The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-23
CARTER IS
INAUGURATED

INAUGURAlEU
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to tell you that only the true and scri- .
Gus conviction that / owe % citizens
duty to- this Territory and also my
deep ana earnest love for this land of
my birth, have led me to accept this /
high office, To which the President of
our great Republic has been pleased to
call me.
Fellow citizens. this Is most noble .
position that ! ann called to, yet were .tt /
not for the sense that President Roose- /
Welt has confidence I'm me, and that
many and able men of this Territory
are ready and willing to assist me, /
should hesitate before accepting.
This task which has come upon me is
one which / assume with grave mis-
giving. 1 am young and mpulsive, but
youth is not always a bar to admins
trative success, and in spite of my tenn
permanent. l hope to show you that an
earnest and fearless worker can pro-
duce results which are worthy of your
estimation, if not of your entire appro-
baton.
This l can tell you: l shall devote
myself heart and soul to the duties of
my high office. The country of my
birth shall never say that | spared
myself in serving her. In accepting
the Governorship. I dedicate such tai
ents as l have to the best interests OF
Hawaii and Hawaiis people.
l stand here today anxious to cham
pion the just cause of every man, wo-
man and child in these islands, and
still more anxious to advance Hawaii
and Hawaians in their progress to
statehood.
Grand as the position is which l have
to assume, great are the responsible
ties; and knowing my own shortcom-
ings, as no one else but myself can
know them, it is with the greatest diff
dence that l come before you today as
appointed Governor of this Territory
Most thoroughly do l realize the pecu-
liar conditions and difficulties which
surround the position.
l know that matters may often go
wrong and that l shall be sharply and,
no doubt, very wholesomely criticized
for them. ! know that when right
shall often be thought wrong by those
who do not view or understand the
whole situation. 1t is clearly the duty
of a man in the position to which
have been appointed to do right, no
matter what adverse opinion there may
be.
A man who is Governor of this Ter
ritory, which is after all a small thing;
a man who is elected Governor of
sovereign state, which is a great thing:
or a man who is elected President of
the United States, which is the greatest
position in the world, must meet the
inevitable attacks of those who dis
agree with him. But the true citizen
stands firm, and in spite of opposing
views and antagonistic ideas, carries,
an honest and honorable policy to it's
legitimate end and stands or falls by
his ideals
Fellow citizens, that is what I in
tend to strive for, and it is to reach
that end that | need your utmost help.
1t IS your interests, not mine, that l
shall serve.
Our Island home, my fellow citizens
is beautiful one. There are few more
beautiful The colors of Italy and
Greece, the scenic beauties of Spain
the marveis Of midas vast plains and
Africas grand plateaus may be vaunt-
ed, but none of them can reach the rich
coloring of sea and sky, the cool, vary
ing greens of our tropical forests. she
rich shadows of our receding valleys.
the soft breezes which watt the sweet
perfume of our beautiful flowers, and
the gentle tenderness of our climate. J
love Hawaii, from the rugged crown of
Mauna Loa to the summit breakers
that dash upon the fringing coral reefs
But it is not our beauty that we must
consider; there are other and more
practical things that YOU and I must
study.
Hawaii has a present, and also a IN
ture. Her present gives her great re-
sources. Her rich plains and her noun
tain slopes; her recurrent showers and
the limpid waters from her valleys give
her eXuberant crops, which support all
her population in comparative affu-
ence. There are few countries in the
world so blessed-or whose Dresant is
more prosperous.
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