Evening star., 1902-03-08
Principal Cause Of the Present Trouble
Is Men Who Act From Sell
fish Motives.

fits him to speak on any phase of life
there. He went there to accept position
on the supreme court bench, which position
he occupied for six years, when he became
the first attorney general for King Kala-
kaua and occupied that position for two
years Since 1878 he has given his entire
attention to his law practice and other pri-
vate matters.
Gen. Hartwell holds Gov Dole in the
highest esteem and does not hesitate to
as made purely from selfish motives on the
part Of certain political schemers who are
looking to self-aggrandizement
One Cause Of the Trouble.
II think that large portion Of the trou-
BILE In Hawaii" said Gen. Hartwell has
been caused by white men who have gone
there since the overthrow Of the monarchy.
and who have never affiliated with those
who paved the way for annexation. They
have kept alive and stirred up resentment
against what they term the robbers OF
their country, and have worked up the
charge of being un-Amercan against Mr..
Dole and his friends. And singularly enough
they have caused the impression to be gen.
orally felt that they were sustained in their
charges by the administration In Washing
ton.
1.-The element refer to by no means in
cludes all of our new American residents,
for there are many who are the sturdiest
and finest representatives Of American life
and character. But l mean those who
think they see the opportunity Of working
on the credulity Of the natives to obtain
power and positions for themselves, and
who would not hesitate moment to i'm
prove any opportunity to loot Hawaii.
This class of men constitutes the faction
which has worked up all the trouble there,
and which has to be met and overcome by
the conservative element. Whatever shall
be done, it certainly goes without saying
that nothing ought to be done to injure or
to humiliate or to harm the party Of good
government, which undoubtedly is repre-
sented by Gov. Dole.
characteristics Of Mr.. Dole.
my acquaintance with Mr.. Dole began
in 1868. the year I went to reside in Homo
lulu. and was always intimate, whether
we would meet each other every day: or
not for months, 1t did not matter. We
knew each other. and that was enough. 1
knew that Dole could always be depended
upon to do whatever seemed to him to be
right, regardless Of consequences to him
self or his friends.
During the time when I sat on the
bench Of the supreme court and Dole was
a practitioner at the bar, and when l was
attorney general and in later years when
our positions were reversed, he being jug
tice Of the supreme court and afterward
president Of the provisional government
and of the republic of Hawaii and then
governor of the territory, in all these re-
lations there was nothing which occurred
to lessen our friendship. 1t might be sup
posed that official faVors would sometimes
have been exchanged between us. but l do
not recall a single instance CT that kind.
There was nothing In our Intercourse which
could not have well been published on the
housetops. No condolences were required
or desired by either Of us in such matters.
Those who think that friendship involves
official favoritism would have no use for
Dole. 1 have often felt that my friendly
vy{th MO Of
tunities to get for myself and clients things
which l was entitled to. But I think of
Dole as a man Of transparent life and
character, who cannot do evil and who
cannot think It.
For several years during the monarchy
we had In Honolulu what would now be
termed good government club In those
days Dole and myself, with one or two
others, ran a newspaper for the purpose
of promoting wholesome public sentiment.
When the time came for establishing a new
government In Hawaii and formulating a
constitution fitted for conditions there,
those earlier stuIies in civics showed good
results.
Governor Dole is a man Of superb cour-
age. I never saw him do anything for ef-
feet. He never posed even to himself I
can understand that some people might
regard him as too much Of an idealist for
plain. everyday politics: that he does not
care to reward his friends or punish his
enemies. l imagine that he does feel that
way. but I believe he Is the most access
sible Of men-unless 1t Is for scnemeYs.
Native Hawaiians Trust Him.
1.-The native Hawaiians-say what they
may for political effect-trust and believe
in him. They know very well that he is
their friend. OF course. the bitter re-
sentiment at the loss Of their monarchy
and nationality, which was perfectly
| natural, has not died out, and he, as
the head of the party which dethroned the
queen and made annexation possible has
had to bear the brunt Of political attacks.
Nothing was ever said. however. or truth
fully could be said, against his absolute in.
tegrity or against the purity of his motives
''The charge has been made against Gov
ernor Dole that he hesitated and yascil-
lated on the question Of Hawaiian neutrali-
ty during the Spanish war. / know tha
facts perfectly WE'LL AS soon as we heard
Of the war President Dole called together
twelve or fifteen leading Americans and
asked them what they thought ought to be
done. 1t must be remembered that Hawaii
was then an independent government, hav-
ing treaties with all the treaty-makins
powers. and that Mr.. Dole. as president
Of the republic was sworn to observe the
constitution and laws Of that republic
which included. Of course. its treaties with
Spain.
THE opinions which were expressed to
him varied. most OF them being strongly In
favor Of Msregarding neutrality and giving
the United States. unasked. all the use It
required Of the harbor and city Of Honolulu
Several thought 1t would be proper to have
Mr.. Hatch. the Hawaiian minister in WASH
tngtOn, first obtain an expression Of Presi-
dent McKinlieys wishes on the subject A
very few. and was one Of. them. thought
that neutrality should be observed My
reason for this view was that Congress
could at any time annex Hawaii II it de-
sired l knew the opposition In Congress
to annexation. and I thought this was the
time to force the isseue Of annexation. !.
''Mr. D0le's action In this matter 10 char.
acteristic of the man. He learned the
opinions OF those by whom he was sur
rounded. and then acted on his own respon-
sibiiity. ! understand he Instructed Minis
ter Hatch to inform the State Department
ut Washington taat the islands were ut the
disposal Of this government. However, be-
fore an answer was received from the State
Department he made the tender OF the H.
lands oArectly to President Mckinley. It
was aocepted. and our soldiers received
probably q warmer welcome In HonolaIu
than they did anywhere else. not excepting
San Francisco.
'sOne Of the most ardent ann6xationasts In
Congress when asked by Mr.. Hatch what