Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22

An important and romantic chapter
in the history Of American develop.
ment has been rehearsed in comment
on the death at the age of 81 OF san.
ford b. Dole, the Sam Houston or
Hawaii. Leader Of the revolution
against the native monarchy, first
President of the short lived island re-
public and territorial governor after
annexation, this Hawthorn son OF
America played part in his day that
looms larger as time passes.
Recollections of Judge Dole as one
who until his last breath helped In
many ways to reconcile the natives
with the American administration" are
recorded by the Birmingham News.
That he succeeded abundantly, says
the News. lis evidenced by the fact
that the Hawaiians now are as peace
able as the citizens Of any State in
this country--and perhaps consider
ahly more So One of the nOta-
bile incidents of his political control
was when he defled the order of Presi-
dent Cleveland that he should relin-
uuish to the black Queen her constitu-
tional authority. His action on this oc-
casion stamped him as man OF revo-
lutionary nature, but one who under
stood the temper Of the natives much
better than the Government at WASH
ington."
Dole's unique position as one who
"defied the authority of the United
States" also is emphasized by the
Bangor Commercial, which explains:
The Queen appealed to the United
States. and President Cleveland
ordered that she be restored to her
throne. but Dole. who had become
leader in the islands. refused to admit
the authority of the United states to
interfere. Apparently his position was
resa rded at Washington as well taken.
for no effort was made to enforce the
dema nd made by President Cleveland.
$3.50
He played much the same role In
the annexation Of Hawaii" observes
the Pittsburgh Sun. las Sam Houston
did in the annexation of Texas. He
was the leader of the foreign element
on the Pacific Isles which OverthreW
Queen Liliuokalani, and became iatef
President of the newly established re-
public. IT was not until 1900. during
another administration, that HaWan
became a part of the United States
and Dole it's first territorial governor
He was the leader In what must GER
tainly have happened at one time or
another in the overthrow of the native
government by some civilized power.
OF the parallel to the career OF Hous'
ton, the Brooklyn Eagle remarks: TO
be sure, Dole had no San Jacinto in
his record. and he and the other sons
of missionaries had no Alamo to re-
member. But they had deposed Queen
Liliuokalani, and they ruled for a time
the islands of the kanakas. SANFORD
Dole was a good administrator and
man of integrity, who tried, we think
to preserve the rights of the native
kanakas in so far as that was COM
patible with his ideas of orderly gov
eminent"
As a member of the Hawaiian Leg
islature, says the Springfield Union.
"he instituted many reform move.
ments, one of which was the so-called
'bayonet constitution which King
Kalakaua was forced reluctantly to
sign. This" the Union continues.
| stripped the King of many OF his
royal prerogatives, and 1t was the at
tempt of Queen Liliuokalani soon after
her accession to the throne, to restore
the royal privileges and disfranchise
the foreign element that resulted in
her downfall" The Fargo Forum re.
fers to Dole as ''one of the great figures
of Hawaiian history. who wrote a re-
markable chapter into the record of
the islands and describes his career
as picturesque in the extreme, one
Of the most dramatic the mid.Pacific
section of the world has known"
\ \ ~
dole as Hawaiian and American
builded better than he knew" de.
elares the Burlington Free Press,