Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-08
CARTER SCORES
WASHINGTON
OFFICIALS

| Under date OF June &c, the San
Francisco Chronicle carries the fol-
lowing article covering the visit of
| former Governor Carter to Washing
| ton: -..>> -. ~. l.. 49,. ~
| Declaring that President Wilson,
since entering upon his duties at
Washington, has made it impossible
for the humble any longer to talk
with the mighty at tie national capt.
tai, and that his treatment by the
president was a reflection upon the
honor of his community, the Hawaiian
! islands, and is public disgrace, for
mer Governor George r. Carter of Ho-I
nolulu arrived here yesterday from
Washington en- route home.
| He asserted emphatically that he
was undaunted by the refusal of the
president to see him., either as rep
resentative of the Hawaiian sugar in
lterests or as an individual, or by his
Experience in, the ''insidious lobby" in
quiry, and is. determined to continue
to fight for the interests of the land
of his birth.
The situation at Washington is
unique" said Carter. Anyone who
has not been there. in the last two
decades cannot realize what has taken
place. 1t is no longer a place where
the humble can go and talk to the
mighty.
Couldn't See President.
| MY own experience has been such
that it reflects not on me alone-and
that would not be important-but on
the honor of community, and it is
a public disgrace. When one senator
says that when some one calls to
talk with him upon the subject of a
lpending law, it amuses him. and an
Iother suggests that an inquiry be
held after the tariff bill is passed, it
is no place for country people and
lchildren.
After the president had given the
Porto Rican delegation a hearing he
declined to see me or any members of
the Hawaiian delegation, sending word
by his secretary, Tumulty, that it
would be useless, as he had made up
his mind. / then asked if, as citi-
zen of Honolulu, might see my presi-
dent to discuss with him the position
of the Hawaiian sugar industry under
the proposed tariff law, and was told
that / would be granted an audience
A date was set. In the meantime
Twas called before the committee in
Ivestigating the fnsidious lobby and
gave my testimony frankly and from
the shoulder, realizing that / was I'M
lder oath to tell the truth. At the con-
lclusion / was told that the president
could not see me"
i Carter last night made public the
icontents of a letter he wrote the pres
tident at the close of these Incidents
After expressing his regrets at not
being able to see the president in ac-
cordance with the engagement for
moon of June II, and submitting GER
Itain documentsiin connection with the
tariff on sugar, he concludes:
'As am leaving for Hawaii tomor-
ROW, l wanted to be able to take back
some message, something more than
Ihearsay, even If you could not send
them any message of encouragement
or hope"
No acknowledgment of his note was
received prior to leaving Washington,
he says.
Burdens Will be Shifted.
| Carter also asserted that under the
proposed tariff law, the Democrats
contemplate shifting large burden of
taxation from the southern to the
northern and western states. He said:
in the fifteen solid Democratic
Isouthern states you will find 81 per
lcent Of the population and 8, per cent
of the wealth of the. country. Take
loft the tax on sugar. which is So cents
a year for each individual, or cent n
week, and substitute for it an income
tax and you shift a burden from the
southern to the northern and western
states. The Democrats plan to relieve
the southern states of about $4,000
900 in this way.
Il do not know what they are go
ling to do with the senators and con-
gressmen in Washington, unless it. be
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