The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-02-25
TALKING OF
GEO, CARTER
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San Francisco is
Interested in
Him.
lsrocIai 10 Tho Adverilserl

r. Carter. who Is supposed 10 be on
his way 60 Washington from Hawaii.
sam Parker Is as dumb as an oyster
on the subject. lie not only will not
say anything about the Governorship.
but he refuses to see reporters and as
sumas q distant stare when any come
within his zone Of sight lie fears,
apparently. he has put his foot I'm 1t /
by his alleged statements in the East. |
and is keeping very mum as an anti |
dote to previous loquacity. Sans |
friends here, and they are many, are
convinced that he has had some as
surance from President Roosevelt in
case certain conditions are proved to
/ exist that he viii be appointed Cover
nor This is the impression Parker
conveys to those who talk with him.
Certainly this is the idea | became
/ imbued with after brief chat with
! the big Hawaiian. However, he will
/ be able to talk for himself now in Hoo
/ nolulu. The Chronicle of today fol-
lows it's dispatches from Honolulu with
the following, written by a member of
its staff here:
Samuel Parker is at the Occidental
hotel. He and his wife, Prince David
Kawananakoa and wife, with other
prominent Hawaiians, will sail today
for Honolulu on the steamship Ala
media Parker had hoped that George
Il. Carter would arrive here before the
Alameda sailed. but does not think 1t
worth while to wait for Carter who is
due here on the 18th. Parker returned
here from Washington about ten days
ago. When interviewed then he denied
absolutely that he had been promised
the GOVernorship by Roosevelt, and
doubtless he told the truth.
lie said that he had telegraphed from
Washington to San Francisco, and had
the message forwarded to Carter at
Honolulu, asking him to meet him
here Parker said mysteriously that
Carters arrival here would loosen his
Parker's) tongue as to the conversa-
ton he had with Roosevelt. He also
said that Roosevelt while not promis-
. ing him the position of Governor, had
discussed with him the opposition of
the natives and anti-missionaries to
Dole's rule. Harold Sewall, who was
formerly Minister to Hawaii, strongly
advocated the appointment of Parker
, and the ousting of Dole. Sewall is bit
terly hated by the missionaries" and
is now power with Roosevelt, Roose-
welt is understood to have asked for
more light, and Carter was suggested
as being best fitted to shed this, as he
IL of the younger generation, leader
, in business and politics in Hawaii, and
friendly with the Dole partisans. vt is
improbable that Roosevelt wrote Car
ter a letter personally but likely that
, Parker and Sewall sent him word that
, the President wished to see him.
! In any event, ii may be depended on
I.l. lt.fg nv aRtfn
inmical to Dole or the missionaries
as he has been identified with that
party ever since his return to Honolulu
from a residence of some years in the
), State of Washington. Carter is hand
and glove with these men, who are the
, richest and most influential in the Ter
rtory and whose organ is the Pacific
Commercial Advertiser OF Honolulu.
Its owner is Lorrin Thurston, former
Hawaiian Minister to Washington The
Advertiser, in its latest issues, COM
mends Carter, and says that Roosevelt
can depend on his advice.
The fact is that Sam Parker has
trained with the Thurston crowd since
annexation and was their candidate
for Delegate to Congress at the last
; election. Parker is a prince of good
fellows, but is not considered stable
enough for Governor. Lately he has
taken up with the missionaries"
and will be strongly opposed by the
missionaries" in his fight for the Gov
ernorship. Parker, by his recent mar
riage to Mrs. Abigail Campbell, who
was worth over $l,OOO,00O in her own
right has become Independent of his
cattle business and so can afford to
seek political honors.
Governor Dole is being urged to
! hurry on to Washington to check the
, cabal against him, but he will hardly
dc so. as he is a man of great dignity,
and rather wearies of the cares of
, state But the missionaries" will not
allow him to be put out without OPP
position, and the next steamer from
Honolulu will almost surely bring one
or two of the leading Dole men to tell
Roosevelt what they think of the
} scheme TO Dust Dole and to use power
full leverage to keep Dole in his office.
They fear if Parker should be Governor
} legislation might be enacted which
would be detrimental TO sugar and
property interests in the Islands.
} Under a libelously bad pictures of
George r. Carter, the Chronicle has
the following concerning Carter:
} George r, Carter, who is supposed TO
have left Honolulu for Washington to
confer with President Roosevelt on Ha-
; waiian political affairs, is the leader of
the younger Republicans in Hawaii.
He is a member of the Hawaiian Sen
} ate, and in the past four years has
been leader in the politics of the
Islands.
Carter is the son of the late II. A. p.
Carter formerly Hawaiian Minister 10
) Washington. He was born in Hawaii
and was educated at Yale. Carter is
a good business man, and was promin-
} ent in mercantile circles in the state
of Washington for some years after he
! left college. He is well up in his thir-
} ties. of athletic build and Is keen
sportsman. He is the head OF the Ha-
waiian Trust Company and is heavy
, owner in the Hawaiian Electric Com