The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-07

ASKS FOR
ALL FACTS
George R Carter
Will Furnish
Them.
DECIDES UPON
HURRIED TRIP
After Collecting All Information
He Will Proceed to
the Capital.
RESIDENT Roosevelt sent me
request that he be informed as to
the situation here / received the

w RESIDENT Roosevelt sent me a
request that he be informed as to
Il the situation here. / received the
letter this morning and have been con-
sidering the matter all day. AS a re-
suit 1 have concluded that as it would
be a hard task to write a letter con
veying all the information that is
wanted. / shall leave for Washington
as soon as possible, for the purpose of
giving the Chief Executive all the facts
that 1 have and can gather"
With these words Senator George r.
Carter last evening developed the lat
est phase of the political situation as
affecting the officers of the Territorial
government. Coming after the varied
rumors and interviews which purported
to show that President Roosevelt had
made direct offer of the Governor
ship to Col. Samuel Parker the letter
was the most decisive answer to all the
reports of Presidential action. 1t was
evident from the sending OF the note
to Senator Carter, not only that the
President had not made any appoint-
ment, or any promise, but that he
would not do so until he had at his
command all the facts which an Ha-
waiian could give him.
II was completely surprised by the
turn of affairs" continued Senator
Carter. II have no acquaintance with
President Roosevelt. have never met
him. 1 have no knowledge of any
friend in Washington who is on close,
friendly terms with the President, and
that he should choose myself to give
him an opinion upon political matters
here was certainly most astonishing.
President Roosevelt is a Harvard man
and 1 am a Yale man. 1 have many
close college friends who were in his
regiment, and went up San Juan Hill
with him Perhaps he consulted some
of them in the matter. Really, am all
at sea as to the reasons for my selec-
ton, but the letter seems to Indicate
that the President wants an opinion on
the situation, that he is in doubt as to
what to make Of the many statements
which have reached him ana so asks
for a statement.
II can see no way in which I might
serve the people better than to go on
TO Washington and meet him, laying
before him at length all the peculiar
situations and conditions. These things
could not be set out in a letter. and
10 ir haF "a.
to go on. 1 shall consult with my
friends here, gather facts and state
ments. and will do my best to make
the matter as clear as / can. AS far
as / can see now, 1 can say that there
appears to me no reason to think that
my duty will not call me to my desk
in my office here when / return.
L can but reiterate what 1 said be-
fore, that / am not and never have
been an applicant for office. have
always been for business, and the men
ton Of my name, if it has been done.
was without any warrant. I can not
say what 1 would do under certain
circumstances. If it was made clear
TO me that it was my duty to take
certain position, and hold ii for the
good of the Territory I would do the
work 1 would not want to take the
Secretaryship of the Territory. But 1t
might be made my duty, and then /
could not shirk it. OF course, there are
conditions under which 1 could not take
it at all.
Il found that the President had ask
ed about me during the visits to him of
men from the Territory, but of course
I could not anticipate that I would be