Show PARKER MAY MAYBE BE NEW GOVERNOR OF II WAlle Chicago Jan 30 I 1 I have n nothing to say a about alnut out the Governorship of Hawaii said Samuel Parker the Hawaiian millionaire millionaire mil mil- and Premier ex after atter his arrival arrival arrival ar ar- ar- ar rival at Chicago today from Washing Washing- I ton Mr Parker and his party which I Includes his wife and son in Prince Prince David Kawananakoa and the Princess I Kawananakoa oa are on their way homeI home I I have been a long life friend of Mr IIII Dole Ole lole Mr 11 Parker said and I esteem him highly All I will say is that he is Governor at the present time I did ha have hae e two or three conferences with the President while I was in Washington but but th then n I am a member of ot the natio national al J committee may have talked about committee matters matters I I was asked while I was in Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington to look after the interests of the sugar planters in Hawaii but I had to decline for want of time The islands have bale only one representative there while the sugar industries of f the States have have havea a lobby of f nearly Despite his laws law's denial Prince David who ho ho was the Hawaiian delegate who cast the deciding vote that swung the in Democratic convention to the silver p said that he believed Mr Parker would be prevailed pre pre- ailed upon to accept the Governorship and said despite contrary dispatches from W Washington that Mr Parker has been offered the p position I believe that eventually my father- father law in-law will accept the office of Governor of the Ha Hawaiian islands said Prince Da David Dald id The office was offered him sever several several sev sev- er eral l' l times by President McKinley but this is the first time that President Ro Roosevelt sevelt has asked him to accept it He does no not desire the position for the honor which attaches to it but I believe believe believe be be- lieve that he will be urged so strongly to accept by his friends that he will take t the e office as asa as-a a duty |