Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-25
THE OFFICIAL INTBRPRETA-
TON.


He may labor for it along all legiti-
mate lines when his time is not requir.
ed in the public service: but he must
not engage in fractional politics, nor
pack primaries or conventions nor
manipulate electoral results nor in any
way do politics" in the offensive
sense which one naturally identifies
with the professional job-Chaser. He
may. we should think. belong to cam.
paign committees. make speeches.
march in parades and write political
matter for the press. These are among
the rights he enjoys as an American
citizen. But there is a wide difference
between party man thus active. and
an offensive partisan. II is one, to
quote Gov. Dole's phrase. which a sens :
of official propriety may be relied upon
to define-Advertiser
This Interpretation placed upon Gov
ernor Dole's circular letter sent to gov
eminent officials, promptly proves the
Bulletins contention that the indefinite
character of Mr.. Dole's signed state
ment has merely made a bad matter
worse. The Advertisers Interpretation
is Thurston's and Thurston is recog-
nized as the mentor of Governor Dole.
The assertion that government en-
ploycs must not do fractional politics
brings Republicans right back to the
old story. the rock which threatens to
smash the Republican party into
smithereens, namely, the Advertisers
utterly false charge that government
employees have done fractional poll
tics"
The circular issued by the Governor
followed by the Thurston Interpretation
means this: Government employees can
do anything politically as long as IL
meets the approval of Thurston, the
recognized reviewing authority. As soon
as the government employe displays a
mind of his own and the honesty of his
conviction or his opinions on a wise
party course run counter TO Thurs
tons arbitrary ideas he will be bludgen-
ed through the columns of the Adver'
tiser and attacked by the sneak agent
of the Governors council who on q
previous occasion charged the two
Boyds and Treasurer Wright with be.
ing Home Rulers.
Such Is the program which the Gov
errors indefinite order foreshadows
and until the Governor declares him
self positively, government employees
are by no means free to exercise theil
rights OF citizenship in connection will
the political party which they support
| It Is true that virtue Is it's own reward
There is a limit. however, to tn,
amount of misrepresentation and Will
/ fication which even a government EN-
ploye Is called upon to stand from al
outfit which declares itself to be Re
publican but spends the major portion
of its energy attacking party workers
Honest Republican workers, many o
them government employees, have Ia
bored earnestly day in and day on
enlisting voters for the party, and on
of the rewards for this work has beel
a systematic attack charging them wit
motives which never occurred to thei
minds; charging them with being falls
to the party, advancing the interests @
job chasers, charging them with bein
anything and everything but loyalty t
the party, though as a matter of fac
they have at all times been true to par
ty principles and their single purpos
has been the advancement OF the part
; as a whole, regardless of factional In
terests.
Whether justly or not the Advertise
is generally accepted as the ofiicia
mouthpiece OF Governor Dole and wi
be so considered till the Governo
: takes positive steps to prove the cor
= trary. 1t is known that Thurston
= the Governors mentor and 1t is state
5 by the Governors so-called friends tn;
Thurston is the only man who can I
5 huence his actions in politics or ma
} tiers OF administration. Thus 1t is thi
5 Thurston's Interpretation of the Co
I ernor's civil service" circular become
. the say-so Of Mr.. Dole's political di
! tionary, and while the circular meaI
absolutely nothing as read by ia
minded men, il becomes merely a VIII
e with which Thurston through h
! newspaper may attack honest par
g workers.
C 1t is up to Governor Dole to say VIII
e he means in plain English language
y he has any respect for honest men wi
= hold government offices.
=