The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-08-02
LORD HOPETOUN
RETURNS HOME
FIRST GOVERNOR
GENERAL LEAVES HIS
HIGH OFFICE.
HAS DREAMED HIS DREAMS OF
GLORY.
Was Offered Inadequate Salary For All
Disappointed and Chagrined.

The most prominent passenger on the
MioWera which arrived i'm the port of
Honolulu yesterday morning en- route to
Victoria b. 9. from the colonies is a
man who is returning disheartened and
disillusioned from the holding of one Of
the highest offices in the gift of the
colonial administration of Great Britain
This is the Earl of Hopetoun, John
Adrain Louis Niscount Aithrie, Baron
Hope, Knight of the Most Ancient Or
der and Most Noble order Of the This
tie. Knight Grand Cross of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and St George, Knight Grand Cross of
the Royal Victorian Order. Member of
the Privy Council and lately Governor
General of the Commonwealth Of Aus
tralia.
Lord Hopetoun left England to be-
come the first Governor General of the
new commonwealth with many amDl-
tions and dreams as to how he could
serve the mighty empire of which he
was in his new appointment an import
ant factor. In his own words he magni-
fed the office which he filled, mot for
personal vanity but for the honour of
the service" The Countess of Hopetoun
went with him equally resolved to ac-
quit herself of her share in the ag-
grandisement of the empire and the
commonwealth over which she was to
hold social sway. .
Whatever dreams and ambitions had
been INDUCED in by the earl. whatever
castles had been builded all speedily
proved chimeras shattered without
prospect of rehabilitation.
The new official was expected to d.
vide his time between the two cities
Of Sydney and Melbourne, maintaining
in each place a government residence
/ to keep a large retinue, to hold num-
erous levees and public functions, to
subscribe literally to public charities
and projects, a course of procedure that
would make the salary voted him by
the commonwealth $4,000 per annum
mere pin money to buy fardels with"
1t is also more than rumored that
the plans upon which the new governor
| general thought to hold his levees, sur
rounding them with all the red tape of
/ an old world function, giving the pri-
| vileges of the function to those who
held cards of private entry and repre-
sentatives of public bodies and relegat-
! ing the democratic aspirations of the
general public to the background of the
unconsidered masses" offended the
self made, sturdy, members of the Aus
tralian parliament and helped to clog
the wheels of the earls triumphal
chariot of progress.
The earl appealed to the home Colo
NAL Secretary Chamberlain who advised
him to resign unless the parliament
was prepared to be More liberal in their
appropriations. 1t was a hard time, with
the drought choking the agricultural
industries of the big continent, for lib
| erality to come so spontaneously to
the front and the salary remained the
same. Bitterly disappointed Lord Hope
toun resigned, the countess returned to
England and the earl prepared to fol-
low, broken down in health and hopes
The Australian community and its
mouthpiece, the public press, thought
and spoke more kindly of the Kings
representative when his resignation was
received. The Sydney parliamentary
members had been disposed to act with
liberality in the matter of increased
salary towards the close of 1902 but
their advances were not taken ad-
vantage of by the earl. Many farewell
addresses We're made and delivered.
dinners given and regrets passed.
A suggestion was made and brought
to the notice of Lord Hopetoun that he
be offered the post of High Commits
siOner for Australia but he would say
nothing in this regard.
The New South Wales Freemasons
presented him with a beautifully illu-
minated address in which they referred
to the "all too short experience of your
kindly self sacrificing conduct i'm your
high office as representative here of the
Sovereign Ruler of the British EN-
pire."
The Highland Society of New South
Wales, the Earl of Hopetoun is Scot
fish laird Of high degree, presented him
also with an illuminated card with
Better lo'ed We Gamma be- will you no
come back again." inscribed inside. The
Railway Commissioners acted i'm a
similar manner and the members of the
Presbyterian Church of Australia con-
Veyed their regrets in a farewell address
expressing their admiration of the ad-
ministratiYe ability of the earl.
Despite regrets Lord Hopetoun in a
farewell letter admits his failure to
carry out his plans and while reserved
upon the subject has talked with some
lOf his fellow passengers upon the sub
ject. In his letter he aludes to the
discouraging prospect in connection
with many of the important industries
of Australia, He claims that despite
the possibly mistaken ambitions and
projects which he planned he is not as
hamed of having INDUCED in them as
they We're neither mean nor selfish
Lord HopetOun is accompanied by his
aide de camp Captain Corbet. He has
assumed charge of all the sports aboard
| the vessel and was chairman of the
sports committee. He looks worn and
| depressed and has grown a struggling
| beard, contrary to his usual custom, in
! leaving Australia.
Yesterday he drove about the town
and called upon f.. NJ. SwanZy the Brit
/ ish viCe-cOnsul.