Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-28
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS,

Mr.. E J. Mayne Of Honolulu is a guest
at the Arlington. He is prominently iden-
titled with the sugar interests of the is
lands and has lived in nearly all of the
islands that comprise the group. Speaking
of the social and political conditions of the
natives, Mr.. Mayne said:
II do not think that the natives Of the
Sandwich group will ever appreciate the
true meaning of republican form Of gov
eminent as we understand It At least, 1
am satisfied that none of the present or
coming generation will 1t is against all
their traditions and their minds do not
comprehend its advantages Their idea Of
government has always been the supreme
power vested in one person, and they have
no conception Of the government vested In
the people.
THE so-called royalist party is, of course.
composed exclusively of natives, but actual
voters of the party have little or no idea
OF what they are voting for They vote for
the man whose name appears under that
device, not as party man, but as rep
resentative native. The democrats and re-
publicans are very nearly equally divided,
but unless they combine or some additional
restriction is placed upon the native voters
the delegate to the American Congress will
always be elected by the royalist party.
Commercially the people are In good
condition. The islands are fertile and the
agricultural products are salable and in de-
mand. The majority of the plantations.
however, are under the control of the
American and English element, so that
comparatively few of the natives benefit
from their productiveness except as paid
labor. American civilization even such rs
you have here among the negro element
will not be possible in the islands for some
generations to come, and the voting fran
chise Is just as much a curse to the aver
age native as it was to the negro Of the
south Immediately after the war"
There will in all probability be a tie-up
in the Kansas legislature on the question
of electing a successor to Senator Baker,"
said Herman L. Seigel Of Topeka at the
Raleigh.
II do not think that the opposition will
develop enough bitterness to make it pos
sible to elect any but republican, but 1t
is very probable that the attempt of the
corporate interests Of the state to control
the selection will result in a deadlock. My
observation leads me to believe that sew
eral candidates other than those already
avowed will announce themselves before
the coming session Of the Legislature is
many days old This will surely compli-
cate matters, as at present both Baker and
Burton have about equal following and
any third man would naturally draw from
either. or both, leaving neither with clear
ma jorfty of the legislature.
Corporations have never been excess
lively popular in the state. and any attempt
on their part to openly dictate the nominal
ton and election of the senators will surely
be resented The voters Of the state dis
like populism, but as much as they dis
like it, believe the fusion ticket could be
elected If it became certain that the repre-
sentatiVeS Of the railroads and other
porations had openly named the next
United States senator.
"Our farmers have had a prosperous year
and they are we'll satisfied with the ad-
ministration here at Washington. They
take great interest in politics. and this very
fact threw the state into the populists
hands. At that time they were dissatisfied
with the republicans They would not af.
filiate with the democrats, and 'populism'
came along just at the time when they did
not know what to do with their votes. They
tried the new faith and did not like it, but,
as say, 1 do not think it wise for the re-
getting restless again.
"California has almost entirely driven the
merchants of southern Europe from the
fruit markets Of this country said Mr..
Henry F. Raymond at the Riggs House.
This is noticeable especially in the lemon
trade. A very few years ago the merchants
of Sicily entirely monopolized the lemon
market Now California has the major
Portion Of the business. This change may
be said to be due largely to the carelessness
Of the Sicilian merchant. He felt he could
not be displaced, and instead Of sending his
fruits packed uniformly, he threw into the
cases intended for this country whatever
came to hand. AS consequence the goods
could not be relied upon, and it was not
long before the best grades Of the California
product were bringing almost twice as much
as the imported fruits.
1.-THE California fruit growers have made
1t point to pack their products uniformly.
so that buyer knows exactly what he Is
getting when he looks at the top OF the
case Our product IL probably no better