The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-24
THE STARS COMMENT.

Editorially the Star comments on the
above as follows:
with the arrival of Governor Dole in
Washington President Roosevelt VIII be
in position to judge the Hawaiian stu
alton accurately and justly. He Is con-
fronted with a peculiar problem OF eX-
ecutive adjustment, and unquestionably
Governor Dole's experience and personal
character will give great value to his
advice. In another part of the star TO-
day will be found an interview with
General A. S. Hartwen of Honolulu, an
old resident and one OF the foremost
members of the bar of the Islands He
gives an estimate of Mr.. Dole which re-
veals clearly the upright character of the
man and the honesty of his motives as
President of the Island Republic and as
Governor of the American Territory. The
other day the Star also published an in
terview with Mr.. George Carter of Ho-
nolulu, who has come here for the spe-
cial purpose of advising the President up
on the insular situation. In the course
of that talk Mr.. Carter paid high COM
pliments TO Governor Dole and described
the predicament which the extension of
the suffrage to the natives without suf-
ficient qualification has caused.
A mistake was made at the outset in
giving in spite of protests too broad
voting power to the natives 1t is to be
presumed that this mistake will not now
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ganic Act. Congress seldom hoves back
ward in such matters. One consequence
of the mistake was to enable certain
carpet baggers in Honolulu, who went
there for what there was in the political
game for them. to mislead the natives
and to use them for their own selfish
purposes. Much of the disorder and in
capacity of the native-ruled Legislature
chosen at the first Territorial election
may be attributed to this element, just
of ha which no ,aN-
| lists in Hawaii between Gov. Dole and
the natives Is to be traced to these men.
The problem which is now to be soIved
I Is to adjust administrative affairs in the
Islands so as TO reduce to a minimum
! the friction between the Territorial or
ganization and the natives and also the
power OF the scheming whites to make
mischief.
The President can materially promote
Hawaiian welfare by causing the resig-
nation OF those Hawaiian judges who
have been pernic!ously active and con-
spicuously offensive as disturbers in Ha
waiian politics. and have taken advan-
/ tage of their judicial powers to play the
petty despot in political quarrels. In
| respect to the controversy between the
I Governor and the Home Rule Legisla-
ture the slightest examination of the prop
! ositions and acts. or rather antics, Of
that remarkable body Will produce the
conviction that inability 10 assent to its
/ proposals and 10 harmonize with II Is
no discredit. but rather an additional evil
dence OF intelligence and integrity in the
/ Governor. whose veto was all that saved
| Hawaii from manifold disasters. The
pressure which is 10 produce Republican
/ harmony viii evidently be wisely applied
| to the legislature and not TO the Cover
nor. The statement which has produced
/ the greatest injury and decentralization
! IN Hawaii. and the greatest encourage
ment 20 the enemies OF good government
! there. Is the untruth which represents
/ the President as having decided in ad-
vance against the missionary party"
! and in favor of the royalist natives in
| or out OF the Legislature and the carpet
| baggers on or or the bench OF Hawaii.