Evening star., 1912-11-13
Queensland, as that is what happened il
California.
Fisher Commanded Confidence.

F1Sner COMMANDED commence.
That Secretary Fisher was able to COM
mand the confidence Of the people of
Hawaii and by direct methods to concen-
trate public attention upon economic is
sues rather than upon trifling personal
animosities is indicated by the editorial
comment which appeared in the Hawaii
an papers after the investigation was
concluded. September Ii the Pacific
Commercial Advertiser said:
LAS the informal Investigations into
the general conditions in Hawaii pro-
ceed, and that is practically what the
Fisher. investigation is and not any trial
OF the governor. the impression strength
ems that the result is to be for the great
benefit of the territory"
Gave Impression of Fairness.
The Cross Roads of the Pacific on the
same date said editorially:
1T should be said of Secretary Fisher
that he gives the impression of absolute
fairness in his examination of those who
appear before him. He is apparently
hostile to the witness no matter upon
which side that witness is; but he is not
favorable to anybody.
Nor is 1T possible for any of them to
lead their interrogators from the path
Whlch they are pursuing. Mr.. Fisher
ana neither evasions deceive him nor
distract him from pursuing to it's ulti-
mate conclusion the subject to which
he happens to be on. Conse-
quently, those who lie to him, as sew
era1 have done. injure rather than aid
their cause. How Secretary Fisher,
who has never been in Hawaii before,
becomes possessed with the immense
fund of information that he apparently
has concerning the islands is matter
that he seems to know more about
Hawaii than do most of those who ap-
pear before him."
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, October
): after the hearings had been con-
cluded, said:
Secretary Fishers two-minute talk
yesterday. with which he closed his
public hearings in Hawaii. put it fairly
up to the people of Hawaii to work out
their own salvation. His attitude to-
ward Hawaii and that of the national
administration is summarized in this
talk. In those two minutes he gave
so much sound and friendly advice in such
compact form that it should be known
to every citizen of the territory"
Community on Trial.
On October the Cross Roads of the
Pacific coast:
Now that the Fisher Investigation is
a little more in perspective, it becomes
even more apparent that not only Gov.
F'rear and the big financial interests of
Hawaii but the entire community have
been on trial. And it must be admitted
that we have been weighed in the bal
ance and. in many respects, at least,
found sadly wanting. Let us hope that,
having had the mirror held before our
faces and having been shown the error of
our ways. We will reform and do better
In the future than we have in the past.
Whatever be the official results of the
Observation-Disclosures Secretary Fisher
recommends the reappointment of Gov.
Frear or not. whether or not he urges
the amendment or drastic revision of the
organic act. whether or not all of the
wise suggestions he has made to the
community be followed out-the hearings
will, we firmly trust and believe, prove
of incalculable value to Hawaii We
know now what others think Of us, what
we think of one another and what we
must do to be saved. We must, said
Secretary Fisher in his closing address,
work out our own salvation. That is
entirely true. Jupiter will not help the
to the wheel The trouble is that in
stead Of doing that too many in this
territory have been holding back the car
of progress. either through ignorance or
selfishness, or both.
Secretary Fisher has shown us more
about ourselves than any of us ever sus-
pected, and some Of the things We have
been compelled to look upon have not
been pleasant.
Secretary Fisher plainly showed that
he had no use for legal quibbling or for
details that did not lead down to prin-
ciple 1t took long time for even the
lawyers to understand that what Fisher
wanted was the truth. the whole truth
and nothing but the truth. and that he
didn't care a hand how he got 1t. The
daily press has never awakened to
even yet babbling namely over details
that the Secretary hardly considered"