The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-21

OuL II SeeHS 10 me thdt III pub4ic
gathering some years ago, so long past
that one would be justified in referring
to it as having been told many years
ago, l heard a speaker tell the story
of a couple of little boy students at
Punahou being overheard discussing
the past and considering what they
should be when they grew to manhood.
One Of the boys was Sanford B, Dole
and the other Samuel NJ. Damon. In
response to the latter's question young
Dole answered "When IN a man I IN
going to be a LEADER and, it is said
that young Damon s answer was that
he did not know just what he would
be when he got out of school.
In a way Mr.. Dole s promise has been
kept and he has not gone to the house
tops and called to the people. He has
been called by them into the councils
of citizens and officials for, 10 these
many years. His activity has thrown
him in contact with the masses and he
has been, and is, more than any other
official, in the government, bar one,
man among men, one of the people.
And he is beloved for his democracy.
Let US assume that it was Mr.. Dole
who intended to be a leader of men.
See what his record has been in the Ter
ritory. An honor man in his class at
Oahu College, from which institute he
was graduated to finish at Williams. in
Massachusetts,. At the age of forty
three he was a member of the Terri
torial legislature, for in the interval be-
tween his graduation and his return to
the Islands he studied law in Boston
and probably got taste for politics
In 1887, when there was a demand for
a constitution. Judge Dole was one of
the leaders, if not the active leader of
the reform movement which forced the
King to give new constitution to the
people.
Revolution No. 1.
This was bloodless revolution No.
though the incidents were of charac-
ter that made the public sit up and take
notice The premier was relieved,
placed in Jail charged with malfeasance
in office and after his accounts were
audited and found correct released and
allowed to depart for the mainland.
On his arrival there he admitted that
the rev constitution was very good in
spots and he believed the country would
be better off for its PRONUNCIATION but
he questioned the means of obtaining
IT from the King. Mr.. Dole was at the
time in the LEGISLATURE and an active
man on the side of good government.
shortly after the revolution he was
appointed a Justice to the supreme
court.
Travelling Supreme Court.
In those days it was customary for
the supreme court dignitaries to go to
the islands away from this one and hold
court every so often. The justices
would take their turn in the trips and
as there were never many eases to try
they were in the nature of vacation
trips rather than work.
In after years the judiciary was re
organized and courts established on
each of the islands. During the terms
when the justices went away it is said
that the famous old '"Coffee Shop in
Hilo. kent hv Akana, brother-in-law
of the late Joseph Nawahi, was the re-
sort for the legal lights and the old
citizens were their early morning com
panions over a cup of good coffee. It
has been whispered, too, that politics
as well as cakes were cooked in that
establishment in those days.
The Worlds Spot Light.
Judge Dole s assignment to the lead
ing character in the drama of politics
in the Islands dates the same as the
overthrow of the monarchy for it was
then he appeared in the spot light and
no mo talk cd of
man in the world As the leader of a
little band Of revolutionists he had
actually with the backing of hand
full of men. removed a sovereign from
power and assumed, at the express wish
of the minority. the reigns of govern
ment. I remember clearly the events
of those stirring times. Days and
nights. when citizens had their actions
cireumserihe7 bv martial law. old ronn-
ders remained at home. There was the
sound of elashng bayonets from men
who had no other means to identity
them as soldiers of the provisional
guard than the old Springfield rife and
belt which adorned their forms. There
were lunches of them who, if the truth
were told. would have been Jealous of
the Falstaffiau guard. 1t was some
time before the men were uniformed
and put into shape for parade
At that time there were men here,
those who were in opposition TO the
change of form of government. IN
kind enough TO say that the OPP
ponents of the government had en-
couraged the Queen to go ahead in the
course that brought annexation to the
United States as an eyentuality. The
truth of the statement or rnmor was
never proven. On the contrary. it Is not
believed at this dav that Judge Dole
straved from the truth when he penned
letter TO the representative of coast
newspaper. copy of which have and
which is here given. Judge Dole said
at that time:
No Misguidance.
81 answer your question, whether
there was any truth in the reports
that the leaders of the party in OPP
position 10 the crown before the
breaking out of the Hawaiian Revolu-
tion Intentionally led the Queen on
in the course which resulted Sin the
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