Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-27
Governor Dole interviewed In Washington

Washington, April l0.-The Wash
ington Evening Star which has been
and IL unduly active in It's support of
the Dole regime prints the following
interview with the Governor:
Sanford b. Dole, Governor OF the Ter
ritory of Hawaii. arrived in the city
today, having come at the invitation OF
President Roosevelt to attend a confer
ence regarding the conditions existing
in the Governments new possessions
In the Pacific.
Governor Dole left Honolulu on
March % on the steamer SIERRA and
ago. lie was accompanied Dy William
Armstrong of Honolulu. The journey
from San Francisco was wllnOut Incl
dent. He will likely remain IN this
country for month or six weeks.
The last visit OF Governor Dole to
Washington was four years ago. He
was at that time president Of the Ha-
wdiian republic. lie Is enjoying the
best of health and LOOKS IA excellent
physical condition. On reaching the
city this forenoon Governor Dole was
driven first to the New Willard and
later to the Albany, where he will make
his headquarters during his sojourn al
the national capital.
The first caller on the Hawaiian gov
ernor was former Secretary of State,
Inh, w ENngtap I At In thu fnrnnnnn
Governor Dole met l.. A. TLurstOn, who
was formerly Minister from the Hawa
ian republic to the United States, and
Senator George Carter of Honolulu, thu
latter of whom was summoned here by
President Roosevelt few weeks ago.
President Roosevelt not having re.
turned from his visit to Charleston, S,
C., and tomorrow being Cabinet day
/ it is likely that Governor Dole will not
call at the White House before Satur-
day.
Gov. Dole Talks.
Il do not know that can say any.
thing Of interest regarding Hawaii
other than in a general way" Cover.
nor Dole said 10 an Evening Star ~
porter, who called on him this after
noon. The affairs of the Territory
! have been so unCventful. everything s,
much in the routine. that it would be
difficult to single ont any one thing IA
talk about.
/ I'VE are just emerging from one Of
1 the severcst rainy seasons that the Isl
ands have ever known. There has been
tremendous rainfall throughout tn,
season. 1t has beaten the record 70,
years.
The expectation of annexation t.
the United States and realization of il
in 1898 produced an activity in bust,
ness and in land particularly. Land
values went up. Ii was not boom
such as some parts of the United
States have experienced within the
past decade. New plantation enter
prises and old ones developed On big
ger scale were taken up and their stool
placed on the market. The old bash
was 500 on share. For facilitating
the dealing in shares many were mad,
on a basis of $50, or FIVE OF the ney
TO one of the old.
This tempted many persons will
little money to buy, particularly of tn
stocks that were placed on the marke
as assessable shares. The purchaser
were permitted to pay In installment
as called for. There was a great inter
est manifested; don't know but ex
citement would be the better word
School teachers, employees, hack driv
ers, nearly everybody who had tn
money made investments. Women a
well as men patronized the stock mar
ket
Beyond Available Capital.
THE new enterprises were on larg
scale, not wildcat, although some wer
so hurriedly gone into that the waite
basis was not investigated, and the
went through. As a rule they wer
solid, but they were beyond the avail
able capital of the country. Money be
came tighter and many persons wer
unable to pay their assessments. The
that did not pan out. A large numbe
that did not pan out. A large numbe
of persons did realize profits by buyln