The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-20
CARTER TALKS
OF CONDITIONS

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. March The
Evening Star contains the following:
Senator George Carter OF Honolulu.
who Is in Washington at the suggestion
Of President Roosevelt TO give his
views on the conditions obtaining in
the Hawaiian Islands. is the guest of
Mr.. Clifford Pinchot. 1915 Rhode Island
avenue, whose classmate he was a.
Yale College Senator Carter viii go
to San Francisco in few days To visit
friends. but he will return to be pres
ent at the conference at the White
House. when Gov. Sanford Il. Dole ar
riyes which will be about April 1st.
Although only SO years old. Senator
Carter has had a busy life. and few
persons are more familiar with the gem
eraI conditions in the Hawaiian ISL
ands.
Perhaps what surprises me most are
the questions that are put To- me by the
people OF the United States" Mr.. Car
ter said to a reporter OF The Evening
Star today. Are you accustomed to-
American ideas YETI and DO the ma
tive people take kindly To- free govern
ment2' are asked me frequently. As
matter OF fact. the people OF the Islands
have always been most patriotic I'm
their demonstrations on American hOlI-
days. Hawaiians have had representa-
tive government and elections since
1877. and they understand the ordinary
term of politics pretty well.
THE ELECTION NEXT FALL.
AS To the general conditions In Ha-
waii2 Well. that Is indeed a comprehen-
sive subject. In the first place. we are
n a depressed condition financially. The
price OF sugar. which Is our main in
dustry. has reached the lowest point
ever known. We haven't gotten over
the disastrous fire which was made nee
essary To stamp out the bubonic plague.
The people Of the United States never
realized the extent OF that disaster. We
have no cable 20 notify the world of
our misfortunes. as Galveston. Johns
town. Jacksonville and other cities han
when they needed help.
We are looking forward to another
election the coming November. and II
will undoubtedly be a repetition OF ali
overwhelming native vote Cthe natives
are in a big majority, and another leg
isiature where the proceedings will be
conducted with a manifest intent TO ig
more the organic act which requires
that they shall be in English. and will
NC AphS anu draw n out DN de-
lays necessitated by transIating every
thing from Hawaiian into English
AT the last session OF the legislature
the Hawaiian majority argued that II
the minutes were recorded in English
that was sufficient to keep within the
organic act; any way IL was not fair
To take one clause out of the act and
enforce that, for IL was a well recos-
nized law I'm English. as well as Amer
lean Jurisprudence that a document
must be interpreted as a whole: that
OF the three points involving the Ha-
waiians in the-Organic act two were i'm
their favor and this one against them.
stu further. they argued that IL was a
we'll recognized American principle that
the majority should rule: hence they
decided that the proceedings should be
conducted in their own language.
IGNORED THE ORGANIC ACT.
Notwithstanding that the Hawaiians
had an overwhelming majority in both
houses they failed To comply with the
organic act and apportion the senators
as provided in section 30. In organic
ing the Territory IL was necessary that
at the hrst election fifteen senator's. the
whole number OF the upper house.