The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-16
LETTER FROM WILCOX.
Writes Of His Work IN Washington
for the Havajiaus.


The following letter from Robert w.
Wilcox, written from Washington on
January 2sth, has been received by
Mr. F. J. Tesla Of the Independent:
Dear Mr.. Tesla: This is my first
letter 70 you since came 10 the United
States. / write you this TO tell you
that we have won a great victory over
those who intended TO disfranchise the
majority Of our people-the Hawaiian.
Mr.. Moreno showed me a letter ne
wrote to you this morning, 50 you will
there find everything that took place
before the Committee on Territories
in IT, / was very careful in my speech.
which impressed the committee that
we mean TO be fair; in fact, they told
me that my speech so impressed them
that they could do no less than to
help the Hawaiians in amending the
Hit Bill TO satisfy the people of Ha-
wall.
They told me that they were told
that the Hawaiians hate the American
bitterly, but my appearance and my
mild speech, without spiteful language,
dispelled all the calumny against the
Hawaiians. In fact, the votes Of the
members Of the committee to strike
out property qualification in the bill
for voters for Senator'S were unani-
nous.
Any Hawaiian who, becoming an
American citizen by taking the oath
TO the United States Constitution and
paying a poll tax of one dollar lin
stead of five dollaTs) and knows how
to read and write the English or Ha-
waiian languages, shall be entitled to
be a voter for Senator, as well as for
Representative in the Territory of
Hawaii. If we had not come, the Hit
or Cullom bill would have passed with
out an alteration.
My greatest aim is to harmonic ev-
erybody here in order to gain a big
victory for the benefit of our people
In fact, We are realizing victory,
while the Dole emissaries are realizing
defeat. The bill as the committee
amended it will be reported in the
House Of Representatives this week,
and the bill will pass as the law for
the Territory of Hawaii next month
february.
We came to fight for the restoration
Of Queen Liliuokalani, but l found 1t
an impossibility here in Washington.
All our strong and powerful friends
are tired, such as New York Herald,
Washington Post, etc, etc; also our
friends in the Congress.
They all told us we were too late to
come now and rehearse the old story.
| They told us the only thing left was
| to go before the committee and fight
| the best way we could to get the
amended bill in way to give the Ha-
waiian people justice. We have tried
and succeeded. l send you now the
/ Hit Bill, and when | get the new Hit
/ Bill, as amended. l will send you a
copy. 50 you can compare it with this
bill.
The Queen has dropped all politics,
as she was really the victim of the
I Hawaiian cause in undertaking to
| fight it out. Here in the United States
everything is run by party politics and
not by the justice OF the cause.
Whatever the Democratic party sup
ports, the Republican party will sure
ly kill It. The Hawaiian cause became
the victim of party politics here. JUS
tice cuts no figure in American politics
party politics above all.
The Queen is happy that we have
gained sympathy in the Congress fol
her people She loves more her people
than SORROWS for her misfortune TO be
the victim for the Hawaiian cause.
Dear Tesla, it will not be month
more when we will realize that th'
Hawaiians will have power in the poll
tics OF their own country-HarmonJ
will be greatest factor to victory foI
the good of Hawaii and the people.
Ne ke aloha nui,
ROBERT w. WILCOX.