The Washington bee., 1902-03-22
TROUBLE IN HAWAII.
President Determined to Restore
Peace and Unity.
George II. Carter, n Prominent POIi-
tician of Honolulu, Summoned
TO Explain the Situation iR
the Islands.

the Islands.
Senator George X. Carter, of the Leg
islature of the territory Of Hawaii, il
now IN Washington, as d sort of COM
missioner to President Roosevelt, to
inform him as To the political situa-
tion in Hawaii. Carter Is a well-lnown
young business man of Hawaii who
was elected to the last senatorial sem
ate on the republican ticket. y few
days ago, when Hawaii was agOg with
reports that Gov. Dole was about to be
removed and Samuel Parker was to be
put in his place, Carter received a per-
sonal letter from the president, invit-
ing him to make a statement of the
situation in the territory. The letter
was complete surprise to the recipi-
ent, who has never met Roosevelt and
did not know that the chief executive
was aware of his existence.
Carter's task is compared in Hawaii
to that which President Cleveland inn
posed upon the late j. II. Blount, Of
Georgia, when the latter was sent to
Hawaii, after the overthrow of the
monarchy, to investigate, as para
mount commissioner" what had taken
place, and report to Washington.
Since Carter received his letter, he has
had much the same experience as
Blount had. having been called on by
party leaders of all kinds and business
men generally. who were desirous Of
getting their views before him before
he left for Washington. The presi-
dents letter indicated that he expect
ed Carter to write a statement, but
Carter preferred to see the president
in person.
In Hawaii the impression prevails
that the action of the president pOr-
tends a general reorganization of the
territorial government. Ever since
the organic act by which Hawaii was
made a territory went into effect the
islands have been torn by political dis
sensions There has been a cOntin-
uous campaign against Gov. Dole, the
main movers being the royalists of the
old days and their sympathizers. Vis-
itors to Washington have followed one
another, large number of them try
ing to have Dole removed, though no
charge has ever been brought against
him such as would warrant inyestiga-
ton, or be a reason for removal. Just
before Carter received his letter il
was reported in Honolulu that the
president had decided that in order to
bring about a harmonious administra-
tion in the new territory it was best
to ask for the resignation Of Dole, and
it was also reported that Samuel Par
ker was TO succeed him.
Senator Carter, says the Washington
Star, comes from one of the oldest
white families in the Hawaiian islands.
His grandfather arrived in the islands
before 1880. reaching there on whaler
and settling in the country. His father
was H. A. +. Carter, a. successful man
of affairs in the islands, and his
mother was the daughter of the late
DR.. G.. p Judd, the man who negotiated
the treaties with France and England
by which both countries agreed to
keep their hands off the islands, and by
which, it is generally thought, the in
dependence of the islands were pre-
served up to the time when America
took them.
Senator Carter was born in Hawaii,
1869. He entered Yale Sheffield Sci
entific schOoD with the class of 'ss,
after a preliminary education in Oahu
college, Honolulu. He was a member
of the Yale varsity football team fOI
three years, in SO. 81 and IS. He was
one of YaIe's oarsmen in 81 and 'sS
He returned to Honolulu in 1896, and
is now the treasurer of the Hawaiian
Trust and Investment company, the
Hawaiian Electric company and the
Hawaiian Fertilizer company, all very
/ successful corporations. He was elect
/ ed to the first legislature and was one
of the hardest fighters against some
| of the frivolities Of the home rule law
makers. During the bubonic plague
| epidemic in Honolulu nearly two
years ago, Carter was made chairman
of the citizens financial committee
which took charge Of the finances of
the very expensive quarantine and
campaign against the disease for the
! board of health.
It is thought in Honolulu that if
| President Roosevelt decides 10 ask for
the resignation of Gov. Dole he will at
the same time call for a number Of
other resignations. The judiciary is
involved as well as the executive de-
partment, and a cleaning out there
may be made.
Weight of American Pine.