Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-02

Former Governor Back from
Washington Says Hawaii
VIII Win. Finally
WELCOME FOR MEN WHO
FOUGHT FOR TERRITORY
MaSsmeeting Indorses Work
and Shows Never -Say-Die
Spirit for Future

y "Thls Is not n slxty-day fight, =
= but q three-year fight Hawaii
p has Just begun. / cannot be. =
H lieve TINT the American people =
y will permanently accept free
z sugar. We must show the cOun.
q try that our cause Is just. and II
e will win.s-George r. Carter.
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Back from their trip to Washington
to voice Hawaii's protest against free
sugar and to put Hawaii's position be-
fore the congressman and the coun-
try, former Governor George R. Car
ter and Elmer e. Paxton arrived this
morning on the liner Manchuria with
the message that the fight is yet to-
be won or lost and that the people OF
the territory should carry the cam
paign forward.
Mr.. Carter declares emphatically
that even a Democratic congress may
be brought to see the error OF It's
ways. He says also that President
Wilson is the keystone of the situa-
tion, and that II the president should
be brought TO change his mind about
free sugar, the industry would not re-
ceive the disastrous blow now threat
ened.
Denying the newspaper reports that
he had used the term "trickster' IN
referring to the president, but stating
with emphasis that the now-famOus
appointment at the White House had
been Cancelled without reason being
given, Mr.. Carter this morning de-
tailed fully TO the Star-Bulletin the
circumstances surrounding the ap
pointment for an Interview and the
outcome. He makes no such criti
cism Of the administration as has been
attributed to him in dispatches here
81 state tho facts. LET the people,
judge he says.
Mr.. Carter and Mr.. Paxton were
met at the dock this morning by q.
number Of friends and associates
here. Including President Bishop OF
the chamber of commerce; President
Swain or the merchants association;
Chairman Waldron of the promotion
committee and also leader in the
publicity campaign carried on here.
Later in the morning Mr.. Carter talk
ed at his home to a representative OF
thesStar- Bulletin.
The facts surrounding the inter
view I did not get with the president
are these" he said. when / went t.
washington / was told on excellent
authority that it was useless to SEE
the president on sugar, that his minc
was made up. This came to us iron
several authoritative sources. Befor,
/ left, we of Hawaii talked over the
matter and decided that we shoult
not take hearsay, and that / shoult
not Leave without making persona
attempt to see Mr.. Wilson and &c.
from him message that l Nigh
bring back.
81 went to the White House an
spoke to Secretary Tumulty and h.
referred me TO one Of the clerks b.,
the name OF Mulvane. When j tolt
him my mission, he held short whis
pered conference with Tumulty and
was told that it would be impossible
to talk sugar with the president. ,
then asked If | should understand tha
the president would not see me as !;
citizen, and stated that. he had seer
the Porto Rico delegation. | wa
told that l could see him as a citize'
and an appointment was made for n
on the following Wednesday at 12:l
o'clock.
This was on Monday. Next day
was In the limelight because of tn
committee investigating the charges Q
insflious lobbying, being called as !;
witness. During the course of m
hearing on Tuesday morning the cir
cumstances of my appointment Wit
the president were detailed, as wei
as the conversations l had had witt
senators on sugar. | was questioned
in detail and l answered fully. Oi
Wednesday morning was called VI
from the White House and this wa.
the message:
"sThis is the White House. ] an
directed to inform you that the presi
dent finds il impossible to see you O.
words to the same effect.
"The only explanation for cancel
ling the appointment was that i
would be impossible to see me.
know nothing further than this. vii
say frankly that | am not yet able t.
understand Just why the appointment
was cancelled.
81 have not, however, accused thu
president of being a trickster, MOI
would il be becoming TO use such Ian
guage in referring to the incumben
of so high an office"
After realized that | could not SCI
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