The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-28
SECOND TERM
FOR GOV'R
CARTER

Gle, MIR. Buckland'S paper, Trans
Pacific Trade, states that Gov
ernor Carter has been asked by
the President to accept a second
term, that the question of his &C.
ceptance is open, and that it is be-
lieved the Governor would not
care to take the responsibilities OF
the Office again. This is the ar
ticle:
Discussion as to the selection
and appointment of the next Gov
ernor OF the Territory of Hawaii
is always in order It is matter
OF direct interest to every resident
and OF even greater interest to
every person engaged in business.
The daily papers have given the
names of many possibilities and of
good men, but they seem to take
for granted that the possibility ex-
lists and that a successor to Mr.
Carter is necessary, one paper
even intimating that the President
has already expressed a desire to
be relieved of further responsible
ity for the present Executive.
We are in a position to state
that such is not the case. We say
authoritatively that President
Roosevelt has expressed to Mr.
Carter a hope that he will succeed
himself. Should Mr.. Carter de-
eide to do SO, the question of a
successor need no longer be dis
cussed. The Governor, however,
is at the present time SO occupied
with the important work brought
before him by the Legislature that
he has been unable to give the
matter such consideration as its
importance deserves. He proba-
bly, will not do SO until after the
session work has been cleaned up,
by the end of May, when he will
have to think about the topics for
the last annual report submitted
during his present term of office.
1t is possible, moreover, that the
Governor will not come to any
conclusion on the subject until
after he has seen and talked with
Mr.. Roosevelt. Until then there
can be no further definite infor-
nation upon a subject which is
now awaiting the Governors de
cision alone. Before arriving at
any determination he will doubt
less call his closest friends into
consultation, giving their advice
and opinions due consideration
1t has been suggested that the
President would be glad to be re-
lieved OF Mr. Carter owing to his
recently-expressed feeling toward
the Japanese and the pronounced
courtesy which he showed to the
officers of the Japanese squadron
upon the occasion of its last visit
to Hawaii But there is another
side to be looked at. When the
japanese squadron was in Homo
lulu there was a grave interna-
tional crisis between Japan and
the United States. It was I'M
doubtedly the policy and the wish
of the President, and perhaps SO
to the Governor, that
there should be no cause whatever
exhibited here to increase the
strained relations between the two
countries, but that, on the con-
-rary, every effort should be made
o promote and strengthen the
friendly relations that had hither
% existed. Hawaii, it sometimes
seems to be forgotten, is an inte-
,ral portion of the United States,
md its distance from the mainland
consequently renders it the more
from an international
standpoint The Governor here,
FIVE thousand miles dis
ant from Washington, represents
he President of the United States /
md not the peanut politicians of
For this reason, if for
10 other, as much sound judgment
hou1d be used in the suggestion
f suitable gubernatorial timber as
he President will exercise in max
ng the appointment. The ma {
ional importance of Hawaii has /
nore consideration than ever 1t ,
ad at the White House.
Among the available material
lready mentioned has been the '
anne of Senator w. O. Smith, s
1ho, unfortunately, we are afraid, l
gould not be eligible under Sec