The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-12
HOW TESLA
GOT NEXT
The Hawaiian FaIstaf's
Troubles.
is OUT OF POLITICS NOW
Owner Of the Independent Found
Himself Losing Flesh and
Retired.

hopes which would shame the plant of
he oldest girl on the shelf.
In the Independent, Of which paper
resta is the presiding genius, the ro-
fund haole-hater says that he has re-
tired from politics bag and baggage.
This Is the sad farewell which the pio-
1eer shirtwaist man prints in his own |
laily:
The outlook for Hawaii is sad indeed
Men who were depended on to uphold
and promote the best interests of the
Territory are turned down by ire
sponsible demagogues or throw down
their nominations to the Legislature
in justifiable disgust. Mr.. f. j. Tesla
will no longer furnish copy for the
Advertiser cartoonist, as he1today sent
tho following letter to Democratic
headquarters:
Honolulu, October 10, 1900.
Col. c. j. Mccarthy, Chairman Demo-
cratic Territorial Central Commit
tee Of Hawaii. Honolulu.
Sir: After mature consideration, l
have decided to withdraw from poll
tics for the present and to apply my
self strictly to business.
Yours respectfully,
F.. ]. TESLA.
Let us hope that the Hawaiians will
open their eyes before 1t is too late and
show that they are able. and fit to ex-
ercise the great privileges granted to
them In a wise manner.
1t is all true. Tesla is out of it. He
left the muddy brook of Independent
and Democratic politics about as read
lily as the small boy drops the luscious
mango when the bullpup has him by
the pants.
Tesla had to go. The why of 1t. all
would take long to tell. In brief 1t Is
as follows:
Before Republican and Democratic
politics was talked in Hawaii Tesla
was simply a haole-and missionary
hater The Independent was so.
When with Standardization came the
new parties Tesla went on the fence.
He wanted to think and he thought
with one hand in his pocket.
Surely the Republicans couldn't win
and even if they could he would have
no show as there were other papers in
the field of that complexion. When the
Democrats got together Tesla said
some nice things about them. They
responded in kind and Tesla one day
came out strong for Bryan and Me-
Clanahan.
Then the Independents assembled.
But they had no money and if they did
they wouldn't waste it on the indie
pendent. Their members language was
Hawaiian and an English paper was
of small account.
So Tesla blew hot and cold. The fat
man began to lose flesh.
Prince David tossed his gauntlet into
the lists and Tesla got next.
Why, of course, the ALI must be up
held. Tesla got q Democratic nominal
ton.
He said things about Wilcox in the
Independent that were awful. But he
connived with the Independents and he
hoped o. So anxiously for the indie
pendent nomination for Senator or Rep
resentative or any old thing that paid
cash.
lie wouldn't say what he was. Not
he. He was too foxy.
Ask Tesla then if he was a Democrat
or an Independent or a jobbarwock He
would hitch up his trousers and smoke
harder.
But he wouldn't tell.
On both shoulders he was trying hard
to carry water.
Time approached to let Secretary
Cooper know that he was a nominee of
the Democrats or drop out Of the Bry-
an crowd.
Auwe! How he perspired those days.
Everybody gave him different advice.
But last Saturday the fateful day
| came He had tn Efc
or not. He filed.
After he did it some OF the Independ-
ents told him he was all sorts of things
and warned him he had no show with
the Independents.
Meanwhile Democratic weekly ap-
peared seeking the chin Of the Inter
rified. What a hot day that was for
TestaI
Wednesday came the convention.
Tesla was there. He confabulated with
many. He had about as much show to
get nomination as a SNOWFALL to stay
unmelted in Hilo.
Again Tesla got next.
He pulled back to his sanctum and
there he drew up the ultimatum to the
Democratic party.
For Tesla is aweary of the world.
Now the curly whiskered Falstafi
prints the following:
While we can sympathize with the
Hawaiians who have suffered during
the reign of terror under a missionary
administration, we cannot understand
now the intelligent voter can be lured
into the political pitfall of men of the
stamp of Robert Wilcox, Robert BOYD,
James kaulia, George Markham and
l Northumberland. Do they realize the
late which awaits the Hawaiian peonle
II the Territory should turn loose in a
Legislature men of the stamp repre-
scented by these leaders. Do the Ha.
Wailans understand that a Senate
composed, as far as Oahu Is concern
ed. by kalauokalani, j. Kaulia. Geo.
markham. Kanuha, Bipikane and Ka-
nui, would mean the financial and no
Htical ruin of Hawaii mel? Their hest
friends, from the ALI to whom we stiIl
owe allegiance, to the poorest Hawaii
an, must realize the fatal error com
mitted by few irresponsible dema-
gogues who have not been above
drawing campaign funds" perhaps