The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-10-24

ON HAWAII
The Politics Of the Big
Island.
WHAT NEWSPAPERS SAY
Tribune Comedies Wilcox an Even
Chance for Election and
Urges Hard Work.

gress from the Territory of Hawait ar
Tribune. He will spend some days here
inoculating the Hawaiians against the
views of Republicanism and other false
doctrines He will then leave for Ho-
nolulu via Kau.
Mr.. Wilcox is not in appearance half
so dangerous man as one would infer
from his haoe-destructive speeches.
When it comes to the English language
he is rather short on conversation,
though he has better command of the
language than one would suppose from
his hatred of the race.
However, if he doesn't talk any more
when he gets to Congress than he did
when interviewed by the Tribune, he
will not prove very dangerous.
An open mass meeting was held at
the fish market on Thursday evening, at
which Wilcox, John Brown, Henry
West, DR.. Russell, and the candidates
of this party for the Lower House,
from this district, addressed the multi
tude and told what it would be neces-
sary for them to do in order to save the
| country and bring glory upon them
| selves. --
THE SILVER-TONGUED.
Robert Wilcox stands a good even
chance of an election, says the Tribune.
He certainly will be elected if every
| man who should have the interests of
| the Territory at heart does not get in
| and work to defeat him. The speech
| to which we refer must be read to be
appreciated. 1t is too wonderful and
unique to admit of description. AS a
travesty on party issues and bur-
lesque on political aspirations it would
brazen image and would convulse an
| iron lamp-post with mirth.
But as a grim reality, a presage of
what Hawaii may expect in case few
votes fall the wrong way in November,
4 it is anything but mirth- provoking. To
think that the Territory of Hawaii
should send to the American Congress
a specimen of intellectual distortion
like this is almost beyond belief.
One can imagine the sensation that
will run through the august Legisla-
tive body of this Nation to which we
have been annexed, and the ripple of
interest that will pervade the galleries
when the chosen representative of the
electorate of Hawaii rises in his place,
and with more or less assistance from
some kindly interpreter, proceeds to en-
tighten our rulers upon the Territorial
needs, as follows:
Il am Wilikoki, l was not born
from a block of wood appearance of
the head to the contrary notwithstand-
ing), but from a brass foundry-that
is why / am here.
'All haoles are cockroaches; the rest
of them are snakes. Some snakes are
missionaries, and all missionaries are
snakes. So l say let us kill all snakes
on general principles, and incidentally
all haoles.
Il am Wilikoki, and the others
were David and Sam. Before l left
Hawaii to come to Washington and tell
you haoles what my people don't want,
we had a big luau, and Sam and David
were in it. They were done to a turn.
Therefore l say l am the only man
here who understands military tactics.
That being the case l want the Queen
restored, and Governor Dole and the
other haole cockroaches should be
dumped into Kilauea, because the
Board of Health burned Chinatown,
and Hartwell and w. O. Smith helped
overthrow the monarchy and annex
Hawaii to the United States.
Jesus Christ and Wilikoki forgive
their enemies, so / will not enter into
any argument with you here aboutthese
matters You are all narrow-minded
haoles, and Hawaiians hate all haoles,
but if you will give us everything / ask
Tor will try to hate you a little more.
When | go back my people will give
mena big luau, and / shall have more
honor than anybody, and 1 will pull the
whiskers of Dole and will do many
things to all haoles and other reptiles -
We have tried to make this imagin-
ary speech as devoid of logic and CO.
, herence as one of Wilcox's own. but
, have not, we fear, succeeded We have
also tried to introduce the true Will
kokian venom and malignity and the
peculiar prejudices to which he appeals
in his addresses to the natives have not
been overlooked.
POLITICS IN KONA.
The war horses of the Democratic and
Republican parties met at Kailua on