Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-10-31
DOLE AND CARTER.

The appointment Of Governor Dole
to the position made vacant by the
death Of Judge Estee is the worst in.
suit to the memory of Judge Estee and
the principles for which he stood
throughout lifetime of honorable pub.
lie service that could could be imag.
ined. As far as the Territory is con-
cCrned the Presidents folly will not be
as far.reaching as it would otherwise
be If the Court of Appeals were not
handy to render American justice, OF
which Dole knows little and is too
firmly grounded in monarchicd ideals
TO learn.
The appointment Of George II. Car.
ter to the Governorship has always
been among the probabilities since he
was named as Secretary. AS far as
local sentiment Is concerned in the
Governorship question the choice for
the position has been divided between
Secretary Carter and Superintendent of
Public Works Cooper. They are both
men of action, willing to work, ambi.
tious, and liberal in their tendencies.
II the Governorship were put to the
test OF a popular vote thsre Is not the
slightest doubt that Mr.. Cooper would
win among vested interests-Republi-
cans, Home Rulers, Democrats, or any
other class or division Of the Terrific.
rial citizenship. Cooper has been in
the thick Of nearly every public con-
test since he came to the Islands, and.
although in the heat of the contest bit
er words have been passed, he has es'
Itablished the reputation among friend
and enemy alike that he is a fair fight.
err and carries no revengeful spirit into
his future activities. MIR. Cooper
would have made a popular Governor.
an aggressive and even.tempered OH
cial. ready to lead a fight or preside
over a peace gathering, and ever in
touch with the progressive spirit OF
the Territory.
Mr.. Carter comes to his new Office as
an unknown quantity except that those
with whom he Is generally considered
to be most intimately associated have
privately been his most severe critics.
Doubtless they will now claim to have
been his most sincere friends.
Mr.. Carter takes youth and energy
TO the duties of the Governorship, an
expressed intent to be fair, and a nat
ural desire to make record creditable
TO himself and to the Territory. Com.
pared with Mr.. Dole. Mr.. Carter 10
so much more acceptable to the ma.
jority of Hawaii's citizens chat the only
possible ground for comparison Is the
fact that their names have been con.
neCted with the same Office. Carter Is
! likely, II he carries out his natural in
stincts, to be imperious and dictatorial.
This reputation he has largely over
come during his career as Secretary.
! but he has not been given general
credit for the reformation except so
/ far as 1t was believed he considered
II necessary to obtain friends to fur.
Their Governorship aspirations.
! Mr.. Carter Is always a gentleman,
always pleasant to meet, officially and
socially, and unuuestionably honest In
his desire for an administration pacific
and Mt the same time progressive in
developing the moral and material wei
fare Of the Territory. There is none
who will or ought to, wish him other
than success in fulfilling every honest.
fair, American motive.
The Bulletin has never favored Mr..
Carriers candidacy for the Governor.
ship but he is such a marked improve.
ment over the present incumbent that
the Territory has cause to look forward
10 the future with assurance that II
has emerged from its period of mas.
terly inactivity and has an executive
leader who is capable and energetic.