Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-06-19
ROOSEVELT AND IMMIGRANTS
FROM EUROPE.

so the EurOpean-innHlisroh piopo'
sition, in either ten thousand or one
hundred thousand lots. is a fake?
And the European immigrants
which Hawaii seeks are the lazzaroni.
the loafers, of Europe?
This seems to be the gist of the
proclamation issued by the aggrega-
tion parading itself during the stay
of Secretary Garfield as the only
Simon-pure, dyed-in-the-wool, life
branded Rooseveltian Americans OF
the Territory of Hawaii. Incident
ally these same persons declared that
the California mechanic ut Pearl
Harbor might do the community more
harm than good.
But let us understand about this
fake European-immigrant business.
Very recent history records that
President Roosevelt took a very act
i've personal interest In the European
immigrant for Hawaii.
There is no disputing the especial
efforts put forth by the Federal Ad-
ministration to assist Secretary At
kinson when he first went east on
the first European-immigran mis-
sion.
We cannot be deceived as to the
intentions of the Federal Admins
tration, when we know so well how
the President, the Secretary Of the
Treasury, and the heads of the bu-
reaus did their utmost to make the
trip of Collector Stackable to Europe
a success.
There is no fake about Hawaii
having expended nearly quarter of
a million dollars In enlisting and
transporting European immigrants To
Hawaii
That Commissioner Frank P. Sar.
gent has earnestly advocated the Eu-
ropean immigrant for Hawaii and
made more than one visit to the ISL
ands to assist and promote the cause,
is no dream.
Administration backing of Euro.
pean immigration has been openly
and actively in evidence all along
the line. Therefore. II 1t be true
that nothing can be good or right OF
Just or American until 1t bears the
"OK" Of President Roosevelt and the
executive department of the Govern
ment, the neutrality-suspicious.
grant proposition is there with the
goods"
AS for the lazzaroni end of 1t. Mr.
Wheeler Of California, the newly ap-
pointed officer of the Department OF
Commerce and Labor. In a carefully
prepared address before California
business men, laid special stress oil
the fact that the immigrants coming
from Europe today are. not the dregs
of the several countries. but the
young men. the best blood. of the
nations.
Now all this may be fake, but
We doubt 1t. More than that. the
record proves 1t to be very true.
We should have more confidence In
the good intentions of the men who
are Observation-Disclosures Americans for
the benefit Of Secretary Garfield, II
their record were more clear from
faint, and they did not find 1t neces-
sary to build up their own cause by
attempting to tear down movement
that has been endorsed by our people
through their Legislature. the bus.
mess men, the large interests. the
small interests, and the Adminlstra.
ton in Washington.
The Territorial Board of Immigra.
ton, organized under an act of the
Hawaiian Legislature. is the clear
record of what the people of this Ter.
ritory think Of European immigra'
ton. The employment of Mr.. Trenol
10 proof Of the determination to make
every effort to get the 1000 i'm.
migrants from Europe by one route
or another.
The closer one gets at the facts OF
the situation In Hawaii, the more
certainty there is that the people
who are striving to plume them,
selves with all the virtues of Amer
icanism are making mighty poor
fist of It when they feel called upon
to attack the European immigrant In