The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-15

lulu. it polls a small vote throughout
the Territory: The Republican party is
the strongest, but it is split into So
called missionaries" and 'anti-mis-
sionaries" The "anti-missionaries are
against Dole who represents the con-
sentative. business element. and alsc
the element in power. 1t is the fight
of the outs against the ins.
The leader of the anti-Dole faction is
Judge Humphreys. and with him are
Judge Gear and many of the newcom-
ers to Hawaii. Humphreys is also in
fiuential in the councils of the Home
Rulers. and has Joined with the Home
Rule party in the battle to GUST Dole
and put in some half-white citizen or
anti-missionary.
CAMPAIGN OF CALUMNY.
The Dole people say that to this end
! q systematic campaign of calumny has
been carried on against Dole in Wash
ington official circles through the dis
| semination of articles in the press and
| by the sending on to President Roose-
| welt from Hawaii of protests against
the Dole administration. Dole has
been charged with being the Governor
of only few of the Territory's citizens,
of working for CLIQUE. of being incom-
petent. and especially of failing to
| "harmo1ize the Republican factions"
When Governor Dole talked last night
| Lorrin A. Thurston, formerly Hawaiian
Minister to Washington and the leader
| OF the annexation movement, was with
him. Thurston is rich and prominent
| lawyer of Honolulu, and has been the
strongest opponent of the Humphreys
crowd and the supporter OF the Dole
administration through thick and thin.
TIL. - sIaN.
rnony" propositions "The cry of the
| anti-Dole people about lack of har-
mony is laughable." said he. They are
the ones who have made all the fuss in
Hawaii. and who keep agitating in
hopes of gaining something for them
selves. 1t is a very simple matter af-
ter ALL The so-called missionary
PARTY is in power. 1t represents the
Washington administration and is thor
oughly in sympathy with it. The other
fellows want the offices and are kick
ing hard for them. They want Dole out
that one of them may get in"
ROOSEVELT IS SATISFIED.
II have never received any intima-
ton that President Roosevelt is dissat-
iefied with my administration" said
Governor Dole. MY official correspon-
dence with Washington has gone on
uninterruptedly during the last few
months and 1 have not been called on
to explain my actions. 1 have tried to
administer the Territorial government
as the representative of no party or
faction"
But you are a Republican. Gov
eInor?"
II have always been. but hold that
when an executive is seated it is his
duty to lay aside all party affiliations
and act for ALL"
What about Sam Parker's alleged
statements that he was to succeed you
as GovSrnor?"
IT cannot say further than that 1
have understood that Mr.. Parker made |
such limitations. The President has |
the right to remove me at any time |
without trial or explanation. / was APP |
POINTED by Mr.. Mckinley for four
years. and will not have served two I'M
til next June"
The Governor would not be drawn
out about his enemies. He evaded all
questions pointed that way, and sug-
gested the rainfall in the Islands or the
severity of the past winter as a nice
topic of conversation. He would not
reply to the question If it were not
Harold Sewall, formerly the American
Minister to Hawaii. who was the lead
ton. Sewall was a candidate for the
Governorship at the time Dole was ap-
pointed, and later was a special agent
OF the United States at Honolulu. He
has inherited a large fortune through
the death of his father, Arthur Sewall
of Maine. and is the principal hacker of
Sam Parker for Doles position.
WILL IMPRESS PRESIDENT.
Dole could not say why Judge Hum
phreys or any of his friends had not
come on the Sierra for Washington.
Humphreys and Gear were reported to
be rushing there to counterbalance the
influence of Dole's presence. Dole said
that both OF them had booked to sail
on the Sierra but had failed to take pas
sage for reasons unknown to him. The
one solitary member of the Humphreys
faction on the vessel was Thomas Fitch,
the famous "silver-tongued orator"
who, in many States and Territories,
has in the past forty years been
prominent political speaker. Fitch is
now resident in Honolulu. and says he
came here on business bent. He has
some interests in Southern California.
and will go there to look after them.
He denies absolutely that he will go on
to Washington, but rumors came from
Honolulu that he might drift to the ma
1
The advent of Dole here is looked on
as the crisis in the hot struggle against
him which has waged for a year past.
Mckinley and Dole We're friends and
had a clear understanding. Roosevelt
does NOT know Dole personally, and the
against him have been made
by some men for whom Roosevelt has ,
a great liking. They have told Roose-
Welt that the retention Of Dole in office
meant the breaking up of the Republic !
can party in Hawaii. When Sam Parker
was in Washington three months ago
the President asked him the name OF
some leading Hawaiian who was con-
sidered fair-ninded by all parties.
Parker and SewalI. who was then Re- ,
publican National Committeeman from |
mentioned George Carter. ]
Carter was sent for. and is now in l
I
Dole's friends believe that he will i'm
press Roosevelt very favorably He is l