The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-06-28
CARTER IS
UNDECIDED
Much Will Depend Upon
the View Taken by
Roosevelt.
81 do not know where I am at.'

L 90 not Know Wnere 4 am at
In those words yesterday Governor
Carter replied to the direct question,
whether he would continue in the Gov
ernorship if asked to do so by President
Roosevelt. The reply came at the con-
cIusion of somewhat extended con-
versation, in the midst of which the
Governor had said number of signifi-
Kant things-that is, things which may
fairly be taken as having significance
in the present condition of affairs.
'T am not sure what L will do" the
Governor had said. Il am undetermined.
If. as my friends say, am not myself,
If 1 am not well, it may be that after
have had rest may see things diff
ferently-and then. again, it may be
that 1 will not AT present, it still
clings to me that I have taken the
proper course. Certainly, if it should
come to a question of holding the back
ing of the President of the United
would strive to stand with the Presf-
dent
HIS RESOLUTION SHAKEN.
But I must admit that the course
and the arguments of the people here
have swept some of my props from
under me. They have shaken me. They
have made me come TO see that perhaps
things had taken for lines of cleavage
between myself and the people need not
of necessity develop into chasms.
But 1 do not know. 1 do not know
where I am at And it was at this
point that the Governor was asked the
direct question whether he would re-
main in office If asked to do so by the
President, and made answer by para
phrasing the half jocular grammatical
lapse that once made Congressman
famous.
And, in the meantime. pending the
visit of the Governor to Washington,
talk of the gubernatoriaI succession is
in allegiance. To be sure, a wild yarn
was printed yesterday afternoon about
Pinkham as a candidate, but it caused
nothing more than a ripple of amuse-
1nent. A movement is likewise on foot
to call the Territorial Central Commit
tee together next Saturday night with
q view to action in the matter of Car
ter's resignation. But it is not thought
likely that the committee will take a
position distinctly hostile to the Gov
ernor.
SUPERVISORS MAKE A CALL.
The Governor had many callers yes
terday, among them the members of the
new Board of Supervisors for the coun-
ty of Oahu, who were accompanied by
County Attorney Douthitt.
'I told them,'' said the Governor,
''when they came to pay their respects.
that was leaving things in the hands
of Secretary Atkinson, and that he
would cooperate with them in every I
possible way l told them that there
never before had been an American
community where attempt such as
we are making here had been made to
overtUrn the existing order. That de-
prived us of any precedent, and made Z
matters all the harder. But / said that
the Territorial administration was de- :
sirous of aiding all that it could in ,
working out a solution of the problems I
presented, and that 7 did not doubt ,
an amicable agreement would be reach +
ed all around. County government Is 8
here to stay, and We are all interested
in. making il success. Then, after ,
khey had wished me good bye, the r
gentlemen went away"
The Governor and Mrs. Carter will r
asSl for the mainland on the Alameda
this morning. IL being the intention OF
the Governor to go on at once to Wash
ington, while Mrs. Carter remains in
San Francisco. Private Secretary
Creedon viii be of the party as far as
IL, 1
vacation visiting friends.