Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-12
SYMPATHY FOR
FREAR", SAYS
GEORGE CARTER
Says Taft Is to Blame for the
Present GubernatoriaI
Situation

MY sympathy goes cut toward Gov
ernor Frear, as | take it that he has
had to do the best he could while in
ignorance OF what the next day will
bring forth. Governor Geo
X. Carter.
Chairman George R, Carter of the
Progressives' provisional committee
here, the maQs who said few months
ago that the reappOintment Of Govern
or Frear would be 4 tactical mis-
take" this morning expressed sympa-
thy for Hawaii's executive in his pres
ent posI..on.
Mr.. Carter sees in the fact that Gov
ernor Frear has not yet been either
reappointed or not reappointed an evil
dence that President Taft is not serv-
ing the best interests of Hawaii
Chairman Carter was asked this
morning to explain what the Progress
ives mean in'the resolutions of rati-
fication passed last Saturday by the
following:
I'VE ask and court comparison of
the record of President Roosevelt to-
ward Hawaii with that of President
Taft and Hawaii"
In reply, Mr.. Carter took the pres
ent gubernatorial situation as an H.
lustration.
1T was the duty of the President"
he said, Ito appoint Governor on the
eighteenth of last December. My
sympathy goes out toward Governor
Frear, as l take it that he has had to
do the best he could while in ignor-
ance of what the next day will bring
forth.
"One of the reasons that he has had
difficulty in getting men to serve is
due to the uncertainty of the future
"A gentleman told me the other day
that if he wanted to do any business
with the Department of Public Works
that he had to telephone to the Homo
lulu Iron Works. He couldn't find the
Superintendent of Public Works at his
tary on the situation. Who's to blame?
l take it, nobody but the man in the
White House."
Referring to Mr.. Roosevelt's record,
the Ex-Governor said:
Roosevelt came in right after Nc
Kinley. He found Governor Dole in
difficulties with the Hawaiians or the
Hawaiians in difficulties with Dole.
Mckinley had been bounded by all
sorts of petitions and kicks, and they
were transferred to Roosevelt. He
took the stand that Hawaii must be
developed along American lines, and
the impression was that he took this
stand at the sacrifice of the work that
had. been done to build up Hawaii
sugar, and for a time it look
ed as if his administration were going
to insist upon the cutting off of all
labor, and that to carry out such a
plan it might be necessary to go
through economic reorganization, to
build up some other industry along
different lines. But after he had
studied the situation further, he be-
came convinced that the men here
were honestly working along lines he
had laid down as essential, traditional
American lines. When he found this
out, he gave it out that he had no idea
of tearing down to build up, and would
back us up. From that time on he
left us alone and used his best en-
deavors to help us with appointments
and financial matters, and we recog-
nized the efforts being made by him
wherever he could. !
More progress was made in the d.
rection of building up middle class
in Roosevelt's tenure of office than
during the last four years. During
this last four years the feeling has
seemed to prevail that We are pretty
we'll off as we are. There is more
apathy now.
During Roosevelt's administration
there was in Hawaii an increase in the
of citizens in skilled la
Dor positions, which is not now being
pushed as it was under Roosevelt. :
In supporting a presidential can
1idate and voting for him, people
mustn't forget the platform and the
party with all it's traditions behind the
platform. Cleveland illustrates this
point, a splendid, strong man but I'M
able to accomplish much, hampered
and controlled by the leaders of his
party, and his greatest claim for ad-
is the fight he made against
hese very interests.
Hawaii has nothing to fear from !
our years more of Roosevelt in the =,
White House. that is, if We can Judge |