The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-08
PARTY DISLOYALTY
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able only to the conditions which exist
in Spanish-American countries. until
party fealty and discipline could have
been built up.
In the highly centralized form of
government existing here, where prac-
ideally all official appointments come
from the governor, this would have
been an easy thing to do, and i'm the
hands of an honest man and a capable
administrator Of government, like Mr.
Dole, safe and a wise thing to do 1t
Is true 1t would have been an appeal to
adopt political party alliance by reason
of personal interest. But in fact. in
the great majority of instances that is
the impelling motive now. The diff
ference is that in that case faction and
intrigue would have been largely ELI
minated, while as it is at presnt fac
ton and intrigue are the dominating
factors.
Instead of doing this Governor Dole
refrained from taking any part what
ever in party Organization or even of
aiding his friends in their efforts to
organize a party which would sup
port his administration or the admins
tration of the President through him.
The most fragrant political activity OF
his own appOintees against himself
and his friends and supporters received
no attention from him. He made no
effort to check it, much less to punish
1t. Friends We're not rewarded for
their fealty, nor treason working APP
pointees for their disloyalty. The re-
suit is that there is not probably more
/ than five or ten per cent of the per-
sons holding public employment i'm the
territory who are loyal to Governor
Dole. And why should they be? Their
political safety 50 far as he is concern
ed Is not jeopardized by their treason
or dislOyalty to him, while treason and
disloyelty simply become an anchor to
windward, in case his open and avow-
ed enemies should be successful In
every Republican primary held since
| Hawaii became a territory, the most
noticeable feature has been Governor
| Dole's own appOintees working with
| his political enemies, i'm some cases
I using government vehicles to bring
/ men to the primaries to vote against
! Governor Dole and his friends BY
this means the faction in the Republic
can party opposed to Governor Dole
! has in effect the aid and active assist
/ ance of the great majority of his APP
! pointees 1t has all the benefit of pat
4 rOnage without any of the disadvan-
| tageS of it, BY this means the fac
! ton opposed to Governor Dole has Sc
| cured control of the Republican party
! organization, and in the special legis-
| lative election held in April, tried tC
/ use it to defeat the party, for the pur-
! pose of discrediting Governor Dole al
| Washington and with the national
party organization. That it was not
| successful at that time was due to the
! fact that Governor Dole commands the
confidence of the business and conser.
| vative interests of the territory, and
the plot of the faction becoming known
| these elements rallied to the support OF
! the Governor and foiled the plot. But
Governor Dole's enemies being in con
! troll of the party organization, it was
impossible ITO administer party dis
cipline to them, as it was impossible
! to do so when during the Legislature OF
1901 they openly cOnnived and consplr'
| ed with the Home Rulers to embarras.
the administration.
THE plan of the anti-Dole factor
now is, as is clearly evident from cur
rent events, to create and arouse sus
piciOn of Governor Dole and his sup
pOrters among the native Hawaiian
who have affiliated with the Republl
canzvparty, and creating suspicion il
the Hawaiian mind is an easy thint
to do, and disorganizing the Republican
party organization, which is also cas-!
to do with say ninety per cent o
| Dole's own appointees openly or Sc
cretly arrayed against him, and there
by making the defeat of the party II
the fail certain, as a means of dis
crediting him with the administration
and proving his alleged unpopularity