Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-10-17
CONV|CI'S GIFT TO DOLE
PICTURE CANE had
$40 STRING ATTACHED
AN EASTERN YOUTH WANTS TO
STUDY LAW WITH GOVERNOR.
SECRETARY HAYES
WORK.

private secretary Alexander u.
Halves was discovered in the outer Of
flee of the gubernatorial chamber yes
terday afternoon busy with shears,
paste and large figured calendar.
The genial protector of the privacy
Of the chief territorial executive was
cutting out dates.
A casual observer might have
thought Mr.. Halves was just amusing
himself but weightier motive in
spired the action OF His Excelency's
writer.
Seated between big safe and big
ger table, surrounded by piles of copy
books containing copies Of thousands
OF letters signed by Governor Dole, and |
piles OF books holding letters received |
by the executive from all parts Of the |
world. Secretary HAYES dallied with q |
half-dolar bottle of scented paste and |
dangerous looking pair of shears.
Through the open transom over tho
closed door leading to the sanctum
sanCtorum. the occasional even tones OF
the Governors voice and the less mod
ulated speech Of J. r. McCrosson. talk
ing Kohala ditch. kept accompaniment
with the snip-snap of the Secretary's
scissors.
: Mr. Halves kindly explained that he
was FASTING numbers on the letter
books, perfecting a system of reference
to the mass of correspondence handled
by the Office in the last few years
Il suppose the Governor gets some
queer letters among SO much cores
pOndence, ventured a scribe. watching
Halves and the viyisected calendar ad-
mringly.
Yes. he does" replied the scissors
man, generously. then, Frightening per-
ceptibly. he added, "A. c. Gehr's Ko-
hala ditch letters. for example" The
shears shook with their holders
chuckling emotion.
And the lost letters In the matter
Of the three soldier boys who burglar
lied Chief Justice Frears Tantalus
home?" meekly suggested the sCrib-
bier.
The Secretary looked hurt, pasted
three numbers on as many books in
silence, then smiled winningly.
Yes. the Governor receives some
odd communications sometimes" said
the Private Secretary. of course lots
of them require but little in the way
of answer. but all must be answered.
1t was not so long ago that the Cover
nor received handsomely embelished
walking-stiCk made by convict in
Oregon state prison. The stick was
accompanied BY a letter stating that
the article was present to the Cover
nor of Hawaii All down and around
D the cane were pictures of Admiral
D Dewey and the battle of Manila. II
was really a well executed piece OF
work.
BY the next mail came letter from
Mr.. Convict asking for ten dollars.
The cane was evidently not a gift. The
Governor had no idea of encouraging
D this sort OF thing and | replied offer
ing to return the stick. The Oregon
convict again wrote offering to sell the
= stick for one dollar, saying that II the
Governor did not want to buy 1t, he
would esteem II favor II | would sell
0 1t elsewhere and forward the money.
expressed the stick back to its send
cents. | suppose dozen letters passed
D over that patriotic pictorial cane
Does the Governor receive many
) requests for his signature from auto.
graph fiends?"
0 "All the time"
5 Does he grant the favor?"
0 Il keep little stock OF the Cover
- nor's autographs written on the bach
0 Of his regular visiting card and usual!
slip one in an envelope and send 1t u
the applicant without comment"
How about requests for photo
0 graphs"
0 Get lots of them. Always refer ap
plicants to some photographer VIII,
has them in stock or course II tn
% applicant be newspaper or magazine
- the accommodation is in order"
Q Many folks job hunting?"
; "Innumerable. A young man wrOt
- from the East the other day saying h
Is understood the Governor would resum
y practice as an attorney-at-law upo
lnt tAplldllO VI NIB lcIlu 40 ppNc
10 nor, begging to be allowed chance L
y study law in the Governors firm
J. should he establish one. ! was in
II struCted by the Governor TO inform tn
r, youth that the Governors plans for tn
st future were unsettled and that, in an
event, an inexperienced man in lay
Office would not be altogether desir
e. able, unless, perhaps, he should be
stenOgrapher and typewriter. Simila
applications are constantly received
And then the Governor gets all imag
v. Unable kinds Of letters asking informa
"A ton about Hawaii its lands, laws, eli
"a mate, inhabitants. agriculture, bus
!. ness, opportunities, and so forth
a. These applicants are respectfully re
|. ferred to the heads of the department
>. most likely to have the desired infoI
n. nation. Sometimes, Of course, this Of
|. flee secures and transmits the informa