The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-24

generally felt that they We're sustaine,
in their charges by the administration
in Washington.
THE element 1 refer to by no means
includes all of our new American resi-
dents. for there are many who are the
sturdiest and finest representatives o.
American life and character. But
mean those who think they see the op
portunity OF working on the credulity
% the natives TO obtain power and po-
sitions for themselves, and who would
not hesitate a moment to improve any
opportunity to loot Hawaii.
This class of men constitutes the
faction which has worked up all the
trouble there. and which has to be met
and overcome by the conservative ele-
ment. Whatever shall be done, it GER
tainly goes without saying that nothing
ought to be done 10 injure to humil-
late or TO harm the party of good gov
eminent, which undoubtedly is repre-
scented by Gov. Dole
CHARACTERISTICS OF MR.. DOLE.
MY acquaintance with Mr.. Dole began
in 1868, the year I went 10 reside in Homo
lulu, and was always intimate whether
We would meet each other every day or
not for months, IL did not matter. We
knew each other, and that was enough. /
knew that Dole could always be depended
upon TO do whatever seemed to him TO be
right, regardless or consequences to him
self his friends.
; During the time when 1 sat on the
bench of the Supreme Court and Dole was
a practitioner at the bar, and when / was
attorney general and in later years when
: our positions were reversed he being JUS
tice of the Supreme Court and afterward
President of the Provisional Government
and of the Republic of Hawaii and then
Governor of the Territory, in all these re-
lations there was nothing which occurred
4 to lessen our friendship. 1t might be sup
posed that official favors would some
times have been exchanged between us,
but / do not recall a single instance of
/ that kind. There was nothing in our in
tercourse which could not have well been
published on the housetops. No conf
dences were required desired by
either of us in such matters. Those who
think that friendship involves official
favoritism would have no use for Dole.
i have often felt that my friendly foot
ing with him deprived me of opportun-
tiles to get for myself and clients things
which 1 was entitled TO. But / think
OF Dole as a man of transparent life and
; character. who cannot do evil and who
cannot think it.
For several years during the Mon
archy We had in Honolulu what would
now be termed good government club.
In those days Dole and myself, with one
or two others, ran newspaper for the
purpose of promoting wholesome public
tablishing a new constitution in Hawaii
and formulating a constitution fitted for !
conditions there. those earlier studies in +
civics showed good results.
Governor Dole is a man of superb |
courage. / never saw him do anything
for effect. He never posed, even to him /
self. I can understand that some people /
might regard him as too much of an !
idealist for plain. everyday politics; /;
that he does not care to reward his |
. or MN iGh hfz i lesfrn
that he does not feel that way, but L .
believe he is the most accessible of men I.
unless it is for schemers.
NATIVE HAWAIIANS TRUST HIM.
1.-THE native Hawai:ans-say what they !
may for political effect-trust and believe /
their friend. OF course, the bitter re-
sentiment at the loss of their monarchy
and nationality, which was perfectly
natural has not died out, and he, as
the head OF the party which dethroned !
the Queen and made annexation possible, /
has had to bear the brunt of political
attacks. Nothing was ever said, how
ever. or truthfully could be said. against
his absolute integrity or against the
purity of his motives
The charge has been made against
Governor Dole that ne hesitated and
vacillated on the question of Hawaiian
neutrality during the Spanish war. 1
know the facts perfectly well. AS soon
as heard of the war, President Dole
called together twelve or fifteen leading
Americans and asked them what they
thought ought to be done. 1t must be
that Hawaii was then an
government, having treaties
with all the treaty-making powers. and
that MIR. Dole, as President of the Re
public was sworn TO observe the consti-
futon and laws of that Republic which
of course, it's treaties with
Spain. !
THE opinions which We're expressed to :
him varied. most OF them being strongly
in favor Of disregarding neutrality and i
giving the United States, unasked, all
the use IL required of the harbor and city {
Of Honolulu Several thought il would J
be proper TO have Mr.. Hatch, the Ha- n
waiian Minister in Washington. first OBJ y
tain an expression OF President Mckin-
ey's wishes on the subject. a very few. I
and / was one OF them. thought neu- g
trality should be observed. Ny reason :
for this view was that Congress could {
II any time annex Hawaii IL II desired. q
knew the opposition in Congress to q
and I thought this was the 7
line TO force the issue of annexation. ( =
Mr. Dole's action in this matter is r
characteristic OF the man. He learned I
he opinions OF those by whom he was a
and then acted on his own 9
/ understand he instruct y
"a Minister Hatch to inform the State 3
Department. at Washington that the ISL !,
lnds We're at the disposal of the Govern II
nent. However. before an answer was >
eceived from the State Department he
made the tender OF the Islands directly i
o President Mckinley. II was accepted. =
md our soldiers received probably a :
warmer welcome in Honolulu than they !,
ia anywhere else, not excepting San -
francisco. 3,
zone of the most ardent annexation -
SITS in Congress when asked by Mr.. =
latch what he thought ought to be done -
bout neutrality before any action had =
cen taken replied emphatically, stay as y
ou are Whether that gentleman -
bought that such course would pre-
ipitate annexation or not. do not know. -
he did i
RELATIONS WITH THE LEGISLA- n
TURE. q
When asked what Gov. DOle's attitude II
oward and relations with the Legisla- A
ure of Hawaii were. Gen. Hartweil re- b