The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-02-15
INTRIGUES


The Chicago Record-Herald OF Jauu-
airy 20. has the following editorial ON
the Hawaiian situation.
it was written Immediately following
the published interviews asserting that
Dole had been asked To- resign. and a5-
sumod that these were true. While 70
f. i'm error as % this assumption, it
shows clearly the view taken of our
men and affairs by a mainland ueWsp8-
per. than which none ranks higher.
The editorial is as follows:
In simple Justice to an honorable man
and his honorable associates IT is deslr-
able that the American public should
be told the essential facts of the con-
/ troversy that has led to the downfall OF
/ the Dole government i'm Hawaii. other
wise the action of the President i'm fore
ing the resignation of the governor may
work q very great injustice, for il sets
the seal of the highest official approval
upon a long course of thoroughly dis
/ reputable intrigue.
/ When the Hawaiian revolution was
brought about by the constitution
/ WreckinE queen Mr.. Dole, then a judge
/ of the Supreme Court was called to be
the head of the provisional government
because of the exceptional esteem and
confidence i'm which he was held by the
whole community. Ina the trying times
/ that followed he became more widely
distinguished for his rare ability his
sound judgment, his integrity and fine
poise of character, and when the annex
alton that ne had done so much To pro-
/ mote was fully accomplished history
pointed to him Enthusiastically as the
very best man who could be named
governor of the new territory OF Ha-
vail
But the opposition which has finally
/ secured his overthrow had already de-
Veloped through a combination of vari-
Gus disgruntled elements which We're
manipulated to further the political ann
bition of Harold NJ. Sewall the United
/ states Minister to the Island Republic.
SeWall was Democrat turned Repub-
lican. He had served as consul general
at Samoa under President Cleveland,
but resigned, ana later had an appoint
ment from President Harrison. With
the next return of the Republicans TO
( power ne appeared again as d Seeker,
and was made minister I'm 1897 lie is
/ the son of the wealthy Maine shpbuild-
er who ran for Nice-President ON the
/ Bryan ticket of 1896 and a member OF
the national Republican committee.
Sewall had no rational claim 20 the
/ gOVernOrship but he made "a hard fight
/ for the place and was bitterly disap-
pointed over his failure to secure 1t.
/ Moreover from that time forward he
did everything IN his power to trouble
. Governor DOle's administration. While
he was away from the islands maneuv-
ering i'm this country he was represented
in Honolulu by a. S. Humphreys, an
| American adventurer with an unsavory
record, who tells the story of himself.
! When he went TO Hawaii i'm 1896 he had
I only $22, though the law required that
| every newcomer who intended to settle
| there should be the possessOr of at least
| $50. But he was accustomed to living
| by his wits, and ne got around the diff
| itculty by putting some old confederate
| bills between two good tens and carry
! ing off the trick so well that the inspeC-
tor was deceived into letting him pass
/ Through SeWalls efforts Senator FRYE
of Maine was induced to back Humph-
reys for a judgeship and that is how
he happens to be known now as Judge
Humphreys. He has become conspicu-
Gus on the bench by conduct which led
to a request for his dismissal by a large
majority of the bar association Of Ho-
nolulu and which was the result of the
! political intrigues to which we have re-
ferred That the request was denied is
plainly due to an utter misconceptiOn Of
the real condition of affairs on the part
/ OF the Attorney General and the Presi-
dent.
Besides Humphreys the Sewan COM
| bination includes many of the old royal
lists who did their best to prevent am
] neXation. 1t is distinctly inimical to
/ good government and with the resigna-
/ ton Of Governor Dole there is the pro-
mise of unchecked vicious legislation in
the territory and a host of bad appoint
ments If the opposition is to have it's
way. Furthermore. whatever the flu
ture may bring forth there is no excuse
for the treatment Of Governor Dole He
is discharged under fire with an abso-
lutely brutal disregard of his character
and service.