The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-26
E, G.. WINSTON AND
THE CAMPBELLFIGHT

Editor Advertiser: In your issue of
June 25th you say: winston should
call off his fight to discredit Campbell.
as certainly his chances are not adj
vanced thereby
Will you kindly permit me to say
that. neither directly nor indirectly,
have made any fight upon Mr.. Camp
bell, nor has any thought of doing so
ever entered my head.
Twice 1 have made application, and
in both instances at the suggestion OF
my many friends, for the position of
Superintendent of Public Works, be-
lieying myself capable of doing the
work required with ability, fairness and
I honesty, for the benefit of the Terri
! tory and with satisfaction to my fell
low citizens. Twice my application has
been endorsed by the Republican Exc
cutive Committee, an endorsement that
: 1 value and appreciate highly. Twice
His Excellency, the Governor, has seen
fit to turn down my application, a
privilege accorded him by his official
position and for the exercise of which
privilege there is not, and has not been,
the slightest resentment on my part.
My application was very clearly unac-
ceptable to Mr.. Dole and told him,
in the presence of others, that L would
withdraw it, There, as far as 1 am
concerned, the matter ended. I
But do object to the insinuation
that I am making any fight to discredit
Mr.. Marston Campbell. I have not
raised my voice nor lifted a finger nor
made any suggestion even to make a
fight. have nothing to fight for, hav-
ing retired from all connection with the
Public Works Department incident full
ly a week ago. Mr. Campbell and I
are, so far as I am aware, on terms of
good feeling and friendship and I wish
him better success with his applica-
ton for the position Of Superintendent
of Public Works than befell my appli-
cation. I have, however, formed a per-
sonaI opinion, a privilege accorded to
every citizen, that Mr. Campbell has
not demonstrated that degree of capa-
Die business ability which is necessary
to fill such a position. Moreover, his
short residence here would suggest a
preference for an older resident of
equal capabilities. 1t would, indeed,
be a sad commentary upon the COM
munity if Mr.. Adams. Mr.. Campbell,
Mr. Cooper, Mr. Low or myself mere
tent to fill the position.
AS an American citizen, a resident,
voter Jnd taxpayer in this Territory,
I had the right to make application for
the position vacated by Mr.. Cooper: an
application that was endorsed by some
Of the foremost business men and most
loyal citizens of Hawaii. As Governor
of the Territory, l appreciate that Mr..
Dole had a perfect right to refuse to
give my application favorable consider
alton and L feel that he did SO because
he felt that 1 would not be the right
man in the right place. As to making
any fight to discredit Campbell" the
mere suggestion of such a thing is both
unfair and unjust to me as well as to
my friends who have so nobly sup
ported me.
AS a matter of record it may inter-
est you to know that the first opposi-
ton to Mr.. Campbell was developed as
long ago as last December when both
the Republican Executive Committee
and Republican Senators agreed in the
opinion that Mr.. Campbell should then
resign the position that he now holds.
A motion to this effect was made by
Mr.. 4. L. c. Atkinson; committee
of Messrs. Geo. r. Carter.
A. L. G. Atkinson and Clarence L.
Crabbe. was appointed to notify Su-
perintendent Cooper of the sense of the
and the gentlemen present
and voting upon the proposition were:
Executive Committee: Messrs. c. L.
Crabbe, G.. r. Carter, A. L. c. Atkin- l
son, w. H. Coney, E. c. Winston and
Samuel Parker; Senators w. c. Achi,
H. P. Baldwin. D. P. r. IseL.5erg. L.
L. McCandless, John D. Paris and S.
w. Wilcox.
rightly in giving the foregoing as the |
facts in relation to the original oppo-
sition to the retention of Mr.. Marston
Campbell in the service of the Terri
torial Government of Hawaii, even so
long ago as that.
E c. WINSTON
Honolulu, June %, 1903