engagement. The cold settled
in his eyes, and Sunday afternoon
:. when he ascended to Mr.. Haywood.
n offices in the Farragut building to hav,
e a talk with Mr. G. T. McCrosson abou
i the Hawaiian ditch bill the Governors
l. eyes were still bloodshot. Saturda!
Z evening the Governor was the guest o
!, Representative and Mrs. Mondell, o
NJ. h. I,
IS was dinner guest of Mr.. Nelson, hi
Is classmate at Williams College, after at
ie tending services at All Souls church
Ia Scores of people called at the Alban,
It to see the Governor, and in many way
: efforts have been conspicuous to max
"a his stay here pleasant.
:, The interview with President Roose
, welt Sunday was devoted almost en-
10 tirely to politics, and lasted for som
ot time, but the Governor refused, Yer
lie properly, to say anything about 1t, hold
ing that whatever the President wishe
" said he could himself give out from tn
" White House. The President aske
- him to return again this afternoon I
talk over some Hawaiian matters. TIL
the Governor did, but before the secon
interview the President had official
declared his intention OF retaining Coy
crnor Dole in office and giving him II
r hearty support of the administratio
i The announcement was like a clap
thunder out OF clear sky to the Gov
ernor's opponents here.
~ Governor Dole will see the Presidei
~, two or three times before he leaves (,
,rS Honolulu. For the next four or fl
il days he will be free to give his attel
i've tion to some Hawaiian matters befo
| do -,
ert called on Secretary of the Interi
nd Hitchcock hrt ala NOT 6pd mat ra
.s tleman in and therefore called aga
n this morning, when he had little ia
Ibc about the Hawaiian ditch bill. duril
ed. which the Governor ascertained that
an and the Secretary We're practically
sc one mind in opposing the pending bi