Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-06-26
Governors and Governors
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. nnnnnnnnananan


TRACK. AND FRAME Hls POLICY ]
AND ATTITUDE PROMPTLY AND 1
JUSTLY.
{ Aud Albert Mead never set any hour /
for Newspaper man tn call uu him f.
He never had newspaper man an.
uouncc his name. except that ID was
a special occasion. or the writer was
undesirable. In which case Mead would
not see him at all II he was very
busy when the reporter called. and
could not talk 10 him at once. he IN.
utcd him to hang out and wait nm.
"a he could see him But that re-.
porter never went away empty hand.
ed. ! have heard the Governor say:
Dick the outlook for story L.
rotten today. but here Is u small item
Better than nothing"
And he never iuggled with public
matters that were the PEOPLES
BUSINESS. Unfinished business with
him was public. and he always gave
what features had developed, and the
progress Of the matter In hand
his reception Of newspaper men. HE
IDID NOT TAKE AS HIS CODE or
IOFFICIAL ETIQUETTE ANY SET
FORMS USED IN WASHINGTON,
OR ELSEWHERE For II II well
known the President Roosevelt pro.
nounced the blueroompassin-your.
card system In vogue there when he
took hold, as detestible, and ever since
there has been less conyentiOnalities
practiced BETWEEN THE PEOPLE
AND THE PEOPLES PUBLIC SER.
WANTS.
Now Of course. ! landed IN Honolulu,
delightfully."- ignorant of the afiairs Of
state ! had heard good and curious
things about Hawaii and her past ad.
ministrations, some things that were
not good. But to pass to the present
Governor YOu know that news.
paper man has hankering to feel
that he has the confidence and esteem
Of a Governor. the Chief Executive
Of a People, the same as he wants 10
have the confidence Of his employer
But somehow Governor Frear won't
) or can't let out any warmth.
lie IL the strangest type Of all pub.
lie officials have ever seen.
F, Very pleasant 10 address, dlgniied
TO fault extremely courteous, aud
, yet--yet he lacks the great thing that
, makes the world go around today. the
HUMAN INTEREST FEELING" |
, don't know how else to express II. lie
looks at the newspapermen sitting In
front Of him, across his desk smiles
pleasantly. drums his fingers on the
, desk edge and perhaps-yery cautious
, ly--as II he might be doing wrong
tells them that he has not decided to
a appoint q Treasurer today.
, Is II possible that Governor Frear
has sat ~ long In the cold judicial
I atmosphere Of tho Chamber OF the
q Chief Justice where NOTHING rs
/, GIVEN OUT UNTIL IT Is CONFLICT.
ED-that his nature has become sub
merged with the hard coating OF
, secrecy.
The people want you to be their
, Governor. Mr.. Frear, and they respect
, you. but you want to be GOVERNOR
; AND RESPECT THEM.
: They are not unnecessarily inqulsi.
l tive, but they do want to know what
= Is going on. What you are doing
, They are deeply interested and only
i ask that you keep them posted on
4 THEIR AFFAIRS WHICH you ARE
} HANDLING AS THEIR EXECUTIVE.
THEIR CHIEF CLERK If YOU
D PLEASE.
i Now ! may be wrong. Perhaps I
s am doing Governor Frear a wrong.
I Certainly do not intend 10, but these
are my early unprecedented green
/ horn among you-that Is as to the
? affairs but an old timer I'm the news.
! paper work, and one who has been
u mixed up considerable with Governors,
d talked with them, Travelled with them
l. and reported what they had 10 say for
g close onto ten years.
It II is my humble impression that
c even a GOVERNOR CAN BE A GOOD
:. AND GREAT GOVERNOR WHO
:. EVER PLACES THE PEOPLES AT.
n FAIPs BEFORE HIS OWN AND HAS
a THEIR CONFIDENCE.
o The most conspicuous example Of the
II power Of the peoples confidence and
e public opinion, was when President
e. Roosevelt was returned to the white
n house by an overwhelming vote, OF
n, whom-of the PEOPLE WHO RULE
Is THE WORLD.
AND THE PRESS is THE MOST
." POWERFUL INFLUENCE To
1t MOULD PUBLIC OPINION. Every
{, man, In high or, low position cannot
/, escape its power, and should respect
IT, II he has any hopes for future
O. success and standing among the PEG
,e PIE he must not forget that he Is the
n MASTER WORKMAN FOR THE
Mt PEOPLE AND MUST DO A GOoI
le JOB.
err II Is said that when the great Napo
Il leon after he had haan 1athrnnad AM