Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-16
NEW YORK SUNS VIEWS.

Washington, Jan. Recommending
editorially upon the retirement of Gov.
ernor Dole and the appointment OF
Sam Parker. the New York Sun says
edi,oriaily today:
The reported intention of the Presi
dent to put new blood and brains into
the executive management of Hawaii.
an affairs will surprise nobody who
has watched events in the islands
since their annexation.
ITO a great majority OF the Ameri.
can people Sanford b. Dole has typi.
fed in his own person the spirit of the
revolution that overturned the absurd
Hawaiian monarchy. Of the successful
resistance against the attempts of Mr..
Cleveland and Secretary Gresham to
restore Liliuokalani to her throne and
of the union with this republic finally
contaminated at the time of the span.
ish war. At long range, and under cir.
cumstances favorable to an exaggerat.
ed view of his individual Importance
and influence, he has seemed to many
to be somewhat of mid-Pacifc
George Washington, calm, patient, far.
sighted. resourceful, extraordinarily
sagacious and self.contained-the
Father of American Hawaii. Such a
man as the ideal President Dole of Ha.
wall was naturally the choice OF Presi.
dent Mckinley for Governor of the Isl
and Territory under the new order OF
things. II the real Mr.. Dole had cor
responded closely to the ideal. he
would be the proper person to hold
that Office as long as he consented to
serve.
while Mr.. Dole connection with
the stirring events of the past ten
years in Hawaii insures him a place In
history. and while he is justly entitled
to much credit and the general respect
OF mankind. truth requires the state.
ment that the real man falls short OF
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degrees of dimension. To respectable
ity of moral character, and undoubted
honesty of purpose. he joins neither
intellectual breadth nor strength OF
will, He has been at times almost like
figure OF putty in the hands of the
faction surrounding him. In the events
preceding annexation he was the rep.
resentative of the policies and deeds
of stronger men, rather than the lead.
The question is yet open whether it
was due to President Dole's stalwart
friendship for the American flag, or IN
spite of his uncertain and vacillating
purpose that the Hawaiian Republic
avoided the colossal mistake of ne.
claring neutrality at the outbreak Of
our war with Spain.
Since annexation Governor Doles
attitude toward the Federal authority
at Washington has not commanded
the admiration of those who have
studied 1t impartially. He has seemed
to have no heart in the necessary pro-
cess of the islands Americanization
according to the system provided by
the Act Of Congress establishing the
new Government. In some respects.
we fear, the Department at Washing.
ton has found him a sullen, or at
least passive obstructionist rather
than an energetic coadjutor His pol.
icy in island politics, and his relations
with the Hawaiian Legislature and the
native elements generally, have been
most unfortunate. The substitution OF
a more loyal, efficient, and conciliatory
executive seems to have been indicat.
ed for months as a plain requirement
OF the situation.
President Roosevelt's action Is for
the true interests of Hawaii. In the
suggested combination of the Hon.
Sam Parker for Governor, with his
strong hold on native sentiment and
his unbounded vigor and personal
popularity with all classes, and Mr..
George r. Carter, fine representative
OF what has been called the mission.
airy element, as Territorial Secretary
there Is excellent promise"
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