San Francisco Nov. 8th, 1900
Jos. O. Carter Esq.
        Honolulu
My dear Mr. Carter -
            Your letter of the 20th inst. was duly received and I thank you for writing me so fully, knowing that you are a busy man.
            The great election is over and I think that the result is according to wishes of the more intelligent, responsible and conservative opinion. McKinleyism is bad enough and Bryanism quite too bad. Business will go on without a jolt and I hope that the discussions and experiences of the last few months will be helpful to those in authority and lead to improvement.
            I am sorry to see so many natives misled by that irresponsible knave and humbug, Wilcox and his ilk. It seems to me probable that you and Macfarlane and I hope Damon will be in the next legislature. There will be no pleasure or personal profit in the service but you may be able to secure some proper legislation or at least to prevent a good deal of mischief.
            The Estate has been just and more than fair with the Government and all whom it has had dealings with, and always will be so, I trust; but its extent and ramifications bring it into contact with many individuals.
            In referring to the Kaiulani Home for Girls I had not thought out the method and have not yet decided as to the best way. The girls and their relatives should do all they can in taking care of themselves. While I desire that the Home shou1d have a fair trial and wish it success, I am not disposed to help healthy people to an easy or too cheap living. To provide a safe and wholesome home for good industrious young women is the purpose as I understand it; and while I would prefer to favor those for whom so much has been done at the Kamehameha School, I would not like to give them the impression that they are always to be protected. The world does not owe any (ab1ebodied) person a living. The Home is not exclusively for-Kamehameha Girls.
            I have had it in mind to write to some one of the Trustees against expending money on moving Mr. Thompson's house, in avoid~b1e repairs on it or any other building, when today I had the satisfaction of reading in the minutes of the meeting of the 11th inst. that the Finance Committee had reported against such expenditure. It must be that in these days the Trustees are impressed with the necessity for very strict economy and avoidance of expenses not imperative. To get out of debt and keep out should be the constant aim. The condition
and prospects of the finances of the estate give me thoughts and apprehensions which I would not like to write...