The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-02-13
A 7 KINSON IS
At HOME
From Saturdays Advertiser,

From saturdays Adveftiser.)
Il will not see the Governor until
tomorrow morning" said Secretary
Atkinson. whizzlng up Nuuanu street
last night In the Governors automo-
bile shortly after the Alameda came
into dock Then we will see what II
to be done In the matter OF getting
on the lid"
II is understood, by the way. that
the transfer OF authority from the
Governor to the Secretary as Acting
Governor will be made early today.
The letters have been prepared. and
1t only remains for the Governor to
sign his notification to the Secretary
that he has been disabled. and for the
Secretary then to take charge and no
tify the Secretary of the Interior at
Washington that he is acting for the
Governor.
COMPLETE BOND SALE.
'It was a wise move on the part
of Governor Carter to delay signing
the letter OF notification to me to take
charge until the bond transaction had
been closed up" went on the Secre-
tary. You see, the contracts. the
final agreements, in the last sale OF
bonds should be signed by George r.
Carter as Governor and by Treasurer
Campbell. That would complete the
transaction without any hitch. If it
were to become necessary for me to
sign, then the record would become
involved, they would have to have
copies of my commission and all the
rest of 1t, and in effect the whole thing
would have to be gone over again.
With Carter's signature to the agree-s
ment, all this will be avoided After
this matter is closed up, the Governor
can do as he likes or as his physi-
clan directs.
Speaking of the bond transaction,
Treasurer Campbell did some remark
ably good work for the Territory in
that matter. He made a good sale
closed 1t up quickly and gave the east
erners another impressive demonstra-
tion of the fact that the credit of this
Territory is first-class
ROBINSON CASE
II was in Washington when the ap-
pointment of Judge Robinson was un-
der consideration, but did not get my
letters until after the Department of
Justice had been advised by mail So
/ had nothing but the press dispatches
to go upon when the President and
Attorney General Moody spoke to me
about the matter. Naturally l assur-
ed the President that Governor Carter
/ was all right. The Attorney General
went very fully into the matter, of
course. considering Judge Robinson'si
| long service and weighing all the cir
| cumstances of the case, and you QUIT
/ hA ID,,t he
| pointment of Judge Robinson was in
no sense a snub to the Governor. The
President and the Attorney General
credit the Governors motives, but did
not see this matter in the same light
that he did. That is all.
| THE LABOR PROBLEM.
| "Of course / am glad to get home
again, although we did have a tre-
mendously rough trip The wind at
times blew not less than one hundred
miles an hour. And / am sorry to
have missed that trip to the Azores
and Europe. / had some splendid per-
sonal letters from President Roose-
welt and Secretary Root. No man could
have asked for better words than they
wrote for me. l believe that | would
have secured the labor I was after,
too. But there is one thing the peo-
pie here must make up their minds
to, the planters that is. There will be
no admission of Chinese laborers. The
President has put his foot down upon
that. And a leading planter is even
now gone to Washington to try to
get some Chinese admitted. But it will
not work. Another thing. The labor
ers that we get must be domiciled as
self-respecting men are must have
their own homes. This is absolutely
essential. / am and always have been
opposed to the barracks system. and
people who are capable of becoming
American citizens will not submit to.
it.
This labor fight is the fight for
Americanization, and l believe that
Governor Carter and 1 are on the right
, track, and that we can settle it il
they will give us a chance Anyway
the other fellows have failed. We must
make up our minds in this country
that the little fellows must have a.
say in affairs, as well as the big fell
lows, and when we reach that point
, we will be on the right road. There
is no future for Hawaii but an Amer
lean future
Governor Carter's condition was un-
changed last night. He will receive
Secretary Atkinson this morning. and
those two will discuss the Governor $
future movements.
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