The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-07

THEIR NAME
Independents" To Be
"liberoIs."
BRAND NEW NATIVE PLAN
Charles Motley Explains the Scheme
for Non-0pposition to Two
Big Parties.


The independent Party" may die
and be succeeded by the Liberal Par
ty." Many natives who have Joined
the ranks Of the Independents" in the
last two or three days have signified
their disapproval of continuing under
the name of Independent Party" be-
lieving that IL they send men of that
party to the Legislature, their actions
will be discredited by the two national
parties. They say that the Democrats
and Republicans have the power at
Washington to make 1t warm for them
IL they believe the natives, as ''Inde-
pendents." are opposed to the Repub-
licans and Democrats.
Said a prominent Hawaiian yester-
day in answer to a question as to
whether the natives intended to form a
new party. mo. there will be no new
party formed. The name Liberal Par
ty' is only a new name suggested for
the old form of independent Party
In my opinion independent Party
puts US In the light of being a third
party. entirely opposed to the two Ma
tional parties. 1t is true that was the
intention of the natives-to class the
Hawaiians in one party as against the
Republicans and Democrats.
Some Of them have begun to doubt
the good sense OF standing aloof in the
coming election and sending their own
candidates to the legislature, or a dele
gate to Congress. We feel absolutely
certain that we hold the balance OF
power In our hands. We can elect our
candidates. We can send a delegate to
Congress and we believe we can dictate
to either OF the National parties here.
The question which has arisen in my
mind and In the minds Of many natives
who have preached the subject of a
Liberal Party Is. whether we could
only thus hold an election as Inde-
pendents for once and then our fran
chise be taken away"
Charles Motley. who says he Is in
close touch with the natives. said yes
terday that the term Liberal Party
was coined by him after hearing state
ments from many natives as above. Mr..
Motley asumingly explains that in Eng
land the Wings and Tories rely on the
Liberals In each election campaign to
throw the balance of power one way or
the other. THE natives" he says,
feeling secure In the power they hold
are now ready to put themselves on
the same footing. IL the Republicans
have certain candidates In the field for
certain Offices, and some of them are
acceptable to the natives or Liberals.
they are In a position to make over
lures to the Republicans by which con-
cessions for candidates will have to be
granted them. II. on the other hand
there are candidates put forth by the
Democrats which are more acceptable
to them, then. they will ask for conces.
sions from them. BY this they are
within political bounds as described BY
the two national parties and their &C.
tons cannot be repudiated at Wash.
ington.
1T was noised about the streets yes
terday that many influential native.
had already seeded from the indie
pendent Party. and IL was understood
that a fourth party would be project
ed into the local political arena. Thi
Is not true. 1t Is merely a plan L
merge the Independents into a part.
with a name which casts away the idei
that they are arrayed against the Re
publicans and Democrats"
A few days ago the Independent
leaders sent Bob" Wilcox and his wifi
to the Woman's Patriotic League wit
a request that the organization tur
= over all moneys In their possession fo
the use of the Independent Party as
campaign fund. The league refused I
have anything to do with the emissa
:, ries and refused fat-footed to tur
y their funds into the leaders pockets.